Sticking Hands (Chi Sau) is the main exercise for practising the fighting techniques of Wing Chun. When practising sticking hands, instructors always mention about facing one’s shadow (Chiu Ying), chasing one’s shadow (Jui Ying) (facing and chasing the opponent) and pointing towards the centerline (Gee Ng Sien). These are the main points in fighting techniques […]
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The Wooden Dummy is recognised as the highest skill in Wing Chun. Hence, the majority of Wing Chun learners consider that learning the moves of the Wooden Dummy will automatically make them a good Wing Chun fighter. Some even feel very happy with themselves and boast about their own achievements to the junior learners. The
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Biu Gee is the form which concentrates enormous and destructive power in its attacks. It is to use the natural skill to release the potential power of a person to the highest level. It is also the combination of the mind and the theory of force. It is wrong to say that learners of the
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Literally, Chum Kiu when translated is the method of how to deal with the opponent’s wrists once in contact. In other words, Chum Kiu is the form applicable to fighting. If the theory of Chum Kiu is analysed carefully, it is the acme of the forms. The purpose of Wing Chun’s Chum Kiu is to
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Siu Nim Tao is the basic form of Wing Chun Kung Fu. It comprises of three specialties: (1) No need to exert force (2) It possesses the strongest structure with the minimum use of energy (3) It induces the release of mind force from a person Learning Siu Nim Tao is divided into three stages
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“The best defense is a good offense.” Paraphrased by Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, George Washington and now Chu Sheung Tin. I had not seen this video before and really appreciate seeing it now. It reminds me of a story CST told me when I first started to learn from him. It was told through another student
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The first time I met Chu Shong Tin (CST) was in 2003! I had already been an instructor at a Wing Chun Academy in Sydney owned by Jim Fung – a senior students of CST – for a few years. I had only heard stories about CST’s alleged ‘effortless power’. In those years I was
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Mindfulness Siu Nim Tao; As a beginner in Wing Chun, I would like to share my experience as a long-time mindfulness practitioner and teacher with you all and wonder if others have had a similar insight. It occurs to me that I am getting something from Wing Chun that I never got from vipassana or
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An interview with Sifu Nima King by university students for a project about the importance of Wing Chun in Hong Kong. How important is martial arts to Hong Kong? In some ways that aspect the culture is getting lost in Hong Kong and China so it’s very important. The internal arts especially are very important
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A transcript of a Podcast with Sifu Nima King as a guest talking about Wing Chun training and Kung Fu lifestyle. 1. How and when did you discover Wing Chun? Rough neighbourhood and trouble at school, 1998, yellow pages. 2. What is Wing Chun to you? What keeps you going? Wing Chun for me has
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