Wing Chun Stance Opening & Chamber (Siu Nim Tao Opening Sequence)

This Wing Chun stance opening training video will detail (step by step) how to open the stance (horse) and how to chamber the hands.
Opening the stance and chambering the hands in Wing Chun are actions done at the Siu Nim Tao opening before any other sequences. Many beginners to Wing Chun mess up the training stance (especially those beginners training at home) because they don't know how to open the horse nor properly chamber the hands. The level of detail that the beginner must become aware of during the Wing Chun opening sequence is crucial for practicing correctly in order to actually develop.
The Wing Chun chamber is important for developing the correct back and down feeling of the shoulders as well as keeping the elbows lower than the fists. It shapes the way a beginning student stands and therefore stretches and strengthens the upper body for the specific function of Wing Chun. In other words, it creates the Wing Chun weapon.
The proper Wing Chun stance (goat stance), also known as yee jee kim yeung mah, is the Wing Chun training stance used in the first form (Siu Nim Tao) and other WC forms and drills. Learning how to open the stance / open the horse (hoi mah) ensures that the student stays connected to the ground during movement and positions their feed at the proper distance.
Too many waste years not doing proper Wing Chun stance training. Instead, they half-hazardly open the stance without attention to the level of detail required in order to progress. When a beginning student learns to pay attention to the details from the onset, a precedence is set that states that all Wing Chun training must have this same mindfulness and intent.

[@ricardodelgado3084]

Your information and instructions are beyond....words. I am sure sifu Kenneth Chung would approve.... Thank you

[@MrSvchostt]

Thanks for the demonstration. My Sifu told me that Tan Sao is the key to a successful wing chun and I should stand it correctly as much I could handle.

[@mallmone3562]

Your brilliant teacher. Wishing you luck brother man from London

[@bruceleejkd4460]

Super speech brother

[@coreyriley3858]

Your welcome. Ty for taking the time to explain in ur vids. I love wing chun and have studied since a kid. I also studyed tae. Kwon doe and akido a lil judo but wing chun is my fav and alot of fun

[@coreyriley3858]

Ok so i went ahead and subscribed. I like the way u explain everything and your level of skill is evident. Thanks again for these videos cause i have no teacher right now

[@sifuadamwilliss]

Thank you Corey.

[@RAPINCITE]

It took me years to understand this style of fighting, I use to fight like a westerner I would just throw haymakers like a helicopter and hope i would hit the the target and hit it hard witch was just a waste of energy cos my punches wouldn't connect they would just look scary cos of the crazy helicopter movement, but now I can hit accurate asf like every hit is going to land, and cos it's so straight forward, they land quick. I just feel so dumb when I think of the way I use to throw a punch frigging pathetic, with wing chun, you aim to hit not, land a lucky shot, if you have punching down good you will be very direct.

[@geoffmcheyzer9821]

Thank you sifu

[@steveabraham3052]

So well explained! Thank you Sifu Williss 👍🏽

[@sifuadamwilliss]

Thank you Steve. Glad it made sense.

[@mikeferguson2115]

Nice

[@reparaciondecabezasmg8521]

as always sharing pearls of wisdom

[@akumanoyoroy4155]

excelente muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas 😍😍

[@sifuadamwilliss]

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[@starshipdjs7524]

Thanks for starting this topic as you give an excellent explanation♡ Have a few little ideas to add, hope you are okay with it? Little Idea Form = sui2 nim6 tau4 (first empty air form) As this form is without footwork and or stepping is due to one other special ingredient that it missing on purpose and that is momentum. Momentum is the primary ingredient for all martial art systems. SLT hand and arm movements are missing combat momentum, therefore this momentum needs to be introduced when fighting or sparring for real. SLT practiced stationary is intended to be a quite meditation form, for the purpose of moving without any tension although the moves are also the same moves used for fighting. This duality of using and not using momentum in SLT is similar to the onion concept of unravelling the many layers it contains within, these are just two; a third could be using isometric tension exercises, a forth using weights or resistance... Here is some terminology for the purposes of wanting to peel back a few more layers of the Wing Chun onion. Kata/Routine /Form = tou3 kyun4 Flying Elbows = fei1 zaang1 Also when elbows are too far out Correct Elbow Position Method = mai5 zaang1 faat3 Retracting Elbow Strike = sau2 zaang1 Quietness = zing6 Attribute when doing SLT To Make A Bow With Hands Clasped = gung2 sau2 waang4 lai5 Opening Position Sequence At The Beginning Of Forms = hoi1 sik1 Stance Closing Sequence At The End Of Forms = sau1 sik1 At Ease = saau2 sik1 Stand Straight, Attention = laap6 zeng3 Body Stances Postures Moving Stepping Turning Footwork: On Guard Position = bei6 joeng5 bei = ready joeng5 = face upward, position, admire Run or Walk = zau2 Step = cuk1 Step or Pace = bou6 Stance = maa5 Moving Stance = maa5 bou6 Advancing = cin4 zeon3 Right Horse Stance = jau6 maa5 Left Horse Stance = zo2 maa5 Back Stance = hau6 maa5 Pivot Or Hub = syu1 Praying Thrice To The Buddha = saam1 baai3 fat6 Stooped Or hunchbacked = lau4 leoi5 Chase = zeoi1 Balance = baai2 Structure = jing4 Shrink Or Recoil = suk1 Pressing The Waist = aat3 yiu1 Slanting Or Sloping = ce4 ce3 To Open The Horse Stance = hoi1 maa5 Stance Moving Method = bou6 faat3 Stand On Tiptoe Or Limp = gat6 ngat6 Stamp ones foot = dam6 Fighting Posture = zong1 tau4 Lose Of Balance Or Structure = baai1 jing4 Front Body Structure = zing3 san1 Body Sinking = cam4 san1 Lowering Body = co5 san1 Slanting Body = pin1 san1 Sit In Stance = co5 maa5 AKA horse stance Sit On Rear Leg Stance = co5 hau6 maa5 Body Transition Stance = ji4 san1 maa5 Low Stance = sei3 peng4 maa5 Front Stance = zing3 san1 maa5 Meridian Stance = zi2 ng5 maa5 Thrusting Forward = biu bou6 Shooting Forward = biu maa5 Triangular Footwork = saam1 gok3 bou6 Step Back = teoi3 maa5 Dragging Step = to1 bou6 Stance Swapping = wun6 bou6 Plucking Steps = kau3 bou6 Going Forward Jamming Stance = zaam2 bou6 Diagonal Sideline Stance = zak1 san1 maa5 AKA ju sun ma Quadrilateral Level Stance = sei3 ping4 maa5 Hanging Hoof Horse = diu3 tai4 maa5 AKA rearing horse stance = cat stance diu3 = to suspend tai4 = lift, put forward, hoof Bow And Arrow Stance = cin4 gung1 hau6 zin3 cin4 = front gung = bow hau6 = rear zin3 = arrow Front Facing = cin4 heung3 "Mother Of All Stances" (A None Fighting Training Stance) Character Two Adduction Stance Chinese Character Two Goat Clamping Stance = ji6 zi6 kim4 joeng4 maa5 ji6 = two zi6 = character kim4 = clamp joeng4 = goat maa4 = stance Slanting Body Stance = pin1 san1 maa5 Front Advancing Stance = soeng5 maa5 Jamming Stance = bik1 bou6 Long stepping through jamming and chasing also in knife form AKA chasing stance with pole = bik1 maa5 Stance Turning = zyun3 maa5 AKA juen ma Circling Step = hyun1 bou6 Shifting Step = ji4 bou6 Revolving Defense = syun4 fong4 AKA blading Blind side = maang4 bin1 The flanked disadvantage area of a stance when the rear hand is out of position to be utilised ♡

[@danroldan1074]

Thank you!!

[@pushkar.vohra.speaks]

Bhai are you a martial artist

[@jasnoya7587]

hi sir i m from india...can u be my sifu🙏

[@sifuadamwilliss]

Please contact me through my website at dragoninst.com

[@benquinney2]

Not Bruce

[@samuelcordoba9298]

Dude I live on the upper East Coast. I've studied win chun and JKD, but have not mastered any of the 2. I am 52 years old now, and Dan Inisanto was and is Bruce Lee's most trusted to teach the world. And unless you have something signed by Dan Inisanto, or even backed by him, my only advice to you would be shut the fuck up,...."and be water my friend."

[@RAPINCITE]

Understand what your saying bro. Bruce didn't complete all the forms and he only did three years of wing chun and then, that tiny bit of wingchun he knew he developed, another style, and pissed off to America to show it off,, but if he studied and practised wingchun and all the forms, he probaly wouldn't of died so young, he would have more discipline and he would be breathing correctly. and yeah sifu adam is not Bruce of course not. Bruce is a sell out. That stop studying wingchun, Bruce learnt it and based his jeet kune do on yipmans wingchun. And then bad mouthed wing chun when jeet kune do is fully based on wing chun, yipman should of left him crippled.