Class Notes

Victoria Wing Chun Club Curriculum

                  Level 1.     Practical – Siu Lim Tao, stance, punching skills, basic mechanics and qualities of Chi sau, attack and defend the center drills, cross hand drills, neutralization (replacement, insertion, disappearing, bar, absorb), basic footwork, basic hand techniques and simple self defence.

Emphasis is on Position or Form.

Theory – Centerline, shortest distance, facing, winning with position, principles vs choreography, five stance guidelines (head, shoulders, elbows, back, knees), five priorities in training (position, sensitivity, timing, speed, power), the 18 hand techniques terminology (Wu, Tan, Fook, Bong,Gan,Pak,Lap, Gum, Jum, Tie, Tok, Jut, Bil, Huen, Lan, Jip, Man, Kwun), ten ideas in the Siu Lim Tao (stance, center, straight, sensitivity, soft power and neutralization, receiving, connecting, changing, dividing, continuous).

Level 2.     Practical – Single sticking hands, double sticking hands, Lap sau, five attacks (Center Palm, Outside Palm, Tan sau and punch, Pak sau and punch, Lap sau and punch). Lap sau changes (punch, slap, long pull, inside grab and chop, low palm, sink, grab Bong sau).

Emphasis is on Stance,  Sensitivity or Feeling, and Relaxation.

Theory – The relationship between the Little Idea Form and sticking hands practice.  

Level 3.     Practical – Chum Kiu, entry footwork, bridging techniques, hand and foot coordination, use of turn to neutralize, use of turn to add power, kicking techniques, kicking defense, trapping.

Emphasis is on Timing, Distancing and Stability during Movement.

Theory – Ideas to bridge the gap.

 Level 4.     Practical – Bil Jee, recovery techniques, foot sweeps, penetration energy, locks, lock counters, center destruction, pushing and pulling, unusual situations.

Emphasis is on Speed, Penetrating Energy, Recovery and Counter Techniuqes.

Theory – Recovery, counter technique, group attack.

                  Level 5.     Practical – Wooden Dummy, Eight chopping butterfly knife, Six and a half point pole, wooden dummy applications, sparring drills, weapons defense, freestyle sparring. First ingrain Wing Chun, then spar otherwise it’s kickboxing.

      Emphasis is on Power, Applications and handling the Initial Clash.

Theory – Distance fighting theory, understanding Wing Chun as a whole, understanding the strengths and limitations of Wing Chun.

The main faults of Wing Chun students are: the stance is not good, the center is open or crossed, too much force is used, too much “slop” in the movements, to greedy to attack, not feeling before acting, reliance on speed and power rather than position, sensitivity and timing.

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