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Glossary of Wing Chun terms

Glossary of Wing Chun terms

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These are terms used in the Chinese martial art, Wing Chun. They are originally colloquial Cantonese (or Foshan spoken slang). Thus, their meanings might be difficult to trace. Some of those terms are used in Jeet Kune Do, sometimes with a different meaning.[citation needed]

Forms

Butterfly knives for close combat[1]

Family Lineage Titles or Terms

More information As normallyseen in English (from Cantonese), Simp. char. ...

Limb names

More information As normallyseen in English (from Cantonese), Simp. char. ...

18 hand technique names

Limb position names

Wing-arc hand
Protecting hand by Wan Kam Leung
More information As normallyseen in English (from Cantonese), Simp. char. ...

Limb movement names

More information As normallyseen in English (from Cantonese), Simp. char. ...

Drills

Double sticky hands by Ip Chun
Sticky feet
More information Simp. char., Trad. char. ...

Other techniques:

  1. Lin wan kuen - chain punch
  2. One-inch punch
  3. Double punch
  4. Zao gek - hacking elbow strike
  5. Pai jarn - horizontal
  6. Kwan sau - rotating hand
  7. Gaun sau – splitting hand
  8. Yee jee kim yueng ma – horse stance, small adduction goat stance, or figure 2 stance
  9. Centerline training
  10. Iron palm training

See also

  • Kung Fu (Ranking)

Notes


    References

    1. "Butterfly Swords". Wing Chun News. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
    2. CHU, Shong Tin; CHAN, Eddie (May 2011). The Book of Wing Chun. The Hong Kong Social Sciences Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780823414741. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
    3. "Nim Lik (念力)" is literally translated as "Idea Power" in CHU's 2011 book[2]
    4. Spence, Mark. "Training with Sigung Chu Shong Tin". Chi Sau Club. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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