Leung Ting - Wing Tsun Kung Fu Poster Set

This five poster set details everything you need to know about Wing Tsun Training: Siu Nim Tau, Chum Kiu, Biu Tze, wooden dummy techniques and two-person technique applications are performed by Wing Tsun Master Leung Ting.

23” x 41”, fve full-color posters

Siu Nim Tau, or the 'Little Idea', is quite meaningful with regard to commencing the study of Wing Tsun Kung Fu. In the first lesson, the beginner is briefed by his instructor that “when a Little Idea is not good, a pugilist will fail in performing martial arts, and may also have poor moral standards.” The characteristic of this set is to provide essential training for the whole body. When practicing this set, a student does not move his feet. The practice of SNT can be likened to the practice of meditation. The only difference is that when practicing meditation one is normally sitting, whereas in this set one is standing.

Chum Kiu, or the 'Arm Seeking' set, is an intermediate boxing set for those who have already mastered certain basic Wing Tsun techniques. It is very important that a pugilist should first learn how to defend himself. The theory of WT is that the art of defense lies in knowing where the opponent’s attacks come from, then we can offer a defending technique to dissolve his attack. Due to the fact that most people like to use fists rather than legs, learning how to make contact with the opponent’s attacking arms is the most important function of Chum Kiu.

Biu Tze, or the 'Thrusting Fingers' set, is regarded as the most advanced boxing set of the Wing Tsun system. It is used mainly for attacking. The most advanced fighting theory in Wing Tsun is “to apply attacking techniques while defending,” thus a Wing Tsun expert can apply most of the Biu Tze techniques to counterattack his opponent at the same time as being attacked! High accomplishment in this set enables a WT expert such as Grandmaster Leung Ting to shatter an object just by giving it a light touch with his fingertips with his arm outstretched. This is what is called “drawing one’s force through the fingers” in the Wing Tsun terminology. This kind of force is a kind of flexible vibratory power, very different from the brute-force of a finger-jab. This set includes techniques employing the stance, grappling, arm techniques, finger techniques and palm techniques, as well as three different types of elbow strikes.

The Muk Yan Chong Fat, or 'Wooden Dummy Techniques', form the most advanced level of Wing Tsun training. There are 116 movements in this set in all, of which 16 are kicking movements. A knowledge of the secrets of the application of these techniques will enable the practitioner to react much more swiftly than someone who applies only the fundamental techniques of the other sets. A practitioner will find that the wooden dummy techniques simplify the movements of his counterattacks, if properly applied. This is what we mean by overcoming our enemy with technical skills.