Hi Chris,

The video of a wall bag I think may just be for a ‘How to use’ rather than a necessity but all the same, for the cheap cost, not a bad thing to have anyway.

Great to hear about your group and hopefully I’ll be able to chat with them directly soon too, and thank you for your comments regards the site, you are very kind.

For the guy who…[Read more]

Hi Chris and Welcome!

Thank you for your advice, meetup.com sounds great! Where are you based to be so lucky with finding buddies?

Equipment wise, don’t rush to spend money, that’s one of the wonderful things about this style, it was designed to be trained solo, in the mountains, by a monk who was in hiding, and so on (have a read of the…[Read more]

Hi Corey,

Yes he arrived thank you, Edward Paul Peter Honeywell-Ward, 3 weeks old today (Boy do I miss sleep) 🙂

You’re right, it’s very good stuff and we always seem to have some one who knows where to get it, to be honest though I only ever get the bruises on my shins, but I don’t mind them, they’re reminders to me that I’ve had a good…[Read more]

Hi Corey!

How are you my friend?

Regarding weight training, this is something that is not needed for Wing Chun, however, if a person wished to do this for cosmetic reasons then I fully understand and would just say, try to keep low weight and more reps, but if this was to help your WC then I would recommend not.
The best thing for training…[Read more]

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Hi Guys,

You’re quite right Dave regarding the front had, we always want to know what the engaged hand is doing whether it is a strike or block, and thank you Tommy for your contribution on this matter, you are correct too I might add.

First of all Dave, the wall bag is a great piece of equipment as it teaches us where to hit yes, but mostly…[Read more]

Great to have you with us Jim.

Chi Sau is in some ways similar to the pushing hands but more focussed, both physically and mentally, and I might add, centred.

I once had a man come to see me who had practiced Tai Chi for 15 years and said that he was attacked in a bar by a drunk, everything the guy threw he could redirect successfully, but he…[Read more]

WHAT A GREAT TOPIC!

I have done videos in the past touching on this but I think (after your question) that I will make a set of dedicated videos for this subject and its stages.

A quick answer for now and to get you started is to practise the Siu Lim Tau (pattern first, then the energy) because being able to breath and to focus AND remain calm,…[Read more]

Thank you Jim, and Welcome!

Please let me know if I can help you at all.

Are you training already or do you have buddies lined up for the future?

Best wishes,

Sifu

Hi Art (Cool name),

Welcome to the site!

Let me know as soon as you need any help.

As you say you’re not new to the arts, may I ask what you’ve trained in the past?

Kind regards,

Sifu

Hi Dave,

And officially, Welcome To The Site!

Wyoming, a beautiful part of the world, I was there a couple of years ago and looking forward to going back there again someday.

Please let me know if I can help you at all?

Sifu. 🙂

Hi Bobby,

Great to know you have a focus, oh and by the way, pulling hand, is ‘Lap Sau’.

If you go to the top menu bar ‘Assessments’ click on ‘Grading’, and at the bottom of the page you will see a ‘Terminology’ sheet which you can also print out.

As for the dummy, early next month we will have our online shop, which will have links of where to…[Read more]

Hi Bobby,

Welcome to the site!

Yes that’s right about the school, you can find more details at purewingchun.co.uk 🙂

We do have students from this site visit and other associations visit us to train all the time, during August we had a student from Taiwan stay with us for the month. He visited from another style/school but will now continue…[Read more]

Hi Paul and welcome!

Best of luck finding training buddies, I’m going to mention this now on the blog inviting people to check the forum regularly for updates and brand new info.

Do remember to try Facebook etc too for interested parties near to you.

Kindest regards,

Sifu Ward

Hi Andreas,

Nice to hear from you! 🙂

Please let me know if you have any questions or need help in any way?

Kindest regards,

Sifu Ward

Thank you my friend. 🙂

Absolutely, that’s a good idea and I’ll do it as soon as I can.

It may be a tiny while though as I’m not at the school from yesterday as my wife is due to have our baby any day now. Good excuse eh? 🙂

Best wishes,

Sifu

Hi Corey,

I took the time to look through that whole video, forgetting that you’d mentioned the 4min point! 🙂

Anyway, as for the gates, that explanation is all you need really as it’s quite a good one. Probably the reason I said “as I’ve mentioned before” is because I mention these gates so often and you’ll hear it referred to time and again…[Read more]

You are right, many styles do tend to have a set train of thought regarding the use of techniques, but try to think of Wing Chun as learning the alphabet, once you have collected all of the letters, you start to understand how to use them, from then on it’s up to you how you play with them and the choice of sentences, phrases, paragraphs,…[Read more]

Hi Corey,

This is an interesting question with not such a simple answer.

Firstly a Tan is a Tan and a Bong is a Bong, when we train and understand these shapes we then start to make them work for us in different ways. It is NOT OUR CHOICE as to which one we use and at which time.
You do not get into a position to do the technique, you do the…[Read more]