小念頭的「念」是包含着思考及意念。詠春是意念拳法，非招式拳術，所以我們有拳訣說道：詠春拳是「以手型入門」、「用意念去發揮」，開始鍛鍊小念頭，注意要不「急」不「燥」，要懂得自己先身正，才去正人。
小念頭是詠春基本精要拳種，是要令學者如何認識中線距離，力法理念及整體結構，鍛鍊正面朝形，在詠春技擊中以最簡單直接的攻擊及防守、去應付六路的攻防。
從第一段開始的開樁、開步、開馬，是詠春拳對身體結構的嚴格要求。
「雙耕手」、「雙攤手」是分中手，打出最簡單的左右「日字衝拳」的尺寸和距離，及包涵著力度落點是我們要求的拳架。
到在第二段的「三拜佛」在一攤三伏、四圈、四護手法裡，不光是練習手法，還要著重身法，手踭帶腕的意念，力流循環不息，心靜思維要清晰，靜中求動眼睛判斷就能做到有準繩。
第三段是我們以寡敵眾，開合吞吐浮沉偷漏的埋身搏擊功夫。小念頭整套拳法正是詠春拳系技法總匯，所謂:「若求詠春真妙法，需從念頭下真功。」
江志強 2013
小念頭 (Siu Nim Tau) Little Idea – The word “念” or "concept" includes thought and ideas. Wing Chun is a “thought” based martial art not a “technique” based martial art, we have a saying that goes: “Wing Chun is "to enter with the hands," "express with the mind". When practicing Siu Nim Tau, we pay attention it is practiced not “quickly” and not “quick tempered”. We must understand that our own body must first be correct before we can correct others.
Siu Nim Tau is the basic essence of Wing Chun. It is to enable students to understand and recognize Centerline and distance, power generation concepts and structure of the whole body. It teaches us the concept of “Chiu Ying” - always facing our opponent. When using Wing Chun we aim to hit with the simplest and most direct attack and defense, and how to deal with offence and defense from our six planes.
Beginning with the first section, opening step, opening horse, are Wing Chun’s strict requirements on body structure.
"Double Gang Sau", "Double Tan Sau" are the center dividing hands, it divides left and right and to find the centre. Punching with the most simple left and right Wing Chun Punch, its proper measurement, angle and distance it also contains our proper control of power and point of impact. These are all the things we demand for our fighting structure.
Continuing to the second section known as "Three Prayers To Buddha" from 1 Tan, 3 Fuk, 4 Huen, 4 Wu, within these techniques, not only do we train our basic hand techniques, but we also focus on training our body, the idea of the elbow carrying the wrist, the endless circular flow of power, calm and clear emotions and mentality, to seek movement within stillness and accurate judgment with our eyes, then we can achieve the proper level.
Third section is about how we alone can fight the many, to separate and to combine, to swallow and to spew, to float and to sink, to steal and to leak, as a close range combat martial art.
The whole Little Idea form is truly the combination of the whole Wing Chun system’s basic skills, It is said: “If you seek the true mysteries of Wing Chun, one must put true effort and hard work from the Little Idea”
