I've been trying like a fool to get all my training done in a week. So if  Siu Lim Tau, Chum Kiu, turning, speed and footwork are all on my list, I've been dividing them up in the best way possible to fit them all in Monday to Sunday. The problem with doing this is that I don't spend enough time on some items. Duh! Why am I doing this??

I had a revelation. Just make my training cycle longer than a week. Extend it so that it fits the practice I need to do instead of making my practice fit 7 days. If my cycle lasts 2 weeks just to devote enough time to each exercise (it won't) then so be it. Better I get good quality practice time than try and rush it to get it all in.

With this is mind, I'm going to split up the following exercises:

• Siu Lim Tau
• Chum Kiu
• Technique - practising punching, kwan sau, gaan sau, there's this chop i do... Speed them up whilst retaining good technique
• Wing Chun Dummy Form - this is just the first section of a dummy form I learnt ages ago
• Turning
• Footwork
• Balance - at the start of a form (I don't know the name), you are in a basic stance and you slide one foot around the floor in a circle, then shift your weight to the other foot and do the same. This exercise, involves the repetition of this 40 times, whilst trying to maintain perfect balance
• Generating power from small distances - this is one I made up. It involves snapping the punch/jik jurn/whatever over a small distance into a powerful strike. Good for close range.

That's 7 items. Previously, I was trying to do 2 different exercises in the same 15 minute routine (I do 15 minutes every morning) just to get 2 or 3 lots of Siu Lim Tau in. I was also sacrificing some exercises some weeks. If I extend my training cycle, I can still get enough Siu Lim Tau's in and I don't need to sacrifice time spent on the other exercises. For example, If I work on a 14 day cycle, I could do this:

Week 1

Week 2

There! The plan has been made. I just have to follow it. I don't know about you but I find making plans like this really motivating. It's like the decision has been made, all I need to do know is follow it through.