IN WING CHUN, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF THE SIU NIM TAU FORM IS TO LEARN TO ALIGN OUR ELBOW DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR FIST IN A STRAIGHT LINE. ONCE WE INHERIT THIS BEHAVIOUR, THROUGH PRACTISING THE FIRST FORM, WE MOVE ONTO THE CHAM KIU FORM WITH THE SAME THOUGHT IN MIND.

The importance of partner training rises from the Wing Chun forms taking place in our mind. To express this idea, we need to train it correctly with the help of a partner, until we achieve a clean, fluid and flawless execution.

To execute body rotation and punching in a forward step, all in one instant, you need hundreds of repetitions, until those actions become second nature.

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WING CHUN IS MEANT TO BE A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL, USED TO DEFEAT AN ENEMY IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME. AGE, GENDER, OR EVEN EXTREME PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS DO NOT MATTER, WHETHER A WING CHUN PRACTITIONER IS DEALING WITH ONE OR SEVERAL OPPONENTS AT A TIME.

These unique characteristics of the system are often used to capture potential students’ attention. Unfortunately, sometimes, reality hits you faster than you may have been taught it will!

Speed, timing, striking distance and accuracy are skills that allow one to be able to fight any opponent, but it all becomes useless if you do not have sufficient punching power to effectively stop an aggressor. Take a moment to visualise yourself in a situation, where blows are being exchanged, both in striking range; in such a situation, a lack of punching power would most likely have fatal consequences.

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