There are two ways to look at power in Leung Ting Wing Tsun.

· The first is the power that you, the student, learns to deliver.

· The other is the power that you the student learns to borrow.

Delivering power is certainly very different than other arts. Forget what you learned in those systems. Wing Tsun uses Acceleration Squared times Mass. This means that you must relax yourself. This is normally done in a sincere effort at the Little Idea form practice. If you begin a punch, for example, all tense and nervous and wrapped up in your own thoughts about how strong you are, you will not get rid of the energy in your arm! The power in Wing Tsun could be described as explosive. Hoping won’t make it happen. Practice every day will.

The Siu Nim Tau is all about getting rid of your preconceptions. You glide slowly through it. It is done slowly so that it allows you to self-correct your positions, your tense shoulder muscles and arms, and get rid of questions. You must open up your mind.

If you have a punch ready at your chest it must float. If you have a tan sau at your chest it must float. Muhammed Ali said, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Thrust the punch outward and only lock it at the end. You won’t get these skills until you have practiced hard. Commit to your own training three times per week minimum, even 10-15 minutes of serious single punches!

The second is the power that you, the student, borrow from an attacker. The soft and flexible body you train is the one that can borrow your attacker’s force to use against him. No striking arts except the soft arts of Wudang: Tai Chi, Xingyiquan, Baguazhang really do this.

Borrowing can take place after you have mastered the first form and its application and begun the chi sau, sticky hands. Substantial training in sticky hands will allow you gain this skill.

-Sifu Keith Sonnenberg

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