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Ip Ching on Wing Chun’s first form, Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled)

Tips when you're working your forms:
1. You should take the time to relax, but never stop or pause, between techniques when you're working your forms. This ensures you're working on staying relaxed and using intent versus tension as well as continuous motion.

2. It's better to put your focus on if you're using your elbow properly rather than a specific position. Pointing your elbow directly down can lead to tension and using your shoulder instead of using proper structure.

3. Where you feel muscle pain or fatigue indicates if you're in your stance low enough. The closer to the knees the better. Note that this is not the same as joint pain, which indicates a problem.

4. Techniques that are chest level like Tan-Sau and Fook-Sau should be at chest level as they travel out. Otherwise they would be under a chest level attack until they have completed their movement.

Ip Ching on Wing Chun’s first form, Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled) Ip Ching on points to focus on when learning Siu Lim Tao

Grandmaster Ip Ching Doing Bil Jee

When you transition from a technique used to control your opponent to an attack, don't twist your wrist or lead with your fist. Relax and turn your elbow downwards without losing your intent and then let your elbow drive your attack. Refer to 1:45, 1:51, 2:30, and 2:34 in the video.

Grandmaster Ip Ching Doing Bil Jee Bil Jee, Ip Man Lineage, this is the form used for Competition at the 3rd World Ving Tsun Athletic Association Conferencewww.singaporewingchunkuen.comhttps:/...

Happy International Ving Tsun Day!

Here are some things to think about when you're training.

* Proper Kung-Fu should be good for the body and self defense. If your back or knees hurt when you're training, you're doing something wrong.
* Rather than focus always pointing your elbow down, make your elbow feel natural so you're not making yourself tense.
* Chi-Sau is a collaborative drill, not a competition.
* Chi-Sau is not fighting or sparring, it is a drill designed to teach you how to respond in a fight.
* The forms, including Sil-Lim-Tau, are teaching you direct fighting application. Training your forms with that intent will improve your Chi-Sau and fighting ability.
* Your shoulders and chest should never feel tense or flexed.

Happy International Wing Chun Day!

Grandmaster Ip Ching Doing Bil Jee

The traditional way of doing Biu-Gee was with the shoulder rolls. Note that the hand movements are not "flesh ripping techniques" but training your Biu-Sau. Ving Tsun doesn't have flesh ripping techniques because those lead to tunnel vision and are less effective than Ving Tsun attacks.

Grandmaster Ip Ching Doing Bil Jee Bil Jee, Ip Man Lineage, this is the form used for Competition at the 3rd World Ving Tsun Athletic Association Conferencewww.singaporewingchunkuen.comhttps:/...

Rolling in the air

What you do outside the class determines your success.

The purpose of class is to show you how and what to train. Then your homework is to work that at least a little each day.

This isn't meant to be judgmental but to help emphasize the importance of training outside of class.

Rolling in the air Rolling in the air is a good way to work on your structure and ensure you're not relying on your partner to roll properly. It also can help with relaxation. ...

Ip Ching - Chi Sao

Always keep Fan-Sau (continuous movement) in your mind. This ensures you're not blocking, stopping, grabbing, etc., in a fight or Chi-Sau.

This video is an example of Fan-Sau in Chi-Sau. Note that Grandmaster Ip Ching doesn't grab and hold and he's always moving.

Ip Ching - Chi Sao Ip Ching teaching Chi Sao with Duncan

Ip Ching on practicing the Wing Chun Wooden Dummy (English subtitled)

Bong-Sau, Dai Bong-Sau, Jut-Sau, Jum-Sau, Tan-Sau, and Fook-Sau all control at the wrist. Using your palm or higher up your arm reduces your structure and increases your likelyhood of being tense; both of which reduce the effectiveness of the technique. And using your palm makes it more likely you will grab, which is dangerous because it's not controlling your opponent, it's stopping them.

Watch where Grandmaster Ip Ching contacts the dummy in the video.

Ip Ching on practicing the Wing Chun Wooden Dummy (English subtitled) Ip Ching on key points of practicing the Wing Chun Wooden Dummy

Grandmaster Ip Ching 葉正 doing Sil Lim Tao, Chum Kil, Bil Jee

Take time with your forms and don't rush through them because it's crucial for your Ving Tsun to get the most out of the forms.

The forms are teaching you:
1) actual fighting application
2) body awareness
3) proper position of techniques AND stance
4) how to get as much power as you can
5) how to stay relaxed and not tense up
6) you where to place intent
7) Yiu-Ma with your techniques

Tips:
1) Don't lead with your wrist. Even techniques that use wrist intent should lead with the elbow, not the wrist.
2) Don't roll your shoulder forward or lead with your shoulder. This creates tension and keeps your elbow from being used correctly.
3) Be mindful of where your thumb is, proper thumb position matters for intent.
4) Take time to relax, but not stop.
5) Be smooth, it helps you stay relaxed and have proper intent.

Grandmaster Ip Ching 葉正 doing Sil Lim Tao, Chum Kil, Bil Jee Grandmaster Ip Ching, younger son of Grandmaster Ip Man doing the 3 forms. Grandmaster Ip Man lived with Ip Ching during the last 10 years of his life. For l...

Wing Chun | Chi Sao 黐手

Ving Tsun has no blocks, we control our opponents. When you block you're stopping their momentum and energy instead of controlling and redirecting it. Ving Tsun controls because it's dangerous and risky to block a bigger and stronger opponent.

This is why holding onto your opponent's arms or shoving them in Chi-Sau is not proper. It's training you to block and stop your opponent instead of controlling them.

Wing Chun | Chi Sao 黐手 Il Chi Sao è un esercizio che sviluppa abilità tecniche motorie e da consapevolezza al praticante, inoltre allena la padronanza emotiva e crea risposte autom...

Ip Ching Chum Kiu 葉正尋橋

When you shift, the elbow should initiate the shift. This means that you shouldn't lead with your waist or have your waist and elbow turn at the same time. If you don't lead with the elbow, you lose power and structure.

Ip Ching Chum Kiu 葉正尋橋 Grand Master Ip Ching demonstrate the form Chum Kiu, the 2nd form of Wing Chun and application

Sifu Edmund Fong Chi Sau with Samson Cheung

The goal of Ving Tsun is to use as little energy as possible for the greatest result. Be careful to not use the front of your shoulders or chest because that's muscle and tension, not structure and intent. While the shoulder is used and does move forward, it's the back of the shoulder that is being used, not the front. Ving Tsun should feel natural, not tight or constricted.

Sifu Edmund Fong Chi Sau with Samson Cheung Sifu Edmund Fong Chi Sau with Samson Cheung - Ip Ching Ving Tsun - 方永康 - 葉正詠春

We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. It's been a great year for Kung Fu and Sifu Jeff is very happy with everyone's progress, effort and attitude.

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Focus your efforts on always improving and being better than yesterday. That will help you stay motivated and make it easier to figure out how to improve and your training goals.

A reminder there is no class tonight in observance of Thanksgiving. Sifu Jeff is thankful for an amazing Kung Fu family, great students and a place to share his Kung Fu with everyone.

There will be no class this week for observance of Thanksgiving. Have a safe and fun Thanksgiving.

Ip Ching on Wing Chun’s first form, Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled)

Don't treat Sil-Lim-Tau as a textbook or reference guide that is teaching concepts but not actual fighting application. Sil-Lim-Tau is teaching actual fighting application. Sil-Lim-Tau is teaching proper position of your techniques with power, keeping your shoulders relaxed, when and where to put intent (example: thumb bent vs thumb straight), body awareness, staying stable in your stance, transitioning from one technique to the next without losing all of your intent, how to use your elbow, and feeling natural instead of tight and tense.

Ip Ching on Wing Chun’s first form, Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled) Ip Ching on points to focus on when learning Siu Lim Tao

Sifu Jeff in his class shirt at his training room in his house

Sifu Edmund Fong - Demonstrate Siu Lim Tau - 示範小念頭

I've heard many times that the knees are squeezed in to protect against groin kicks. This is not accurate. The knees are squeezed in to provide stability, not too protect against kicks to the groin.

Here is the standard for Jing Ma (front stance, Sil Lim Tau stance)
1. Inside of feet are equal to outside of shoulder
2. Toes pointed slightly in – be careful not to turn them in too much
3. Knees are bent to, but never past, toes
4. Knees pulled in just enough to keep feet flat, should feel like you’re gripping the floor with your feet
5. Hips rocked forward and butt pulled up
6. Flatten back and raise the skeleton - don't use your chest to do this, that will create tension and incorrect positioning
7. Back of head in line with the back of the feet
8. Knee to shoulder is in a straight line. - this is something many practitioners miss
9. It should feel like you’re sitting on a chair or a stool

Sifu Edmund Fong - Demonstrate Siu Lim Tau - 示範小念頭

Ip Ching on the importance of Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled)

Make sure you have 100% intent in your stance when you're practicing Sil-Lim-Tau. In Sil-Lim-Tau you are working on being stable and muscle memory. This means you should not be moving, raising, sinking, etc., during the form. Training for stability ensures that your hips are turned slightly inwards at all times, ensuring you have a solid stance. This is the only form where your stance always has 100% intent, the others have enough to keep your structure and stability.

Ip Ching on the importance of Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled) Ip Ching speaks about his Kung Fu brother, Yeung Chung Hon who spent more time training Siu Lim Tao and Chum Kiu and improving beyond his peers.

Ip Ching Chum Kiu 葉正尋橋

A bad habit a lot of Ving Tsun practitioners get is diving with their Dai-Bong-Sau. Usually this means that they're putting intent in their wrists, causing their shoulders to roll forward. There is no wrist intent in Bong-Sau or Dai-Bong-Sau, it's 100% elbow intent. For Dai-Bong-Sau, the elbow moves forward. Keep your wrist relaxed and your thumb next to your hand with no intent. Your wrist should be at your belly button. There is no downward motion, energy or intent.

Ip Ching Chum Kiu 葉正尋橋 Grand Master Ip Ching demonstrate the form Chum Kiu, the 2nd form of Wing Chun and application

This isn't meant to shame anyone, but rather give perspective. Make your Kung Fu a priority by training everyday. It's not about how long you train, it's about consistency.

Sifu Jeff hung a pennant with the school logo in the room he rents for classes. We really like the new logo. Come and see it in person!

Ip Ching on Wing Chun’s first form, Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled)

Proper (correct) Kung Fu should meet two criteria. First, it should be effective for self defense. Second, it should be good for your health. Meaning, if it hurts your knees, back, etc., then it's not proper Kung Fu. This goes along with making your Ving Tsun feel natural.

Ip Ching on Wing Chun’s first form, Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled) Ip Ching on points to focus on when learning Siu Lim Tao

Sifu Edmund Fong - Demonstrate Siu Lim Tau - 示範小念頭

It's important to be aware of your body and where you're putting intent. You should only have intent where it's needed. This ensures your techniques are as effective as possible while keeping tension to a minimum. Master Edmund Fong tells Sifu Jeff that your Ving Tsun should feel natural, not tight or constricted.

Sifu Edmund Fong - Demonstrate Siu Lim Tau - 示範小念頭

Sifu Jeff in his new class shirt and baseball cap. His puppy wanted to be included and who can say no to that cute face? We want to thank Sifu Jeff's wife for taking the picture. And we want to thank Sifu Chris Kellner for creating the new logo and the website where shirts, etc., with our logo can be purchased.

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Sifu Jeff was told that the Chinese characters for his logo weren't correct. We want to thank Sifu Chris Kellner for redesigning the logo and updating our class shirts and other items with the new logo. Sifu Chris did an amazing job and was great to work with. Sifu Jeff doesn't require class shirts but does encourage them.

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Great post. There is always something to improve upon, something to learn, etc. Never stop training.

Grandmaster Ip Ching 葉正 doing Sil Lim Tao, Chum Kil, Bil Jee

Whenever you punch three times at the end of the forms, make sure you're working Fan-Sau. Fan-Sau is continuous motion where you increase the speed between each attack. In the forms this means the time between the 2nd and 3rd punch is less than the 1st and 2nd punch. In application this makes it more difficult for your opponent to regain control. This is also worked with the three palms in Chum-Kiu.

Examples: 3:38, 6:13, 7:25, 11:49

Grandmaster Ip Ching 葉正 doing Sil Lim Tao, Chum Kil, Bil Jee Grandmaster Ip Ching, younger son of Grandmaster Ip Man doing the 3 forms. Grandmaster Ip Man lived with Ip Ching during the last 10 years of his life. For l...

It's easy to get discouraged and overwhelmed when training if you're trying to work on everything. Working on one thing will help your training by giving you a specific and achievable goal.

Grandmaster Ip Ching 葉正 doing Sil Lim Tao, Chum Kil, Bil Jee

All of the forms, including Sil-Lim-Tau, are teaching you fighting application. This is why it's important that you do the forms with power and intent; don’t just go through the motions. This ensures you're training on being able to stay relaxed while putting maximum power in your techniques.

Grandmaster Ip Ching 葉正 doing Sil Lim Tao, Chum Kil, Bil Jee Grandmaster Ip Ching, younger son of Grandmaster Ip Man doing the 3 forms. Grandmaster Ip Man lived with Ip Ching during the last 10 years of his life. For l...

六點半棍法 Pole Form - Sifu Edmund Fong 方永康師傅

Sifu Edmund Fong demonstrating the pole form

六點半棍法 Pole Form - Sifu Edmund Fong 方永康師傅 葉正詠春六點半棍法Ip Ching Ving Tsun - Pole Form

Sifu Jeff was told that Master Ron Heimberger would say a master is someone who does the fundamentals very well every time. It's the fundamentals that you need to focus on when you strive for mastery.

This is the mindset to have when you're training

This is why we spend so much time on Sil-Lim-Tau. Sil-Lim-Tau isn't separate or stand alone from your Chi-Sau and fighting application. It relates directly to both.

葉正師傅講木人樁

Grandmaster Ip Ching demonstrating application of the wooden dummy. While it's not subtitled, there's a lot of value in watching him demonstrate to the students and how he works on the dummy.

葉正師傅講木人樁 Grandmaster Ip Ching showing wooden dummywww.singaporewingchunkuen.comhttps://www.facebook.com/SingaporeIpManVingTsunKuen

Ip Ching on Wing Chun’s first form, Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled)

Grandmaster Ip Ching discussing how to teach Sil-Lim-Tau. He starts by saying not to make it complicated and to focus on two things - the concepts of centerline and original position.

Ip Ching on Wing Chun’s first form, Siu Lim Tao (English subtitled) Ip Ching on points to focus on when learning Siu Lim Tao