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WHY THE SPELLING IS WING CHUN? 詠春- 咏春-永春

It is unfortunate that the spelling of Wing Chun and its pronunciation is still being confused in this age of information. The confusion comes from historical poor translation into English to give ‘Wing Tsun’ and a misunderstanding that the same Chinese character set is pronounced differently in Mandarin to give ‘Yong Chun’ as opposed to

WING CHUN LITTLE KNOWN FACTS

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www.cheungswingchun.co.uk 張氏詠春 The Chinese character set is AB can sometime be seen as CB or even DB where B is the word that literately means spring (season). The difference between A, C and D are: A is the Cantonese version, C is the Mandarin version and that both are like English syllable, requiring character B

SIU LIM TAO (小念頭), THE FIRST FORM

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www.cheungswingchun.co.uk 張氏詠春 Translated this means ‘little ideas’ and is the first Wing Chun Form; the bed rock to all Wing Chun hand technique. It introduces correct hand placement, the theory ofthe centre line and strengthens the mind and body in preparations for the other forms. It consists of around 108 hand techniques depending on which

TRAINING EQUIPMENT FOR THE ENTHUSIAST

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www.cheungswingchun.co.uk 張氏詠春 There are four pieces of training equipment that all Wing Chun enthusiast needs to know. The four pieces of equipment consists of three that are prerequisites to Wing Chun Form while the remaining fourth is a tool to produce better Wing Chun. The list is as follows: The Butterfly Knives The Wooden Dummy

CAMBRIDGE WING CHUN(old name) – CHEUNG’S WING CHUN 張氏詠春拳 – SOFT AND HARD USED TOGETHER – 剛柔並用

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www.cheungswingchun.co.uk 張氏詠春 There are many references as to why Wing Chun is considered a ‘soft and hard’ martial art. The source of this reference lies in one of many Wing Chun idioms and phrases that was developed to teach Wing Chun through the ages. They are important as some actually describes what is physically required (and

CAMBRIDGE WING CHUN KUEN(old name) – CHEUNG’S WING CHUN 張氏詠春拳 – THE SIMILARITIES OF FENCING AND WING CHUN 劍擊與詠春

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www.cheungswingchun.co.uk 張氏詠春 Our first sporting hobby was fencing at Cambridge Fencing school in the 1980s. We got involved with Wing Chun later but quickly recognised, like Bruce Less who actually studied fencing to develop his JeetKeun Do Kung Fu, that there are a number of similarities between fencing and the art of Wing Chun. To

CAMBRIDGE WING CHUN(old name) – CHEUNG’S WING CHUN 張氏詠春拳 – THE THREE GS OF WING CHUN

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The Three Gs of Wing Chun By popular western misinterpretation, there is often confusion in using the terms Gung Lik (功力), Qi Gung (氣功), Fat Guin (發勁) in association with ‘energy’. To set the record straight: Gung Lik (功力) This is actually a complementary phrase used between professional and student. It is a verbal measure

CAMBRIDGE WING CHUN KUEN(old name) – CHEUNG’S WING CHUN 張氏詠春拳 – WING CHUN FAMILY TREE

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www.cheungswingchun.co.uk 張氏詠春

CAMBRIDGE WING CHUN KUEN(old name)- CHEUNG’S WING CHUN 張氏詠春拳 – THE LION DANCE, KUNG FU AND MARTIAL ART 舞獅- 功夫- 武術

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The Lion Dance, Kung Fu and Martial Art 舞獅- 功夫- 武術 At almost every major Chinese celebration such as the Chinese New year and at grand opening events, the Lion dance is performed against a backdrop of loud fireworks, clashing cymbals and beating drums. The ceremony begins with the chosen delegate dotting the eyes of

CAMBRIDGE WING CHUN KUEN(old name) – CHEUNG’S WING CHUN 張氏詠春拳- THE SPADE HAND: CHANNSAU (鏟掌)

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The Spade Hand: ChannSau (鏟掌) The Wing Chun video opposite is hopefully one of many we intend to present to demonstrate why Wing Chun is not a sport, it is easy to learn and can be deadly. Subsequently, it is not recommended for kids without parental guidance and/or lacking in self- discipline or maturity of