Student Syllabus

The WingTsun student programme is divided into 12 modules, each of which takes 3-4 months to complete training twice weekly. Students are examined on each module before moving onto the next one and this ensures consistency and quality in the training. Within the student syllabus the following areas are covered.

Forms: These are sequences of movements containing the key techniques and underlying principles of WingTsun. They also prepare the student physically for the practise of Wing Tsun due to the stretching and alignment of the muscles.

Applications: Individual movements are taken from the forms and used as techniques for self-defence. Students are taught how to defend themselves against kicks, punches, strangles, locks together with ground fighting techniques, defences against weapons, multiple attackers and how to apply non-violent restraint.

Lat-Sau: While the forms and the applications will give the student the knowledge of how to defend oneself, this is not enough. The student must have the “ability” to apply the techniques in a moving situation against random attacks. This is achieved through the Lat-Sau exercise, a cycle of movements which allows techniques to be practised with high repetition.

Chi-Sau: Also known as sticky hands, this tactile exercise gives the trainee the ability to “instinctively “ place themselves in a superior position to that of their opponent once contact with the hands has been made. From this position an attack can be launched while placing themselves out of harms way.
Chi-Sau has been described as the soul of WingTsun which glues together all the movements in a synergistic way so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It is practiced in a relaxed manner and facilitates the ultimate goal of WingTsun, to apply the correct techniques without conscious thought.

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