Wing Chun Kung Fu - Dictionary
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This page translates and defines many of the most frequently used terms in Wing Chun. Most terms are Cantonese; some are Mandarin.
- Siu Nim Tao / Sil Lim Tao / Siu Nim Tau
- Little Idea / The Little Idea / Way of the Little Idea (the first empty-handed form)
- Chum Kiu / Cham Kiu
- Bridge Seeking / Seeking Bridge (the second empty-handed form)
- Biu Jee / Biu Tze / Biu Je / Bil Jee / Biu Ji
- Thrusting Fingers / Shooting Fingers / Darting Fingers / Pointing Fingers / Stabbing Fingers (the third empty-handed form)
- Kuen
- Fist
- Lin Wan Kuen
- Chain punches
- Sau / Sao
- Arm / hand
- Tan Sau
- Palm-up hand / open hand
- Bong Sau
- Wing arm (collapsable arm)
- Wu Sau
- Protective arm
- Jeen Ma
- Arrow stance
- Yee Gee Kim Yeung Ma
- Basic stance / ready stance
- Mui Fa
- Plum flower / Plum blossom
- Saam Pai Fat
- Three Prayers for Budda
- Luk Dim Bun Kwan / Look Dim Boon Kwan / Luk Dim Bun Gwan
- (Six and a half point) long pole / staff
- Sifu / Laoshi
- Teacher
- Pak Sao
- Slapping hand
- Muk Yan Jong / Mook Jan Jong / Mui Fah Jong / Mok Yang Jong
- Wooden dummy / wooden man
- Kuen Kuit
- Fist idioms
- Baat Cham Dao / Bat Chum Dao / Baat Jam Dao / Bart Cham Dao / Baat Jaam Dou
- Eight-cutting broad swords
- Chi Sao
- Sticking Hands
- Jeet Kune Do / Jie Quan Dao
- Way of the Intercepting Fist (Bruce Lee's Martial Art)
- Wing Chun / Wing Tsun / Ving Tsun / Yong Chun
- It's just a person's name! But some people translate it as 'beautiful springtime' and similar.
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