People often ask me, “When should we attack?” The answer is quite simple: the best time to attack is when the opponent is not ready. If your opponent is ready, then you should not attack them—unless you know that you are stronger than them and can attack whenever you like. Once we begin to attack, we should not stop until the opponent is defeated. This is the Wing Chun way and is a good way of attacking.
In Wing Chun, we have multiple attacks, for example, multiple punches. We should remember that landing the first attack does not mean that we have won. If the opponent can still fight back, then it means they have only lost the first round. Only when one person does not have the ability to fight back or surrenders is the winner decided.
Wing Chun is suited to smaller and ordinary people, so once we begin to attack we should not stop until the opponent is defeated. However, to reach that level we need to do a lot of training, develop a lot of Gūng Lihk 功力 (internal strength), and do a lot of Chi Sau 黐手 (sticking hands).
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 518
If we take a close look at all three of these forms, we will see that Bīu Zī is in all of them.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 517
The hardest part of the training is holding the leg up and keeping the position. As we get tired, the leg will start to drop.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 516
When we kick, we do not just consider the kicking leg; we need to maintain our balance and not move the upper body very much.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 515
Before we can use the punch, we must practise connecting the whole body, from the stance to the waist and then through the body,
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