that of others.

• Lao Dat-Sang-Liu Dasheng
• Lao Man-Kay-Liu Minqi
• Lao Yip Sueng Dao(Liuye Shuangdao) -Willow leaf double knives
• Lau Dao - Twisting the knives inward to block and strike
• Lay Wai Chi Sau - Leaving the gap sticky hands
• Lee Chi-Yiu-Li Zhiyao
• Lee Dak-Sang-Liu Desheng
• Lee Ding-Li Ding
• Lee Jit-Man-Li Zhewen
• Lee Man-Li Min
• Lee Man-Mao-Li Wenmao
• Lee Shing-Li Sheng
• Lee Siu-Long (Li Ziaolong)-Bruce Lee
• Leung Bak Cheung-Liang Bozhang
• Leung Bik-Liang Bi
• Leung Bok-Tao-Liang Bochou
• Leung Chong-Ting-Liang Cangting
• Leung Chun-Liang Chun
• Leung Dai-Chiu-Leung Dazhou
• Leung Jan-Liang Zan
• Leung Jik-Liang Zhi
• Leung Kay-Liang Qi
• Leung Keung-Liang Quan
• Leung Kwok-Keung-Liang Guoqiang
• Leung Lan-Kwai-Liang Langui
• Leung Sheung-Liang Xiang
• Leung Ting-Liang Ting
• Leung Yan-Liang En
• Leung Yee-Tai-Liang Erdi
• Lien Gung - Training Work
• Lien Gung Sik - Training Work Forms
• Lien Wan - Linked Chain; Linking several movements in a row
• Lien Wan Choi - Linked Chain Punching found in all Wing Chun Systems
• Lien Wan Fai Jeung(Lianhuan Kuaizhang) -Linked fast palms
• Lien Wan Kao Da(Lianhuan Kouda)-Continuous capture hit
• Lik - Muscular strength
• Lik Do - The correct power
• Lin Jip geng - Connecting power or energy
• Lin Siu Dai Da - Economy of motion
• Lin Wan Kuen - Continuous chain punching
• Ling Gung Jau - Muscle liniment
• Lin Wai Gurk - Flowing kicks
• Liu Yum Gerk(Liaoyinjiao) -Lifting yin kick
• Lo Kwai-Lu Gui
• Lo Man-Gung-Lu Wangong
• Lo Man-Kam-Lu Wenjin
• Loi Lim Yum Yeung Jeung - Inside Outside Yin Yang Palms; a San Sik found in Cheung Bo’s Wing Chun, that Sum Nung included in his early Sup Yee San Sik Training for his Students.Also contains Fook and Tan in one small set. Suggests One long bridge and one short bridge.
• Loi Kiu(Liqiao)-Double bridges
• Look Sau/Luk Sau/Gung Lik Chi Sau - Heavy sticky hands
• Lok-Gong-Lu Langong
• Lok Yiu-Luo Yao
• Lop - Grabbing or Controlling with the palm
• Lop Chan Jeong - Simultaneous palm controlling and heel palm strike
• Lop Da - Simultaneous controlling and striking; also refers to a partner exercise
• Lop Fok - Grabbing from fok sau position
• Lop Sau - Grabbing hand control; also refers to a partner exercise
• Lop Sau Chi Sau - Lop Sau in sticky hands
• Lou Gwan/Low Gwan - The half point pole technique; a short thrust
• Luk Dim Boon Gwun(Liudianbangun)-Six and a half point pole
• Luk Sau(Lushou)-Rolling hands
• Lui Yiu-Chai-Lei Ruji
• Lun Fao-Lun Huo
• Lung Ying Kuen(Longxingquan)-Dragon shape boxing
• Lut Sau - attacking without initial contact with the opponent’s bridge; it begins with fighting position
• Lut Sau Chi Sau - Attacking from man sau position and immediately going into sticky hands

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• Mah Bo Lop Sau - Stepping horse grabbing hand
• Ma Jung-Yiu-Ma Zhongru
• Ma Ning-Yee-Ma Ninger
• Mah - Horse / Stance
• Mah Bo - Moving stances / Stepping Horse
• Mah Bo Chi Sau - Moving sticking hands
• ”Mai Gai”Wong(“Mi Ji”Huang)-“Rice Machine” Wong.
• Mai Jong - The correct elbow position with the elbow inward on the elbow line
• Mai Jong - Closing the gap
• Mai Sang Jong(Maishengzhuang)-Live dummy
• Malaysia Wing Chun Kuen(Malaixiya Yongchunquan)-Malaysian Always Spring Boxing.
• Man - “to ask”
• Man Gerk - Asking legs where the first motion sets up the second attack
• Man Sau - Asking hands where the first motions sets up the second attack
• Man Sau Chi Sau - Asking hand within sticky hands
• Mei Lui Chuen Jaam(Meinu Chuanzhen)-Fair lady threads needle.
• Miu Hin-Miao Xian
• Miu Shun-Miao Shun
• Miu Tsui-Fa-Miu Jiahua
• Mo Kiu Chi Sau - Walking on the bridge sticky hands
• Mo See - Traditional lion dance
• Mo Sut (Wushu)-Martial arts
• Mo Yieng Gerk (Wuyingjiao)-Shadowless kick
• Mok Lik - Eye power with emotion
• Mok Jong or Mok Yan Jong - Wooden dummy also the name for the wooden dummy form
• Mok Poi-On-Mo Peian
• Mor Poon Seung Dao(Mopan Shuangdao)-Millstone double knife
• Moon/Mun - Gate or door
• Moy Yat-Mei Yi
• Mui Fa Baat Gwa (Meihua Bagua)-Plum blossom eight trigrams
• Mui Fa Cheung(Meihuaqiang)-Plum blossom spear
• Mui Fa Jong - Plum blossom posts and the name for the exercise of practicing on the posts
• Mui Fa Kuen (Meihuaquan)-Plum flower boxing
• Muk Yan Jong (Murenzhuang)-Wooden dummy
• ”Muk Yan” Wah-“Muren Hua”
• Mun Sau (Wenshou)-Asking hand

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• Nam Yeung Wing Chun Kuen (Nanyang Yongchunquan)- Southeast asian wing chun boxing.
• Ng’An Geng/Ng’On Geng - Elastic power
• Ng Jee Mui Hei Gung (Wuzhimei qigong)- Five petal plum qigong
• Ng Jo-five elders
• Ng Jung-So-(Wu Zhongsu)
• Ng Mui - The Buddhist Siu Lum nun who founded Wing Chun
• Ng Mui Pai (Wumeipai)- Five plum’s style
• Ng Mui Si Tai (Wu Mei Shitai)-Five Plums,nun
• Ng’On Geng or ng’an geng - Elastic power
• Ng Siu-Lo (Wu Xiaolu)
• Ng Yat-Fei (Wu Yifei)
• Ng Ying Hei Gung (Wuxing qigong)- Five shape (animal) qigong
• Ng Ying Kuen (Wuxingquan)- Five shape boxing
• Ngo Lui-Kay (Ao Leiqi)
• Ngoi - Inside
• Ngoi Bok - Inside shoulder
• Ngoi Dap (Waida)- Outside join
• Ngoi Faan Kuen - Inside whip punch
• Ngoi Gaan Sau - An inward low sweeping block
• Ngoi Geng - Internal power
• Ngoi Gung - Internal chi exercises for fighting applications
• Ngoi Hurn - Inside facing stance
• Ngoi Jaam Sau - Inside jaam sau
• Ngoi Jong (Waizhuang)- Outside dummy
• Ngoi Jung Sin - Inside line
• Ngoi Kwan Sau - Inside rolling hands
• Ngoi Lim Sau (Wailianshou)- Outside sickle hand
• Ngoi Lop (wailie)- Outside grasp
• Ngoi Moon Kuen - Inside gate diagonal punch
• Ngoi Moon Chi Sau - Inside gate (position) chi sau
• Ngoi Ngau gerk - Inside leg hook
• Ngok Ga Kuen (Yuejiaquan)- Ngok family boxing
• Ngou Sau - Pushing and drilling while moving in chi sau
• Noi Dap (Neida)- Inside join
• Noi Jong (Neizhuang)- Inside dummy
• Noi Lim Sau (Neilianshou)- Inside sickle hand
• Noi Lop (Neilie)- Inside grasp

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• Oi/Hoi - An alternative spelling for “outside”

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• Pai Jang (Pizhou)- Hacking elbows
• Pai Jarn - Horizontal inward elbow strike
• Pak Da - Simultaneous pushing palm block and punch
• Pak Dao - Catching knives block
• Pak Gerk - Inside kick with the sole of the foot with the knee bent
• Pak Sau - Slapping palm block or strike
• Pak Sut - Inward knee block or strike
• Pan Nam (Peng Nan)
• Pan Siu-Cho (Peng Shuhan)
• Pan Siu-Lam (Peng Shulin)
• ”Pao Fa Lien” (Paohua Lian)-Wood-Planer Lien
• Pau Jeung - Flat palm strike with the fingers pointing down. This is applied to the lower body
• Pau Sau - Lifting palm block
• Ping - Level bridge, found in Kulo Village Wing Chun
• Ping Kuen - Level Boxing form found in Fukien Weng Chun Kung Fu
• Ping Haan Geng - Balancing or equalizing power
• Pin Sun - Also Pian San; Pien Sin; side turning body structure or position; Flanking position
• Po Bai/Po Pai - Double butterfly palm strike
• Poon Sau - Regular sticky hand motion
• Por Jung - All techniques that control and “break” the centerline
• Por Si Gan - Breaking timing
• Pun Doon - Determination in a fight

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• Sa Bau - The wall bag
• Sam Gung Ma/Sip Ma - 3 angle stance
• San Sau - Slow attack exercise
• San Sau Chi Sau - Slow attacks in sticky hands
• Sat Gwan - Opening the lower gate to inside or outside with the pole
• Sau - Hand or arm
• Sau Gwan - Retreating the pole
• Sau Jong - Retracting elbow strike or block
• Sau Sik/Sau Sic - Closing position in the forms
• Sau Wuun Geng - Equalizing the point and power; wrist power
• Say Bo - Retreat and step back stance to deflect in the knife form
• Say-I Kuen - Shooting punch
• Say-I Moon - Dead gate
• Say Ping Mah - Low horse stance for pole
• Seng Yum Geng - Sound power to emotionally trap an opponent
• Seung - Double or advancing
• Seung Bok - Shoulder attacks
• Seung Chi Sau - Double sticky hands exercise
• Seung Dai Bong - Double low forearm block
• Seung Heun Sau - Double circling block
• Seung Jut Sau - Double snapping block
• Seung Kuen - Double punch
• Seung Mah - Front advancing stance
• Seung Pau Sau - Double upward palm block
• Seung Tan Sau - Double palm up block
• Seung Yan Chi Sau - Double sticky hands with three people
• Seung Yan Dan Chi Sau - Single sticky hands with three people
• Seung Yan Jou Wai Chi Sau - Moving sticky hands with three people
• Seung Yan Man Sau - Man sau with three people
• Si Bok - Your teacher’s Si-Hing
• Si Dai - A male classmate who joined a school after you
• Si Fu - Your teacher can be either male or female
• Si Gan - Timing
• Chong Jou Si Gan - Creating
• Si Gan Sing - Regular
• Tor Chi Si Gan - Delayed
• Por Si Gan - Breaking
• Si Gan Sing - Regular timing
• Si Gan Pui Hop - The correct timing and power
• Si Gung - Your teacher’s teacher
• Si Hing - A male classmate who joined the school before you
• Si Jay - A female classmate who joined the school before you
• Si Jo - An ancestor within the system
• Si Mah - Deflecting stance that braces the pole
• Si Mo - Your teacher’s wife
• Si Sook/Si Suk - Your teacher’s classmates who started after him
• Sin-Line
• Fong Sau Sin Wai - Blocking line
• Gung Gek Sin Wai - Attacking line
• Hoi Jung Sin - Outside line
• Jung Sin - Centerline
• Jung Sum Sin - Vertical motherline
• Ngoi Jung Sin - Inside line
• Wang Jung Sin - Horizontal motherline
• Sing Geng - Raising power to destroy the opponent’s structure
• Sip Mah/Sam Gung Mah - 3 angle stance
• Siu Geng - Dissolving power
• Siu Lim Tau - “Small idea form” the first wing chun form
• Soang Jong/Wang Jong - Outward horizontal elbow
• Soo Gerk - Sweeping kick
• Soor Jung - Sinking elbow down to control the centerline so the opponent cannot move you
• Sor Sau Chi Sau - Trapping sticky hands
• Soung Moon - Live gate
• Sum Jee (Cen Zhi)
• Sum Nung (Cen Neng)
• Sum Qwang - 3 joints in the arm equivalent to the 3 gates to pass
• Sun Fook-Chung (Sun Fucheng
• Sun Wah (Xin Hua)
• Sun Ying - Body structur
• Sup Jee Sau; sup gee sau - Character “10″ hand / Character “+” hand
• Sut - Knee

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• Taan Gwan - Snapping the pole sideways
• Tai - Raising
• Tai / Dang sut - Raising knee block or attack
• Tai Gerk - Raising kick
• Tai Gwan - Raising pole
• Tai Jong or hay jong - Raising elbow
• Tai Kuen - Raising punch
• Tak Gerk - Low instep kick
• Tam Yeung (Tan Yang)
• Tan Da -Simultaneous palm up block and punch (Одновременно блок ладонью вверх и удар)
• Tan Da Gaan Da - Simultaneous blocking and attacking exercise
• Tan Dao - Locking knife block
• Tan Gerk - Forward and upward leg block
• Tan Mah - Drawing back stance from horse or cat in the pole
• Tan Sau - “Dispersing”-Throwing off mass and force from Center (Yuen Kay Shan, Cheung Bo, Cho Family, Kulo Village) / palm up block contacting on the thumb side of the wrist (Yip Man family)
• Tan Sut - Outward knee block or attack
• Tang Geng - A rubber- band like power
• Teut Sau / Tut sau - Freeing arm block
• Tien Dei Wui (Tiandihui)-Heaven and Earth Society
• Tiet Jee - Iron Fingers
• Tiet Kiu Sau - Iron bridge
• Tik Gwan - Opening the upper gate with the pole
• Tiu Dao - Snapping up knife
• Tiu Gwan / Tiu kwan - Snapping up pole
• Tiu Gerk - Instep kick
• Tiu / Tio Gerk - Jumping kick
• To Gwan or to kwan - Going forward with the pole
• Toi Dit - Take downs
• Toi Dit Chi Sau - Takedowns in chi sau
• Toi Ma - Step back and turn stance
• Tok Sau/Pau Sau - Lifting palm block
• Tong Do - Slicing knife attack
• Tor Chi Si Gan - Delayed timing
• Tor Ma - Step slide stance
• Tou Geng - Power that “spits out” or bounces the opponent away
• Tou Mah - Advancing forward stance in the pole
• Tse Gwok-Cheung (Xie Guozhang)
• Tse Gwok-Leung (Xie Guoliang)
• Tsui Seung-Tin (Xu Shangtian)
• Tui Mah - Jumping stance
• Tun Geng -“Swallowing” or sucking power to duck or control attacks
• Tun Gwan/Tun Kwan - Retracting pole
• Tung Mah - Retreating jumping stance in the pole form

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• Wai Ji - A good position
• Wan Bo - Crossing step stance in the knife form
• Wan Dao - Circling knife attack
• Wan Mah - Step and circle into other stances in the pole
• Wan Yuk-Sang (Wei Yusheng)
• Wang/Wan - Side
• Wang Gerk - Side kick
• Wang Gerk Dok Lop Ma - Side kick single leg stance
• Wang Jeong - Side of palm strike with the palm down
• Wang Jong/Pai Jong - Inside horizontal elbow
• Wang Jung Sin - Horizontal motherline
• Wing Chun Tong - Wing Chun school
• ”Wing Chun Wong” (Yongchunwang)King of Wing Chun
• Won/Huen Gwan /Kwan - Following circle with the pole
• Wong Jee-Keung (Huang Zhiqiang)
• Wong Jing (Huang Zhen)
• Wong Kiu (Wang Qiao)
• Wong “Lao Fu” (Wang “Laohu”)-“Old Tiger” Wong
• Wong Ming (Wang Ming)
• Wong Shun-Leung (Huang Chunliang)
• Wong Ting (Wang Ting)
• Wong Wah-Bo (Huang Huabao)
• Wong Wah-Sum (Huang Huasan)
• Woot Mah - Flexible pole stance
• Wu Dao - A strike with the knife hand guard
• Wu Gerk - Blade edge of the foot block or strike
• Wu Sau - Guard hand block contacting with the little finger side of the wrist
• Wu Yi Sun - To return the body to a normal position
• Wu Yi Ying - To regain the body structure
• Wu Yi Ying Bong Sau - To regain the body structure with bong sau
• Wu Yi Ying Gum Sau - To regain the body structure with gum sau
• Wun Geng,Ngon Geng,Jut Geng - Jerking power

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• Yaai Hau Gerk - To attack by stepping down on the opponent’s rear leg
• Yaai Sut - To attack down with the knee
• Yaan Geng / Daai Geng - Guiding power
• Yap Jung Lou - Closing the gap
• Yat Chum Dai Si (Yi Chen Dashi)-“Speck of dust”,monk
• Yat Chum Um Jee (Yi Chen Anzhu)”Speck of Dust”, founder of convent
• Yat Jee Chung Choi - Character “Yat”/one/sun hammer punch
• Yee Gee Kim Yeung Mah - Clamping the Yang Sink the Yin; 2 legs clamping the goat horse; the mother of all stances; The stationary front stance for developing all stances which means two knees going in stance position; Hybred horse containing characteristics of a equal shoulder horse and white crane
• Yee “Gung” (Yan “Gong”)-“Grandfather” Yee
• Yeung Biu (Yang Biao)-Robert Young
• Yeung Dak (Yang De)
• Yeung Sang (Yang Sheng)
• Yik Gang - Reverse tendon twisting
• Yik Kam - Cheng Tan / Male playing female martial lead, who passed down the 3 Wing Chun hand forms in 1 ultra long set containing 4 sections, to the Cho family in Poon Yu Village.
• Yuen Chai-Wan (Ruan Jiyun)
• Yuen Kay-San (Ruan Qishan)
• Yuen Kay Shan - A Wing chun master, who’s 2nd sifu, Fung Siu Ching was a student on the Red Boats.
• Yuen “Lo-Jia” (Ruan “Laozha”)-Yuen “The Fifth”
• Yik Ying (Yi Ying)
• Yim Man (Yan Wen)
• Yim Wing-Chun (Yan Yongchun)
• Yim Yee (Yan Er)
• Yim Sei (Yan Si)
• Yin Li-Chung (Xian Lizhang)
• Yiu Lik - Waist Power
• Yip Ching (Ye Zheng)
• Yip Chun (Ye Zhun)
• Yip Kam (Ye Jin)
• Yip Kin (Ye Jian)
• Yip Man - The late grandmaster of Hong Kong Wing Chun system
• Yip Man (Ye Wen)
• Yip Man-Sun (Ye Mingshen)
• Yiu Chui (Yao Cai)
• Yiu Kai (Yao Qi)
• Yut Ge Chon Kuen - Vertical punch

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Sources:

• AWCKRI
• Augustine Fong’s Glossary
• Complete Wing Chun’s Glossary - By Rithcie, Chu and Wu
• Roots of Wing Tsun’s Glossary - By Leung Ting
• From the collected Glossary of Brian Scanlon which includes Cho Gar, Kulo village, and Yuen Kay Shan terminology.