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Good instruction is based on student needs. Instruction is geared towards one main purpose, to teach you the Fut Sao system and give you the ability to use it. All students are taught with this focus in mind.
Every class incorporates internal work. Fut Sao has special forms that help to build the internal attributes of the system. The sets that we do are very rare and not easily found outside our system.
Conditioning exercises done in the Chicago Fut Sao system are utilitarian. Their sole purpose is to help build the attributes and functionality of the student in the Fut Sao Wing Chun system. All students participate in this part of class.
All students are at different places in their wing chun practice. During forms practice each student works on whatever form they are on.
The Chicago Fut Sao Wing Chun Association utilizes a variety of different means to achieve fighting proficiency within the system. Sensitivity exercises such as Chi-Sao, Lap Sao, Poon Sao and Dan Chi Sao are some items practiced. Students also practice the 2 man fighting forms that accompany each form, work on san-sao (self-defense) applications, and a variety of other drills.
The Little Transmutation or Beggar's Hand
This set is the foundation of the system. It holds the essence of all three forms. Emphasis is on the softness of the style as well as the importance of structural alignment. Here you will begin to discover how to move parts of your body independently and learn how to isolate parts of the body from each othery.
The Depressing Bridge
more advanced hand, arm, and elbow techniques are taught. Helps with the development of torque, grappling, locking, various footworks and body mechanics. More footwork is introduced. Here you discover how to begin to move and direct lines of force in two opposite directions at simultaneously and independently.
The Thrusting / Darting Fingers
This is an advanced form that has been called the poison snake hand. Develops the skill of loose hands, internal-ging, more advanced torque and absorption/expulsion energies.
The Little Octagon
Considered the nerve center of the system, this form develops an eight-directional evasiveness that deals with angling, circling and spinning. It combines the training from the previous 3 forms.
The Butterfly Knives / The Pig Skinning Knives
Develops cutting power, incredibly fast slicing techniques and short ging that can be used with empty-hand techniques as well.
Known as the Six and a Half Point Staff, this form contains forms such as "sticky- sticks", as well as offensive and defensive techniques. It develops long range fa-jing and pointing.
Each form is accompanied by a two-man fighting form that helps students to synthesize the principles and techniques of each form. The two-man sets are done in a live manner to allow fighting development.
Fut Sao Wing Chun also has internal sets that are practiced in order for the student to attain the development of Light Skills, Ging, inch power, Heavy Horse, and Dim Mak. This is a very rare Shaolin set taught out of small villages in Canton.
Fut Sao incorporates many different types of stimulus response drills to help develop action without thought. In a self-defense situation one needs to act and not think about acting.
The Wooden Dummy
The Fut Sao 108
Summation of all the techniques of the 4 preceding forms. The base form is done with a sliding dummy. Various types of wooden dummy sets exist. Stake, low-horse and weapons sets are all performed on the wooden dummy.