My goal is to reveal Wing Chun as I've come to discover it, and for what I believe was meant to be. I was fortunate enough to have met some masters who were willing to share their knowledge unselfishly. Wing Chun was never meant to be mass produced as it is today. Wing Chun cannot be taught or learned in large groups. Well, it can be, but the end result will be poor. Wing Chun was meant to be taught one-to-one (as it it was with our WC forefathers); otherwise, how would one learn to "feel". Wing Chun is about "feeling" and "reacting", not "seeing" and "acting". These things can only be learned and transferred from a master. The larger the group, the less time you will have with your master. If you are practicing more with a novice than your master, the likelihood of you learning wrongly is greater. I had gained the most as a private student. I have only taught privately, and am happy with the results.

I don't condemn those who teach Wing Chun in large groups. I understand that there is a large demand for Wing Chun, and that there are not enough teachers to fill the demand. Nevertheless, I do condemn those who teach, but are unqualified; especially those who know they are not qualified, but are into it for the money. I don't feel it is wrong to earn a living or even get rich from teaching Wing Chun, provided the teacher is giving the student quality tuition. He/She certainly deserves the monetary reward. It's like any profession. One puts in the time and money towards a career, and later reaps the reward.

Looking at the reverse side of the coin, students who pay into a school without first researching its background deserve to be ripped off. Harsh as it sounds, 'tis the reality. Then there are those who think they deserve every drop of blood from their teacher because they have paid for it. Their disrespect is paid back unbeknownst to them. There are those who are granted free tuition but do not appreciate the value and abuse the generosity given them; they will not be given all.

You may be asking now, "What's your point?" The point is that neither a teacher or a student will gain anything from each other without developing a relationship that is respectful, appreciative, and rewarding.

Wing Chun cannot be learned solely from books, videos, CDs, Internet, or whatever multimedia form that exists today. Those of you who have invested in language learning tapes know what I'm talking about. They can act as aid to the actual training, or introduction to the curious, but not a teacher substitute. However, with the advancement of technology, there might come a day when WC can be taught without the physical presence of an instructor. As it stands today, it can only be taught with one onsite. I must back up a bit and say, while it is highly recommended to learn from an instructor, it is NOT impossible to learn it from a type of media. It's not the language tapes that are at fault, when someone fails to learn from it. He/She most likely did not allocate a regular schedule for learning, and was not dedicated enough to learn the language. I met an English chap who taught himself Mandarin from audio tapes, and spoke it fluently. I was so impressed and inspired by him that I went out and bought a set of Italian tapes. With six months of self-disciplined training, I managed to get around on my own and conduct business in Italy.

I have decided to conduct lessons via Internet for those who wish to learn Wing Chun, but do not have a school or instructor in their town or city. The lessons may also be helpful to current students of WC to use as reference and see a different point of view.

I was told, when I first joined Wing Chun, that there was a code of silence held against non-Chinese. Wing Chun was not to be taught to anyone but the Chinese; that a curse would fall upon those who did. Even the death of Bruce Lee and some other WC artists were believed by some to be the result of the curse. As evident today, this code of silence has been broken, and is no longer applicable. However, I sometimes wonder if it still is since WC seems to have changed so much from what I had learned almost three decades ago. Perhaps some of the instructors kept the code and taught a washed out version of WC. On the other hand, it may simply be that there are more unqualified teachers in the market than qualified ones.

Wing Chun is simple, in one sense, yet complex in another. It is simple because it is minimized to the bare necessities. It is complex because of the intricate mechanism behind it. You may look at an ant and see it as a simple little insect, but find it complex when studying it's anatomy, mechanism and society. Living here in Thailand, you can take your car for repairs and have it fixed, provided it is a common problem. The mechanics are illiterate, and have never studied auto mechanics, yet are able to fix problems that are beyond your capabilities. However, if you take in a problem they have never dealt with, they are unable to figure it out. They do not know the science behind auto mechanics. Similarly, you can learn WC to perform simple tasks, but will have problems dealing with sophisticated ones without understanding the science behind it.

Some of WC is difficult for non-Asians because of the cultural differences. For example, Asians tend to yield to incoming force, whether physical or mental. That's part of the Confucius teaching instilled in them. Westerners have a tendency to deal headon with incoming force. Thus, the BIG concept come to play. The bigger you are, the better you are equipped for oncoming force. Wing Chun is about yielding. It takes time for non-Asians to grasp that. I've seen WC practiced like Kyokhushin Karate. The students were doing Siu Lim Tao with dynamic tension. Every muscles in their bodies were tensed and trembling. They were breathing heavily and hissingly. I playfully asked the instructor , "Wasn't Wing Chun a woman, and the style, meant to be soft?" He snapped back with, "It had long changed to a man's style." "Hmph, I wonder why the style still bares her name," I concluded.

The Wing Chun lessons I have planned online follows the traditional WC course. The course consists of three forms: Siu Lim Tao, Chum Kiu, and Biu Jee; 8 Chi Sao trapping techniques; and 108 Woodman training techniques. These are the main courses. In between, there are lessons that include footworks, theory, sparring, drills, etc. The lessons will be conducted with full detail explanations, unlike many books and videos in the market. Learning WC is unique, and akin to learning how to fly. You must have ground classes covering physics, theory and anatomy before doing any practical training. You are in danger if you don't have a full understanding of these subjects. This is the complexity of WC. However, if you understand the science of WC, you have a powerful, fast and efficient system. While many forms of martial arts will get you around, you will be a more powerful, fast and efficient machine, when you understand the science behind WC.

The lessons will not be given freely to everyone. The first lesson will be downloadable free, as an introductory offer, and also as a tryout for those who want to see what WC is about before committing to it. The following lessons will be charged at a reasonable cost. For those of you who do not have a Wing Chun instructor in your vicinity, it is highly recommended that you to get a training partner. You will need one to practice Chi Sao (Sticking Hands). If you are serious about learning WC, arrangments can be made for you to visit either me or Sifu Nelson Chan (in Toronto, Canada), or have us visit you for the Chi Sao training.

Since I'm doing the teaching and the web designs on a part-time basis on my own, it will take sometime for the next lessons to go online. Fear not, it will go online long before you have mastered your first lesson. For those of you who are already learning WC from an instructor, the delay wouldn't matter either. Your interest is in taking bits and pieces of my lessons and adding on to what you already know. However, if you are doing something entirely different than what I'm showing, and you wish to convert to my system, then it will take you even longer than a novice to master the first lesson. As the saying goes, "Old habits die hard."

I think enough has been said about the lessons. It's now time to do Wing Chun.

If you are new to the site, it would be best for you to attend the Lecture classes first to get an overview of the Wing Chun system. Click the Lecture button below for that. If you have attended the Lecture sessions, and would like to begin the first practical lessons of Wing Chun, then click the Siu Lim Tao button below.