4 months ~`

After nearly 4 months of training, I am hoping to move to the second part of the martial art~~

The siew lim tou is very philosophical in approach as it uses soft to counter hard, it uses softness against stiffness, diffusion versus direct blow..

小念頭 - The beginning

詠春拳實而不華，不重花巧。此拳講求反應敏捷，注重技巧而非力量取勝。由淺入深。只有三套拳，最初習

小念頭

古稱三拜佛，樁馬為拑羊馬。即有尊崇佛山為祖廟（起點），控制廣州（羊城）之意。清庭火燒佛山瓊花會館後，整套拳術(以梅花為標誌)被禁。秘傳至梁贊時，稱詠春拳。三拜佛改名小念頭。

「小念頭」是詠春派第一套入門套路。有念頭正，終生正之意。全套拳由開馬（二字拑羊馬）起，至全套完結，全身（除手部動作外）都不動。頭要正（頭上 頂眼平視），身要正（挺腰背），馬要正（挺肛拑膝）。全身其他肌肉放鬆。呼吸自然。主要練習樁馬穩定，腿部（特別是大腿內側四頭肌）和手部（肩部手後三頭 肌）之伸展肌的肌鍵伸展，手部關節活動。及手部動作之標準位置。葉問傳下之套拳，皆以連環三拳為句或再操連環日字衝拳。預意念頭一起(反清事業)，必須成 功、否則沒有完結收式。

《念頭主手（守），手動身不動》。

練習要求：登頭平視，沉肘落膊，拑膝挺肛，腰胯相照，氣守丹田，輕鬆隨意。

手由心發，點點皆清。正身子午，手不出門。

念頭雖小寓意深，道法自然意隨心， 立身處地守中正，覺悟修身佛性生。

The initial learning of the 小念頭 was very tough as it requires one to "relax" and use "little" efforts and little strength for all the movement. I have to totally forget what i have learn from Taekwando and using strength..

The horse stand and punching method were also different from what I am used to and, in short, I will have to start from scratch and learn everything again..

Wing Chun

I have always been keen to learn Wing Chun since I was a boy. However, since there was a shortage of Wing Chun school in Singapore, I took my opportunity in working in Hong Kong to learn the Wing Chun martial art.

Some basic information on Wing Chun:

詠春拳是中國武術門派之一，五十年代被葉問帶來香港、從七十年代開始，在歐洲快速發展，為多國特警所採用的拳術。詠春拳術以一套實際拳術戰鬥理論為主，以身體結構、關節活動及流體力學開始研究改進，完全脫離了傳統八股的五行八卦及像形神意等玄學虛幻、非科學邏輯性的近似哲學解釋。

After much searching, I have finally enrolled into the school in Jan 2009. Wing Chun is a Chinese martial art that specializes in close-range combat.