Wing Chun's 1st Form described - Chu Shong Tin Wing Chun

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Nima talks about Wing Chun's first empty hand form as passed on by the 'king of siu nim tao' Grand master Chu Shong Tin - Hong Kong
*A note about this channel the lineage:
Sifu Nima King is the owner and team leader of Mindful Wing Chun, a CST Wing Chun school in Hong Kong with affiliations around the world. Mindful Wing Chun is wholeheartedly dedicated to passing on the internal wing chun method as passed down by Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin who was the longest serving student of Grandmaster Ip Man. Chu Shong Tin lived with Ip Man for 5 years (1950-1955) and was coined the title ' the king of siu nim tao' by his master Ip Man.
He was a legend in the world of Wing Chun (in particular the internal method of wing chun) and spent 64years passing it on full-time before he passed away in 2014. Nim King practiced under hin in Hong Kong for 9 years and established Mindful Wing Chun under CST's guidance. Nima is also on the board of Directors for the 'Chu Shong Tin Alumni' which is a group of senior students of CST that were hand picked by him to establish the Alumni and to uphold and continue his teachings and Wing Chun legacy after he passed away.
Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin was a very humble and low-key Wing Chun Master therefore its only after we began putting his videos online, that people started to hear about him. In fact, majority of the main Wing CHun teachers (of the Ip Man lineage) who began practice in the 50s and early 60s (apart of Leung Sheung and Lok Yiu) were trained by CST even-though they were Ip Man's students. This is due to CST being the most snr and main teacher of Ip Man's school in those days.
Nima was lucky to start his practice under CST in 2005 because that's when CST decided to change his teaching to all internal practice so that he can pass on "Nim Tao' and 'Nim Lik' (the mind power/energy cultivated through internal Wing Chun practice) to his students.
Nima, even though a non-chinese and much younger than the other students of CST, attained a high level of these final teachings. He now mainly teaches the seniors within this lineage and also travels around giving workshops and is working on an online program so that master CST's teaching can have a greater reach.
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Long live the genuine and internal art of Wing Chun / Ving Tsun!
Mindful Wing Chun - Chu Shong Tin (Ip Man) Wing Chun / Ving Tsun - Hong Kong

[@inspiringothers7197]

Thanks for the lesson Sifu!

[@MindfulWingChun]

My pleasure man. cheers

[@nineinches]

Well described , thanks

[@MindfulWingChun]

Cheers Mark. Happy New Year mate

[@mikemagee9156]

nice work Nima.

[@MindfulWingChun]

Cheers brother

[@hatefmonajemi]

Nima: 1:36 you are 'missing' an important showing of Tan Sao. ;) right after your hand comes down, you must show Tan Sao before turning your hands over. That produces the correct energy. Great video! and please dont take it the wrong way. I love this video.

[@MindfulWingChun]

Thanks for the comment man. Actually in our method we dont turn it into a Tan Sau before rising up (check out CST's SNT form). Actually when the body has reached that 'open' state the shapes dont matter, i.e. there is exactly the same amount of power when raising up the arm whether the palm is facing up (i.e. Tan Sau) or facing down. It makes absolutely no difference. This is an important point which can be experientialy understood once the practitioner has reached that level. Actually its one of the first things that CST talks about in the opening 5mins of his SNT talk on his official DVD :)

[@hatefmonajemi]

Hi Nima. You are right. CST doesn’t show the Tan Sao between Jaam and Jat. But Ip Sifu certainly does. I don’t know why CST doesn’t do it as his teacher does. I agree with you the state you are referring to creates power at all time. What I meant to say is that the Tan Sao after Jaam and turning (coiling) of upper arm will prepare the energy to be shot out. Please try doing it with a Tan Sao and see if you see the built up of energy from your hands all the way to your back. And please checkout Ip man’s siu lim tao. There is nothing in that video Ip man does without a reason. Every inch of move he is doing has a purpose.

[@StEvUgnIn]

Hatef Monajemi You know man. Form doesn't matter as much as the concept ;-)

[@danroldan1074]

Thank you

[@MindfulWingChun]

Cheers Dan 🙏

[@KingDariusMartial-dc2nr]

Awesome Video, just a question Sifu through the years of practice would you describe the Wing Chun 1st form differently to your current understanding to this video? would like to know what is your current explanation in terms of your practice and feelings. Thanks for sharing!

[@MindfulWingChun]

Yes my feeling, experience and understanding is always evolving in Siu Nim Tao and Wing Chun in general. SNT is still the thing I practice most and that is after having done it for 25years. It really is the foundation of the whole system, but only if its practiced correctly to develop the internal aspect. to stay up to date with our teachings I suggest you check out www.mindfulwingchun.online

[@flylastshadow4630]

On the one side simular to the Siu Lim Tao im learning and on the other side very different.

[@MindfulWingChun]

Yeah the CST method is pretty unique

[@nickpelov]

Can you describe what is the correct way for every move of the form and what should one be focused on during each move. May be as a series of videos for each part.

[@MindfulWingChun]

good idea. Will come around to it one day. I'm actually considering making an online course but that will be for the future to come.

[@nickpelov]

Thanks! That would be great

[@bob-o9865]

Hi there Nima, I just started learning siu lim Tao So far I know the 1st section good, the 2nd I’m okay. And the third I haven’t started to learn yet. I’m taking my time on learning and the feeling I get I’ve noticed that when I do the WU sao I feel a force or pressure is that “energy “that I’m feeling that people keep talking about? Lol Do you experience this?

[@MindfulWingChun]

Hey Bob, what pressure do you feel in Wu Sau? Can you explain a bit more on your feeling pls?

[@bob-o9865]

@@MindfulWingChun hi, I don’t do the forms anymore. lol but I do remember. It was a feeling like an invisible force pulling my arm (no pain) just a really cool experience. I hope to get back into W.C. some day.

[@MrK-wu7ci]

So what does the mind focus on?

[@MindfulWingChun]

Should focus on totally relaxing the body and initiating every move with intention rather than muscular force (in a nut shell)

[@njbrun01tube]

Question, if you don't mind: how does "Lik" of "Nim Lik" translate to English? What's the character for that word? Thanks in advance!

[@MindfulWingChun]

Im not sure what the Chinese character is as I cant read or write Chinese. But the Lik/Lek can be translated to power or force

[@njbrun01tube]

Mindful Wing Chun Thank you!

[@webherring]

力

[@pluralismajestatis9334]

njbrun01 念力/念頭

[@huutrungnguyen1753]

Let see GM Chu shong tin do it. I find some problem in this video.

[@MindfulWingChun]

What problem did you find?