Frequently Asked Questions


Comfortable training clothes
Loose or stretchy trousers and a t-shirt are fine for a first session. You need freedom of movement, especially in the hips and shoulders. Jeans, tight trousers, or anything that restricts stepping and turning will get in the way.

Flat, thin-soled shoes
Training shoes with minimal heel raise work well - you want to feel the floor. Many practitioners train in light canvas shoes or even socks on a clean indoor surface. Thick running shoes with raised heels affect stance and rooting. No street shoes please!

Avoid bulky or restrictive gear
No gloves, wraps, or protective gear needed for a first session - early Wing Chun training is cooperative and contact is light. Leave the boxing equipment at home.

Jewellery and watches
Remove rings, bracelets, and watches before training. Partner drills involve continuous forearm and wrist contact - metal on skin is uncomfortable for both partners.


Yes - no prior experience needed
Our group is small and training is individual. You are not dropped into a class of advanced students and expected to keep up. You start from zero, and that is completely normal. Most people who walk in have never trained a martial art before.

You learn at your own pace
Wing Chun has a clear, stepwise curriculum - one technique  at a time, one concept at a time. There is no pressure to progress faster than your understanding allows. The first sessions focus on stance, basic structure, and fundamental combinations. Nothing is rushed.

Early training is cooperative
Partner work in the early stages is slow and controlled. No sparring, no hard contact. Partner drills begin at a very basic level - light arm contact, minimal force - and only develops complexity over time. You will not get hit on your first evening.


Yes: you must be able to stand up. That's it.
If you made it through the door, you have already passed the fitness test. Wing Chun was designed - according to legend - by a nun. It was then refined by a doctor who spent his retirement teaching it in a village. Neither of them was training for a triathlon.

Structure beats muscle, every time
Wing Chun works by redirecting force, not matching it. You are not here to out-lift or out-sprint anyone. A tense, exhausted beginner is actually harder to teach than a relaxed, slightly out-of-shape one. Relaxation is a skill - and it turns out couch time is good practice.

Training will sort the rest out
After a few months of regular training, your posture improves, your legs get stronger, and you develop body awareness you did not have before. Nobody arrived in shape. Some people just pretend they did.

Wing Chun doesn't really have a belt system - no white belt, no black belt, nothing around your waist. What we use instead is a curriculum-based level structure tied to what you can actually do: forms completed, concepts understood, quality of partner drills, fighting ability.  More importantly, we don't count years. We count hours. Ten years of membership means nothing if you trained once a month. Someone who trains twice a week for three years has accumulated far more. You cannot fake hours.

The rough equivalent of a black belt in our system sits at around 1,200 hours of training. At twice a week that's about three and a half years. At twice a month, you're looking at over twenty. By 1,200 hours you will have worked through all three empty-hand forms, functional partner training - enough to stop being a student and start being a practitioner. That said, 1,200 hours is not a finish line. It is the point where the real learning begins.

Normally, we don't accept students under 16. Wing Chun is not a children's martial art - the concepts, body mechanics, and training methods require a degree of maturity that most younger kids simply don't have yet. This is not about physical ability; it's about the capacity to sit with slow, detail-oriented work and get something out of it.

That said, there are exceptions. If your child - not you, your child - is genuinely passionate about martial arts, comes in curious and motivated, and is not just here because a parent thought it would be a good idea, we are happy to talk. Passion at that age is rare and worth taking seriously. Come by to one session, let them watch a session, and we'll take it from there.

Yes -  in principle you can always come and try. No registration, no fee, no commitment. The majority of sessions are open and suitable for someone walking in for the first time.

The only exceptions are some sessions dedicated to a specific topic - advanced form work, weapons, or upper-level partner drills-  where a complete beginner would spend most of the evening watching without being able to participate meaningfully. If you want to be sure the session you are planning to attend is beginner-friendly, drop us a message beforehand and we will let you know.

The monthly fee is 40 euros, flat rate. That covers however many sessions you choose to attend - we run around 12 to 14 sessions per month, so the more consistently you train, the better value it gets. There are no contracts, no expensive  equipment to buy at the start.

We are a non-commercial club. The fee exists for one reason only: to cover the rent of the training space and basic training materials. Nobody is making money here. With that in mind, we understand that not everyone is in the same financial situation. If you are a student, unemployed, or between jobs, the fee is 10 euros per month - no questions asked, no paperwork, no awkward conversation. Just let us know.


Yes -  but very selectively. Private lessons are not a default offering and we don't take on every request. When they do happen, you can chose the training topic: a specific form, wooden dummy work, advanced weapons techniques, or whatever aspect of your training needs focused attention. The rate is 100 euros per hour.

If you are interested, come train with us first. Private lessons make the most sense for students who already have a foundation and a clear idea of what they want to work on. A complete beginner will get more out of regular group training than from private sessions at this stage.

The main exception are practitioners from other cities who cannot attend regularly. That situation is handled individually - get in touch and we will find a workable arrangement.