Wing Tsun Training - What You Will Learn In Wing Tsun Kung Fu Class

Wing Tsun Training - Here You Will Learn Five Basic Training Methods We Use To Help YOU To Achieve Powerful Self-Confidence, Realistic Self-Defense And Great Body Workout

Wing Tsun Training contains it all. From basic techniques, learning forms for solo practise, learning to use "tactile reflexes" through chi-sao training or Lat Sao free fighting system.

Let's take a look at each one of the training method in more detail and how they can help you.

Wing Tsun Training - FORMS:

Forms in the Wing Tsun system are sets of movements that serve as catalogues or references of the correct Wing Tsun movements and positions.

They also help develop in the student key attributes such as balance, relaxation, coordination, proper breathing, flexibility, and strength.

Performance of the forms warms up and energizes the body, making the forms useful as warm-up exercises preceding more strenuous training. The forms do not represent simulated fights or set combinations, and should be performed in a smooth and relaxed manner.

Siu-Nim-Tao (Little Idea)

This form, learned in the first few lessons, consists of a set of arm movements performed while the student maintains the Wing Tsun "internal rotation adduction stance."

Maintaining this stance strengthens the lower body for improved balance, kicking, and footwork. Simultaneously, the student learns to relax the upper body and breathe properly while learning all of the basic arm movements and concepts of the WingTsun system.

Chum-Kiu (Bridge-Seeking)

This form, learned in the 4th Student Grade, introduces footwork and kicks in close coordination with various combinations of arm movements.

The student gains balance in movement and learns to use the entire body to generate power.

Biu-Tze (Thrusting Fingers)

This form, learned in the 2nd Technician Grade, introduces the more deadly attacking methods of the WingTsun system.

The student also learns various "last-ditch" movements that may be applied to deal with extreme emergencies.

Mook-Yan Chong Fa (Wooden Dummy Techniques)

This form, learned in the 4th Technician Grade, is practiced with a training dummy composed of a trunk, three arm references, and a leg.

Training on the dummy refines the student's positions and angles and helps develop explosive power.

The various arm, leg, and body combination techniques contained in this form are also some of the most efficient and economical in the entire Wing Tsun system.

Look-Dim-Boon-Kwun Fa (Six-and-a-half-point Long Pole Techniques)

This form, learned in the 6th Practician Grade, is practiced with a heavy wooden pole 8-9 feet in length and teaches the student how to wield a long and/or heavy weapon.

Training with the long pole greatly improves the student's dynamic strength and body coordination. Also contained within the form are footwork and upper body movements that may be applied to unarmed situations as well.

Bart-Cham-Dao Fa (Eight-Cutting Broadswords Techniques)

This form, learned in the 8th Practician Grade, is practiced with a pair of blades approximately one foot long and teaches the student how to wield short and/or sharp and/or doubled weapons.

Training with the broadswords greatly improves the power and precision of the student's unarmed movements, in addition to improving the balance, speed, and range of the student's footwork.

Wing Tsun Training - STREET DEFENSE:

The Street Defense program was developed by Master Emin Boztepe to quickly teach beginners to defend themselves against the most common violent attacks.

It consists of scenario drills that teach the student to be aware of the signs of an imminent violent attack, avoid and de-escalate the attack through psychological strategy, and if necessary, end the attack through simplified Wing Tsun movements.

The program also teaches the student to deal with his/her own fear and its physiological effects.

As the student becomes more familiar with the actual Wing Tsun fighting movements and principles, these may be applied back into the Street Defense scenario drills.

The drills may also be practiced near-full-contact with protective equipment by advanced students.

Wing Tsun Training - CHI-SAO - Contact Reflex Training:

Chi-Sao, known as "The Soul of WT," is a partner exercise unique to Wing Tsun Kung Fu that helps the practitioner develop forward pressure, tactile sensitivity, quick reflexes, body coordination, relaxation, balance, power, economy of motion, and other core elements necessary for good WT self-defense.

Chi-Sao is, in essence, the bridge between learning the movements of WT individually in the forms training and learning to apply them fluently and automatically (i.e. without thought) in combat.

During the Chi-Sao training, the student learns to divorce his/her conscious mind from the details of fighting.

The body is trained to act spontaneously on the inputs provided by the opponent's pressure.

The WT movements are integrated into the student's natural reflexes so that the student can react instantly, appropriately, and automatically to the actions of the opponent.

Wing Tsun Training - LAT SAO - Free Fighting Exercises:

In Lat-Sao training, the student learns to apply the WT principles to a variety of self-defense situations.

Lat-Sao begins as a two-person drill that perfects the students' abilities to deal with the various kick, punch, knee, elbow, head, and grappling attacks of a single opponent.

The students then learn to apply the attributes they have acquired through the Chi-Sao training to the realistic fighting situations encountered in Lat-Sao.

This is the development of "reflex self-defense."

The Lat-Sao program progresses to include drilling against armed and multiple attackers, and the use of "gentle" techniques to subdue less threatening attackers without injuring them.

The Lat-Sao program allows the student to practice applying his/her WT skills in a realistic manner without the risk of injury.

Wing Tsun Training - WEAPONS:

In today's world, the threat of armed assault dictates that any school purporting to teach self-defense must include the use of and defense against modern weapons.

The traditional weapons of Wing Tsun include the Luk-Dim-Boon-Kwun (six-and-a-half-point long pole) techniques and the Bart-Cham-Dao (eight-cutting broadswords) techniques.

This training takes place only after the student has reached the Practician level in the Wing Tsun system.

Additionally, the long pole and double knives used in this training are not very similar to weapons a student is likely to encounter in the modern world.

For these reasons, EBMAS schools teach Latosa Escrima, a Filipino martial art system developed by Grandmaster Rene Latosa.

Utilizing principles and concepts very similar to those of Wing Tsun (preventing confusion under stress), Escrima teaches the student to use and defend against any blade or impact weapons.

It also teaches the student to improvise weapons, and to defend against close-range firearms threats.

Start Wing Tsun training today and achieve inner piece of mind and increase self-confidence in dangerous or challenging situations in your daily life.