I don’t do much kicking and the thought struck me that I could use my Wing Chun dummy to practice my kicks on. After a few beers I created this kicking exercise!
Face the dummy square on, with one hand forward, one back, as in long wu sau, normal wu sau. Step to the left, as in the start of the dummy form, but instead of stepping forward with the right foot, kick the dummy with that right foot. Just a low kick, but make it short and snap it out quickly. Keep you hands up in wu saus as you kick, and immediately after the kick remain balanced and upright. The kick should connect on the dummy with the heel. Shake it, don’t break it.
As the right foot comes down after the kick, move into gaan sau, as you would do in the dummy form. You can follow the form here and do a kwan sau after that. After the kwan sau, though, repeat the kicking action on the other side by stepping right with the right foot and kicking the dummy with the left. We’re just repeating what we did on the other side now.
Basically, all you’re doing is stepping to the left and kicking with the right, then stepping to the right and kicking with the left. Each time you step and prepare to kick, you are facing the dummy but from one side. Doing these movements seems to fit in well witrh the early sections of the dummy form, so why not use something familiar to practice your kicking?
This exercise is one that you can just cycle over and over. When you’ve finished one kick, step into gaan sau and repeat.







