Since I injured my shoulder last August (it’s still not right) I’ve not trained with the same vigour. In fact, the injury had quite an impact on my training. Pulling my elbows in on the fuk sau when chi sauing really puts pressure on your shoulders (if they’re damaged anyway) and this caused pain. Not being able to chi sau properly and not being able to do siu lim tau as well as I used to (extending the tan sau and fuk sau in the first section hurt), just put me off training altogether. Siu lim tau and chi sau are really integral parts of your wing chun training. “What’s left if I can’t do those?” I thought. Continue Reading