Master Tse’s Wing Chun Note #122
Tsum Kiu 尋橋 part 2 In Tsum Kiu, after we have opened our stance, we mark the Centre, then we punch and …
Tsum Kiu 尋橋 part 2 In Tsum Kiu, after we have opened our stance, we mark the Centre, then we punch and …
Tsum Kiu (Chahm Kiuh)尋橋- part 1 After we have finished Siu Lim Tao (Siu Nihm Tauh)小念頭 we will start to learn Tsum …
Story of Ip Man studying Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 20 After a few years Ip Man graduated from St Stephen’s College and returned to …
Story of Ip Man studying Wing Chun part 19 After studying with Uncle Leung Bik for six months, Ip Man treated him …
Story of Ip Man pt 18 Ip Man paid close attention to what he was being taught by Uncle Leung Bik. Leung …
Wing Chun Note 117 Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 17 “One red spot in the centre of China (this …
Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 16 “Chinese Medicine is equal to Kung Fu. The knowledge to heal and hurt …
Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 15 As Leung Bik梁璧 Chi Sau黐手’d with Ip Man he found that Ip …
The Story of Ip Man studying Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 14 Leung Bik did not just Chi Sau with Ip Man he …
The Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 13 Each time Ip Man went to visit Uncle Leung Bik梁璧, he …
Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 12 When Ip Man met Leung Bik for his first lesson Leung Bik …
Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 11 Ip Man was very happy. He missed his Wing Chun training. He …
Story of Ip Man葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 10 Ip Man was so surprised to hear the name Leung Bik梁璧. Leung Bik was his Sigong …
Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 9 After three days, Uncle contacted Ip Man and invited him to come and see him …
Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 8 Ip Man began to speed up and use more and more strength, punching quite …
The Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 7 When Ip Man touched Fung’s uncle’s hands he immediately knew that …
Story of Ip Man studying Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 6 That afternoon, after school, Fung told Ip Man about his uncle and …
Story of Ip Man studying Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 – Part 5 After that fight, Ip Man’s name spread out in that area. …
Story of Ip Man Studing Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 4 When Ip Man was 17 year old, his older sister suggested he …
Story of Ip Man Studing Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 3 Although Ip Man was only 7 years old, he listed to his …
Story of Ip Man Studing Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 2 Chan Wah Shun陳華順 Sifu took the 20 Dai Yeung大洋 from the 7 year …
Story of Ip Man Studying Wing Chun 葉問學習詠春的故事 Part 1 Ip Man was born on 1st October 1893 and passed away on the 2nd December 1972. …
Ip Man Story There have been three Ip Man movies in which Donnie Yen has played the role of Grandmaster Ip Man. He …
Daily Siu Lim Tao Practising Siu Lim Tao 小念頭 is a very important part of our training and we must do it …
Sau Ma收馬 After the three punches at the end of Siu Lim Tao 小念頭 we close our stance and this is the …
Left Side First & Three Times When we perform our Wing Chun forms we always begin on the left side and we …
Other Ways to when Someone Grabs You There are other ways to deal with someone who grabs your wrist. If they grab …
When Your Hands are Grabbed Very Hard If someone really grabs hold of your hand, let say their right hand grabs your …
Application of Chaan Sau鏟手 Chaan Sau is also known as Muht Sau 沫手.” Muht沫” means “Wipe “so “Muht Sau” is “Wiping hand”. …
Siu Lim Tao Part 3 – Chaan Sau鏟手 (Muht Sau 沫手) There is one more application at the end of the form …
Siu Lim Tao Part 3 – Bong Sau 膀手Taan Sau攤手 Continuing in Part 3 of Siu Lim Tao, after the Bong Sau …
Siu Lim Tao part 3 – Bong Sau 膀手 The next application of Siu Lim Tao 小念頭 part 3 is one of …
Siu Lim Tao Part 3 – Gaan Sau 挌手 The second application in part 3 of Siu Lim Tao is Gaan Sau. Gaan Sau …
Siu Lim Tao Part 3 – Paak Sau 拍手 After we have done parts 1 and 2 of Siu Lim Tao 小念頭, …
The Second Part of Siu Lim Tao – Faat Ging 發勁 The purpose of the second part of Siu Lim Tao is …
Weight on the Heels When we are practising Siu Lim Tao小念頭, once we have opened our stance, we do not move our …
Weight on the Legs, Upper Body flexible When we practise Siu Lim Tao 小念頭, particularly in the first part, we must take …
First Part of Siu Lim Tao 小念頭 – Gong Lihk功力 Siu Lim Tao 小念頭 has three parts which we need to practice …
Breathing When you have been practising Siu Lim Tao小念頭 for long enough and you can easily stand for 15 minutes, you will …
Empty the Mind It is very difficult to empty the mind. This is one of the main aims in Buddhist and Daoist …
What Siu Lim Tao 小念頭 Means The first form we learn is Siu Lim Tao 小念頭 . “Siu小” means ”Small”, “Lim念” means” …
Withdraw the Fist收拳 After punching and our fist is still in front of us, we open the palm and then rotate the …
Wing Chun Fist – Yaht Jih Chung Kuan 日字沖拳 Punching comes next in Siu Lim Tao 小念頭. It is called Yaht Jih Chung Kuan and …
Fists by the side of our Chest After we have marked the centreline we withdraw our fists back to the side of …
Mark the Centre 拿中線 After we have formed the perfect Yee Zi Kim Yueng Ma 二字鉗羊馬 we need to maintain that position. …
Hoi Ma 開馬 Everything we do in Wing Chun starts with Hoi Ma opening our stance. In all Chinese studies whether it …
Learning Structure How should we study Wing Chun Kung Fu? Should we learn all the forms in order? For this, there is …
Baat Cham Dao 八斬刀 The Baat Cham Dao 八斬刀 are unique weapons and perfect for Wing Chun practitioners. “Baat 八” mean” Eight”, …
Luk Dim Bun Gwan 六點半棍 How about the Luk Dim Bun Gwan 六點半棍 – Six and a Half Point Pole? The Luk …
Wooden Dummy木人椿 How about Wooden Dummy 木人椿 training? We all think that we must learn this at the end, after we have …
Learn in the Correct Order We have three bare hand forms. Siu Lim Tao(Siu Nihm Tauh)小念頭 is the basic foundation and teaches …
Less Forms are Better When we learn Wing Chun forms, we start with Siu Lim Tao (Siu Nihm Taum)小念頭 and then move …
Bong Sau 膀手 and Wu Sau護手 There are many ways to play, or use the Bong Sau 膀手. However before this we …
Wu Sau 護手 Application When we have one hand in contact, for example when we are using Bong Sau 膀手, we must …
Bong Sau 膀手 Energy Bong Sau 膀手 is one of the 4 major hand techniques of Wing Chun. It takes many years …
The Second Fuk Sau伏手 There is another way of performing and using Fuk Sau伏手. This time we use the palm to lightly …
Taan Sau, Fuk Sau Must be Correct We must be good at the four major hand techniques of Wing Chun: Taan Sau攤手, …
Holding the Position Longer When we practise Siu Lim Tao 小念頭, during the first section we do not move a lot. This …
Not Moving During Chi Sau Many people when they are practising Chi Sau 黐手 do not move their feet. This is not …
Wing Chun Wooden Dummy Residential Course 20-23 Apirl 2017, UK Study the complete 8 Sections fo the Wing Chun Wooden Dummy Form with …
I have taken students to China and Hong Kong many times, to visit my teachers, and each time is always challenging. This …
Kicking in Chi Sau Some people when they find it hard to use their hands during Chi Sau like to kick or …
Feeling your Weight Although we start with our stance square and our weight even on both legs, it does not mean we …
Even Weight In the beginning, when we are practising Chi Sau黐手 with a partner, we should face each other square on. This …
Double Wu Sau 雙護手 In Chi Sau, if we want to defend ourselves well, we must be able to contact with one …
Step Back and Let Go During Chi Sau 黐手, when the opponent is on the inside and we have both hands in …
Kwun Sau綑手 After we have learnt three attacking techniques, we need to learn a few defensive hands. The first one we must …
Outside Paak Sau外門拍手 After we have learnt how to attack from the outside using Gaau Cha Sau 交叉手 and from the inside …
Inside Paak Sau 內門拍手 When we are doing Chi Sau we need to be able to attack whether our hands are outside or …
Gaau Cha Sau 交叉手 Once we can Gwo Sau過手, which means we can do anything and move in any direction, we need …
Gong Sau講手 In the 1950’s, in Hong Kong, students of different styles of Kung Fu and martial arts would meet on the …
Gwo Sau 過手 Once we know how to be safe when rolling arms, how to change from inside outside and from outside …
Seung Chi Sau雙黐手 – Why Do We Need to Roll Hands? In the class one student asked me, “Why do we need …
Seung Chi Sau 雙黐手 – Changing from Outside to Inside Changing from the outside to the inside is the complete opposite of …
Seung Chi Sau 雙黐手– Changing from Inside to Outside When we understand the four situations and the rolling techniques of the inside …
Seung Chi Sau 雙黐手 – Four Situations with a Partner What are the four situations with a partner in Chi Sau? After we …
Seung Chi Sau 雙黐手: Inside hand 內門手 and Outside hands 外門手 After we have done solo Seung Chi Sau covering all four situations, …
Seung Chi Sau 雙黐手 After practising Daan Chi Sau 單黐手, we then move onto practising Seung Chi Sau 雙黐手. Seung means double, …
Do We Need Daan Chi Sau? Daan Chi Sau 單黐手 is part of traditional Wing Chun training. Once, when I was having …
Jam Sau枕手 In Daan Chi Sau單黐手 we have the technique Jam Sau枕手. Jam 枕 means “to put the weight on something”. In …
Daan Chi Sau單黐手 – Solo Practice When we first start practising Daan Chi Sau, the best thing to do is first practise …
Distance of Daan Chi Sau 單黐手 When we begin to practise Dan Chi Sau we must be aware of the distance between …
Daan Chi Sau,單黐手 When we learn anything we must always start with the basics. In Chi Sau黐手, the basic level is Daan …
Chi Sau Chi Sau is a very special training method in Wing Chun. Apart from Taijiquan that has Tui Shou (Pushing Hands), …
Chaan Pek 剷劈 When we use the Pek劈 we use it from inside to outside, but we can also use it from …
Pek劈 Another Wing Chun attacking hand is Pek劈, which means cop. In the second section of Siu Lim Tao we perform Pek …
Wing Chun Story – Chapter 18 The room was very simple and bare. There was only a fire burning, but it was …
Waanhg Pouh Paaih Jeung 横抱琶掌 Waanhg Pouh Paaih Jeung 横抱琶掌 is made up of two Waanhg Jeung which are used together so …
Jihk Pouh Paaih Jeung 直抱琶掌 For Pouh Paaih Jeung we use both palms to strike. We can also uses both Jihk Jeung …
Bun Pouh Paaih Jeung 半抱琶掌 With Pou Paaih Jeung 抱琶掌 we use one Jihk Jeung 直掌 and one Dai Jeung 低掌. Either …
Pouh Paaih Jeung 抱琶掌 Wing Chun has many kinds of palm strike. We have already talked at Jik Jeung 直掌, Waahng Jeung …
Waanhg Dai Jeung 橫低掌 Waahng 橫 means side or horizontal. Dai 低 means low and Jeung 掌 means palm. So Waanhg Dai …
Dai Jeung 低掌 In the third section of Siu Lim Tao form, there is an application of Bong Sau 膀手. In the …
Waahng Jeung 横掌 When we use the palm to attack in Wing Chun, we have quite a few choices. The palm is …
Long Fist Punch 長拳 We all know that in Wing Chun Kuen 詠春拳 there is no Long Fist Punch 長拳. What is …
Gwa Cheuih 掛錘 Gwa Cheuih 掛錘 is one of common fists but not many people know how to use it. Gwa 掛 …
Dai Kuen 低拳 Wing Chun has Chong Kuen 沖拳 (Thrust Fist) but it also has another fist which Dai Kuen 低拳 which …
Yan Jeung 印掌 Yan Jeung 印掌 is the Wing Chun palm strike. Yan 印 means print and Jeung 掌 means palm. So …
Wing Chun Fist In Wing Chun the fist in Chinese is called Yaht Jih Chung Kuen 日字沖拳. It means the fist is …
What To Do When We Have No Hands Free A common question about Chi Sau 黐手, especially during a Tse Qigong Centre …
Hard and Soft Laap Sau 擸手 When using Laap Sau 擸手, we can use different kinds of energy. If we want to …
Double Laap Sau 雙擸手 I have said before that when we use Laap Sau 擸手we should not use the thumb when we …
Bong Sau 膀手 Wu Sau 護手, Laap Sau 擸手 In form Tsum Kiu 尋橋 we have the position where we use a …
Laap Sau 擸手 Laap Sau 擸手is one of the most effective hands in Wing Chun. Laap means grasp. In the forms Siu …
Paak Sau 拍手 Paak Sau means Slapping Hand. It is one of the most common and useful techniques in Wing Chun and …
Gong Lik功力 Gong Lik功力 is the source of our power. Without Gong Lik all the Ging勁 is useless. It would be like …
Gong Ging剛勁and Yauh Ging柔勁 There are two kinds of Ging. One is Gong Ging 剛勁, which means strong and the other is …
Relaxation and Ging Ging 勁 is internal power as it comes from the inside, from the legs to the waist, the body …
Ging 勁 Ging 勁means power. This Chinese character is made up of three parts: So all together, these …
One Inch Punch 寸勁 Anybody who trains martial arts, and even some who do not, have heard the name “One inch punch”. …
Wu Sau 護手 Wu Sau 護手 is the most important hand in Wing Chun and training. Think about it, without Wu Sau …
Fuk Sau 伏手 Fuk Sau 伏手 is the third Wing Chun hand technique. Fuk means rest on, so Fuk Sau means Resting …
Taan Sau 攤手 Taan Sau攤手is the first hand technique we usually learn in Wing Chun. Actually In my opinion, after we should learn …
Bong Sau 膀手 Bong Sau 膀手 is the third Wing Chun hand technique that we should learn after learning Wu Sau護手 and …
Basic Hands When we study Wing Chun we must learn 3 basic hands which are very important. Taan Sau 攤手 – Opening …
The Eyes During Chi Sau practice, students often ask where they should look. My answer is they should look at the opponent’s …
Awareness We might have very good Chi Sau skill and even be very good at fighting, but if we are not aware …
Teacher is a Compass There are many things in the world that we can learn by ourselves, like cooking, gardening, making furniture …
Do not Kick Unless You are Sure Many people like to kick when they are fighting because they have seen so many …
Real Fighting is About the Opponent In Note 5 we talked about practising on our own and imagining that our opponent is …
When Training by Yourself, Imagine Your Opponent is in front of You When practicing our forms we must follow the principles of …
Master Tsiu Sheung Tin On the 29th of July 2014, famous Wing Chun Kung Fu Master Tsiu Sheung Tin passed away at …
Training is Different to Fighting When we practise Wing Chun forms on our own, when we practise the techniques we should aslo …
What is the proper Wing Chun stance? With a proper Wing Chun stance, called “Yee Ji Kim Yeung Ma 二字鉗羊馬”, the feet …
A Straight Back and a Clear Mind No matter what Wing Chun position we use, we must keep the back straight. A …
Recently the Tse Qigong Centre annual picnic was held. Read all about the great event and check the photos.
Relaxed Hands are Dangerous I remember when I was studying with my Sifu, Grandmaster Ip Chun, back in 1985 or 86, he …
Master Tse’s Wing Chun Notes A new series of weekly posts by Master Tse is coming up this week. In this series …
Wing Chun Chi Sau Day 7th December Traditional Wing Chun skill does not have any gradings and it is only through Chi …
Wing Chun Chi Sau DVD Box set Vol. 1: Basic Training & Principles Vol. 2: Essential Footwork Training Vol. 3: Applications and …
Master Tse’s Wing Chun Chi Sau DVD Vol. 3 out now Wing Chun Chi Sau Vol. 2: Applications & Techniques In this third programme …
Master Tse’s Wing Chun Chi Sau DVD Vol. 2 out now Wing Chun Chi Sau Vol. 2: Essential Footwork Training In this second …
Wing Chun Chi Sau Training In May 2013 Master Tse organised a Chi Sau day as extra training for the many Wing …
Master Tse’s Wing Chun Chi Sau DVD Vol. 1 out now Wing Chun Chi Sau Vol1: Basic Training & Principles Wing Chun …
In September 2013 Master Tse took a group of students to visit his teacher, Grandmaster Ip Chun to join him in celebrating …
In September 2013 Master Tse took a group of students to visit his teacher, Grandmaster Ip Chun to join him in celebrating …
In September 2013 Master Tse took a group of students to visit his teacher, Grandmaster Ip Chun to join him in celebrating …
Traditional Wing Chun wooden dummy If you are a serious student of Wing Chun Kung Fu then you need a Wing Chun Wooden …
In September 2013 Master Tse took a group of students to visit his teacher, Grandmaster Ip Chun to join him in celebrating …
In September 2013 Master Tse took a group of students to visit his teacher, Grandmaster Ip Chun to join him in celebrating …
In September 2013 Master Tse took a group of students to visit his teacher, Grandmaster Ip Chun to join him in celebrating …
Wing Chun Chi Sau Training In May 2013 Master Tse organised a Chi Sau day as extra training for the many Wing …
Wing Chun Chi Sau Training In May 2013 Master Tse organised a Chi Sau day as extra training for the many Wing …