I’ve started my new Wing Chun training routine. This refers to the practice I do on my own, not the class I go to once a week. I say once a week, but on a good week I can get down there twice and in rare weeks three times. I think that as long as I can consistently maintain once a week, I’m going to improve, albeit more slowly.
So in addition to the formal classes I attend, I practise on my own 5 days a week, Monday to Friday. I choose those days simply because I get to work inordinately early to beat the traffic, and I want to do something constructive with the free time I have before I actually start work. I have maybe 45 minutes before the fisrt of my colleagues start to trickle in and I am not going to practise with an audience! Ashamedly, I only use around 10 of those minutes practising. Here’s the breakdown:
Wing Chun Timetable
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing! | Siu Lim Tao | Practise turning | Siu Lim Tao | Speed work | Siu Lim Tao | Nothing! |
I know – two days where I do nothing! I know that the time I spend training is pretty short but I think it’s a good base and I know I’ll get better gradually doing this. The key is consistency.
Who am I trying to fool, I should practise more! A mere 10 minutes a morning is pretty shameful but I have so many other things vying for my time that I can’t spare much more. I’ll have a think and see if I can juggle some things around. It would be helpful to know how much everyone else trains…
