Elements of Wing Chun ?
It is important to understand the purpose of the tools of Wing Chun training. These are often mentioned and demonstrated but too often their purposes are misunderstood. Here, in brief, are listed some of the important tools that every Wing Chun practitioner needs to understand… 1. Forms Sil Lum Tao – Teaches how to form a good base, the fundamental hand positions and how to move one’s energy away from (down the center line) one’s body. Chum Que – Teaches proper assessment of angles and angle structure to allow safe movement while bridging the gap. It also coordinates multiples of the movements from Sil Lum Tao in combination. Bil Gee – Teaches the wrist rotation movement for finger thrusting, the elbow rotation for elbow strikes, recapturing the center line, additional footwork, and coordinates additional hand movement. NOTE: In Wing Chun, forms do not teach application. Attempting to impose application on the movements in the forms will only serve to restrict their usefulness in bat
