Talk:Wing Chun Forms

Book Creation Notes
I created the book content as XML files, which I transform into HTML, wiki, or PDF through XSL stylesheets. I've got a printable PDF version of the whole book, but it looks as if it were laid out by a brain-damaged monkey with cataracts. I'm trying to get DocBook running on my home system so I can revise the native XML and get a PDF I'm not ashamed of. The final printable version will also have photos.

As edits are made in the wikibook, I'll figure out how to import wiki edits back into the source XML to make a revised PDF.

Siu Nim Tau is fully written and annoted as I intended, with lots of application suggestions, practice tips, and the like. I have the steps of the other forms mostly written, but with fewer extras. Extras take longer to write than the steps, so I may put up the "bare" forms and see if anyone wants the extras. Comments requested. SteveF (talk) 03:23, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Lineage
As noted on the front page, the forms I learned come down from Moy Yat. Lineage is often a touchy subject among martial artists. I suggest that if anyone has a different version of a form we put subsections under the The Forms section. SteveF (talk) 03:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Combat Ving Tsun
I would like to thank my friend & student Steve Furlong for putting such a comprehensive translation of the Wing Chun forms for the public to learn and reference. I have been studying wing chun since 1993 and have been helping Steve F in his journey since 2002. We do have a live school in the Glenville NY area which is about 20 minutes outside of Albany. Feel free to stop by and have a free lesson if you're in the area. Below is the website of my school and my Sifu's school. If you are ever in the Rochester NY area make sure you look up Sigung for a lesson as well. Thank you and enjoy!

518-365-5204 Sifu Mark Messare http://www.CombatVingTsun.com