Summary of Siu Lim Tao movement sequence. The table summarizes Siu Lim Tao movement sequence for all three sections (for both hands). Each movement spelled in Simplified Chinese with Cantonese pronunciation and English translation. Please keep in mind that the movement sequence might be different from lineage to lineage.
First Section |
# |
Both (Seung)(雙) |
1 |
開式 |
Hoi Sik |
Opening the form |
2 |
開馬 |
Hoi Ma |
Opening the stance |
3 |
二字箝羊馬 |
Yee Jee Kim Yeung Ma |
Wing Chun trapezoid goat stance |
4 |
交叉耕手 |
Gow Cha Gaang Sau |
Crossed hands down |
5 |
交叉攤手 |
Gow Cha Taan Sau |
Crossed hands up |
6 |
收拳 |
Sao Kuen |
Withdraw both fists |
# |
Left (Jo)(左) |
Right (Yauh)(右) |
7 |
冲拳 |
Jung Kuen |
Straight punch |
– |
– |
– |
8 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
– |
– |
– |
9 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
10 |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
– |
– |
– |
11 |
– |
– |
– |
冲拳 |
Jung Kuen |
Straight punch |
12 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
13 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
14 |
– |
– |
– |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
15 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Dispersing hand |
– |
– |
– |
16 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
17 |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Sinking hand |
– |
– |
– |
18 |
護手 |
Wu Sau |
Protecting hand |
– |
– |
– |
19 |
伏手 |
Fuk Sau |
Resting hand |
– |
– |
– |
20 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
21 |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Sinking hand |
– |
– |
– |
22 |
護手 |
Wu Sau |
Protecting hand |
– |
– |
– |
23 |
伏手 |
Fuk Sau |
Resting hand |
– |
– |
– |
24 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
25 |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Sinking hand |
– |
– |
– |
26 |
護手 |
Wu Sau |
Protecting hand |
– |
– |
– |
27 |
伏手 |
Fuk Sau |
Resting hand |
– |
– |
– |
28 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
29 |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Sinking hand |
– |
– |
– |
30 |
護手 |
Wu Sau |
Protecting hand |
– |
– |
– |
31 |
拍手 |
Paak Sau |
Slapping hand |
– |
– |
– |
32 |
直掌 |
Jik Jeung |
Straight palm |
– |
– |
– |
33 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
– |
– |
– |
34 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
35 |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
– |
– |
– |
36 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Dispersing hand |
37 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
38 |
– |
– |
– |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Sinking hand |
39 |
– |
– |
– |
護手 |
Wu Sau |
Protecting hand |
40 |
– |
– |
– |
伏手 |
Fuk Sau |
Resting hand |
41 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
42 |
– |
– |
– |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Sinking hand |
43 |
– |
– |
– |
護手 |
Wu Sau |
Protecting hand |
44 |
– |
– |
– |
伏手 |
Fuk Sau |
Resting hand |
45 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
46 |
– |
– |
– |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Sinking hand |
47 |
– |
– |
– |
護手 |
Wu Sau |
Protecting hand |
48 |
– |
– |
– |
伏手 |
Fuk Sau |
Resting hand |
49 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
50 |
– |
– |
– |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Sinking hand |
51 |
– |
– |
– |
護手 |
Wu Sau |
Protecting hand |
52 |
– |
– |
– |
拍手 |
Paak Sau |
Slapping hand |
53 |
– |
– |
– |
直掌 |
Jik Jeung |
Straight palm |
54 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
55 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
56 |
– |
– |
– |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
Second Section |
# |
Left (Jo)(左) |
Right (Yauh)(右) |
57 |
撳手 |
Gum Sau |
Pinning hand |
– |
– |
– |
58 |
– |
– |
– |
撳手 |
Gum Sau |
Pinning hand |
# |
Both (Seung)(雙) |
59 |
後撳手 |
Hao Gum Sau |
Double pinning hands behind |
60 |
前撳手 |
Chin Gum Sau |
Double pinning hands in front |
61 |
攔手 |
Lan Sau |
Double bar hands |
62 |
拂手 |
Fak Sau |
Double whisking (chop) hands |
63 |
攔手 |
Lan Sau |
Double bar hands |
64 |
沈手 |
Jum Sau |
Double sinking arms |
65 |
托手 |
Tok Sau |
Double lifting hands |
66 |
窒手 |
Jut Sau |
Double jerking hands |
67 |
標指手 |
Biu Jee Sau |
Darting fingers |
68 |
橋撳手 |
Kiu Gum Sau |
Bridge pinning arms |
69 |
提手 |
Tai Sau |
Double uplifting hands |
70 |
收拳 |
Sao Kuen |
Withdraw both fists |
Third Section |
# |
Left (Jo)(左) |
Right (Yauh)(右) |
71 |
拍手 |
Paak Sau |
Slapping hand |
– |
– |
– |
72 |
側掌 |
Juk Jeung |
Side palm |
– |
– |
– |
73 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
– |
– |
– |
74 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
75 |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
– |
– |
– |
76 |
– |
– |
– |
拍手 |
Paak Sau |
Slapping hand |
77 |
– |
– |
– |
側掌 |
Juk Jeung |
Side palm |
78 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
79 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
80 |
– |
– |
– |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
81 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Dispersing hand |
– |
– |
– |
82 |
耕手 |
Gaang Sau |
Splitting block |
– |
– |
– |
83 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Dispersing hand |
– |
– |
– |
84 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
85 |
低側掌 |
Dai Juk Jeung |
Low side palm |
– |
– |
– |
86 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
– |
– |
– |
87 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
88 |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
– |
– |
– |
89 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Dispersing hand |
90 |
– |
– |
– |
耕手 |
Gaang Sau |
Splitting block |
91 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Dispersing hand |
92 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
93 |
– |
– |
– |
低側掌 |
Dai Juk Jeung |
Low side palm |
94 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
95 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
96 |
– |
– |
– |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
97 |
膀手 |
Bong Sau |
Wing arm |
– |
– |
– |
98 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Dispersing hand |
– |
– |
– |
99 |
托掌 |
Tok Jeung |
Downward palm |
– |
– |
– |
100 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
– |
– |
– |
101 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
102 |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
– |
– |
– |
103 |
– |
– |
– |
膀手 |
Bong Sau |
Wing arm |
104 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Dispersing hand |
105 |
– |
– |
– |
托掌 |
Tok Jeung |
Downward palm |
106 |
– |
– |
– |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
107 |
– |
– |
– |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
108 |
– |
– |
– |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
109 |
脫手 |
Tuit Sau |
Clearing hand |
– |
– |
– |
110 |
– |
– |
– |
脫手 |
Tuit Sau |
Clearing hand |
111 |
脫手 |
Tuit Sau |
Clearing hand |
– |
– |
– |
# |
連環拳 |
Lien Wan Kuen |
Linked chain punching |
112 |
冲拳 |
Jung Kuen |
Straight punch |
– |
– |
– |
113 |
– |
– |
– |
冲拳 |
Jung Kuen |
Straight punch |
114 |
冲拳 |
Jung Kuen |
Straight punch |
– |
– |
– |
# |
Left (Jo)(左) |
Right (Yauh)(右) |
115 |
攤手 |
Taan Sau |
Palm up |
– |
– |
– |
116 |
圈手 |
Huen Sau |
Circling hand |
– |
– |
– |
117 |
收拳 |
Sau Kuen |
Withdraw fist |
– |
– |
– |
# |
|
118 |
收馬 |
Sau Ma |
Closing the stance |
119 |
收式 |
Sau Sik |
Closing the form |
- Siu Lim Tao Explained (mywayofwingchun.com)
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Thank you for providing such detailed information on Wing Chun and on Siu Lim Tao in particular. I understand that lineages have variations to their forms but your list of terms actually hit right on with what I am learning. Again, thank you for providing this content.
Sure. Sorry for the late reply 😀 I am glad I could help 🙂
Wow! This is awesome! I could never remember the names in the third section. Thanks for taking the time to write this!
No problem! It was not a trivial task 😀
Someone shared your article on /r/WingChun/.
https://en.reddit.com/r/WingChun/comments/3fvndf/summary_of_siu_lim_tao_movement_sequence_with/
What lineage is this? I checked your about me and saw potentially 2-3 origins.
Hi, I tried to capture what I understood from Wong Shun Leung lineage
That said, it was a little difficult at times to list the fine grained movements since there are can be slight variations from Sifu to Sifu. I have tried to stick to WSL way. Corrections are welcomed
This is awesome. I’ve been scouring the net/youtube for a list of the movements/demo…this is great, thank you, glad I found your website!
I am glad I could help!
Thanks for good work! Is there anything similar available for Chum Kiu form?
Your path looks pretty much to my 😀 . I have been practicing “Traditional Wing Chun” (William Cheung’s modified Wing Chung) for 3 months (bcz it had very good ads and I was young and foolish to trust), and then found it ineffective. Its B.O.E.C. model doesn’t work well on short distance with empty hands and usually on street you find yourself either on short distance or in parterre vs your opponent (ofc if you are lucky enough not to meet some guy with knife/gun). Also I had ideology conflicts with instructors from that school after I found some slippery facts about their life outside of martial arts school. So I gladly dropped that school and tried other Wing Chung’s lineage (Leung Bok Cheung’s lineage, even not Ip Man’s, though Siu Lim Tao is very similar to what you described; we also have upward elbow strikes after Kiu Gum Sau in Second section). I loved it from first day, really efficient, brutal, precious and flash art for short distance combat, but now I am relocating to Cologne, Germany and looking for new good Wing Chun school. 😉
I have seen articles in Russian. Are you from CIS region?
Hi Specialist. Thank you for your comment. I have left U.S.S.R. shortly before it fell apart, December of 1990
Hi Wooden Dummy,
I have been learning the Siu Lim Tao from the Samuel Kwok DVDs but for the life of me I cant see the Jum Saus in the first section,..from 15 to 56. Is this a different lineage to the Ip Man lineage?
Many thanks though…this is extremely helpful
Best regards
Neil
I’ve watched Yip Chun perform this and her starts with his right fist. Does it matter which hand you start with?
My bad typo he starts with right hand.
It doesn’t matter, because form is symmetrical and intended to train both sides of body.
What are the movements in chum kiu and how many are there?