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Sil Lim Tao the first form

Article by Dan Knight added on 21 Jul 2012. Last updated on 19 Oct 2012.

Sil Lim Tau or Little Idea

Wing Chun's first form

Sil Lim Tau, sometimes referred to as Siu Nim Tao, is the first of the hand forms of Wing Chun Kung Fu. It teaches the student

the basics of the martial art. The other two hand forms are Chum Kiu (Seeking Bridge) and Biu Gee (Thrusting Fingers). Sil Lim

Tao is a basic form for beginners. Grandmaster Ip Man described that in "Sil Lim Tao or 'little idea', the ideas of daily matters,

such as money, work, hate, love, etc.... 'decrease to as little as possible, or even none', so that the practitioner may 'concentrate

only upon practising'. "

Sil Lim Tao is the basic Kung Fu of Wing Chun. That is why almost every Wing Chun Sifu, when teaching his students, always

wants the students to practice 'Sil Lim Tao' first. Sil Lim Tao is divided into three sections, with a total of one hundred and eight

movements. Each small section has its own aim in practice, and various meanings in application. The first section is for training

the basic strength of the wrist and elbow. The strength is in the formation of the major hand positions of Tan Sau, Fook Sau, and

Wu Sau. If you wish to perform well in Wing Chun, you must use the first sections of Sil Lim Tao to train the basic power and

strength. There is no short cut, once the movements of the form have been learned, they must be practised seriously to train the

power and strength. Every Wing Chun practitioner knows when practising the first part of Sil Lim Tao, that it has to be slow. To

train for the strength one has to be serious, and to be serious one must do it slowly.

The second section is the training of using the strength and power. In Wing Chun Kung Fu, the strength and power are used half soft, half hard. This is easily

demonstrated when throwing a punch, your arm travels at great speed but the muscles are relaxed, this is the soft part. But just before you make contact with

your opponent, your muscles in your arm tense up for a split second, this is the hard part. This later develops into full delivery of the Kinetic Energy of your

arm and body into the target, without compromising balance.

The third section is for training correct position of the basic hand movement into your muscle memory. Movements include Pak Sau, Tan Sau, Gaun Sau, Huen

Sau and Bong Sau. The practitioner must concentrate on executing each movement's position correctly.

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