Dictionary of Chinese Martial Art Terms

The Dictionary of Chinese Martial Art Terms
When possible, terms are given in Mandarin (Hanyu) pinyin spelling. The older spelling of the Wade Giles method is used when it is the more commonly known version. For some terms the most common version is given in Cantonese.
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Ai means near to or next to something. An means to push or press down, then forward, and finally upward. The technique is to get the opponent's body to compress against the ground and then rebound upward permitting the pushing away of the opponent's body. It is one of the thirteen basic postures of Taiji quan. An chang, Mandarin, meaning press palm or pushing palm. Anjin means hidden power. It is a term describing the combination of hard and soft force in Xing yi quan. It is considered a middle level skill in the use of force. Ao bu means reverse stance. The opposite foot and hand are forward, i.e., left foot and right hand are in front of the right foot and left hand. Ao bu means twisted stance.
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Ba are cymbals. A musical instrument used as a weapon. Ba is a term for the handle of a short weapon. It is also used as a term for the butt end of a long weapon. Ba means to pull or draw back. It is also used as a term for one of the basic straight sword techniques.
Ba means white. Ba means eight. Baat, (Cantonese), means the number 8. Baat jam dao, (Cantonese), means eight cutting knives. This is the name of a Wing Chun double butterfly knives routine. Babu tang lang quan means eight step praying mantis fist. It is a Chinese martial art style. Baduanjin means eight section brocade. It is a Shaolin style form teaching qigong exercises. Ba fa means eight positions. This is usually taken to mean the eyes, the hands, the body, the feet, one's spirit, one's breathing, one's strength, and one's works. Ba fang quan means eight direction fist. This is the name of a striking drill and the name of a Chinese martial art style. Ba gua dao is a two handed broadsword that was sometimes associated with the Ba gua zhang style of martial arts. It is also known as a shuang shou dao. Ba Gua Qi Shi Er An Tui means Ba Gua's Seventy Two Hidden Legs. This is the title of a book written by Zhao Zhen Zhong. It describes seventy-two ba gua techniques that involve leg attacks, including kicks, knees, leg hooking techniques, stomps, trips, and bumping with the hip. These are all done in conjunction with hand techniques. Ba gua zhang means eight trigram palm. It is credited to being founded by Tung Hai Chuan. Ba gua zhang is one of the three major internal kung-fu styles originating in China. The style is based on circular movements and the twisting and untwisting of the body. Ba gua zhang xing means eight trigrams palm form. Ba he liang chi means white crane spreading its wings. It is the 2nd technique of the 6th section of the Yin style Baqua zhang sixty-four changes. It is associated with Trigram 42 of the Book of Changes, Yi Jing. Bai is a term for a hook out step. The angle of the forward foot turns out towards the side of the body. Bai bei means arm swing. Bai bei means to bow. Bai dong tul means leg swing. Bai he jin gang quan means white crane thunderbolt fist. It is a Chinese martial art style. Bai he liang chi means white crane spreads its wings. Bai lei tai means to give an open challenge. Bai quan means swinging fist. Bai quan liang zhang means swinging fist and flashing palm. Bai tuo means to escape a hold. Bai means white. Bai bu kou wan shuang zhang da means swing step, capture wrist, and strike with both palms. It is the 7th technique of the 5th section of the Yin style Baqua zhang sixty-four changes. It is associated with Trigram 39 of the Book of Changes, Yi Jing. Bai he means white crane. It is the name of a group of Southern Chinese martial art systems. Bai he liang chi means white crane spreads its wings. It is a technique from a Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu.
Bai hui is the name of the accupressure point (Governing vessel 20) located on the crown of the head. Bai she tu xin means white snake spits its tongue. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Bai yuan means white ape. It is Chinese martial art style. Bai yun gai ding means white clouds cover the head. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Baji quan is a boxing style called the Eight Extremes Fist or Eight Diagrams Fist. It was taught to the Qing Dynasty imperial guards. Baji quan is currently taught to the Taiwan military police as a part of their training. Bak means northern. Bak Sing Choy Li Fut is a combination of Choy Li Fut and northern Shaolin. It was founded during the Ch'ing Dynasty by Tam Sam. Tam Sam had been a student of Hung Sing. He learned northern Shaolin from the famous iron palm master, Ku Yu Cheon. The Bak Sing Choy Li Funt style emphasizes long arm movements and kicking. The training involves heavy sparring. A wide low horse stance is used to transmit force through the waist and shoulders. The training develops the ability to do simultaneous striking and blocking or blocking and kicking. Ba ling chui is the eight corner hammer. It is a metal octagon using the corners and edges for clubing the opponent. Ba mai means the eight vessels. These are considered to be energy, qi, reservoirs that regulate the flow of energy through the 12 channels known as meridians. Bamen means the eight gates or doors in Taiji quan. They are: peng, lu, ji, an, cai, lie, zhou, and guo. These are eight basic body movement patterns. Ban deng is a bench. It was common in tea houses instead of chairs. There are routines teaching the used of the bench as a weapon in Choy Lay Fut and some other Chinese martial art styles. Bang means to assist. Ban ma bu means half horse stance posture. Bao means embracing, holding, or to lock something. It is used in the Piqua zhang style to mean an inward attack performed by bringing the arms in toward your own body to strike the opponent. It is also the name of one of the basic straight sword techniques. Bao chi hou chai sam means to break. Bao da tui shuai means to do a single leg pick-up. Bao jhong is the Chow gar term for closing hand. Bao lu means opening. Bao qi means to pick-up. It is a generic term for lifting holds. Bao qu gan means body lock. Bao shuai means body slam. Bao shu dui fang shou bei means a clinch. Bao tou tui shan means holding the head and pushing the mountain. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Bao tui means crotch hold. Ba qua shuang dao means eight trigrams double broadsword. Bart cham do, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun phrase meaning eight cutting broadswords.
Ba shih means eight postures. The eight postures are: the horse stance, the cat stance, the bow and arrow stance, the back stance, the crane stance, the twisted stance, the hook stance, and the sixty/forty stance. These postures are common among Northern Chinese martial art systems. Batuo is the Chinese transliteration of the name of an Indian missionary Buddhist monk. He came to China in 495 B.C., 30 years before the Indian missionary monk Bodhidarma. Batuo is created with stimulating the Emperor Xiao Wen into building a monastery in the Songshan Mountains on the shady, wooded side of the Shaoshi range, Shaolin, ie. Shao forest. Ba ying chao ch'uan means white eagle fist. It is the name of a striking technique. Ba ying jow kuen means white eagle fist. It is the name of a striking technique. Ba ying zhao quan means white eagle fist. It is the name of a striking technique. Bazi quan means rake fist. It is an older name for the Chinese martial art style now known as baji quan. Bei means northern. Bei means the upper back. It is also used to mean the back edge of a bladed weapon. Bei bu means back cross step. It is the same walking movement as cha bu. Bei kao is a technique using any part of the back to bump an opponent off balance. Bei shaolin quan means northern young forest fist. It is a Chinese martial art style. Bei tang lang quan means northern praying mantis fist. It is a Chinese martial art style. Beng means to recede, sink, or collapse. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Beng means to punch. Beng bu means crushing step. It is the foundation routine commonly taught in the northern styles of praying mantis. It contains the twelve character principles that the founder used to create the original praying mantis system. Beng jian means burst sword. Beng quan means burst fist. Bi means to close. Bi means a pen used as a weapon. Bian means a whip. There are hard and soft whips. Whips can be used alone or in pairs. Two common versions of the 'soft' whips are the nine section and the seven section whips. This type of whip has a sharp pointed double bladed knife ending one section and a handle as the other ending section. Some hard whips have side prongs similar to the Okinawan karate weapon known as a 'sai'. The distinguishing feature of the bian is the pattern of ridges found around the tail of the whip. Some of the various whip routines include: Guanlong bian, tumbling dragon whip; Hehu bian, black tiger whip; Sisan lianhua bian, 13 lotus whip; Weichi bian, General Wei's whip; Zishu bian, scholar Zishu's whip. The pattern of ridges have unique names describing their style including Zhujie bian, bamboo pattern whip, and Huwei bian, tiger tail stripe pattern. A 13 ridged version is called Shuimo gan bian, water grind steel whip. Bian huan zhi cheng jiao means a weight shift. Bian jun is the term used for the handle of a whip. Bian wei means whip tail. This is the thinner end of the whip.
Bie chi means a wing lock. Bijue mean the secret formulas explaining the useages of the forms and techniques. Bi kai means to dodge out of the way of an attack. Bi kai da ji means to parry or deflect an attack. Bik sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning pressing arm. Bi li means arm power. Bil jee is the Chow gar term for exploding fingers. Bil juen is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning thrusting fist. (1) Bimen tang lang quan means secret door praying mantis fist. It is a Chinese martial art style. Bing bu means to stand in an upright posture with the feet together. An attention stance. Bing qi means weapon. Bin Gwai Guen means flat crutch staff form. It is a double ended Choy Li Fut style staff routine. Double ended means that the hands are held in the middle third of the pole with the thumbs towards each other. Both ends of the staff are used for thrusting and hitting. Bi shou means a dagger. Biu jee, (Cantonese), means thrusting fingers. It is the name of Wing Chun's third empty handed routine. Biu ma, (Cantonese), means thrusting steps. This is a Wing Chun term. Bizu means founder. Bo means to block by deflecting an attack to the side or to check the attack. Bo dao means to poke with a broadsword. Bo jian means to poke with a straight sword. Bok jeung, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning shoulder butt. While doing this, the palm pushes down. Bong chor sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning wrong bong, i.e., the inside gate. Bong gerk, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning wing leg block. Bong sau, (Cantonese), means wing hand. This is a Wing Chun term for a block using the forearm. The open hand is extended forward along the center line inverted so that the palm is facing away from the center line. The elbow is held higher than the wrist. The shoulders are kept relaxed. Bo qiang means to poke with a spear. Bo sim is a Chow gar weapon routine meaning catching insects pole form. Bot bo means the shuffling step. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Bot jaam do is a Wing chun weapon routine meaning 8 slash sword form. Bo yun wang ri means scatter the clouds to see the sun. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Bu means step or steps. It is frequently used to mean a martial art stance or posture. Bue jee is a Wing chun routine meaning shooting fingers form. Bu fa means foot work or stepping position. Bui do, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning thrusting knives. Bui ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning thrusting stance. Bui sao means cup hand. It is a Choy Lay Fut empty hand technique where the hand is held as if it was holding a tea cup.
Bui sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for thrusting arm. Bui tze sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for thrusting fingers. Bung bo kuen is Cantonese meaning stomping foot boxing/fist. It is a beginning Praying Mantis form.
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Ca means to wipe or to rub. Cai means to trample or to step on something. Cai means pull or pluck. It is a corner power in Taiji quan. Cai is one of the thirteen basic postures in Taiji quan. Cai jia quan means Cai family fist. It is a Southern Chinese martial art style named after Cai Bai Da. The style is well known for its kicking techniques. Cang means to hide. Cang dao means to hide a broadsword. Ce chong means side punch. Ce chuan means to penetrate the side with a palm strike. Ce du means to side step. Ce kao is a technique in the Chen family style of Taiji quan where the opponent is bumped off balance from the side. Ce kong means a side somersault. Cha means to split or splitting. Cha bu means cross step or back cross step. It is a martial art fighting posture. Ch'a Ch'uan is a long range Moslem Chinese martial art style using high long kicks to bridge the distance to opponents. It was mostly practiced in Kansu, Sinkiang, and Chinghai Provinces. Cha Chuey is a Chang Chuan, Seven Star, Preying Mantis two person empty handed routine meaning piercing fist. Chai means to pluck. Cham kui, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning arm seeking form. Chan means contact. Chan means a weapon commonly known as a monk's spade.
Chan means to wrap, coil, wind around, or to bind up. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Chan is also the name of an empty hand technique in Taiji quan. Chang gyuk is a Hung ga term meaning to prop up. It is sometimes called a spade kick as the motion is like stepping on a garden shovel or spade. The kick is done to the lower level. Chang sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning spade hand. Chang Zhenfeng, 1898 - 1979 C.E., was an instructor in Zha quan. He was taught by Zhang Jiwei, 1848 - 1932 C.E. Chang was an instructor of Zhang Wenguang, who went on to be one of the creators of competitive sport wushu. Chan Heung was the founder of the Choy Li Fut martial art style. He combined the Choy family system with Li family system and a Buddhist style referring to it as Fut. Ch'an is the type of Dhyana Buddhism brought from India to China by Bodhidarma. Ch'an is a type of meditation practice to bring about concentration and a new perception of reality. Chang means long. Chang chuan means long fist. It is the name of a northern Chinese martial art style. It is also used as a generic term meaning all of the northern Chinese long range styles. Tai Jo was a well known individual who practiced this style. It is also known as cheng kuen and as chang quan. Chang chuan tong long means Long Fist Preying Mantas. It is on the the branches of northern praying mantis. It is a variation of Guang Bang style of northern preying mantis. Chan guerk is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning thrusting heel kick. (1) Chang quan means long fist. It is a martial art style from the coastal province of Zhejiang. It developed from fighting on boats. It is also used as a generic term meaning all of the northern Chinese long range styles. Tai Jo was a well known individual who practiced this style. It is also known as cheng kuen and as chang quan. Chang sui jian refers to any sword with long tassels. They are commonly used in the northern Chinese martial art styles. Chang xiao bang means lashing staff. This is another term for a two section staff. One section is a long pole with the other section being a much shorter stick. The shorter section is used as a flail. Chan Heung was the founder of the Choy Li Fut style of Chinese martial arts. He was a student of his uncle, Chan Yuan Woo; a Northern Shaolin stylist, Choy Fook; and a Southern Shaolin stylist, Li Yau San. Chan Yuan Woo was a Buddhist Palm martial art stylist who taught his nephew, Chan Heung, who in turn created the Choy Li Fut style. Chan zhang means Zen stick. It is more commonly translated as monk's cudgel or staff. Chan zi dao means a cicada wing sword. Chap sau is the Chow gar style term for downward spear hand. Charm is A Black Tiger style term meaning to cut or chop. It means to cut or chop your opponent's attacking limbs. It is a way of avoiding strong blows. Chat, (Cantonese), means the number 7. Chau means lifting.
Chau Sot Guen means lifting and smashing staff form. It is the name of a single ended staff routine in Choy Li Fut. Single ended means that both hands grasp one end of the pole. Che means slicing. It is the name of one of the thirteen Taiji quan broadsword techniques. Che bu means withdrawing step. It is a martial art body movement. Chee'm sum geuk is a Jow ga term meaning peircing heart kick. Chei means to rend. Chen is the name of the family which created Taiji quan. Cheng means to brace or brace out. Cheng kuen means long fist. Tai Jo was a well known individual who practiced this style. It is also known as ch'ang ch'uan and as chang quan. Chen shi tai ji quan means Chen style grand ultimate fist. Chen Yuan Ping was a 16th century C.E. Chinese martial artist who went to Japan and taught some of his martial skills to some Japanese samurai. The Japanese call him Gempin. He is considered to be the source of some of the originial skills in a couple of jujutsu styles. Cheong kiu gang is a Chinese bench similar to an American saw horse used during construction. The Chinese bench was used by restaurants and tea houses in place of chairs. The bench is about four feet long and about two feet high. It is topped by a flat board about eight inches wide as a seat. Because it is normally held by both hands, it is considered a long type of weapon. Power is generated by twisting the waist. Both ends of the bench are used to strike the opponent in a manner similar to double ended staff techniques. Cheung means a forward thrusting motion. Chi means energy. It is the same word as qi. Chi dan sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun phrase meaning single sticky hands. Chi gerk, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning sticky legs. Chi kung means the study of energy. Much that is taught as chi kung is worthless. Con men abound willing to take anyone's money. It does not take a long time to learn how to generate energy. It does take time and much practice to get skillful at using it when wanted. An instructor requiring more than a very few minutes to get the student actually able to use it, either can not explain it or is a con man. It is not magic. It is applied body mechanics at an advanced level. Chi kwan, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning sticky pole. Chilin is a mythological animal in Chinese culture dating from about 500 B.C.E. In Chinese culture, this animail is a symbol of virture. In early times, it was described as a deer-like animal with hooves. Later, it's description evolved into an animal with a horse-like body with hooves. The body and legs are covered in scales. The head is dragon-like. Some individuals have begun using a unicorn as the chilin through lack of knowledge of Chinese culture. The chilin has two horns. This animal is the symbol of the kung-fu style that was taught by Denis R. Decker. Chim Lung Guen means Diving Dragon Form. It is a single ended staff routine in the Choy Li Fut style. Single ended means that both hands are grasping one end of the pole. It is considered an advanced routine due to the techniques taught in the form. Chin means advance. Chin chi sau is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning cross scissors hand. (1). Chin gum sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning front pinning hand.
Chin jeung, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning front palm. Chin na means grab control. It emphasizes grabbing techniques to control and lock the opponent's body. Chin na uses dislocations of the joints and attacking selected acupunture points as targets. It is one component of most Chinese martial art styles along with kicking, striking, and throwing. Chin na is the same word as qin na. Chin na can be divided into four types of techniques: fen gin meaning dividing the muscle, bih chi or duann mie meaning closing the vein, tsuoh guu meaning misplacing the bone, and tien hsueh meaning cavity press. Chin sum kuen means center (fist) breaking heart punch. (1) Chin tek, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning front kick. Chi sau is a Chow gar style drill called grinding arm. Chi sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun style drill called sticky hands. Chi shou means a push dagger. It consists of a small handle held in the palm with the blade extending between the fingers when the hand is formed into a fist. Chi xieng means seven star. Seven star praying mantis is one of the northern branches of praying mantis style. Ch'o Chiao is a northern Chinese martial art style from Gao Yang county in Hopei Province. It has many fancy high kicking techniques. Chong means thrust. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Chong feng shan zhan means to be fully extended. Chong mai means thrusting vessel. It is one of eight vessels that traditional Chinese medicine considers to hold or contain chi/qi. Chong quan means thrusting fist. Chop choy kuen is Cantonese for a beginning Praying Mantis style form. Chou means to draw back or to pull. It is also one of the basic straight sword techniques. Chou la means to lash out such as with a spear. Chow gar was founded by Chow Ah Naam (as related to me by my sifu Ip Chee Keung whos knowledge of the system is second to none and son of the Grandmaster Ip Sui. Information supplied by Tim Hatton in an email dated 26 August 2002. Chow gar is a southern Chinese martial art style founded by Chow Lung as a variation of Hung gar with the addition of Pa kua staff techniques. Chow kuen means lifting punch. (1) Chow Lung was the founder of the southern Chinese martial art style Chow gar. Choy Fook was a Northern Shaolin martial arts instructor who taught Chan Heung, the founder of Choy Li Fut style. Choy Li Fut is the name of the Chinese martial art style created by Chan Heung, of Xin Hui, Guangdong Province, in 1836. It is a combination the Northern Shaolin system of Choy Fook and the Southern Shaolin of Li Yau San with a Buddhist style, Fut, as taught by his uncle, Chan Yuan Woo. Choy Li Fut contains ten staff routines. The staff routines are: Seung gup darn guen, meaning single and double ended staff form; Ng dim mui fa fa bot gua guen, meaning five point plum blossom eight trigram staff form; Dai hung kei guen, meaning great banner staff form; Chau sot guen, meaning lifting and smashing staff form;; Mui fa cheung guen, meaning plum blossom lancing staff form; Chim lung guen, meaning diving dragon staff form; Bin gwai guen, meaning flat crutch staff form; Poon lung guen, meaning coiling dragon staff form; Hang jieh guen, meaning monkey king staff form; and Seung lung kup hei guen, meaning twin dragons inhaling air staff form. Choy Li Fut contains four spear routines. They include:
Saw hau cheung, throat locking spear; Sup ji mui fa cheung, cross pattern plum blossom spear; Mui fa cheung, plum blossom spear; and Jor yau sup sam cheung, left and right thirteen lances spear. Chu means to emerge. Chu means to touch. Chua Giok Beng was the founder of Ngo Cho, Five Ancester, style. He was born in 1853 in Chuan Chiu, Fukien Province. He was a student of Ho Yang until his death. At that point he returned his teacher's body to Henan Province. While returning home, he undertook the study of additional martial art styles. He enjoyed fame for his skill in iron palm techniques and jumping skills. Chuan means to thread something, such as threading through a block or along an arm or weapon. Chuang zhang means piercing palm strike. It is a fundamental palm technique in the Yin Fu lineage of Ba gua zhang. Chuan jian means to thrust with a straight sword. Chuan quan means piercing fist. It is the name of the tenth empty handed routine in the Zha quan martial arts system. Chuan zhang means a penetrating palm strike. Chui means to pound something. It is also used as a term for a hammer. It is a metal globe on either a short or long staff used as a club. It is used alone or in pairs. Another version called a meteor hammer is swung on the end of a chain. Chui da means a hammer fist strike. This is a strike with the little finger side of the fist. Chui tui means to kick to the side with the bottom of the foot. Chu ji quan means primary fist. Chum chung sau is the Chow gar term for sinking elbow hand. Chum sam means striking to the heart. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Chum kiu is a Wing Chun routine meaning searching for the bridge. Chung lo, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning middle level. Chung si, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning the grandmaster of a style. Chung sin, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning mid line. Chung sum sin, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning the center line. Chun qiu means the Spring and Autumn period, 722 B.C.E. to 484 B.C.E, in Chinese history. Chun sum gyuk is a Hung ga term for a middle level kick done toward the groin area with the heel. Chuo means to poke or to stick into something. Chu qiao means to unsheathe. Chu shou means to release. Chu tou means a farm tool, the hoe, that was used as a weapon. Ci means to stab, thrust or pierce with a thin pointed weapon. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Ci huo pi means to hit or to strike a blow. Ci jian means to thrust with a sword. Ci quan means to jab. Cuo means to file. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Cup jarn, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning downward elbow.

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Da means big. Da means to strike, hit, or swat. Da cheng quan means will fist, i.e., will boxing. Da dao means big knife, i.e., a single edged broad sword type weapon. It is a long handled sword. Da Fan Che is a Fan che praying mantis routine meaning big chariot. It contains large arm swinging movements. Da gia shyh is a Guang Bang praying mantis routine meaning big gesture form. It teaches sweeps and repetitive attack as skills. Da hong quan means big red fist. This is the name of a routine. Dai means to draw back or to pull. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Dai Hung Kei Guen means Great Banner staff form. It is a Choy Li Fut single ended staff routine. Single ended means that both hand grasp on end of the pole. Dai Hung Kuen means Great Hero Form. It is an Eagle Claw style routine. Dain means point. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Da ji means a punch or a strike. Da ji means to cuff someone. Da ji xiong bu de quan means to strike a blow to the heart. Da lu means big roll back. Da lu is a pushing hands exercise taught in Taiji quan. Da Luohan Quan means Large Worthy One Fist. It is a Shaolin style routine. It is one of a pair of Luohan/Lohan routines, large and small. Dan bian means single whip. Single whip is a technique from the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Dan bu means single step. Dan dao qi shi means opening the routine. It is the name of the opening technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine Chen village broadsword. Dan Fa Che means Big Wheel Fist. It is an empty hand routine in the Northern Preying Mantis style. Dan gong means a bow, as in bow and arrow. Dan kai means to fend off. Dang tou pao means cannon right in front. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu.
Dan ji means a single halbred. This is basicly a spear with a curved blade extending out parallel to the spear head. Dan jian xuan zhuan means to pivot. Dan pai jiao means to hop. Dan sao means one or single arm. It is the name of a Black Tiger style routine. Dan tian (Tan t'ian) means the belly. The center of gravity is located about 4 inches below the navel. It is considered the place where most of the body's energy is stored. Dan zhi means a single finger. Dao means the way. It is the same word as Tao. Dao means backward. Dao means a broadsword. They sometimes have a ring pommel with a scarf tied through it. The Taiji Dao has an S-shaped guard used to catch opponent's swords. The Taiji dao has a hand-and-a-half handle. This sword is also known as Shisanshi Dao, 13 dao. Another variation of the dao is the Jia Dao which has a straighter blade. The Jia Dao has a one hand length handle. The thirteen techniques of Taiji quan broadsword are cutting (kan), mincing (duo), rowing (hua), poking (jie), scraping (gua), flicking (liao), stabbing (zha), chopping (pi), fanning (san), blocking (fan), sliding (wan), twirling (liao), and slicing (che). Dao cha bu means back cross step. It is used to describe when a foot steps behind the other foot. Dao ba means to hit. Dao bei means the back edge opposite a broadsword's blade. Dao cai means the silk scarf tied through the ring pommel of a broadsword. Dao di means to fall down. Dao gen tou means a back flip. Dao guerk means blade kick. (1) Dao jian means the tip of the broadsword. Dao juan gong means backward wrapping skill or more commonly known as stepping back and wrapping the upper arms. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Dao mei means jinx. Dao qiao means a broadsword's sheath. Dao qou ti means an overhead kick. Dao ren means the edge of a broadsword. Dao sau is the Chow gar term for single clamping hand. Dao shen means the blade of a broadsword. Dao ti tui means a back circle kick. Dao wu means a broadsword dance. Da Qiang is the long spear of Xing yi quan. Da quan means shadow fist, i.e., shadow boxing. This is usually taken to mean practicing without the use of a partner or opponent. Dar means to strike. Da shan men means fist mountain gate. It is a Shaolin style form. Da tui means thigh. Deng means a heel stomp. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Deng jiao means a heel kick. Deng shan bu means mountain climbing stance. It is one of the fundamental stances in northern Chinese martial art styles.
Deng tui means a heel kick. Di means ground. Di means bottom. Dian means to point and exert pressure. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Dian is also an empty handed Taiji quan technique. The motion is usually understood to describe hooking over and in to strike the opponent. Dian bu means a half step forward. Dian dao means the point of a broadsword. Dian jian means the point of a straight sword. Dian mai means blood vessel or energy channel. It is the same words as Dim mak. It refers to the exerting of pressure on a blood vessel or energy channel to close off the flow of blood or the flow of energy. Dian qiang means the point of a spear. Dian xue are the techniques performed by pressing selected acupunture points and cavities to immobilize, injure, or kill an opponent. It is considered to be the source of Japanese shiatsu techniques and theory. Dian zhou means to push the elbow. Diao means to lift or hoist something. Diao means a hooking motion. Die means to fold. Die jiao means foot. Die jiao da cha means foot big splitting or more commonly as shake foot and fall into a split. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Di gong quan means di gong fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Dim mak is the Cantonese form of Dian mai. It means exerting pressure upon a blood vessel or an energy channel. Ding means to butt an opponent. It is a technique used in xing yi quan. Ding bu means a stance with the feet in a T shape. It is also used to describe static posture techniques. Ding jarn, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning butting elbow. Ding zhou means an elbow strike. Ding zi bu means a stance with the feet in a T shape. Dip sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning butterfly hand. Dit da jow is a Chinese herbal medicine used to toughen and heal the skin when training iron palm techniques and selected other skills. Di tou means a head drop. Di tou shan dou means the head moves up and down. Dizi means a female student. Di zi shi means a low form. Do means to go or move through. It is a Black Tiger style term used to meas a follow through force. It is a way of inflicting powerful strikes. Doi jong is a Chow gar drill called heavy arm. Doi Min Jeung means Smooth Palm two man set. It is a two person empty handed Eagle Claw routine. Dok sei is a Chow gar weapon routine meaning poison snake pole form. Dong sau is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning slicing hand. (1) Dong zuo yi means movement. Dou means to shake.
Dou gang means concealing the hard. It is a Chi xieng seven star praying mantis routine teaching skills in joint locking. Duan bing means a short weapon. Duan quan means short fist. Sifu Wong Yuen was known for his useage of this technique. It is also known as tuan ch'uan and as tuan kuen. Duen kuen means short fist. Sifu Wong Yuen was known for his useage of this technique. It is also known as tuan ch'uan and as duan quan. Dui da means sparring. Dui kok ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning diagonal stance. Dui lian means sparring. Dui shou means an opponent or a rival. Du li tuo jian means to stand on one leg while holding a straight sword level. Du mai means governing vessel. It is a traditional Chinese medicial term. Dun means to escape. Dun means shield. Twin shields would have sharp edges to be used as weapons. Dun means to crouch. Dun tiao means to knee hop. Duo means mincing. It is one of thirteen Taiji broadsword techniques. Duo yu dong zuo means wasted motion.
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Emei ci means Emei region piercers. Emei pai means Emei region style of Chinese martial art. Er jie gun is a two section staff. Traditionally, the sections were like the sections of the three sectional staff. Modern practioners have come to use the Okinawan lengths like a nunchaku. Er ji wu shi means a second class warrior. Er lu jai yaw is a Mei hua praying mantis style routine meaning 2nd route essence.

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Fa means to slide, to turn over, or to flip over. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Fa jing means the explosive expression of energy. Fak sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning whisking arm. Is is a side chop. Fan bao qu gan means reverse body lock. Fan che means chariot style. It is one of the branches of northern style praying mantis. Fan che is a variation of Guang bang style northern praying mantis. Fan gong means to counter attack. Fang qi means to give up. Fang shou lian xi means defensive fighting. Fang shou zi shi means a fundamental defensive position. Fang wo means a reverse grip. Fan jia bei means an arm grapevine. It is an over arm lock. Fan liao means reverse slide up. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Fan li ci means reverse vertical stab. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Fan ping ci means reverse horizontal stab. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Fan shen means to turn around or to flip the body. Fan shen tiao means a roll over jump. Fan Xudong was a Praying Mantis instructor. Fan zi means shadow boxing. Fei means flying. Fei biao means flying dart. Fei cha means flying fork. Fei dao means flying knife. Fei feng shuang dao means flying phoenix double broadsword. Fei He means Flying Crane. It is a branch of Fukien White Crane style of Chinese martial arts. It has been passed down through four generations in the Lee family. It is currently headed by Lee Joo Chian of Sibu, Malaysia. Fei huang shi means flying locust stone. Fei jiao means flying foot. It is the third empty handed routine in the Zha quan martial arts system. Fei mao dan means fly whisk.
Fen means to separate. Fen an is the Chow gar term for phoenix eye punch. Feng means to cover. Feng juan can hua means wind whirls the withered flowers. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Fen shui dun means water parting shield. Fo hok sueng ying kuen doy da is the Hung gar empty hand routine two man tiger crane sparring form. Fo jia qi xing quan means Buddhist seven star fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Fook sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning bridge on arm. Fo shou means Buddha hand. It is an uncommon staff weapon. Fu means an axe or hatchet. Fu hok sueng ying kuen is the Hung gar empty hand routine created by the style founder, Wong Fei Hong. It means tiger crane double shadow fist. Fu may guerk is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning donkey kick. (1) Fung Chi Niang, 1760 - 1830 C.E., was the woman credited with founding the Fukien Province White Crane style about 1800 C.E. She was the daughter of Fung Fei Sze, a noted Southern Shaolin instructor. She had four disciples. Each disciple became head of a branch style of White Crane: Flying Crane (Fei He), Resting Crane, Crying Crane, and Eating Crane. Fung Fei Sze was a highly skilled Southern Shaolin instructor from the Nine Lotus Mountain Shaolin Temple in the Ching Chiang District of Fukien Province. He was the father and instructor of Fung Chi Niang, the founder of Fukien Province White Crane style of martial arts. Fung gerk, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning stomping foot block. Fun sau is the Chow gar term for splitting hand. Fu shi hi xi means the abdominal way of breathing. It is used to mean using the lower abdominal muscles to control the diaphragm. Fut means Buddhist. Fut sau is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning Buddhist Hands. Fu wo cheng means a push-up or front leaning rest. Fu wo de means to be prone, i.e., lying stomach downward.

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Gai means to cover. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Gai bu means cross over step. This is movement with the back foot stepping in front of the other foot. Ganqiwu was an ancient, Zhou Dynasty (about 11th century to 211 B.C.E.), method of fighting with an axe and shield. Gao means high. Gao tan ma means high careful horse or more commonly, high patting the horse. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Gao xu bu means high empty stance. Gao yu yao qu means waist high. Garn sau, (Cantonese), is the Wing Chun term meaning splitting block. It is a low block done with a simultaneous punch. Gar sau is the Chow gar term for phoenix eye block. Gau, (Cantonese), means the number 9. Gau san kuen means adhering fist. Sifu Wong Chiem was known for his useage of this technique. Ge means the dagger axe. Ge means an outer block towards the side. Ge means to hamper or impede. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Ge dang means to parry or deflect. Gee ng dui tie ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chung phrase meaning half hanging stance. It is found in the pole routine taught in Wing Chun. Gejue are structured verses of poetry used to transmit usages and applications in a manner that can be remembered, i.e., poetry verses following a set formula as a memory aid. b>Gen means the heel of the foot. Gen bu means to do a short step up with the back foot towards the front foot. Gerk, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning leg. Gnoi moon, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning outside gate. Gnoi yeun sau is the Chow gar term for outside circle hand. Gong means to hit. Gong means skill, energy, or hard work. Gong bei means hollow back. Gong bu means a bow stance, i.e., bow as in bow and arrow. It is also known as a lunge stance. Gong bu an zhang means to press the palm while in a bow stance. Gong bu chong quan means to strike or thrust forward while in a bow stance. Gong bu jia da means to parry and strike while in a bow stance. Gong fang ji shu means the art of attack and defense. Gong fu (kung fu) means skill acquired through hard work. Only in recent times has it become related to any meaning associated with martial arts. Gong jian bu means bow and arrow stance. It is one of the basic stances found in the northern Chinese martial art styles. It is also known as the mountain climbing stance. Gong li quan means power fist. Got choi is the Chow gar term for throat and elbow punch.
Go ti means horn gore. It was an early Chinese fighting art. Got sau is the Chow gar term for cutting hand. Gou means a hooking grab. Hook is also the name of a twin or double weapon. One is held in each hand. Gou jiao means hooking foot. Gou quan means dog fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Gou shou means hooking hand. Gu is used to mean to pay attention to something or to take care of something. Gua means to hang. Gua means to lift. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Gua means scraping. It is one of the thirteen basic Taiji quan broadsword techniques. Gua means hook. Guai means a crutch or cane. Guan (kwoon) means a training hall. Guan means an uppercut punch. Guang bang means shinny board. Shinny board is one of the branches of northern praying mantis styles. Guangdong nan quan means Guangdong Province southern fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Gua wan means paring wrist. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. It is a technique to cut the opponent's wrist by moving the sword holding hand in a circle, wrapping the sword tip around the opponent wrist. Guen means a routine or set of techniques. It is also spelled as Kuen. Gui Tao Dao means a ghost head broadsword. Gum sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning pinning hand. Gun is a staff. Gung bo ma is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning bow and arrow horse. (1) Gung jee fook fu kuen is a Sil lum empty hand routine meaning taming the tiger form. Guo means to wrap. Guo means fruit. Gurn a choi is a Chow gar term for ginger fist. Gwai jarn, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning downward or kneeling elbow. Gwailos is Cantonese for ghost. It is sometimes used as a derogatory term for Caucasians.
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Hakka means northern guest. These were northern Chinese who fled to southern China to avoid the Manchu government in Beijing a few hundred years ago. Ha ma is the Chow gar term for single step. Hang Jieh Guen means Monkey King Form. It is a double ended staff routine in the Choy Li Fut style. Double ended means that both ends of the pole are used for thrusting and hitting. The hands are held in the middle third of the staff with the thumbs towards each other. Har lo, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning lower level. \
Hau gum sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning back pinning hand. Hau ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning back stance. He means crane. Hei hu quan means black tiger fist. It is a Chinese martial art style. Hei hu sou shan means black tiger searches in the mountains. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Henan is the name of the Chinese province that is the location of the northern Shaolin temple. Heng is a horizontal pushing or striking movement. It is used in Xing yi quan to mean sweep, wring, crossing or crosscut. Heng is also used in Taiji quan to mean side cut as the name of one of the basic straight sword techniques. He quan means crane fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Heun bo, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning circling steps. Heun do, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning circling knife. Heun got sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning circling cut. Heun sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning circling hand. Hoi ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning opening of the stance. Hok means crane. Hok gurk faat is the name of an empty hand routine in Sil lum meaning crane kicking form. Hong Be Chien means Phoenix Tail Tension. It is an empty handed routine of the Ngo Cho style. Hong Chuan means Red Fist. There are a pair of Shaolin style routines, small and large, called Red Fist. Hong jia quan means Hong family fist. It is the name of a Southern Chinese martial arts style founded by Hong Xi Guan. It is sometimes shortened to be called Hong quan. Hong quan means Red Fist. It is the name of a Northern Chinese martial arts system. Red Fist is also the name of a Zha quan empty handed routine.
Hop gar is the name of the Chinese martial art called Tibetan white crane. It is supposed to have been founded in Tibet and later migrated to China. It has only 24 hand techniques. However, these 24 techniques have numerous variations. Hou means monkey. Hou means backwards or second. Hou kong fan means back flip. Hou quan means monkey fist. It is also a style of Chinese martial art. Hou tui means craw back. Hou zhao means backwards move. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Hsing-i chuan means mind form boxing. It is also translated as Xing-i quan. This style is considered to be relatively linear in technique. Hsing-i chuan is said to be one of the three major internal styles. Chi Lung Feng, of the Shanghai area, is credited as being the founder of Hsing-i chuan during the early Ching Dynasty. He is said to have combined the foot work of his spear skills with five hand techniques reflecting the Taoists' Five Elements Theory. His most famous students were Ma Hsuech Li of Henan Province and Tsao Chi Wu of Shansi Province. Each taught in their home provinces. Brothers Tai Ling Pang and Tai Lung Pang taught the Shansi version of Hsing-i chuan to Li Neng Jan of Hebei Province. The fame of the style comes from the students real life useage of it as caravan guards and bounty hunters during the mid and late 1800's, Late Ching Dynasty, in and around Beijing. Hsuan Tsung means Mysterious Ancestor. It is one of five Chinese martial art styles based on using drunken techniques. The creation of this style in 723 C.E. is credited to Kao Fu, a soldier in the army of Emperor Hsuan Tsung of the T'ang Dynasty. The style origins are traced to Chang-an, the ancient capitol city, located in Kuan Nei Province. The Hsuan Tsung style as taught today contains three empty handed routines and two weapon routines. The three empty handed routines are called: Flying Drunken Fairy, Drunken Tiger, and Weaving River. The Flying Drunken Fairy imitates an intoxicated elf flying from tree to tree. The routine has complicated footwork causing the practioner to move like a drunken man while teaching him how to block and strike from oblique angles, off balanced body positions, and advantagous distances between himself and the opponent. The Drunken Tiger routine teaches rolling, dipping, and extensive on the ground techniques. The Weaving River routine teaches weaving and additional ground fighting techniques. The two weapon routines are Double Drunken Staff and Drunken Sword. The Double Drunken Staff routine is performed with two wooden sticks about 30 inches long. The staff routine teaches the practioner to fight from a crouched position while making intricate turns with his body and the sticks. The Drunken Sword routine is performed with the double edged gim, a straight sword. It is switched from hand to hand during the routine. The skillful student learns to perform the routines on Plum Flower Posts pattern, a series of wooden posts planted in the ground in the pattern of a plum flower blossom. The posts are about 8 to 10 inches in diameter and can vary from one foot to five feet above the ground. Hu means tiger. Hua means to dissolve. It is a Taiji quan skill. Hua means rowing. It is one of the thirteen Taiji broadsword techniques. Hua bu means slide step.
Huai zhang bao yue means embracing the moon. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Hua jin is a term describing the highest level of skill in using force in Xing yi quan. It is called 'mysterious energy' in that it uses qi instead of regular muscle force. Hua jin means transformed energy. Hua men quan means Hua style fist. It is a Chinese martial art style. Huan means ring. A metal ring with the outside edge sharpened was used as a weapon. Huan bu means foot shift. Huang Hanxun was a well known Seven Star Praying Mantis instuctor from Hong Kong. He died in 1974. He was the lineage inheritor from Luo Guangyu. Huang was sometimes known as the Mantis King due to his skills. Huan ji quan means counter strike. Huan qi means to change breathing. Huan tui means to change the legs. Hua quan is the name of a Zha quan empty handed routine. Hua quan means flower style fist. It thought to have first been taught in Jiangsu province and Zhejiang province during the Qing dynasty period, 1636 to 1911 C.E. It is taught that the early practioners were attempting to overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming dynasty. This is supposed to be represented in their beginning and ending bow, left fist exposed by the right palm. The style uses 24 stances, 72 holding and strangling techniques, 88 falling/tumbling techniques, and 120 hand techniques. Hua quan means China fist. Hua Tuo was a famous Chinese physician (? - 208 C.E.), who created a series of fitness exercises using five animals playing, wuqinxi; the ape, the bear, the bird, the deer, and the tiger. The exercises were said to limber up the body and to stimulate the appetite. Hubei is the name of a Chinese province. Hu cha means tiger fork. Hu die shuang dao means butterfly double swords or more commonly as butterfuly knives. Hui bi means to swing the arm. Hui yin is the term for the accupressure point (Governing vessel 1 located between the genitals and the anus. Hui zhang means dispersing or wielding palm strike. It is a fundamental palm strike in the Yin Fu lineage of Ba qua zhang. Hu kou means tiger mouth. It is the web of tissue between the thumb and forefinger on the hand. Hung means to be cruel or mean. It is a Black Tiger style term used to describe a way of striking the meridians and vital points of the opponent's body. Hung Sing means Long Fist. It is an empty handed Choy Li Fut style routine, the name of a Choy Li Fut style butterfly knives routine and a spear routine. Hung Sing was a student of the founder of Choy Li Fut. He added his own understanding to what he had learn from Chan Heung. What he taught became known as the Hung Sing style of Choy Li Fut. Hung tao Choy mae is the name of an empty hand routine in Sillum meaning Hung gar and Choy Lay Fut combined form.
Huo means to expand. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Huo bu means moving posture technique(s). Hu qi means to exhale. Hu quan means tiger fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Hu xi means breathing. Hu xin dao means broadsword protects the heart. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine Chen village broadsword. Hu xing bu means arc step. Hu xin quan means protect the heart fist. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. (1) Hu zhao means tiger claw.

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I Ching means the classic of changes. It is a text written about 3,000 years ago about eight elemental energies. Each energy is represented by three lines which can be solid (yang)or broken (yin). The three lines are called trigrams. Two trigrams paired are called a hexagram. There are 64 hexagram combinations possible. The I Ching explains the 64 hexagrams.
The Dictionary ofChinese Martial Art Terms
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Jan means shaking. Jeen sau kuen is a Sil lum empty hand routine meaning arrow hand form. Jeet means to stop and hit. It is a Black Tiger style term used to mean a way of avoiding an opponent's attack by grabbing and striking simultaneously. Jeet Kune means quick fist form. It is a form taught in the Eagle Claw style. Jeet kune do is Cantonese meaning way of the intercepting fist. It was created by Bruce Lee (Lee Jun Fan), in the United States. Jeung, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning the palm. Jhun ma is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning shuffle forward horse. (1) Ji means to press or strike. Ji means a rooster. Ji means a halberd. It is a combination of a dagger axe on a spear. It has a spear head with side blades. Jia means to block up or upper block. It is also one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Jia bi means arm lock. Jia da means to parry and strike. Jia jian means to raise the sword. Jian means a mace. It is basicly a relatively short stick or staff made of metal without joints or a pointed tip. It was used singlely and in pairs. Jian means a straight sword. A straight sword has two blade edges. Jian means to clip. It is also one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Jian bing means the handle of a sword. Jian jian means the tip of a weapon. Jian jue is a hand position held by the hand no holding a sword. The index and middle fingers are straight and the ring and little fingers are held curled to the palm by the thumb. This hand position is known as the secret sword. Jian ke is an ancient term for a master swordman. Jian qiao is a sheath for a straight sword. Jian quan means sword boxing. Jian shen is the sword blade. Jian shuai means shoulder throw. Jian sui is the tassel attached to the end of a straight sword to distract the opponent. Jian tui means leg scissors. Jian zhi means sword fingers Jiao means to shout. Jiao means foot or feet. Jiao means to entwine, entangle, or trap. It is also one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan.
Jiaodi was an ancient military drill in which two individuals charged at each other with bull horns on their heads. This dates back to the pre-historical times of the legendary Yellow Emperor, Huang Di (2690-2590 B.C.E.). Jia tui means leg lock. Jia wan means wrist lock. Jia zi means a stance or posture in the martial arts. Ji bu means hit step. Ji da means to strike or to beat. Ji da gan bu de quan means liver punch. Ji dao means to knock down. Jie means to borrow, as in borrowing the opponent's strength or momentum. It is a Taiji quan term. Jie means to intercept. It is also one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Jie means to rise. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Jie means poking. It is one of the thirteen Taiji broadsword techniques. Jie zou means rhythm. Jin is a Chinese term for the Mongols. Jin means to advance or move forward. Jin bu means to advance or to enter. Jing means energy. Jin Gang Quan means Diamond Fist Form. It is a Shaolin style routine teaching stretching and slow movements to circulate internal energy, qi or chi, through the body. Jin gung means Buddha's warrior attendent. It is a term for the statues guarding the front of Buddhist temples. Jin gung dao dui means Buddha's warrior attendent pounds a mortar. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Jin ji du li means the golden rooster stands on one leg stance. It is a common Chinese martial arts posture. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. It is the name of a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Jin ju li means a short distance. Jing means claminess. Jin gong means attack. Jing li means power or strength. Jing Quan Dao means the Way of the Alert Fist. It is a style of fighting devised for the Chinese police by combining techniques from several traditional styles including Shaolin and Wudang. The current headmaster is Alexander Tao. Jing shen means spirit. Jing shen biao xian means spiritual expression. Jing shen ji zhong means concentration. Jing shen qi li gong means vital energy, strength, will power, or spirit. Ji quao means technique. Ji shu means technique. Ji ti jian means group sword play. Ji ti jing shen means the group spirit, the esprite de corps. Ji tui means repulsion. Jiu huan dao is the term for a nine ring broad sword.
Jiu jie bian means a nine section whip chain. Ji yao bu yi xia de quan means a low blow. Joi Baat Seen Kuen means the Eight Drunken Immortals Form. It is a Choy Lay Fut routine. It is done in imitation of a drunk individual to deceive the opponent into under estimating the practioner's real skills. Characteristics include dragging the feet when walking and making false steps to confuse the opponent while swaying the body and swinging the arms. Jong, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning dummy or stake. Jor ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning left stance. Jor si, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning the founder of a style. Jou mah means the sitting horse. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Ju means to hold up, normally, palms up. Juan means wrapping. Ju cheung, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for side palm strike. Ju chi jian means a saw toothed straight sword. It is a straight sword with the cutting edges forged in a serrated pattern to cut and tear the opponent more viciously. Some versions of this sword style have two holes in the blade near the tip that cause it to make a distracting sound when it is swung. Ju gum sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for side pinning hand. Jum sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning sinking block. Ju sun kuen, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for turning punch. Ju sun ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for the turning of the stance. Ju tek, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for a side kick. Jut sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for jerking hand. Jut sow is a branch of Praying Mantis style meaning wrestling hands.

When possible, terms are given in Mandarin (Hanyu) pinyin spelling. The older spelling of the Wade Giles method is used when it is the more commonly known version. For some terms the most common version is given in Cantonese or Hakka.
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Ka lun is the Chow gar term for cross step. Kan means cutting, chop, or hack. It is also the name one of thirteen basic Taiji quan broadsword techniques. Additionaly, it is used as the name of one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan.
Kan means looking. Kao means to lean or shoulder stroke. It is a corner power in Taiji quan. Kao Kun means Monkey Boxing. This style utilizes agile body movement to evade the opponent's attacks by using low squatting stances and jumping. The style includes an emphasis on grabbing, clawing, and palm striking as offensive actions. This style was one of the ancestor styles of Ngo Cho, five ancestor, style. The monkey style is sometimes known as Ta Sien, Great Ancestor style. Kar sik, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for their pre-fighting posture. Ke means to overcome, to restrain, or to subdue. Kou means to grasp. Kin gung means light body. It is the skill of moving lightly. Kong means to empty. It is a Taiji quan skill. Kong Chow means Small Cross. It is an empty handed Choy Li Fut style routine. Kong men quan means Kong style fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Kong su means to complain. Koon ji fook fu means tempting the tiger. It is an empty handed routine taught in the Hung-gar style. Kou means hook. Kou means to tuck in. Kou bu means hook stance or hooking in step. Koy moon means opening the door. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Kua means the inguinal crease or the fold on the inside of the hip joint. Kua means to ride. Kua means to carry on the arm. Kua means stride. It is one of xing yi's eight fundamental skills. Kua bo, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for plucking steps or circle steps. Kua bu means stride step. Kua gerk, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for a half moon kick. Kua sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for circling block. Kuan Yeung Kuan means shepard staff form. It is a form taught in the Eagle Claw style. Kuen, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for fist or fist fighting. Kuen means form. A form is a predetermined sequence of movements that allow people to learn techniques. It is also spelled as guen. Kuen to, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for routines or forms. Kui sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for bridge arm. Kum na means to catch and grab. It is the name of a routine in the Black Tiger style. Kung means hard work or energy. Kung fu means energy time. In and by itself, it has no connection, as a phrase, to Chinese martial arts. It relates as a term to anything that takes time and energy to learn or get skillful at doing. Kung gee fook fu is a Hung gar empty hand routine meaning taming the tiger. Kung Lek Kune means power fist form. It is a form taught in the Eagle Claw style. Kun wu jian is the name of a Taiji quan straight sword routine. Kuo sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for sparring practice or fighting practice.
Kuoshu means national art refering to Chinese martial arts. Kwa means upward block. Kwa kuen is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning back fist. (1) Kwan do is a Chow gar weapon form meaning Kwan's weapon form. Kwoon is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning a school. (1) Kwun ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for pole stance. Kwun sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for a rolling or rotating block.
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La means to pull back or draw back. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Laan sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning bar arm. Laap sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning deflecting arm. Lai tai is a term for full contact fights done without rules upon a raised platform. Lan means to hinder or obstruct, i.e., blocking. It is a term used for one of the thirteen basic Taiji quan broadsword techniques. It is also a term used for the name of one of the basic straight sword techniques taught in Taiji quan. Lan na zha means to block, trap, and stab. The combination is an outer counter clockwise trap, an inner clockwise trap, and a stab with a spear. Lan qiang means wolf spear. Wolf teeth refers to spikes on the spear. Lan ya ban means wolf teeth club. It is a spiked club. Lan ya chui means wolf teeth hammer. It is a large ball with spikes attach to a rope or chain. Due to the spikes, it is not used like the rope dart or meteor hammer. Rather, it is thrown and then retrieved with the rope or chain. Lan ya dang means a wolf teeth spiked trident. Lan zha yi means lazily tying a coat. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Lao gong is the term for the accupressure point (P8) located in the palms. Laoshi is pronounced lao-shir. It means a non-inheritor instructor. Lau gar kuen is the name of an empty hand routine in Sil lum meaning Lau family form. Lau sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning scooping arm. Lau sui is a Chow gar style weapon routine meaning flowing water pole form.
Law horn kuen means Buddhist monk form. It is the name of a routine in the Sil lum style of kung-fu. Law horn kune means Buddha fist. It is the name of a form in the Eagle Claw style. Le means to pull back or draw back. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Lee Fah Sieng was one of four disciples of the female founder, Fung Chi Niang, of the White Crane style of Chinese martial arts. Lee Fah Sieng was the first head of the Flying Crane branch of the style after Fung. He was the father of Lee Mah Saw. Lee Joo Chian (1958 - ) is the current head of the Flying Crane branch of the White Crane style of Chinese martial arts. He is based in Sibu, Malaysia. He is the fourth generation head of the style since the female founder, Fung Chi Niang created the style in the Fukien Province of China. Lee Kiang Ke (1903 - 1992) was the third head of the Flying Crane branch of the White Crane style since the female founder, Fung Chi Niang created the style in the Fukien Province of China. He was born in Chow Ann District of Fukien Province. In 1931(?), he moved to Malaysia to practice medicine and teach martial arts. His school in Sibu, Malaysia was named White Crane Martial Arts Courage School. Lee was known for his skill with the iron palm techniques. He was the son of Lee Mah Saw and the father of Lee Joo Chian. Lee Mah Saw was the second head of the Flying Crane branch of the White Crane style of Chinese martial arts. He lived and taught in Chow Ann District of Fukien Province. He was the son of Lee Fah Sieng and the father of Lee Kiang Ke. Leng low means the leader. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Lian means the lotus flower. Lian dao is a sickle, a single handed bladed grain cutting farm tool. Lian dao qiang is a hooked single spear. The base of the spear blade has a single hooked prong jutting out to the side. Lian huan means continuous fist. It is the eighth empty handed routine in the Zha quan martial arts system. Lian ji means double hit. Lian xi means to practice. Liao means to slide upward. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques in Taiji quan. Liao means to slice or cut up. Liao means flicking. It is one of the thirteen basic Taiji quan broadsword techniques. Liao means twirling. It is one of the thirteen basic Taiji quan broadsword techniques. Liao rao means to entangle or to curl around something. Lieh means rip open. It is a corner power in Taiji quan. Lien wan means continuation. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Li fian means upright sword. Li hua qiang means pear flower spear. It was the name of a famous spear used by the female spear expert Yang Miao Zhen.
Li jia quan means Li family fist. It is a Southern Chinese kung-fu style founded by Li You San. It is known for its usage of the phoenix eye punch. Li liang xun lian means strength training. Lim jam sau is the Chow gar term for elbow seizing hand. Lin means forest or woods. Used as in Shaolin, meaning the mountain known as Shao and forest. Ling means to drag or to lead. Ling kong jin means an expression of up lifting energy, such as found in Taiji quan. Ling Wood Chuan means Fast and Accurate Fist Form. It is an empty handed routine in the Pai Lum Tao style. Lin wan kuen, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning chain punches. Liu feng si bi means six sealing and four closing. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Liu he means six integration. The six integrations are: integration of heart and will, will and qi, qi and strength, the shoulders and hips, the knees and elbows, and the hands and feet. Liu jia quan means Liu family fist. It is a Chinese kung-fu style founded by Liu San Yan. It is well known for its staff techniques. Liu xing chui means meteor hammer. It is basicly a weight tied on to the end of a rope. It is thrown at an opponent. It can be wrapped around the body or limbs while spinning it. Liu yum gyuk, (Cantonese), is a Hung ga term for a snap kick performed towards the front. Li Yau San was a Southern Shaolin martial arts instructor who taught Chan Heung, the founder of the Choy Li Fut style. Li was known for his strong skills in using the fists. Lohan means an arhat. An arhat is an individual seeking self enlightenment. It is sometimes thought of as an individual similar to a saint. Across the street from the Shaolin Temple is another temple containing life size statutes of 500 individual arhats. Lohan quan means Arhat or Monk Fist. It is the name of a Buddhist style of Chinese self protection that is credited to the Indian monk Bodhidharma who taught in China during the sixth century C.E. The Eighteen Hands of Lohan is thought by some to be the original Shaolin routine. It is also written as Luohan quan. Loi yeun sau is the Chow gar term for inside circle hand. Lok dim boon guan is a Wing Chun weapon routine meaning 6 1/2 point pole form. Lok Hop Do means Six Direction Sabre. It is an Eagle Claw style routine. Lok ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning retreating stance. Long means dragon. Long bai wei means shake the dragon's tail. It is the nineth empty handed routine in the Zha quan marial arts system. Long Quan is a county in Zhejiang province that is famous for the high quality weapons manufactured there. Long quan means dragon fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Long Quan jian is a generic term for the high quality swords manufactured in Long Quan county, Zhejiang province. It can also be used as the name of a sword.
Long xing jian means dragon form sword. Long xing quan means dragon form fist. Look, (Cantonese), means the number 6. Lop hop do means 6 direction sabre. It is the name of a routine in the Eagle Claw style. Lou means to grasp or to grapple. Lou means to brush aside, slide, or skim. It is a Black Tiger style term used to mean the taking advantage of the opponent being off guard. It is also a term used in Taiji quan in the phrase for the technique called brush knee. Lou shou means brush hand. Lou xi means brush knee. It is a technique taught in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Lu means roll back. It is a technique in Taiji quan. Lu means a crossbow. It is an early (770-476 B.C.E., the Spring and Autumn Period) military weapon. Luk dim boon kwan, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning six and a half point pole. Lun means to circle a weapon. Lung means dragon. Lung xing quan means dragon style fist. It is a Chinese martial art style that is a variation or specialization in Shaolin quan. Luo means to stroke something in a manner such as to pull it. Luo Guangyu was a headmaster of the Seven Stars Praying Mantis boxing lineage. Among his noteable students was Huang Hanxun. Luo Han Gong is the name of a book, Monk martial art, written by seven star preying mantis teacher Fan Xu Dong. It is also the name of a northern preying mantis breathing routine. Luohan Quan means Worthy One Fist. This is the name of a pair of Shaolin style routines, large and small, Da Luohan Quan and Xiao Luohan Quan. Luohan Shi Ba Shou means Worthy One Eighteen Hands. This is a Shaolin style routine different from the large and small Luohan Quan routines.
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Ma means horse, as in horse stance. It is used genericly to mean any stance. Ma bu means horse stance. Mai hu means ambush tiger. It is the sixth empty handed routine in the Zha quan martial arts system. Mang geng sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning neck pulling hand. Man jeet kuen is the name of a Jow ga routine called 10,000 fist form. Man sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning inquisitive hand. Mao means lance. Mei hua means plum flower. Plum flower is the name of one of the Northern praying mantis styles. Mei hua, plum flower, is the name of the seventh empty handed routine in the Zha quan martial arts system. It is also spelled as Mui fa. Mei Hua Chien means Plum Flower Fist. It is an empty handed routine of the Seven Star Praying Mantis style. Mei hua chuan is the name of a martial art style called plum flower fist. Mei hua luo is a Guang bang praying mantis style routine meaning plum flower falling. It is a form that teaches combinations of joint attacks, trapping, and throwing. Mei hua shou is a seven star praying mantis routine meaning plum flower hand. Mensheng means a female disciple. Mentu means a male disciple. Mian quan means soft fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Mi Chung is an empty handed routine of the Tai Shing Pek Kwar style known as the duck and drake form. This routine was developed by Ken Tak Hoi. Ming jin means obvious power. It is a term describing the used of hard force in Xing yi quan. It is considered the lowest level of skill in using force. Ming men is an acupuncture point called the life gate. It is located on the small of the back on the spine. Min jian wu shu means fork wu shu. Mizong luohan means lost track or lost path. This is one of the current names used for the style, Mizong-yi. Mizong quan means lost track fist. This is one of the current names used for the style, Mizong-yi. Mizong-yi means lost track art. Yan Qing is credited with being the founder of the style during the Ming Dynasty. It's footwork is confusing and disorienting to opponents. Mo means to smear or pull in and slide out. It is a basic straight sword technique in Taiji quan. It is done by intercepting the opponent's weapon against the middle section of the straight sword. Pulling the opponent's weapon in past your body. And then sliding out along the opponent's arm towards his body. Mo goon is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning a school. (1) Mo i means martial art. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Moi fah means the plum flower. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Mojia quan means Mo family fist. This is a southern Shaolin variation founded by Mo Qing Jiao. It is well known for its kicking techniques. Mok yan jong is a Wing Chun empty hand routine meaning 108 wooden man techniques. Mook yan chong, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning wooden dummy.
Mook yan chong fa, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning wooden dummy routine. Mo Qing Jiao is credited with being the founder of the Mojia quan style of kung-fu. It is a Southern Shaolin variation well known for it's kicking skills. Moy fa kuen is a Sil lum empty hand routine meaning Plum Flower Form. Mo ying guerk is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning no shadow kick. (1) Mo zhao chan refers to silent meditation without any thinking. Mui fa means plum blossom. It is also spelled as Mei hua. Mui Fa Cheung Guen means Plum Blossom lancing staff form. It is a single ended routine in the Choy Li Fut style. Single ended means that both hands grasp one end of the pole. It can also be done as a spear form. Hence the lancing in the name. Mui fa loc means Plum Blossom Foot. It is the name of an empty handed Northern Praying Mantis routine. Mui fa sao means Plum Blossom Hand. It is the name of an empty handed Northern Praying Mantis routine. Mut sau is the Chow gar term for inside cleaning hand. Muy Fa Kune means Plum Flower Fist Form. It is the name of an empty handed Eagle Claw style routine. Mu zi means mother and son. It is a Zha quan empty handed routine. It is the first routine in a series of ten forms.

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Na means to seize or hold. The term is also used to describe a clockwise trap with a apear. Nan quan means southern fist. It is a style of Chinese martial art. Nan quan gong bu means southern fist bow step. Nan quan guai bu means southern fist turn step. Nan quan gui bu means southern fist knee step. Nan quan heng dang bu means southern fist horizontal crouching step. Nan quan hu dang bu means southern fist defensive crouching step.
Nan quan hu wei tui means southern fist tiger's tail leg. This is a kicking technique. Nan quan shou fa means southern fist hand position. Nan quan shuang gong bu means southern fist double bow step. Nan quan tui fa means southern fist leg position. Nan quan zuo lian bu means southern fist cross legged sitting step. Nap sau is the Chow gar term for hooking hand. Ne gee ma is a Fut gar term meaning lady horse or lady cross stance. (1) Nei means internal. Nei cuo means internal file. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Nei gai means internal cover. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Nei jiao means internal wrap. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Nei jia quan means internal family fist/boxing. Nei jie means internal intercept. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Nei le means internal draw back. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Nei san he means internal three integration. The three are heart and will integration, will and qi integration, and qi and strength integration. Nei shang tiao means internal pluck. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Nei xia lan means low internal hinder. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Nei zhong lan means internal hinder. It is a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Neu means to twist. Ng, (Cantonese), means five. Ng Dim Mui Fa Bot Gua Guen means Five Point Plum Blossom Eight Trigrams staff form. It is a Choy Li Fut style single ended staff routine. Single ended means that both hands are held at one end of the pole. Ng Fa Pow means Five Leopard Fist. It is an Eagle Claw style routine. Ng fu chueng means Five Tiger Spear. It is a form in the Eagle Claw style. Ng hung kwun is a Chow gar weapon routine meaning five element pole form. Ngo cho means five ancestors. It is a Chinese kung-fu style from Fukien province. The style was founded by Chua Giok Beng (1853-?) by combining Lohan, Pe Ho, Tai Cho, Ta Sien, and Tat Chun techniques. Nian means to cling to something. Nie means to pinch or to knead with the fingers. Nien means to stick to or to cling to something. Noi moon, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning inside gate. Nu means jade. Nu means a crossbow. Nuk sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning freehand fighting practice or sparring. Ngo kok kuen is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning tip of bull horn fist. (1) Nuo means to remove something.
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Pai may mean family, fire, or white depending on the actual character used. Pai means to swat. Pai he quan means White crane fist. It is a Southern Chinese martial art style of Shaolin ancestry. Pai jarn, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning hacking elbow. Pai kiu is the Chow gar term for slicing bridge. Pai zhang means to tap with the palm. Pak mei is the name of the white eyebrow style of Chinese martial arts. Pak sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning slap hand block. Pan means to seize and pull or to drag down.
Pan means the guard of a weapon handle. Pan gai noon is a Chinese martial style from Fukien Province. It is the source of the Uechi-Ryu karate style. Pang lu ji an means to push, stroke, squeeze, and press. Pao means cannon or slash. It is used to mean cannon punch or pounding fist. Pao means throwing or swaying. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Pao quan means cannon fist. It is the name of an empty handed routine in the Zha quan martial arts system. Pa qua zhang means eight trigrams palm. It is a Northern Chinese martial art style. It is based on walking around a circle using circular motions for defense and offense. Pe ho is the Fukienese term meaning White Crane. It is a Chinese martial art style based on using the arms in the manner of a crane's wings and beak. It has divided into several sub-styles including: Feeding Crane and Singing Crane. A version of this style was one of the ancestors of the Ngo Cho, five ancestors, style. Pek is the Chow gar term for chop. Pek Kwar means Axe Fist. This Chinese martial art style was founded by Ma Chai Ho. Peng means to ward off or recede. Peng means to touch. Pi means chop or split. Pi normally means a quick, downward cutting strike. However, in Piqua zhang sytle, it can also describe raising and out-flinging motions made by the arms. Pi is the name of one of the thirteen basic Taiji quan broadsword techniques. It is also the name of one of the basic straight sword techniques of Taiji quan. Pie means to twist. Pieng Me Chien means Even Stance Tension. It is an empty handed routine of the Ngo Cho, five ancestor, style. Pie shen quan means twist body fist or more commonly striking down by twisting the body obliquely. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Pi jian means to cut with a sword. Ping kuen is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning flat fist. (1) Pi quan means to cut with a fist. Piqua quan means axe hitch fist. Tradition has it dating from the Ming Dynasty period in Hebei province. The modern version dates to 1928 at the National Wushu Institute in Nanjing. Piqua zhang means axe hitch palm. It is a northern Chinese palm style of martial art originating in Cang county of Hebei Province. Pin kiu is the Chow gar term for parallel bridge. Pit sau is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning carving hand. (1) Pi zhang means chopping or splitting palm strike. It is a fundamental palm technique in the Yin Fu lineage of Ba qua zhang. Poon Lung Guen means Coiling Dragon Form. It is a double ended staff routine in the Choy Li Fut style. Double ended means that both ends of the pole are used in thrusting and hitting. The hands are held in the middle third of the staff with the thumbs towards each other. Po pai jeung, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning double elbows.
Por means to disperse. Pu bu means drop stance. Pung ma is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning level horse stance. (1) Pun sau is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning slapping hand. (1) Pwo kuen is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning exploding fist. (1)

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Qi means to begin or to stand up. Qi means breath, air, or energy. A lot of myth and fantasy has grown up around this concept due to poor language skills and many con artists. Even the Chinese who invented the concept more than 2,000 years ago have problems with this concept. Qia means strangle hold. Qian means forward or first. Qian bei means forearm. Qian chuan means forward penetrating palm. Qian zhao means forward move. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Qiao is used to describe forearm techniques. Qilin is a mythological animal in Chinese culture dating from about 500 B.C.E. In Chinese culture, this animail is a symbol of virture. In early times, it was described as a deer-like animal with hooves. Later, it's description evolved into an animal with a horse-like body with hooves. The body and legs are covered in scales. The head is dragon-like. Some individuals have begun using a unicorn as the qilin through lack of knowledge of Chinese culture. The qilin has two horns. This animal is the symbol of the kung-fu style, Qi lin quan-fa that was taught by Denis R. Decker. Qi long bu means dragon riding stance. Qi men jian means Qi's family straight sword. It is the term used for the several straight sword sequences devised by Qi Ji-guang. Qin means the color of very dark green. Qin means to capture, to grab, or to control.
Qing long chu shui means green dragon comes out of the water. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Qin lung chu shui means green dragon emerges from the water. It is a Chen family style Taiji quan technique taught in the routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Qin na means grab control. They are the grabbing techniques found in various Chinese martial arts that emphasis controlling the opponent's joints and balance to set up strikes to vital points, known as acupuncture cavities. Qi xie means weapon. Qi Xing jian means seven star straight sword. It is the name of a sword routine. Qixie tang lang means seven star preying mantis. It is one of numerous variations of the original preying mantis style of Chinese martial art. Tang lang tou tau is a seven star preying mantis empty handed routime meaning preying mantis steals the peach. Qi xing means seven stars. Quan means fist. Quan bi lian xi means forearm twist. Quan bi zu dang means forearm block. Quan chong means punch forward rotation. Quan dao is a long handled broadsword named after the famous Chinese general Quan Yu. It is made of a blade, a long shaft with a guard, and tassels attached to it. The techniques include cuts, swinging blows, upward thrusts, parries, and swirling moves done with either the cutting edge or back of the blade. The sweeping long range techniques have earned it the nick name of 'King of the Weapons.' Quan dong means eastern gate. It was originally the fifth empty handed routine in Zha Quan martial arts system. It is also currently taught in the Bei Shaolin Quan Men system. Quan qiang means to encircle with a spear. It is an alternative to using na or lan. Quan shi means form. Quan shu means barehanded exercise. This together with exercises with weapons form traditional Chinese martial arts, wu shu. Quan Yu was a famous Chinese general. His favorite type of weapon became named after him as Quan's knife, Quan dao. Que di long means sparrow dashes an earth dragon. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu.
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Rao means to go around. Rao bu means to step around. Ren means the edge of a bladed weapon. Ren shu means to throw in the sponge. Ri tao san huan means the sun braces three rings. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Ruan qu xie means a soft weapon. A soft weapon in this usage means a weapon that is flexible. Ru he chuan means scholarly white crane fist. It is a style of Chinese white crane martial art founded in Yong Chun county, Fu Chien province, China about 200 years ago by Fang Chi-niang. She taught her brother-in-law, Zeng Se-su, the complete style. Then she moved to the city of Nan Ching Fong in Fu Chien province where she taught 28 additional individuals her white crane style. The 28 first generation students included: Lin Se-han of Yong Chun county. Fourth generation students included: Lin Si-ti of Fu Chow South Gate, Kung Sia village, Fu Chien province. Fifth generation students included: Chen Yi-sing of Fu Chow and Yin Duen Pu of Fu Chien. Sixth generation students included: Ban Chuang-nien of Fu Chow Tung Suay Pu, San village, Fu Chien. Seventh generation students included: Chen Kai-shan of Lin Shen county, South Port, Fu Chien province, Kuo Chung-kai. 8th generation students include: Chiang Yun-chung, Ph.D., of Da-Ming city, He Pei province, currently living in El Cerrito, California. Rumen tu di means an indoor disciple. An indoor disciple is one closely accepted by the teacher as one to be taught all of the secrets of the style or art. Ruo dian means a weak point or weakness.
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Saam, (Cantonese), means the number 3. Saam bo jin is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning three step piercing arrow. Saam bo loi deng choy is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning three step inside. Saam bo pai kiu is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning three step slicing bridge. Saam bo pin kiu is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning three step parallellevel arms. Saam gung pai kiu is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning three step slicing bridge. It is the same form as Saam bo pai kiu. Saam gung pin kiu is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning three step parallel-level arms. it is the same form as Saam bo pin kiu. Saam jin yiu kiu is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning three step shaking off the bridge. Saam kok bo, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning an advancing triangular step. Saam kok ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning a triangular stance. Saam pai fut, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun phrase meaning three times praying to Buddha. Saam sup, (Cantonese), means the number 30. Sai qian shen ti xun lian means conditioning. Sai sau is the Chow gar term for deflecting hand. Sam chien means three conflicts. It is a empty handed routine from Fukien Province in the Ngo Cho style. It may have been the ancester of the Okinawan karate form called three conflicts, Sanchin. San means the number three. San means fanning. It is also a term used for one of the thirteen Taiji quan broadsword techniques. San cai jian means three power sword. It is the name of a sequence of three techniques using the straight sword. San cha mean a trident such as a tiger fork. Sang te pi is the Fukienese term for the martial art weapon known as a karate sai. This is also a Chinese traditional weapon taught in the Ngo Cho style of kung-fu. Sang Sau Kun means Double Roundhouse Fist. It is an empty handed routine of the Ngo Cho style. San ji means three punches. San jie gun means three sectional staff. Each section of the staff is about a meter or three feet long. San lu jai yaw is a Mei Hua praying mantis style routine meaning Third Route Essence. San ma means half horse stance or cat stance. (1) San ma pit sau is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning half horse carving hand. (1) San ren means three man combat. San sau is a phrase used to mean free fighting. San shou means sparring. San shou means free hand boxing.
San shou shou tao means free sparring glove. San ti means three essentials stance. It is a basic stance in Hsing-i chuan and some other styles. Sao means hand. Sao means sweep. It is also used as a term for one of the basic straight sword techniques. Sau means hand. Saw sau is the Chow gar term for locking hand. Say, (Cantonese), means the number 4. Say ma means slide/step back horse. (1) Sei ping ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning horse stance. Se Mun Kua Sau means Sweeping the Four Directions. It is an empty handed routine of the Ngo Cho style. Se Mun Pa Kat means Hitting in Four Directions. It is an empty handed routine of the Ngo Cho style. Sen biao is the rope dart. Basicly it is a double edged blade attached at the end of a rope. It was thrown out at an opponent. It can be spun around or wrapped around the body and limbs. Ser ma is the Chow gar term for double step. Seung Gup Darn Guen means single ended double ended form. It is a staff routine in the Choy Li Fut style that uses both single and double ended techniques in the same form. Single ended means that both hands are held at one end of the pole. Double ended means that both hands are in the middle third of the pole with the thumbs towards each other. Seung Lung Kup Hei Guen means Twin Dragons Inhaling Air Form. It is a double ended staff routine in the Choy Li Fut style. Double ended means that both ends of the pole are used for thrusting and hitting. The hands are held in the middle third of the staff with the thumbs towards each other. It is a precision form attacking pressure points. Shan means to dodge as in dodging an attack. Shan means a mountain or mountains. Shan means a quick avoiding or flash. Shang bu means stepping forwards. Shang bu choug quan means step forward and thrust fist. Shang bu qi xing means stepping forwards to form the seven stars. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Shang san bu means stepping forwards three steps. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Shang ti hou yang means to rock back. Shan tong bei means flashing turn to back. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Shao Hong Chuan means Small Red Fist. It is a Shaolin style routine. It is one of a pair of routines, small and large. Shaolin means young forest. Shaolin Abbot is Shi Yongxin. He became the 30th abbot of the Shaolin Temple in 1999 C.E. The 29th Abbot, Shi Xingzhen, died in 1987 C.E. Shaolin Five Shape Eight Method Boxing is said to have been created by a Shaolin master, Bai Yu-feng, in the middle of the 17th century C.E. The five shapes refers to animal movements of the tiger, crane, dragon, leopard, and
snake. The eight methods refers to dynamic exercises, meditation, internal qigong, using different sounds while breathing, body turning and foot work, grappling, leg techniques, and finally hand techniques. It is a northern style of martial arts. Shaolin he shang means a Shaolin monk. Shaolin nan quan means Shaolin southern style fist. Shaolin quan means young forest fist. Emphasis is on striking effectively. It blends hardness with softness performed in a flexible and natural posture. It is designed for combat in close quarters. Every movement is for attack or defense, not for show. Hit the vital points. Attack without hesitation whenever there is an opportunity, an opening. Movements should be flexible, unexpected, and varied. Hit out at lightning speed. Shaolinsi means Young Forest Temple. The Indian missionary monk Batuo stimulated the Emperor Xiao Wen in 495 C.E. to build a monastery on the Songshan Mountains for him. It was built on the shady, forested side of the Shaoshi range. Lin means forest or woods. Therefore, it became known as the Shao mountain forest. Thirty years later, an Indian missionary monk, Bodhidarma, arrived in China and ended up teaching at the Shaolin monastery. Bodhidarma is credited by some with introducing martial arts into the monastery in addition to his teaching of Chan method of mediation. The first recorded use of the Shaolin monks by an Emperor was when Emperor Taizong used a group of monks against Wang Shichong, putting down his revolt. Thirteen are recorded as cited for meritorious service. Monk Tan Zong was given the title equal to major general. In 1341 C.E., a group of monks attacked and defeated a group of peasants revolting under the name of the Red Turbins. Monk Jinnaluo became famous in that fight. The remains of a statue of him survives at the monastery. In 1522 C.E., a group of 40 monks under the leadership of monk Yue Kong fought Japanese pirates at Songjiang River in Zhejiang Province. They lost and died. In 1723 C.E., the temple was rebuilt and the monks placed under the supervision of an abbot appointed by the Emperor's court. The Shaolin Temple celebrated its 1,500 anniversary in 1995 C.E. Travel arrangements to the temple can be arranged through Wang Yu Min at China International Travel Service (CITS), 48 Zongyue Sreet, Dengfeng, Henan, China Postcode 452470; telephone: 0371-2874734-2872137, FAX at -2873137.
Shao zhou tian means the small heaven circle. It is a circulation of the Qi through the meridians under conscious control. The meridians have never been found after much scientific research at many levels. Therefore, consider this drill a mental exercise taught by some styles of Chinese martial arts. Shao zi gun means lashing staff. It is a long staff with an attached short staff or stick that is used as a flail. Shat geng sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun phrase meaning throat cutting hand. She means snake. She jian means snake straight sword. This sword's blade has wavy edges on both sides. The waves gives it the look of a snake crawling forward. She qiang means snake spear. The spear blade is wavy like a snake's movement. Shen means spirit. Shen means the trunk of the body or the body. Shen ti means the whole body.
Sheung chi sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning double sticky hands. Sheung kuen, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning double punches. Sheung lo, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning upper level. Shi means a form, set, or routine. Shi ba luo han shou is a system of exercises known as the Eighteen hand movements of the Luo Han. It has been attributed to Bodhidrama teaching at the Shaolin temple. He is credited with introducing Chan Buddhism to the temple. Shibo is an older uncle. Shidi is a younger brother. Shi'er Xing Quan means twelve animals boxing. It is a style of Xing yi quan. It is based on the movements of twelve animals. Shifu is pronounced Shir-fu. It is Sifu in Cantonese. It means revered father/master, a male master. Part of the confusion in the use of this title is the fact that the 'fu' character in Chinese can be either the actual character for father or the character for priest. Shigu is an aunt. Shijie is an older sister. Shi jie means a world champion. Shimei is a younger sister. Shimu is a female master. Shi Pa Shou means Eighteen Elders. It is an empty handed routine of the Seven Star Preying Manis style. Shishu is a younger uncle. Shixiong is an older brother. Shi zhan zi shi means an on guard position. Shi zhi means crossed. Shi zhi jiao means crossed feet. It is a technique in the Chen family Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Shizong means grandmaster/ancestor. Shizu means founder. Shizufu means revered grandfather/grandmaster. It is a male grandmaster. The Cantonese is Sigung. Shizumu is a female grandmaster. Sho guerk means side back kick. (1) Shou means hand. Shou shi means conclusion or closing the form. Shou xing means hand form. Shou zhi means the fingers. Shuai means throw. Shuai jiao, (shuai chiao), means hold the horn and throw. It is a form of wrestling dating from the earliest historical records of China. Shuang means double or twin. Shuang bai lian means double white lotus. It is a Chen family style of Taiji quan technique taught in the routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Shuang bi shou means twin daggers. Shuang dao means twin broad swords. Shuang feng quan er means to hit the opponent's ears with both fists. Shuang he zhang means double embracing closing palm strike. It is a fundamental palm technique in the Yin Fu lineage of Ba qua zhang.
Shuang jian means twin straight swords. Shuang shou dao means a two handed broad sword. Shuang shou jian means a two handed straight sword. Shuang tui shou means double push hands. It is a technique taught in the Chen family style of Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Shuang tou qiang means a double headed spear. This means a spear head at each end of the staff. A shorter version is sometimes used in pairs. Shuang zhuang zhang means double striking palm strike. It is a fundamental palm technique in the Yin Fu lineage of Ba qua zhang. Shu bo is the Chow gar term for mouse step. Shuenn means to follow. Shui means water. Shun means to be in harmony or accord with something such as an opponent. Shun bu means aligned stance. This is used to mean that both limbs on the same side of the body are forward. Shyh ba sou is a Chi Xieng seven star praying mantis form meaning eighteen old men which teachs ambidextrous skills. Sibak is Cantonese meaning teacher-elder uncle. A senior teacher in the same generation as your teacher. Si chuan nan quan means Sichuan province southern style fists. Sidai is Cantonese meaning younger brother. A fellow student who started studying after someone in the same generation of students. Sifu is the Cantonese for Shifu, teacher-father. Sigung is Cantonese meaning teacher-grandfather. A teacher's teacher. Sigungbak is Cantonese meaning a grand-teacher's older brother. A senior individual in the same student generation as a teacher's teacher. Sigungsuk is Cantonese meaning a grand-teacher's younger brother. A junior individual in the same student generation as a teacher's teacher. Sihing is Cantonese meaning elder brother. A fellow student who started studying previously to an individual. Si je, (Cantonese), means elder sister. A female student who starting studying previously to an individual. Sijo is Cantonese meaning teacher-ancestor. Used to mean the teacher of the teacher's teacher. Sometimes used to mean the founder of a Chinese martial art style. Sometimes used as Tai sijo meaning great teacher-ancestor. Si jook, (Cantonese), meaning teacher nephew. A student of a younger or a junior teacher. It is the same as sijuk. Sijuk is Cantonese meaning teacher-nephew. A student of a junior or senior teacher of one's teacher's generation. Sik fot means skilled technique. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Simo is Cantonese meaning teacher-mother. It is sometimes used as sifu's wife. Si mui, (Cantonese), meaning younger sister. It is a female student having trained less time than an individaul. Siong ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning advancing stance. Si pak, (Cantonese), means elder brother. It is a male student having trained a longer time than an individual. Si pak gung, (Cantonese), is the elder brother of a si gung, a teacher's teacher. Sisuk is Cantonese meaning teacher-younger uncle. Used to refer to a teacher who is junior in status to one's teacher.
Sitai is Cantonese usually meaning a nun. However, it is sometimes used to refer to a grand-teacher's wife. Siu lin wan kuen is a Sil lum empty hand routine meaning small continuous punching form. Siu lum tao means Small Idea Form. It is an empty handed Wing Chun routine. It is the first of the Wing Chun routines taught to students. Siu moy fa kuen is a Sil lum empty hand routine meaning small plum flower form. Sok sau is the Chow gar term for noose hand. Song means relaxed. Song means to go with or accompany someone. Song quan means an open or relaxed fist. Song yao means a relaxed waist. Sot means smashing, to smashing something. Sou means to search for something. Sub Jee Kune is a White Eyebrow style routine. Su du means speed. Su du means tempo. Suerng ma means forward/step horse. (1) Su gin bei qian means Su Chin bears a sword. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Sui nim tao, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun phrase for a routine called little idea form. Sul min jeung means Small Cotton Palm. It is a routine in the Eagle Claw style. Sun bin means rising horizon. It is was originally a Zha Quan style form. It is also currently taught in Bei Shaolin Quan Men as one of their forms. The routine was named after the famous general Sun Bin. Suo bi means a hammerlock. Suo shuang bi means a chicken wing. Sup, (Cantonese), means the number 10. Sup baat um gen sau is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning eighteen internal dark power hands. Sup baat yau loong is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning eighteen swimming dragons. Sup jee jau kau da sau is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning continuous hiting hands form. Sup Ji Kau Da is a Choy Li Fut style empty handed routine. Sup pa sao is the Cantonese term for a specific Praying Mantis beginner form. Sup yat, (Cantonese), means the number 11. Sup yee, (Cantonese), meand the number 12. Sut, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for knee. Syh lu bun da is a Chang chuan praying mantis routine means four directions fist. It is a long range fist set which teaches elaborate kicking skills.

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Ta means strike first. Ta bu means to stamp or stomp the foot. Tai means fish. Tai means to raise. Tai is Cantonese meaning great. Sometimes used as an adjective in the phrase Tai Sijo, great teacher-ancestor, to mean a founder or a teacher's teacher's teacher. Tai Cho means Great Ancestor. It is the name of a Chinese martial art style founded by Chao Kuang Yin who was nicknamed Sung Tai Cho, Great Ancestor of the Sung Dynasty. The style is divided into northern and southern versions. It is based on large expansive movements, kicks, sweeps, and scissor kicking methods. Training in Tai Cho is divided into two phases. The first phase consists of mainly of the physical movements for fighting. The second higher phase teaches special types of breathing together with 'secret' techniques referred to as Tiek Sar Chiang, or the invincible iron palm. Tai Cho also teaches the used of 18 different types of weapons with emphasis on the long staff and broad sword. The first empty hand routine called 'sam cheng' consists of three forward movements and 3 backward movements. Hand techniques are limited to the use of the palm heel, the spearhand, and the forefist punch. There are two types of kicks taught in the style: a front snap kick using the instep, the top of the foot, and a stamping kick. The style does not use the ball of the foot, the heel, or the edge of the foot as kicking surfaces. High kicks are foreign to Tai Cho. The style uses four main stances: horse stance, forward bow and arrow stance, cat stance, and hour glass stance. Training in 'Tiek Sar Chiang' is divided into three parts: strengthening the palm, breathing, and the method of striking. The strengthening of the palm is achieved by 'cooking' the hand in a heated sand and herb mixture over a period of several months. The method of striking includes the how, where, and when to strike. This includes study of the human anatomy. A tradition of the style is that the founder kept his right hand chained inside his garment after killing an opponent. He carried his hand chained until he died to avoid killing again. Two teachers of Tai Cho in Malaysia are the brothers, Ong Choon Seng and Ong Choon Boo. They were students of their father, who had been a student of his father and uncle in Tai Cho and a student of Ang Tin Sai in Northern Eagle Claw style. T'ai chu is very similar to the Okinawan Uechi-ryu karate style. It has lots of finger strikes and open handed palm blows. It is an off-shoot of Shaolin from
the South of China. American Tim Tackett studied for two years under C. M. S. Chen, now deceased. Tai ji means grand ultimate. Tai ji jian means grand ultimate sword. This is the term used for the straight sword used in the practice of Taiji quan. Tai ji qi shi means begin the Taiji routine. It is the term for the beginning movement of the Chen family style of Taiji quan called Lao jia yi lu, old frame first set. Tai ji quan, (T'ai chi ch'uan), means grand ultimate fist. Tai ji shou si means close the Taiji routine. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Tai ji shou xing means a Taiji hand routine. Tai ji tang lang quan is a northern style of praying mantis fist called grand ultimate praying mantis boxing. It is one of numerous variations of the original preying mantis style. Tai ji tui shou means Taiji style push hands. Tai ji yan fa means Taiji style eye position. Tai Jo Kuen means Ming Dynasty King Form. It is an empty handed Eagle Claw style routine. Taio jian means to block a sword. Tai peng means roc spreads its wings. It is a Ngo Cho technique. Tai sha chiong means iron palm technique. Tan Kiong Beng orginally from Fukien Province, was an instructor of Ngo Cho style known for his skill in this technique. Taishi means high teacher, but only in an honorary sense. Tai Shing means monkey. It is an external Chinese martial art style. Tai Shing Pek Kwar means Monkey Ax Fist. It is a Chinese martial art style combining Tai Shing, Monkey style, and Pek Kwar, Ax Fist style. It is also known as Tai sh'ing pi qua. The founding is credited to Ma T'se Hou or Kou Tze in the early 20th century, in Shantung Province in northern China. Ma was arrested in 1911 C.E. for murder. Influential friends got his death sentence commuted to eight years imprisonment. After getting out of prison, he started the Monkey Boxing Society. During the eight years in prison, he practiced his martial art style called 'grand earth style', and watched a troop of monkeys outside his cell window. Ma picked out five aspects of monkey behavior that he valued. The first aspect is mi hou connoting the languid, relaxed movements of the sensuous female monkey. The second aspect is sh'i hou meaning stone monkey. This aspect is designed to develop firmness of blows and to develop proper body strength. The third aspect is mu hou meaning bathing monkey which remains vigilant even while bathing. The fourth aspect is t'se hou meaning sentinel monkey. This aspect trains the mind to always be prepared to protect itself with an advanced development of the mind and spirit. The fifth aspect is t'sueh hou meaning the drunken monkey. Inspite of its drunken state, the drunken monkey could still perform each of the other activities effectively. The five principle methods of maneuvering in monkey boxing are described as light, agile, lunge, full, and grasp. The five principles of psychological strategy and mental attitude are described as sneaky, devious, destructive, unpredictable, and elusive. These ten elements are combined into a ten character poem setting out the theoretical basis for interpreting and performing the style. This style has five empty hand routines, each depicting a different principle of movement. Kou
named the forms the lost monkey, the drunken monkey, the tall monkey, the stone monkey, and the wooden monkey. The lost monkey routine teaches how to deal with suprise attacks and self defense situations by reacting coolly and efficiently under pressure. The drunken monkey routine uses off balance body positions and broken rhythm movements to confuse the opponent into believing his is helpless. The tall monkey routine refers to a monkey with long arms. The routine features long distance sweeping, swinging arm movements, and low deep stances. The stone monkey routine relies on power and brute strength. It is characterized by somersaults, rolling, and falling. The wooden monkey routine is the primary form of deception. This form uses quick wits, cleverness, and being sneaky to lure in the opponent as a set-up for an attack. Ma taught Kou Ssi, who was noted for his iron like kicks. Kou taught Keng Te Hai or Ken Teh-hai of Hong Kong. Keng is of the original family of practioners of Pi qua. He combined the two styles into one style. The brothers, Chan Kuan Tai and Chan Siu Chuen are two of Keng's better known students. Another well known student of Keng's is Chan Sou Chung of Hong Kong. He is nicknamed the 'Monkey King'. Chan Sou Chung is the disciple and successor to Keng. Tai Tong means Great Earth. It is an empty handed Tai Shing Pek Kwar routine featuring ground rolling techniques. Taizu quan is the name of an external Chinese martial art. Tamo is the name which the Chinese call the Indian Buddhist missionary Bodhidharma. He arrived in China in 527 C.E. preaching what has come to be known as Chan Buddhism in China and Zen Buddhism in Japan. Tamo Sho means Tamo's Palms. It is the name of a Chinese martial art style and the name of a form in the style. The only instructor I know of teaching this style is Li Yuan-hong of Taiwan. The style uses the hand in various ways including: the open hand utilizing the entire hand and the five fingers as a striking surface; the open back hand; the palm heart, the heel of the palm; the knife hand; the ridge hand, and the spear hand; in addition to using the fist. The Tamo Sho style does not use iron palm training methods. Rather it uses seated meditation and herbal medicines to train the hands and arms. Tam tui is a Chinese martial art style meaning seeking leg. Tan means to open and spread out. Tan means to carefully explore or to hold back a little so that you can withdraw. It is a term used in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Tang was a Chinese dynasty that ruled from 618 C.E. to 907 C.E. Tan gerk, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning leg block. Tang lang means preying/praying mantis. Tang lang chu dong is a seven star praying mantis routine meaning praying mantis exits the cave. Tang lang quan means preying/praying mantis fist or boxing. An individual called Wang Lang is credited as the founder. It is supposed to have been created about 400 hundred years ago. It has divided into many lineages using different descriptive terms about the mantis. Tang lang quanshu suibu is a text called Essays on Praying Mantis Boxing that was written by Huang Hunxun about the Seven Stars Praying Mantis lineage. It was published in 1972 in China by Hualian Publishing. Tang lang tou tau is a seven star praying mantis routime meaning praying mantis steals the peach.
Tang ni bu means muddy stepping. It is a stepping method taught in some Baqua zhang lineages. Tan sau, (Cantonese), is the Chow gar term for upward spear hand. In Wing Chun, it means a palm up block. Tan tui is a northern Chinese martial art style meaning spring leg. Tao, , means way, path, or road. Taolu means form or routine. Ta sien means Great Sage. This style uses agile body movements, jumping, evasions, and low squatting stances as foundations for its techniques. It uses palm strikes, grabbing, and claw strikes as style defining offensive techniques. Tat chun means Bodhidharma method. It is a Buddhist martial art style claiming ancestry to the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma through the Shaolin Temple. It uses the muscle changing exercise routine and the marrow washing exercise routine as the basis for their Shaolin iron body training. Ta zhang means collapsing palm strike. It is a fundamental palm technique in the Yin Fu lineage of Ba qua zhang. Tei sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning rising arms. Tek, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning a kick. Teng means to move something, such as an arm or head. Teng kong fei jian means a flying kick. Ti means to rise or to lift something. It is also the term used for a basic straight sword technique. Tianzhisi quan is a small martial art style from Gansu Province. It is almost extinct. Tiao means hook, flick, or pluck. It is also a term used for the name of one of the basic straight sword techniques. Tiao bu means to jump. Tie means to tag or touch something. Tie chi means iron ruler. Think of a steel yard/meter stick. Tie di means iron flute. Tien gunn means celestial stem. It is a series of 26 exercises for health and self defense derived from Hsing-i chuan and Pakua chang by James McNeil in the United States. The human body is the celestial stem. Tien Te Lin Chien means Heaven, Earth, and Man Tension. It is an empty handed routine in the Ngo Cho style. Ti er qi means double jump kick. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Tie shuan means iron fan. Tie yan dou means iron smoking pipe. Til guerk means toe kick. (1) Til sau is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning lifting hand. (1) Tit sin kuen means iron wire boxing form. It is a Hung-gar style form designed to teach certain types of internal power. Ti tui means a straight kick. Ti tui means high kicking. Tiu le ge ma means jumping/cross horse stance. (1) To dai, (Cantonese), means a student. Tok sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning elbow lifting hand or supporting hand. Tong bei means through the back.
Tong bei quan literally means back through fist or though the back fist, referring to the unique use of the back part of the body in generating power. It is also known as shadow fist. Alternative terms for the technique include tong boi kuen and tung pei ch'uan. It is also the name of a style of Chinese martial art. Sifu Hon Tong was known for his useage of this technique. Tong boi quan literally means back through fist or though the back fist, referring to the unique use of the back part of the body in generating power. It is also known as shadow fist. Alternative terms for the technique include tong bei kuen and tung pei ch'uan. It is also the name of a style of Chinese martial art. Sifu Hon Tong was known for his useage of this technique. Tong long tow toe is a seven star praying mantis routine meaning praying mantis steals the peach. Tong sa is the Chow gar term for knee raise. Tong tek, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term for a diagonal kick. To suen, (Cantonese), means a grandson. It is a term for the student of a student. Tou means the head. Tou zhuang to butt. Tow mo kuen is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning breathing mist form. Tsa is a wiping throw process taught in the Chen family style of Taiji quan in the routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. T'sai means strike. T'u means to exert. For martial arts, this means to strike in such a manner that the opponent feels like being swatted, pushed, sunk and bounced away. Tu di means a disciple. Tuanlian is a military unit made up of non-professional soldiers. In English, a tuanlian is called a militia. Tuan ch'uan means short fist. Sifu Wong Yuen was known forr his useage of this technique. It is also known as duen kuen and as duan quan. Tuei swar is the name of an advanced Ngo Cho style routine. Tui means leg. Tui means to push. Tui bu means to step back. Tui cuo means to shove. Tui na means to push and grab. It is a Chinese healing massage technique. Tui shou means push hands. Tui zhang means pushing palm strike. It is a fundamental palm techniques in the Yin Fu lineage of Ba qua zhang. T'un means to adhere. For martial arts, this means the exertion of force in a flexible manner so that you block or intercept the opponent's blow by directiong your force in a circular montion, causing his blow or strike to slide and miss the target. Tun da means the short strike. It is one of the Northern Shaolin empty hand routines that form the Ten Hand Sets. Tung Hai Chuan, (1813-1882 C.E.), was the founder of Ba qua zhang style of internal martial arts. Tung moon, (Cantonese), is a term meaning a fellow student. Tuo means alligator. Tuo means to lift, to carry or block. An example would be to strike as if carrying a tray above the head like a waiter. Tu shou dui lian means bare handed fighting.
Tut sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning freeing arm. Tzon huo chuan means shaking or jumping white crane fist. Fan Fai-shih is credited with being the founder in the 1800's. He is supposed to have seen a crane shake water off of it's body with poweful jerking motions. This gave him the inspiration that people could also generate power is a similar way. The style has fourteen important terms describing concepts they consider their core knowledge. These terms are: 1. beak, zou; 2. cover, gai; 3. disperse, por; 4. dodge, shan; 5. escape, dun; 6. fly, fei; 7. follow, shuenn; 8. grasp, kou; 9. pluck, chai; 10. rend, chei; 11. shake, jan; 12. sticking, nien; 13. strike, dar; 14. twist, neu .
Tzu wu jien is a northern praying mantis weapon routine meaning high noon sword. It is a straight sword form.
Dictionary ofChinese Martial Art Terms

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Um ying kuen is the Hung gar empty hand routine meaning five animals form. Ung mui ha san jong is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning Lady monk descending down the mountain. It is a double hand slap. (1)

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The Dictionary of Chinese martial art terms

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Wah means sliding. It is one of the thirteen Taiji quan broadsword techniques. Wah K'un is a northern Chinese martial art style. It is a long range method of fighting emphasizing kicking. There are twelve routines in the style which can be done indivdually or as paired routines with another individual. The teachings of this style include joint locking techniques and throwing techniques. The most well known instructor in this style in the Republic of China is Choy Lung Wun. Wai means external. Wai cuo means external file. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Wai gai means external cover. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Wai jiao means external wrap. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Wai jie means external intercept. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques.
Wai shang tiao means external pluck. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Wai xia lan means low external block. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Wai zhong lan means external block. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Wang Lang was the individual credited with founding the Preying/Praying Mantis boxing style about 400 years ago. Wei san he means external three integration. The three are shoulders and hips integration, knees and elbows integration, and hands and feet integration. Wen jian means scholar's sword. It is shorter and lighter than a martial sword, wu jian. Wen ru san means as steady as a mountain. Wenwu means the civil and martial virtues. Wing chun is Cantonese for eternal spring or springtime. In Mandarin, it is Yong chun. It is a southern Chinese close in fighting style. Wo means to grasp. This term is also sometimes used for the name of the handle on a short weapon. Wong au is a Chow gar weapon routine meaning yellow cow pole form. Wong jung chai is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning twisting sledge hammer punch. (1) Woo dip dow is a Chow gar weapon routine meaning butterfly knives form. Wo quan means to clench the fist. Wu means five. Wu means martial. It is made up of two characters; Zhi means to stop, and Ge meaning dagger axe. Therefore, the meaning of stopping the dagger axe, ie. stopping the fighting. Wu was a Chinese dynasty that ruled from 222 B.C.E. to 280 C.E. Wubeizhi is a martial art text containing material on Fujian white crane and luohan quan which originated in the Fuzhou area. Patrick McCarthy has published an English translation of it called Bubishi: The bible of karate in 1995. Mabuni Kenwa did a Japanese translation in the 1920's and Otsuka Tadahiko did another Japanese translation in 1986 called Okinawa den Bubishi. Wubu means five steps as used in taiji quan. The five steps are: jinbu, tuibu, zoubu, youpan, and zhongding. Wu chu chuan means Five Ancestor Fist. A Shaolin monk called Cheuh Yuan is credited with founding this style during the 16th century C.E. Wudang is a mountain located in the Fubei Province of China. It is a famous martail arts location. Wudang jian means Wudang sword. Many famous sword fighters came from the Wudang mountain area. Wu gou jian means Wu hooked sword. It is a hooked sword designed to catch and cut enemies' arms and legs after blocking an attack. It was invented during the Wu dynasty. Wu jian means martial sword. It is longer and heavier than the scholar sword, wen jian. Wuji means no extremity. It is the time before differentation between yin and yang. Wun hop kuen do is the kung-fu style founded by Al Dacascos in the United States.
Wuqinxi means five animals playing. These are a series of exercises created by Hua Tuo based on the ape, the bear, the bird, the deer, and the tiger. The exercises were said to stimulate the appetite and limber up the body. Wu sau, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning protective arm or rear guard arm. Wu seng means martial monks. Wushu means military or martial technique. Chinese military arts trace their origin back to the pre-historical times of the legendary Yellow Emperor fighting against tribal warriors under the command of Chi You. The period of the Zhou Dynasty (about 11th century to 221 B.C.E) has records indicating the usage of ganqiwu, axe and shield, wrestling, archery, chariot racing, and sword play. Wu shu dui lian means martial technique sparring. Wu shu jia means a martial artist. Wu shu jian shen means martial technique body building. Wu shu ji ben gong means martial technique fundamentals. Wu shu qi xie means a weapon. Wu xing means five elements. The five elements are: water, fire, wood, metal, and earth. Wu xing quan means five form boxing. The five forms being: pi, chop; zuan, drill; beng, punch; pao, cannon; and heng meaning sweep. Wu wei means not doing or doing nothing to accomplish everything. Wu yi means skill in martial arts. Wuzu quan means five ancestor fist. It is also known as ngo cho chuan. It is a Chinese kung-fu style from Fukien province. The style was founded by Bai Yi Feng or by Chua Giok Beng, (1853-?) by combining Lohan, Pe Ho (White Crane), Tai Cho, Ta Sien, and Tat Chun techniques. An important routine in the style is called San Zhan, three battles or three conflicts. This is thought to be the original version of the karate form called Sanchin.

Xi means wash. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Xi means knees.
Xia bu means to step backwards. Xia bu kua hu means to step backwards to ride the tiger. It is a technique in the Chen family Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Xia dun means to crouch. Xian means to present or to offer up high. Xia wai mo means low external smearing. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. It is a lower level sliding block done with the side of the sword blade. The sword starts from the center line, the sword tip is held higher than the gripping hand, and deflects the attack to the side by dropping the tip below the gripping hand. External in this technique means catching the attacking weapon from the outside edge of the opponent's body and sliding his weapon across in front of his body to expose the side of his body. Xiao means small. Xiao means to slice. This is normally done on a diagonial. Xiao fan che is a Fan che praying mantis routine meaning small chariot. It contains large arm swinging movements. Xiao Luohan Quan means Small Worthy One Fist. It is a Shaolin style routine. It is one of a pair of Luohan/Lohan routines, small and large. Xiao qin da means small capture hit. It is a technique in the Chen family Taiji quan style routine called old frame first set, Lia jia yi lu. Xie means oblique or on a diagonal. Xie bu is the resting stance. Xie nei mo means low internal smearing. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. It is a lower level sliding block done with the side of the sword blade. The sword starts from the center line, the sword tip is held higher than the gripping hand, and deflects the attack to the side by dropping the tip below the gripping hand. Internal in this technique means catching the attacking weapon from the centerline of the opponent's body ans sliding his weapon away from the centerline to expose his torso to attack. Xie pi means diagonal chop. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Xie tuo means diagonal block. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. It is a strong diagonal block upward with the thick dull section of the blade. Xei xing means oblique walking. It is a technique from the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Xin means feeling, heart, or mind. Xing means walking. Xing hui zhang means spirit meeting palm. It is a Chinese intermal martial art system created by Zhao Daoxin by combining elements of Yi quan, Taiji quan, Baqua zhang, and Xing yi quan. Xing shou means parallel hand movement. It is the second empty handed routine in the Zha quan martial art system. Xing yi quan (Hsing-i ch'uan) means mind form or mind intent fist. It is one of the three major internal styles. Ji Jike, also known as Ji Long-feng, of Shanzi Province is credited by modern researchers as the founder. He lived during the late Ming Dynasty. Ji was famous for his skill with the spear. He is supposed to have transformed his spear skills into empty handed fighting techniques. The style teaches the useage of many weapons including the broadsword, the straight sword, the staff, the standard length spear, a long spear, and the double hook swords. It also includes several two person routines. Xin wor means the solar plexus or the pit of the stomach.
Xin yi liuhequan means form and will, six harmonies boxing. It is another name for Xing yi quan. Xinyi quan is an alternative name for Xing yi quan. Xiong means bear. Xiong means the chest. Xiou gia shyh is a Guang bang praying mantis routine meaning small gesture form. It teaches sweeps and repetitive attacks as skills. Xi qi means to inhale or to breath in. Xis chong means to strike downward. Xi Sui Jing means Tendon Changing and Marrow Purification Exercise. It is a Shaolin style routine credited to the Indian Buddhist missionary Bodhidarma, known to the Chinese as Tamo. Historians have only been able to docment this routine to the late 19th century C.E. Xuan feng means a tornado. Xuan feng jiao means tornado foot. It is a Taiji quan technique practiced in the Chen family style routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Xuan ji bu means tricky stance. It is one of the basic stances in almost all Chinese martial art styles. It is also known as false stance, Xu bu. Xuan wan lian xi means forearm twist. Xu bu means false stance or empty stance. It is one of the basic stances in almost all Chinese martial art styles. It is also known as tricky stance, Xuan ji bu. Xue gou means the blood groove on a sword. Myth has it that the groove permits blood to flow through the groove easing the pressure on a thrust into the body and also permitting easier withdrawal. The actual reason for the groove, according to researchers, is that it strengthens the blade. Xue sheng means student. Xun lian means to practice.
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Ya means to press down. It is also a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques. Yan means the type of bird known as the swallow.
Yan means to hide, conceal, or cover up. Yan bie jin chi means swallow separates its golden wings. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Yang is the name of the first variation of the Chen family martial art known as Taiji quan. Yang Luchan was a servant of the Chen family who was the first outsider to be taught by them. He moved from the Chen village to Beijing where he started teaching Taiji quan. His sons and grandsons modified and spread their own versions as Yang family style Taiji quan through out China. Yang style now has the largest number of practioners of Taiji quan, most of whom just practice for the health benefits, not martial skills. Yang guerk is a Shaolin Fut gar term meaning jam kick. (1) Yan shou gong quan means concealed hand hit fist or more commonly known as hidden thrust punch. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Yan zhou means elbow cover. Yao means the lower back, the waist, or the kidney region of the body. Yao means eagle. Yao means to shake. It is also a term used for one of the basic straight sword techniques. Yao zhan bai she means to cut the white snake at the waist. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Yat, (Cantonese), the number 1. Yat baak, (Cantonese), the number 100. Yau kung mon is a Chinese martial art style that is supposed to have been founded in the Tang Dynasty, about 800 C.E., by a Shaolin monk called Ding Yang. It is taught in the United States by Van Tak Kei, originally from Hong Kong, in his three schools located Los Angeles, San Deigo, and San Francisco. The style teaches 18 different types of weapons to polish and strengthen the practioner's prowess. The Yau kung mon style uses partner routines in teaching targeting and timing. His instruction includes the Lion Dance. Yau ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun term meaning right stance. Ye means to tuck, to tuck in, or to thrust in between. Ye cha tan hai means flesh eating demon explores the sea. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Yee, (Cantonese), means the number 2. Yee chi kim yeung ma, (Cantonese), is a Wing Chun phrase meaning character 2 adductor stance. Yee kup saam bo jin is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning second level three step piercing arrow. Yee sup, (Cantonese), means the number 20. Ye ma fen zhong means parting the wild horse's mane. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Ye zhang means downward palm strike. It is a fundamental palm technique in the Yin Fu lineage of Ba qua zhang. Yi means intention. This is the mental decision to intend to do something. Yi fang shou wei zhu do quan fa means defensive boxing. Yi jing means the book of changes. It is a divination book written during the Zhou dynasty period, 1122 B.C.E. to 255 B.C.E. Yi jin jing is a text called muscle tendon changing. It has been credited to the Indian Buddhist missionary Boddhidarma, known in China as Tamo, as the
founder of Shaolin kung-fu. Historians have only been able to trace the routine to the late 19th century. Yi lu jai yaw is a Mei hua praying mantis style routine meaning first route essence. Ying means eagle. Ying feng gun bi means rolling away from the blade. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Ying jow means eagle claw. Ying jow pai means eagle claw family. Family in this context is used to mean the members of this style. Ying kum sau is the Chow gar term for eagle claw hand. Yi shou bei dang kai lai quan means to parry or deflect. Yiu kiu is the Chow gar term for shaking off the bridge. Yong means "braves". It is used to mean full time soldiers as opposed to being members of a militia, tuanlian. Full time professional soldiers are considered to have a higher status than members of a militia. Yong chun means eternal spring or springtime. In Cantonese, it is wing chun. Yong quan is the name of the accupressure point (K1) located on the sole of the foot. You means right, as in right side of the body or the right hand. You bo cao xun she means right separate the weeds to seek out the snake. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. You fan shen kan means right separate the limbs to expose the body and chop. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. You tsa jiao means right wiping throw foot. It is a technique taught in the Chen family style of Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. You xia means a Chinese knight-errant. Yu means a woman. Yuan hou means an ape. Yuan hou xian guo means the ape presents fruit. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Yu bei means to prepare or to get ready. Yu bei shi means prepare to begin the routine. Yue bu means to leap. The landing is on the foot that did not take off. Yu nu chuan shouo means jade woman, or fair maiden, works the shuttles. It is a Chen family style of Taiji quan technique taught in the routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Yue means long stick axe. Yue jia quan is a Chinese martial art style created by Yue Fei, 1103 - 1142 C.E., a famous Song Dynasty general. It has been past down by his descendants living in Hubei Province. Since he was killed by court officials, his family has lived very low profile. Yum yearn kum la sau is a Chow gar empty hand routine meaning Yin Yang seizing hand. Yun means to swing or branish a weapon. It usually implies swinging over the head. Yun means cloud. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques.
Yun shou means cloud hands. It is a technique from the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Yu sut is the Fukienese term for soft art or jujutsu. The soft art techniques are taught in Ngo Cho style kung-fu. Yu Zheng Sheng was a martial arts instructor at the Huang-Pu Military College during the 1930's. Huang-Pu was the top military officers academy in China at this time. Yu Zhang Sheng taught Hong quan, red fist system; Hua quan, flower fist system; Pao quan, cannon fist system; and Zha quan, Zha family fist system.

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Za means to pound. Zang quan means Tibetan fist. It is a martial art style from Qinghai and northwest China. Zha means stabbing. It is a term used for one of the thirteen Taiji quan broadsword techniques. Zha means to spread one's fingers apart. Zha dao means a long knife. This is the term used for a long broad sword. Zhai means to pluck. Zhan means sticking or contact. It is a Taiji quan skill. Zhan means to spread. It is one of xing-yi's eight fundamental skills. Zhan means cut. It is also used for the name of one of the basic staight sword techniques. Zhang Jiwei, 1848 - 1932 C.E., was a Zha quan instructor well known for his training in "iron fingers". Among his students was Chang Zhenfang, 1898 1979 C.E. Zhang Lu-ping was a martial arts instructor originally from Shanghai, China who taught Taji quan, Xing-yi quan, baqua chang, and Shaolin quan in the United States during the 1980's and 1990's. He received his PhD in mathematics in the U.S. and taught at various universities around the country. Zhang menren means the patriarch of the family. Normally, the grandfather is the patriarch in a Chinese family.
Zhang Wenguang was one of the creators of modern sport wushu. He was Vice Chairman of the All China Wushu Association during the time that the competitive long fist routines were being created. He was an instructor in the Zha quan martial arts system taught by Chang Zhenfeng. Zhan guo means the Warring States Period. It is the period in Chinese history between 403 B.C.E and 222 B.C.E. Zhan nian jin means an expression of adhering or sticking energy, such as found in Taiji quan. Zhan zhuang means post standing. A person stands with their arms out in front of them with the arms structured as if they were encircling a tree. Zhao means move. Zhao Zhen Zhong is the author of a book called Ba Gua Qu Shi Er An Tui, Ba Gua's Seventy Two Hidden Legs. The leg attacking techniques are all done in conjunction with hand techniques. The seventy-two techniques involve kicks, knees, leg hooking techniques, stomps, trips, and bumping with the hips. Zha quan means Zha family fist. The Zha family style was founded by Zha Shang Yi, 1568 - 1644 C.E. He was a Muslim of Hui origin. He lived in Xinjiang province in Northwestern China. Zha Shang Yi was succeeded as head of the system by Sha Liang, nicknamed "Flying Legs Sha Liang". Sha Liang taught this system to many Chinese Muslims. The Zha system core contains ten empty handed routines. The first routine is called Mu zi, meaning mother and son. The second routine is called Xing shou, meaning parallel hand movement. The third routine is called Fei Jiao, meaning flying foot. The fourth routine is called Sun Bin, meaning rising horizon. The fifth routine is called Quan Dong, meaning eastern gate. The sixth routine is called Mai hu, meaning ambush tiger. The seventh routine is called Mei hua, meaning plum flower. The eighth routine is called Lian huan, meaning continuous. The nineth routine is called Long bei wei, meaning shake dragon's tail. The tenth routine is called Chuan quan, meaning piercing fist. These ten routines seem to be a common core among the various Zha quan lineages. Additional forms taught in the various lineages include: Tan tui in 10 lines, Hong quan, Pao quan, Hua quan, staff routines, broadsword routines, straight sword routines, Kwan do routines, and two person routines. Zha Shang Yi, 1568 - 1644 C.E., was the founder of the Zha Quan martial art style. He was a Muslim of Hui origin. He lived in Xinjiang province in Northwestern China. Zheng liao means normal slide up. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Zheng li ci means vertial stab. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Zheng pi means horizontal stab. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Zheng pi fan lian er zhang means forward and backward continuous chopping palm. It is the 1st technique in the 8th section of the Yin style Baqua zhang sixty-four changes. Zhengtang is the first floor reception hall in a traditional Chinese home. Zheng tuo means upward blocking. It is one of the basic straight sword techniques. Zhi means throw. Zhi dang chui means punch the groin. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu.
Zhi di quan means throw ground fist or more commonly, pounding the ground. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Zhi wan yun zhang luan huan shi means straight wrist, cloud palm, random posture change. It is the 8th technique in the 8th section of the Yin style Baqua zhang sixty-four changes. Zhou means elbow. Zhou means elbow stroke. It is a corner power. Zhou di kan quan means elbow bottom looking fist or more commonly, striking with the fist under the elbow. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Zhua means a claw or talon. It exists in three versions; the long staff, the short staff or stick, and the chain. It can be in imitation of a hand or a bird's talon. Zhuan means to rotate. Zhuang means to run into, to shove, or to ram. Zhuan shen che bu ce zhang shan zhuang means turn around, step back, and ram forward with behind the back chopping. It is the 3rd technique of the 3rd section of the Yin style Baqua zhang sixty-four changes. Zhuan shen shuang bai lian means stepping back to ride the tiger. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called old frame first set, Lao jia yi lu. Zhuan shen wai zheng chuan bi zhan yao means turn around and extend palm pushing, piercing arm, and cut the wrist. It is the 5th technique of the 3rd section of the Yin style Baqua zhang sixty-four changes. Zidi means a male student. Zijue means a character formula. It is a listing of characters, Chinese words, taught in a specific order to act as a method of remembering the usages and applications of forms and techniques. Zou means a bird's beak. Zuan means drill. It is also the name of one of the five forms in Wuxingquan, Five Form Boxing. Zuo means left. Zuo bo cao xun she means left separate the weeds to seek out the snake. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Zuo fan shen kan means left separate the limbs to expose the body and chop. It is a technique in the Chen family style Taiji quan routine called Chen village broadsword. Zuo pan bu means crossed legs stance. It is one of the fundamental stances in northern Chinese martial art styles. Zushi means founder.
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The Dictionary of Chinese Martial Art Terms

The Dictionary of Chinese Martial Art Terms

Dictionary ofChinese Martial Art Terms

The Dictionary of Chinese Martial Art Terms

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The Dictionary of Chinese martial art terms

The Dictionary of Chinese martial art terms

The Dictionary of Chinese martial art terms

The Dictionary of Chinese martial art terms

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