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Wing Chun Kung Fu is a very interesting and unique form of martial arts. This art specializes in an inherant sensitivity and ability to "cling" to one's opponent in close quarters combat, also using quick punches with a tight defence, coordinated with agile stances for a quick advance and angled attacks. The effectiveness of Wing Chun is achieved by well coordinated attacks with simultaneous defence, delivering a strike of seemingly soft yet powerful and penetrating energy.
Unique to Wing Chun is "Chi Sau", a form of training to help develop your techniques and theories you learn during your training. Chi Sau teaches and help's you to develop responsive reflexes, position, how to overcome your opponents strength, correct usage of energy and taking advantage of the shortest possible distance between you and your opponent.
The principles, theories and techniques of Wing Chun are founded on the three hand forms and the wooden dummy techniques Training begins with the three empty hand sets as follows; "Sil Lim Tao" (little idea), "Chum Kiu" (bridge seeking arm), "Biu Gee" (thrusting fingers). The more serious student will then learn "Muk Yan Jong" (wooden dummy), "Luk Dim Boon Gwun" (six & a half point pole) and finally "Bart Cham Dao" (eight slash cutting knives). Included in the curriculum is also a Qiqong or Chi Kung set known as "Five petal plum flower" and it is for health and healing as well as building one's internal energy and ballance or "Chi".
In olden China a well renowned scholar went to a master asking to be educated in spiritual matters. The master poured tea into the scholar’s cup and kept pouring even though the cup was overflowing. The scholar was taken aback and told the master that the cup was overflowing. The master replied, “Your mind is like this cup, full and overflowing with your own ideas and if I teach you now, that’s what will happen (pointing to the overflowing tea). So if you want to study with me, then empty your cup (mind) so that it can receive what is being poured”. |
