Bak Gek: sparring
Bai Ying: losing body structure or loss of balance
Bai Ying Chi Sau: irregular structure in sticky hands
Bai Ying Jing Ngau Gurk: to regain lost balance by controlling with a front instep kick
Bai Ying Ngoi Au Gurk: to regain lost balance by controlling with an instep kick
Bat Jaam Do: eight slash knives; the name of the Wing Chun butterfly knives and the knife form
Bat Sin Choi Chi Sau: 8 immortal table sticky hands for demonstrations
Bau Ja Geng: whipping or explode energy
Bau Ja Lik: explode power
Bik Bo: jamming stance in the knife form
Bik Ma: chasing stance with the pole
Bo Lay Ying: glass technique
Bok: shoulder
Bong An Chi Sau: blindfolded sticky hands
Bong Do: wing arm block with the butterfly knives
Bong Family: a family of Wing Chun techniques that contact on the little finger side of the wrist
Bong Gurk: outer shin block with the knee turned outward
Bong Sau: wing arm block contacting on the wrist area
Bue Do: shooting or thrusting with the knives, and also the stance to step forward
Bue Gee: shooting fingers
Bue Gee Ma: outward circling stance
Bue Gwan or Bue Kwan: shooting or thrusting with the pole
Bue Jong Sau: centerline thrusting block or strike with the thumb side up contacting on the thumb side of the wrist
Bue Ma: shooting forward stance with the pole
Bue Sau: shooting fingers block, contacting on the little finger side of the wrist
Chaam: to sink, one of the prinicples of the Siu Lim Tao
Chaam Geng: sinking power to duck away from attacks
Chaan Bo: go forward and jam stance in the knife form
Chaan Do: a upper slash or chop with the butterfly knives
Chaan Jeong: to “push out” with the palm; and upper gate palm strike that drills out with the palm
Chaap Kuen: low punch
Chai Gurk: any kick that stamps down; also a scraping kick contacting with the blade edge of the foot
Chai Sut: to stomp downward with the knee
Chair Kuen: pulling punch; with Wing Chun basic rotational punch
Chan Dai Jeong or Dai Chan Jeong, also Jut Jeong: to “cut in”; a low knife edge palm strike contacting with the little finger side with the palm up
Chan Gang: neck chop with the little finger side of the palm down or palm up
Chan Jeong: “knife edge” palm strike contacting with the little finger side of palm
Cheen Chor Ma or Jing Chor Ma: forward bracing stance
Chi: internal energy; sticking
Chi Dan Gurk: single sticky legs exercise
Chi Do: sticky knives
Chi Gok Chi Sau or Ji Gok Chi Sau: light sticky hands
Chi Geng: sticking energy
Chi Gung: internal energy exercises
Chi Gurk: sticky legs exercise
Chi Gwan or Chi Kwan: sticky pole exercise
Chi Sau: sticky hands exercises; there are many types of chi sau
Chi Sau Chi Gurk: sticky hands and legs exercises
Chi Seurng Gurk or Chi Gurk: double sticky legs exercises
Chi Sun: body sticking
Choi Geng: taking over power
Choeng Kui Jeong: long bridge palm that drills as the stance turns, contacting with the little finger side of the palm; from the Bue Gee Form
Choeng Kiu Lik: long bridge power
Chor Ma: “sitting” horse stance, the basic turning stance
Chor Do: stomping with the knife handle
Chou Gurk: snapping front kick
Choung Chi: aggressive energy
Chour Kuen or Chour Tau Kuen: hammerfist
Chui Ying: facing straight on structure; facing the shadow
Chum Bo: cat sinking stance in the knife form
Chum Jong: sinking elbow block; immovable elbow line
Chum Kiu: searching for the bridge; the name of the second form, sinking the bridge
Chum Sun: to evade by sinking the body, ducking
Chun Geng: short thrusting power
Chun Geng Kuen: one inch punch, a short punch
Chung Kuen: straight punch
Chung Kiu Lik: long bridge power
Churng Wai: stealing the line
Churng Wai Chi Sau: stealing the line or regaining the line in chi sau
Chuun Lop: moving stance work between the poles in the mui fa jong
Da: a strike or hit
Da m’jong: 5 elbow exercises
tai jong: raising elbow
gwai jong: diagonal downward elbow
wang jong: outward horizontal elbow
pai jong: inward horizontal elbow
sau jong: retracting or rear elbow
Daai Jeng: directing energy
Dai: low or lower level attack
Dai Bong Sau or Dai Pong Sau: low level wing arm block
Dai Chan Jeong: low knife edge palm strike
Dai Lim Tau: big idea which is built up from the little ideas in the Siu Lim Tao form
Dai Gurk: low kick
Dai au gurk: low roundhouse
Dai jing gurk: low front kick
Dai wang gurk: low side kick
Dai Jeong or Haa Jeong: low level spade thrust palm strike
Dan Chi Sau: single sticky hands exercise
Dan Tien: the center of energy in the body located about two inches below the navel in the center of the trunk
Dang Gurk: nailing kick
Dang Gwan or Dang Kwan: snapping straight down with the pole
Day Har Au Gurk: roundhouse kick on the floor
Day Har Chi Gurk: sticky legs on the floor
Day Har Jing: font kick on the floor
Day Har Wang Gurk: side kick on the floor
Day Ton Bok Gek: ground fighting
Deng or Tai Gurk: raising kick
Dim Gwan or Dim Kwan: stabbing pole
Dim Ma: stamping on the pole stance to give more energy
Ding Sau: bent wrist block or strike contacting with the wrist area
Dit Da: injuries such as bruises, sprains and strains
Dit Da Jau or Dit Da Jow: herbal liniment for bruises, sprains, and strains
Doi Gok Gurk: low diagonal leg block or strike
Doi Gok Kuen or Wang Kuen: diagonal punch from outside across the centerline
Dok Gurk Siu Lim Tao: single leg form of Siu Lim Tao
Do: butterfly knives
Do Bo: moving stances with the knives
Duun Geng: short inches power
Faan Dan Chi Sau: bouncing sticky hands
Faan sau: continuous lop sau basic attack to break through the opponents structure
Faan Kuen: circling punch either inside or outside
Hoi Faan Kuen: outside whip punch
Ngoi Faan Kuen: inside whip punch
Faan Kuen or Faan Sau: continuous attacking with controlling while alternating punches as in pak faan sau, bue faan sau and lop faan sau
Faan Sun: to regain the body position
Faan Sun Jing Gurk: to regain the body position with a front kick
Fak Do: upward deflecting block with knives
Fak Sau: upward deflecting block swinging the forearm down and up, contacting with the little finger side of the wrist
Fat Do: right power in techniques
Faun Au Gurk or Fong Ngau Gurk: reverse roundhouse
Fay Jong: flying elbows
Fong Sau Sing Wai: blocking line
Fok Family: a family of Wing Chun techniques which use the palm
Fok Gurk: a downward leg block or strike contacting with the muscle next to the shin bone
Fok Sau: a palm controlling block with the elbow down
Fok Sut: an inward knee block or strike
Fong Sau Sin Wai: blocking line
Fung Ngan Kuen or Fung An Kuen: phoenix eye punch with the index knuckle forward
Fuun Do: an outward or sideward slash with the butterfly knives
Fuun Sau: an outward or sideward horizontal chop
Ga Chok: bounching technique off an opponent’s structure
Gan Jip Geng: indirect power
Gaan Da: simultaneous low sweeping block with a punch
Gaan Gurk: 3 leg blocking exercise with the following blocks:
da jing gurk: low front kick blocking with the calf muscle
bong gurk: shin block
jut gurk: snapping block
Gaan Jaam: simultaneous low sweeping block with a forearm deflecting block or chop
Gaan Jaam Do: simultaneous low sweeping block and upper deflecting block with the butterfly knives
Gaan Sau: a low sweeping block. There are two kinds of gaan sau
Hoi Gaan Sau: an outward low sweeping block
Ngoi Gaan Sau: an inward low sweeping block
Gaan Sau: Five Blocking Motions
Ngoi Gaan Sau: inside low sweeping block
Tan Sau: flat palm up block contactving on the thumb side of the wrist
Hoi Gaan Sau: outside low sweeping block
Gaam Sau: forearm deflecting block
Wu Sau: Guard hand block
Gee: Fingers
Gee Gok Chi Sau or Ji or Chi Gok Chi Sau: light sticky hands
Gee Gok Geng or Gum Gok Geng: feeling power
Geng or Ging: energy; the types of Wing Chun Energy are:
Bau Ja Geng: explode power
Chi Geng: sticking power
Keng Geng: listening power
Juun Geng: drilling power
Jek Jip Geng: direct power
Gan Jip Geng: indirect power
Yaan Geng or Daai Geng: Guilding power
Lin Jip Geng: connecting power
Choung Geng: aggressive power
Gin Kuen: moving side punch for pole exercises
Goiu Ying: adjusting the body structure
Goot Do: cutting knife attack
Goot Gwan: cutting down with the pole
Gor Dan Chi Sau: attacks in single sticky hands
Gor Lop Sau: attacks in lop sau
Gor Sau or Guo Sau: attacks in sticky hands
Gour Yung: guts or determination and self-confidence to win
Gu Deng Chi Sau: sitting sticky hands
Gum Gok Geng, Gee Gog Geng, or Ji Gok Geng: feeling energy
Gum Jeong: low palm edge strike
Gum Sau: downward palm block or strike with the elbow turned outward
Gum Ying: body feeling
Gung Gek Sin Wai: attacking line
Gung Lik Chi Sau: heavy sticky hands to develop power
Gurk: leg or kick – The 8 positions of the kick are
Jing Gurk: the strike with the top of the heel just below the arch
Wang Gurk: strike with the outside of the heel on the little toe side
Soo Gurk: strike with the inside of the arch
Yaai Sut Gurk: strike with the middle of the heel downward
Tiu Gurk: strike with the instep with the toes pointed
Jut Gurk: strike with the lower calf and Achilles tendon
Tai Gurk: strike with the top or side of the knee with the leg bent
Chai Gurk: strike downward with the knifre edge of the foot
Gurk Jong: 8 kicks to the mok jong or dummy
Gurng Gee Kuen: ginger fist punch
Gwai Jong: a cicular downward elbow block or strike contacting with the forearm
Gwai Sut: a downward knee block contacting with the side of the knee or shin
Gwan or Kwan: pole
Gwan Geng: steel bar power
Gwat Ji Fat Lik: bone joint power
Gwat Gwan or Sut Gwan: opening up or blocking the inside or outside lower gate with the pole
Gwat Sau: a circular controlling technique that carries the subject across the centerline to open an attacking line
Haa or Chaap Kuen: low punch
Haa Jeong or Dai Jeong: low palm strike with the side of the palm
Haan: economic motion
Haan Kiu: walking on the bridge or forearm
Haan Kiu Chi Sau: walking on the bridge chi sau
Haan Sau: a long bridge block contacting with the little finger side of the wrist
Hau Chor Ma: backward bracing stance
Hau Huen Joon Ma or Hau Huen or Hau Joon: a turning stance that is executed by stepping forward then turning 180 degrees to face the opposite direction
Hau Jeong: a palm strike with the back of the palm
Hay Jong or Tai Jong: raising elbow strike or block
Hay Sau or tai sau or ding sau: a raising bent wrist block or strike contacting on the little finger side of the wirst
Hay Sut or Tai Sut: raising knee block or strike contacting with the top or side of the knee
Ho Kam Ming: a long tie disciple of Grandmaster Yip Man; the teacher of Augustine Fong (Fong Chi-Wing)
Hoi or oi: outside
Hoi Bok: outside shoulder
Hoi Faan Kuen: outside whip punch
Hoi Hurn: outside facing stance
Hoi Jeorng or Hau Jerong: back palm strike or block
Hoi Jeorng or Hau Jerong: back palm strike or block
Hoi Jung Sin: outside line
Hoi Kwan Sau: outside rolling hands block
Hoi Ma: to open the horse stance
Hoi Moon Chi Sau or Hoi Mun Chi Sau: outside gate (position) chi sau
Hoi Moon Kuen or Hoi Mun Kuen: outside gate diagonal punch
Hoi Sik: opening position
Hoiu: emptiness, one of the major principles of Siu Lim Tau
Hoiu Bo: empty step or cat stance in the pole form
Hoiu Ying: empty shadow
Huen Da: simultaneous circling with one hand and striking with the other
Huen Fok Sau: circline one hand into the fok sau position
Huen Gurk: any circle kick
Huen Jing Gurk: circling front kick
Huen Wang Gurk: circling side kick
Huen Tiu Gurk: circling instep kick
Huen Ma: circling stance in the pole form
Huen Sau: circling, controlling hand
Huiu ma: cat stance in the pole form
Hung Jai: control of power
Hung Jai Chi Sau: controlling sticking hands motion to block the opponent
Hung Jai Geng: controlling energy
Jam Jong: stance for chi gung
Jaam Do: a forward deflecting block with the butterfly knives
Jaam Sau: a forearm deflecting block contacting with the little finger side of the forearm
Hoi Jaam Sau: outside wu sau
Ngoi Jaam Sau: Inside jaam sau
Jau Ma or Jou Ma: combining moving footwork
Jau Mui Fa Jong: stance work on the plum blossom
Jau Sau: changing lines in attacks, going from one line to another
Jau Wai: moving stances while changing from one line to another
Jau Wai Chi Sau or Ngou Sau: moving sticky hands while changing lines
Jau Wa Yaai Sut: moving stances to attack with the knees
Jep Jip Geng: direct power
Jeong: palm strike or chop; the 8 palm strikes are
Jing Jeong: front vertical palm
Choen Kui Jeong: long bridge palm
Hau Jeong: Back Palm
Dai Jeong: low side palm
Pau Jeong: downward vertical palm strike
Gum Sau: diagonally downward palm strike
Chan Jeong: knife edge palm strike to upper body and head with palm up
Wang Jeong: side of palm strike to upper body and head with palm down
Ji Gok Chi Sau, Gee or Chi God Chi sau: light sticky hands
Ji Yau Bak Gek: free sparring
Jing: front or center
Jing: quietness, one of the major principles of the Siu Lim Tau form
Jing Bok: front shoulder
Jing Chor Ma or Cheen Chor Ma: forward bracing stance
Jing Dok Lop Ma or Jing Gurk Dok Lop Ma: fing single leg stance
Jing Gurk: font kick
Jing Jeorng: straight vertical palm strike
Jing Jung: any strike on the center
Jing Ma or Yee Gee Kim Yeung Ma: front developmental stance; it is not a stance to fight from
Jing Meen: facing to the front
Jing Ngour Gurk: toe up hooking kick or control
Jing Sun: wing chun front on body structure
Jin Kuen: punches from the pole horse stance
Jit Gurk: stopping a kick with a kick
Jip Sau: controlling the bridge; an arm break
Joi Geng: chasing power
Joi Yin: following the shadow
Joi Yin Chi Sau: following the shadow in chi sau; a type of chasing chi sau
Joi Yin Jong: following the shadow on the floor
Jon Geng or Juun Geng: drilling power
Jong: elbow
Jong Dai Lik: elbow power produced from practicing the punch
Jong Gek: elbow pushing from behind
Jong Sau:
a centerline block or strike contacting with the thumb side of the wrist
the general name for the Wing Chun fighting position
Joong-lo: mid-level
Joong-lo Kuen: mid-section drilling punch
Juen Ma: turning and circling stance with the pole
Juk Dok Lop Ma or Wang Dok Lop Ma: side single leg stance
Jung Sin:
centerline or centerline plane
ngoi jung sin: inside line
hoi jung sin: outside line
Jung Sum Sin: vertical motherline
Juun Geng: drilling power
Jut: snapping motion
Jut Da: simultaneous snapping control with one hand and striking with the other
Jut Do: snapping the knives sideways
Jut Geng: snapping power
Jut Gurk: snapping kick or block
Jut Sau: snapping block contacting with the thumb side of the wrist
Kau Sau or Kow Sau: hooking palm control
Keng Geng: listening power
Kit Gwan or Kit Kwan: opening up or blocking the inside, upper gate with the pole
Kuen: fist or punch
8 Familes of Wing Chun Punches are:
chair kuen: pulling vertical punch
chaap kuen: low punch
ngoi faan kuen: inside whip punch
hoi faan kuen: outside whip punch
doi gok kuen: diagonal punch
chour kuen: hammerfist
joong-lo kuen: drilling punch
tai kuen: raising punch
Kuen Siu Kuen: punch to punch exercise
Kuen To: any hand form
Kiu: bridge or forearm
Kiu Li: distance to the bridge
Kiu Sau: arm bridge
Kum La: joint locking techniques
Kum La Chi Sau: joint locking techniques applied in chi sau
Kwak Sau: double spreading huen sau
Kwan or Gwan: pole
Kwan : rolling
Kwan Do: rolling knives
Kwan Ma: pole stance
Kwan Sau: rolling hands block
La Ma: the stable, rooting stance from the pole form
Lan Kwan or Lan Gwan: horizontal long bridge poe
Lan Gurk: horizontal leg block contacting with the shin bone
Lan Sau: horizontal arm block contacting with forearm and sometimes palm
Lau Do: twisting the knives inward to block and strike
Lay Wai Chi Sau: leaving the gap sticky hands
Lik: muscular strength
Lik Do: the correct power
Lin Jip Geng: connecting power or energy
Lin Siu Dai Da: economy or motion
Lin Wan Kuen: continuous chain punching
Lin Gung Jau: muscle liniment
Lin Wai Gurk: flowing kicks
Look Sau or Luk Sau or Gung Lik Chi Sau: heavy sticky hands
Lop: grabbing or controlling with the palm
Lop Da: simultaneous controlling and striking; also refers to a partner exercise
Lop Chan Jeong: simultaneous palm controlling and heel palm strike
Lop Fok: grabbing from fok sau position
Lop Sau: grabbing hand control; also refers to a partner exercise
Lop Sau Chi Sau: lop sau in sticky hands
Lou Gwan or Low Gwan: the half point pole technique; a short thrust
Luk Dim Bune Gwan or Luk Dim Boon Gwan; six and half point pole form
Lut Sau: attacking without initial contact with the opponents bridge; it begins with fighting position
Lut Sau Chi Sau: attacking from man sau position and immediately going into sticky hands
Ma: stance
Ma Bo: moving stances
Ma Bo Chi Sau: moving sticky hands
Ma Bo Lop Sau: moving lop sau
Mai Jong: the correct elbow position with the elbow inward on the elbow line
Mai Jong: closing the gap
Man: to ask
Man Gurk: asking legs where the first motion sets up the second attack
Man Sau: asking hands where the first motions sets up the second attack
Man Sau Chi Sau: asking hand within sticky hands
Mo Kiu Chi Sau: walking on the bridge sticky hands
Mo See: traditional lion dance
Mok Lik: eye power with emotion
Mok Jong or MokYan Jong: wooden dummy also the name for the wooden dummy form
Moon or Mun: gate or doork
say-I moon: dead gate which is closed
soung moon: live gate which is open
Mui Fa Jong: plum blossom posts and the name for the exercise of practicing on the posts
Ng Mui: the Buddist Siu Lim nun who founded Wing Chun
Ng’an Geng or Ng’on Geng: elastic power
Ngoi: inside
Ngoi Bok: inside shoulder
Ngoi Faan Kuen: inside whip punch
Ngoi Geng: internal power
Ngoi Gung: internal chi exercises for fighting applications
Ngoi Hurn: inside facing stance
Ngoi Jung Sin: inside line
Ngoi Kwan Sau: inside rolling hands
Ngoi Mood Kuen: inside gate diagonal punch
Ngoi Moon Chi Sau: inside gate (position) chi sau
Ngoi Ngau Gurk: inside leg hook
Ng’on Geng or Ng’an Geng: elastic power
Ngou Sau: pushing and drilling while moving in chi sau
Pai Jong: horizontal inward elbow strike
Pak Da: simultaneous pushing palm block and punch
Pak Do: catching knives block
Pak Gurk: inside kick with the sole of the foot with the knee bent
Pak Sau: pushing palm block or strike
Pak Sut: inward knee block or strike
Pau Jeong: flat palm strike with the fingers pointing down. This applied to the lower body
Pau Sau: lifting palm block
Ping Haan Geng: balancing or equalizing power
Ping Sun: side turning body structure or position; this is not a Wing Chun position
Por Jung: all techniques that control and “break” the centerline
Por Si Gan: breaking timing
Po Bai or Po Pai: double butterfly palm strike
Poon Sau: regular sticky hand motion
Pun Doon: determination in a fight
Sa Bau: the wall bag
Sam Gung Ma or Sip Ma: 3 angle stance
San Sau: slow attack exercise
San Sau Chi Sau: slow attacks in sticky hands
Sat Gwan: opening the lower gate to inside or outside with the pole
Say Bo: retreat and step back stance to deflect in the knife form
Say Ping Man: low horse stance for pole
Say-I Kuen: shooting punch
Say-I Moon: dead gate
Sau: hand or arm
Sau Gwan: retreating the pole
Sau Jong: retracting elbow strike or block
Sau Sik or Sau Sic: closing position in the forms
Sau Wuun Geng: equalizing the point of power; wrist power
Seng Yum Geng: sound power to emotionally trap an opponent
Seung: double or advancing
Seung Bok: shoulder attacks
Seung Chi Sau: double sticky hands exercise
Seung Dai Bong: double low forearm block
Seung Huen Sau: double circling block
Seung Jut Sau: double snapping block
Seung Kuen: double punch
Seung Ma: front advancing stance
Seung Yan Chi Sau: double sticky hands with three people
Seung Yan Dan Chi Sau: single sticky hands with three people
Seung Yan Jou Wai Chi Sau: moving sticky hands with three people
Seung yan Lop sau: lop sau with three people
Seung Yan Man Sau: man sau with three people
Seung Tan Sau: double palm up block
Si Bok: your teachers Si-Hing
Si Dai: a male classmate who joined a school after you
Si Fu: your teacher; can be either male or female
Si Gan: timing
si gan sing: regular
tor chi sig an: delayed
por sig an: breaking
chong jou si gan: creating
Si Gan Sing: regular timing
Si Gan Pui Hop: the correct timing and power
Si Gung: your teacher’s teacher
Si Hing: a male classmate who joined the school before you
Si Yaj: a female classmate who joined the school before you
Si Jo: an ancestor within the system
Si Ma: deflecting stance that braces the pole
Si Mo: your teacher’s wife
Si Sook or Si Suk: your teacher’s classmates who started after him
Sin: line
Jung sin: centerline
Ngoi jung sin: inside line
Hoi jung sin: outside line
Gung gek sin wai: attacking line
Fong sau sin wai: blocking line
Jung sm sin: vertical motherline
Wang jung sin: horizontal motherline
Sing geng: raising power to destroy the opponents structure
Sip Ma or Sam Gung Ma: three angle stance
Siu Geng: dissolving power
Siu Lim Tau: small idea form; the first wing chun form
Soang Jong or Wang Jong: outward horizontal elbow
Soo Gurk: sweeping kick
Soor Jung: sinking elbow down to control the centerline so the opponent cannot move you
Sor Sau Chi Sau: trapping sticky hands
Soung Moon: live gate
Sum Gwang: 3 joints in the arm equivalent to the 3 gates to pass
Sun Ying: body structure
Sup ji Sau or Sup Gee Sau: crossed arm block in all hand forms
Sut: knee
Taan Gwan: snapping the pole sideways
Tai: raising
Tai Gurk: raising kick
Tai Gwan: raising pole
Tai Jong or Hay Jong: raising elbow
Tai Kuen: raising punch
Tai or Dang Sut: raising knee block or attack
Tak Gurk: low instep kick
Tan Da; simultaneous palm up block and punch
Tan Dan Gaan Da: simultaneous blocking and attacking exercise
Tan Do: locking knife block
Tan Geng: “swallowing” or sucking power to duck or control attacks
Tan Gurk: forward and upward leg block
Tan Ma: drawing back stance from horse or cat in the pole
Tan Sau: palm up block contacting on the thumbs side of the wirst
Tan Sut: outward knee block or attack
Tang Geng: a rubber band like power
Teut Sau or Tuit Sau: freeing arm block
Tit Kiu Sau: iron bridge
Tik Gwan: opening the upper gate with the pole
Tiu Do: snapping up knife
Tiu Gwan or Tiu Kwan: snapping up pole
Tiu or Tio Gurk: jumping kick
Tiu Gurk: instep kick
To Gwan or To Kwan: going forward with the pole
Toi Dit: take downs
Toi Dit Chi Sau: takedowns in chi sau
Toi Ma: step back and turn stance
Tok Sau or Pau Sau: lifting palm block
Tong Do: slicing knife attack
Tor Chi Si Gan: delayed timing
Tor Ma: step slide stance
Tou Geng: power that “spins out” or bounces the opponent away
Tou ma: advancing forward stance in the pole
Tui ma: jumping stance
Tun Gwan or Tun Kwan: retracting pole
Tung Ma: retreating jumping stance in the pole form
Wai Ji: a good question
Wan Bo: crossing step stance in the knife form
Wan Do: circling knife attack
Wan Ma: step and circle into other stances in the pole
Wang or Wan: side
Wang Gurk: side kick
Wang Gurk Dok Lop Ma: side kick single leg stance
Wang Jeong: side of palm strike with palm down
Wang Jong or Pai Jong: inside horizontal elbow
Wan jung Sin: horizontal motherline
Wing Chung Tong: wing chun school
Won or Huen Gwan/Kwan: following circle with the pole
Woot Ma: flexible pole stance
Wu Do: a strike with the knife hand guard
Wu Gurk: blad edge of the foot block or strike
Wu Sau: guard hand block contacting with the little finger side of the wrist
Wu Yi Sun: to return the body to a normal position
Wu Yi Ying: to regain the body structure
Wu Yi Ying Bong Sau: to regain the body structure with bong sau
Wu Yi Ying Gum Sau: to regain the body structure with Gum Sau
Wun Geng, Ngon Geng, Jut Geng: jerking power
Yaai: to attack stepping down
Yaai Hau Gurk: to attack by stepping down on the opponents rear leg
Yaai Sut: to attack down with the knee
Yaan Geng or Daai Geng: guiding power
Yang: everything that is strong, light, active male, etc
Yang Chi: the energy you inhale from air; oxygen
Yap Jung Lou: closing the gap
Yau: to relax; an essential principle of the Siu Lim Tao form
Yee Gee Kim Yeung Ma: the mother of all stances; the stationary front stance for developing all stances which means two knees going in stance
Yee Ma: transitions between the stances in the pole
Yee Ying Bo Sau: using your structure to recover your position
Yim Wing Chun: the you lady that Ng Mui taught with Wing Chun system to. She further refined and improved the system so it is named after her.
Yin: everything that is weak, dark, quiet, female, etc.
Yin and Yang: a pair of opposites that constantly change. All things have both yin and yang and all things change.
Yin Chi: energy you exhale or carbon dioxide
Ying: structure
Yip Man: the late grandmaster of Wing Chun who taught publically which spread the system
Yon Geng: elastic power
Yuen Geng: patience energy also the ability to make the opponent move the way you want
Yut Bo: turning around stance in the knife form with fak do and also going through the legs with knives
Yut Ge Chon Kuen or Doi Kou Kuen: vertical punch