WGMAA:How to Perform Siu Lim TaoTab

WGMAA:
How to Perform Siu Lim Tao

Table of Contents iii
Table of Contents
Table of Contents................................................................................................................iii
Introduction to Siu Lim Tau ............................................................................................... v
Chapter 1: Learning the Stance ...........................................................................................3
Movements ......................................................................................................................3
Forming the Stance......................................................................................................3
Chapter 2: The First Component .......................................................................................11
Movements .....................................................................................................................11
Punching .....................................................................................................................11
Tan Sau....................................................................................................................... 12
Huen Sau.................................................................................................................... 13
Fook Sau..................................................................................................................... 15
Jut Sau........................................................................................................................ 16
Wu Sau ........................................................................................................................17
Pak Sau....................................................................................................................... 18
Putting Them Together.............................................................................................. 19
Chapter 3: The Second Component .................................................................................. 27
Movements.................................................................................................................... 27
Palm Strikes ............................................................................................................... 27
Gum Sau.....................................................................................................................29
Dan Sau ......................................................................................................................29
Behind The Back Grab ...............................................................................................30
Lan Sau....................................................................................................................... 31
Double Jum Sau......................................................................................................... 31
Fuun Sau ....................................................................................................................32
Outside Jut Sau..........................................................................................................33
Gaan Sau ....................................................................................................................34
Bong Sau ....................................................................................................................34
Putting Them Together..............................................................................................36
Chapter 4: The Final Component......................................................................................49
Movements ....................................................................................................................49
Joon Mah ...................................................................................................................49
iv How to Perform Siu Lim Tau
Kwan Sau....................................................................................................................50
Mun Sau And Wu Sau................................................................................................50
Clearing Hands ..........................................................................................................50
Putting Them Together.............................................................................................. 51
Introduction v
Introduction to Siu Lim Tau
Too often, students watch a martial arts film such as Ip Man (2008) and want to learn Wing Chun to learn the cool hand movements. Even older students neglect practicing the first form of Wing Chun even though it contains some of our most precious principles.
I am writing this manual to help prepare the younger students of the Wu Gung Martial Arts Association (WGMAA) to study the moves they learn in cla