Curriculum

Our curriculum is a progressive roadmap designed to build skill through steady, deliberate practice. We prioritize quality and internal mechanics, ensuring each layer of the system is functional before moving to the next.

Level 1: Building the Foundation

Everything begins with Siu Nim Tau 小念頭 (the “Little Idea”). This stage is about reprogramming how you move, learning to relax the shoulders, align the spine, and develop structure rather than relying on muscle. You will start with Stance Training, partner drills like Daan Chi Sau 單黐手 and Laap Sau 拉手, and basic defensive movement like Wut Bou 活步 and Zong Bok 撞膊, to build your first layer of tactile sensitivity and gate awareness.

Level 2: Movement & Bridging

Once the foundation is set, we introduce Chum Kiu 沉橋 (“Sinking the Bridge”). This level moves you from static positions into defensive footwork, side punches, and body rotation. You will begin Pun Sau 盤手 (rolling hands) to manage an opponent’s energy in real-time. We also incorporate the Saa Bau 沙包 (conditioning sand bag) to develop structural power and limb conditioning without sacrificing softness.

Level 3: Offense & Application

Biu Zi (“Thrusting Fingers”) focuses on recovery and offensive techniques, learning how to regain your center when your structure is compromised. Training becomes more fluid here with Biu Ma (stepping) and Gwo Sau, which is free-flowing Chi Sau sparring. This is where your reactions become more instinctive and your ability to apply the system under pressure is tested.

Level 4: The Wooden Dummy

The Muk Yan Jong (Wooden Dummy) is the final piece of the open-hand system. You will work through the 100-technique form originally taught in Hong Kong, using the dummy as an honest partner to refine your angles, footwork, and power delivery. It serves as a tool for deep refinement, polishing the previous three levels into a singular, cohesive skill set.

詠春百手八腳真，
萬化千變求實用。
莫向花巧求美觀，
唯從紮實見真功。

Curriculum FAQ

Q: How long does it take to learn all this?
A: As long as it takes. We don’t measure training based off time, but achievement.

Q: What comes after the dummy?
A: Later stages include 腳法 (Legs Training Practice), 八斬刀 (Knife Set), and 六點半棍 (Stick Set). We do not teach these forms here yet. It takes dedicated practitioners upwards of 15 years or more to truly be ready for the knives, which serve to refine and polish the empty-hand sets. Many schools claiming to teach the Wing Chun knives have invented their own forms according to their own understanding. I myself do not know the knives yet and am in no rush to learn them.

Q: Why is your dummy only 100 movements? I heard it was supposed to be 108/116/132, are you missing movements?
A: For us, the dummy is 100 hand techniques broken into 10 forms of 10 movements each. Wing Chun also includes 8 kicking methods. Schools that talk about 108, 116, or more movements, simply count the movements differently. Leung Sheung Lineage, in contrast to many other branches, actually preserves some older additional dummy sections that many do not include in their forms, as well as the Goek Jong (Kicking Dummy) movements integrated into the complete form.

Colorado Leung Sheung Tong Wing Chun Student Association
《科羅拉多梁相堂詠春學生會》
is a proud branch of
Worldwide Leung Sheung Tong Wing Chun Confederation
《世界梁相堂 詠春同學總會》