Beginning the lession, my sifu taught me about the the outer and inner gates. The outer gates being the best place as a Wing Chun fighter to position yourself so you can disarm/disable the opponent or more freely use the tools of your “workshop”, in otherwords more choice of techniques can be utilziedi f you work from the outside of the person’s arms.

From the outside gate you can employ the Laan Sau ; essentially a technique that neutralizes or pins the arm of the opponent against their torso; restricting their ability to punch or grapple you while it is disabled. You don’t apply alot of pressure against their arm; just enough to proceed with your follow up techniques or maneuver.

After some practise of footwork and working the outer gate, my Sifu then proceeded to teach me the 1st section of the Wooden Dummy.

Here is an example of the 1st Section of the Wooden Dummy being performend (This is not my Sifu)

Wooden Dummy (First Section) demonstrated and explained – YouTube