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Ambush

chum kil kung fu martial arts wing chun Dec 06, 2021

The Chum Kil form introduces a recovery concept against an ambush attack using the Bong Sau. You will definitely learn it in the second section of the form. I must admit that this is one of the most misunderstood parts of the entire Chum Kil form. In the form, the hands are drop-down and then raise up in a Bong Sau position, this repeats 3 times in the form. Very often people take this as a way...

Recovery from wrong Bong Sau

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One of the themes that Chum Kil addresses in the form is the idea of recovering from the wrong Bong...

Lat Sau Jik Chung

chum kil kung fu wing chun Nov 18, 2021

Lat Sau Jik Chung - translates as "when the hands disengage, go straight forward" is a major concept in Wing Chun. This concept is an extension of the centerline principle, it is actually one of the most important and yet neglect ideas in Wing Chun. In the Old days, when a Wing Chun practitioner attacks and crashes into the opponents' arms, his attacks, covers, or blocks, there will be arm pressur...

Counter for counter

chum kil wing chun Nov 06, 2021

This is a training method to enhance one's reflexes. For that we will take all the blocks and hands we have learned in Sil Lim Tau and connect them into an endless flow. However, before I start I'd like to make one thing clear: flow drills, counter for counter, is NOT a combat application, it is a way to increase one's attributes, in this case, one's reflexes.

Using a metaphor, look at a weste...

Arm breaks

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In the first section of the Chum Kil form, there is a combination movement of Jut Sau and Tan Sau, this movement is used for arm breaks. I would like to talk a little about this today.

The Jut Sau - Tan Sau arm break movement is often explained as an arm breaking application against a chest level shirt grab. In my opinion, this is not a very realistic application as 99% of the time when someon...

Shoulder Checking

chum kil martial arts wing chun wing chun techniques Oct 22, 2021

Instead of blocking the forearms, the idea of shoulder checking is to stop punches at their root. This idea is found in many Asian arts such as Silat, Kuntao, Kali, and many Gung Fu systems. It is also found in the old dirty boxes, just look at the great former champion George Forearm, he used shoulder checking a lot.

For some reason, it is often neglected in modern Wing Chun; this is ironic t...

What's your concept of training?

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Adam Chan Kung Fu & Wing Chun

What's your concept of training?

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In the second episode of my audio series, I'd like to bring up the idea of meaning for your training. Hold on with me and let's discuss it.

Training sometimes gets us to do work on something that we actually do not like. When you are training Martial Arts or Wing Chun or any style, there will have things you like training and other things that you don't like training. That is common to all of us....

Forearm Motion

chum kil kung fu wing chun Sep 17, 2021

Hello everyone,

In this article, I would like to discuss Chum Kil's introduction to the forearm filing/pushing motion in the second Wing Chun form. This motion is often misunderstood as a direct block but actually, when it is used defensively, the motion is actually a cutting motion. If used correctly as a cutting motion, it allows one to handle superior force by using subtle deflection. This ...

Chum Kil Elbow Strikes

chum kil wing chun wing chun techniques Sep 10, 2021

In the first section of Chum Kil, the student is introduced to the Wing Chun Elbow Strikes from a double Lan Sau while turning the stance. This movement is commonly misunderstood. Here are some points to pay attention to:

From a Wing Chun perspective, elbows are only used when given, which means if we can punch or palm strike with arm extension, then we would not use our elbows. We only use the

Flag Punches

chum kil wing chun wing chun techniques Sep 01, 2021

Hey everyone, today I would like to talk about the concept of "Flag Punches", introduced in the section of Chum Kil. Like all methods in Wing Chun, it is a concept, not a fixed technique.
This concept of Flag Punches is represented by an Upper Cut like a punch in the second section of the form.

The term "Flag Punches" in Chinese Gung Fu means, the ability to strike with the fist from any angle whe...

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Adam Chan is a martial artist with over 30 years of experience. He started studying Wing Chun in 1986 under Sifu Joeseph Boychuck (Moy Yat Lineage). He also learned from other combative styles such as Hakka, NCGF, Fu and Hsing Yi/Yi Quan, Natural Gate Boxing,

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