Good evening.

Earlier today I taught the seniors in the special Chinese Wing Tsun class which is surrounded by peaceful views of the countryide. Although I love all my teaching, it is perhaps one of my favourite classes of the week - you can really feel the beauty and depth of Chinese Wing Tsun away from the city.

Today the seniors revisted the quite basic 3 attacks from Poon-Sau. Unfortunately these movements are all too often overlooked by Wing Tsun practitioners as lowly movements in the 'rush' to learn Biu Jee and Wooden Dummy. This, alas, is a false economy; to truly master Wing Tsun you must understand the foundations. If the basic movements are weak, then the advanced movements can never be strong and will never truly work when put under pressure. As the Chinese saying states, 'a tree that has no roots will blow over at the first strong wind.'

Every attack and movement has a different purpose, different concept and enshrines an important principle. There is no point learning techniques unless you understand the bigger picture and where the movements and applications fit into the Wing Tsun system as a whole. Everything you train should compliment the other parts of your training and prepare you for the more advanced level. If a movement is so easy or useless that it does not require hours of practice then there is no point learning it at all!

Sifu