Curriculum

Year 1 (Level 1 – 3) Curriculum

Year 2 (Level 4 / 5) Curriculum

Year 3 (Level 5 / 6) Curriculum

Level 7 Curriculum

Level 8 Curriculum

Level 9 Curriculum

Level 10 Curriculum

The Pledge

I believe constant practice in the Art of Wing Chun will enable me to transcend to a higher mental and physical level.  I shall show respect for the Art, my Sifu, Sihings, and Sidis.  I shall exercise my utmost tolerance and consideration in dealing with people and general matters in and outside the academy.

Counting

1. Yut
2. Yee
3. Saam
4. Say
5. Mg (g is silent)
6. Low
7. Chut
8. Baat (t is silent)
9. Gow
10. Sup

Wing Chun Terms

Blocks

• Wu sao (woo-sow) – Protecting hand block
• Huen sao (huin-sow) – Circle wrist block
• Tan sao (tawn-sow) – Palm up block
• Fok sao (fook-sow) – Bridge on arm block
• Pak sao (pack-sow) – Slapping hand block
• Gum sao (gum-sow) – Pinning hand block
• Fut sao (fut-sow) – Swinging arm block
• Jut sao (jut-sow) – Jerking hand block
• Bil sao (bill-sow) – Stretching deflection block
• Gon sao (gone-sow) – Splitting arm block
• Bon sao (bon-sow) – Wing arm block
• Chuen sao (chuin-sow) – Threading hand block
• Larp sao (lop-sow) – Grabbing hand
• Kan sao (kon-sow) – Tan and gon splitting block
• Quan sao (grun-sow) – Tan and bon deflection block

Forms and Exercises

• Chi sao (chee-sow) – Sticky hands exercise
• Sil lum tao (sil-lum-dow) – Little idea form
• Chum kil (chum-kill) – Bridge seeking form
• Bil jee (bill-jee) – Finger thrusting form
• Mook jong (mook-jong) – Wooden dummy

Terms of Address

• Sikung (see-gung) – Grandmaster
• Sifu (see-foo) – Master or teacher
• Sihing (see-hing) – Senior (masculine)
• Sijie (see-tse) – Senior (feminine)
• Sidi (see-die) – Junior (masculine)
• Simui (see-mui) – Junior (feminine)

General Terms

• Kung fu (gong-foo) – A way of life, hard work well done
• Wing chun (wing-chun) – Eternal springtime