From beginner to instructor,
ten sealed levels.
The official programme of Sifu Didier Beddar's Traditional Wing Chun lineage, passed on in Bordeaux by Sifu Josse Delaune. Each level marks a skill acquired — not a belt colour, not a date on paper: a skill genuinely carried by the body.
- Progressive
levels - 10
- To pass
the 10 levels - about 10 years
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Techniques
on the Mook Jong - 108
- Empty-hand
forms - 3
Six forms, ten levels.
Shil Lim Tao
"The little idea" — posture, breathing, instilling Tan/Bong/Fook into the body.
Chum Kil
"Bridging the gap" — rotation, footwork, closing the distance.
Bil Gee
"The thrusting fingers" — the emergency form, recovering lost structure.
Muk Yan Jong
"The wooden dummy" — 108 techniques against a fixed partner, to forge precision and power.
Bart Jarn Dao
"The eight cuts" — the butterfly swords form, an alliance of speed and edge.
Louk Dim Book Kwun
"The dragon pole" — maximum reach, control of the centre and distance.
Learning to hold your ground.
Before the first strike, the stance. This step lays down the four postures that every future footwork will reuse — and half of the first form.
- Neutral, front, side and "T" stance 4 postures
- Technique against a punch attack 1 defence
- Basic self-defence Applications
- 1st part of the Shil Lim Tao form 小念頭 · 1/2
Shil Lim Tao, in full.
The first complete form. The three cardinal hand positions — Tan Sao, Bong Sao, Fook Sao — become instilled in the body like a signature.
- Shil Lim Tao — complete form 小念頭 · 2/2
- Numbered punches strikes
- Footwork based on Level 1 stances mobility
- Pak Sao and front kick entry
- Defence against jab, hook, double hook 3 defences
Chi Sao begins.
Two-person practice begins. Forearms touch, rotations appear. This is where sensitivity — tīng jìn — starts.
- Advanced Shil Lim Tao form · refinement
- Front-facing footwork · two punch heights heights
- Parallel-arm Chi Sao — Bong, Tan, Bil, Wu, Garn 5 positions
- Bong Sao against hooks and jabs applications
- Self-defence integration
Chum Kil — the second form.
You learn to move. Rotation, closing distance, reflex entry techniques. Wing Chun stops being stationary.
- 1st part of the Chum Kil form 尋橋 · 1/2
- Advanced footwork · reflex entry techniques mobility
- Double-arm Chi Sao — rotation 陸手
- Defence against straight and roundhouse kicks legs
Chum Kil in full — and the dummy.
The whole bridging form. The kick appears in every direction. And the first twenty techniques on the Mook Jong.
- Chum Kil — complete form 尋橋 · 2/2
- Straight, roundhouse and side kicks · advanced footwork 3 axes
- Double-arm Chi Sao · rotation, changes, applications free
- 5 entry techniques set by the Sifu 5 entries
- 20 techniques on the wooden dummy 木人椿 · 20
Bil Gee — the emergency form.
The third form appears — the most secret, once passed on only to the most advanced and deserving disciples. Here you learn to recover lost structure.
- 1st part of the Bil Gee form 鏢指 · 1/3
- Straight + side combinations · side + straight combinations
- Free double-arm Chi Sao free
- Self-defence against a knife edged weapon
- Sparring · 3 × 2 minutes free fighting
Sixty techniques on wood.
The second part of Bil Gee is added, seven kick directions are mastered, and Mook Jong work triples in volume.
- 1st + 2nd part of the Bil Gee form 鏢指 · 2/3
- Kicks · 2 front, 2 side, 2 roundhouse, 1 back 7 directions
- Single-arm Chi Sao · free and set sensitivity
- Double-arm Chi Sao · free and set complete
- 10 advanced fighting techniques applications
- 60 techniques on the wooden dummy 木人椿 · 60
- Sparring · 3 × 3 minutes endurance
Complete Bil Gee and the knives.
All the empty-hand forms are there. Bag work builds power. And the butterfly swords — Bart Jarn Dao — appear.
- Bil Gee — complete form 鏢指 · 3/3
- 20 advanced fighting techniques combat
- 80 techniques on the dummy · without contact 木人椿 · 80
- Bag leg technique · building power strike
- 50 kicks per leg · front, side, roundhouse 3 × 50
- Butterfly swords form · 1st part 八斬刀 · 1/2
Chi Sao, blindfolded.
Second-to-last level. Sensitivity alone must suffice — without sight. A hundred and eight dummy techniques. The student nears the instructor.
- Every kick and blocking technique complete
- Double-arm Chi Sao · blindfolded 聽勁
- 108 techniques on the wooden dummy 木人椿 · 108
- 24 advanced fighting techniques applications
- Standing immobilisation techniques control
- Reflex drills · 1 and 2 punches reflexes
- Butterfly swords application techniques 八斬刀
Instructor — transmissible practice.
The practitioner becomes a bearer. They will in turn be able to pass it on. Mastery isn't an end : it's the responsibility to teach what one has received.
- 108 techniques on the wooden dummy 木人椿 · 108
- 36 advanced fighting techniques combat
- Sparring · duration set by the Sifu free
- Free Chi Sao complete
- Bag endurance test · 100 kicks per leg 100 x 2
- General knowledge theory
- Ground defence techniques ground
- Butterfly swords form + applications · or Dragon Pole long weapons
The programme begins
at the first class.
Every practitioner — black belts included — went through Level 1. Neutral stance, first form, first Chi Sao rotation. No shortcuts: it's the first door.