Wing Chun Glossary
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For pronunciation refer back to the Glossary.

Gaan sau see: gan sáo

Gahng see: gan

Gahng sao see: gan sáo

Gam sao see: gum sáo

Gan see: gan sáo

Gan sáo [poling?, as in poling a boat / hand, arm] - low block, splitting block, cultivating hand, dividing hand; a low outside block.

Garb liHk [? / power] - (principle of) combined strength [ie. strength in both hands at the same time].

Garb lik see: garb liHk

Garn sao see: gan sáo

Gaun sau see: gan sáo

Geak see: geuk

Gee ng diu tie ma see: jée n'g dyoo tài máH

Gerk see: geuk

Geuk [foot, leg].

Geuk faat [foot, leg / technique] - footwork.

Ging lek see: ging liHk

Ging liHk [? / power] - "refined force."

Goang sao see: gan sáo

Gòng [hard].

Gôong fòo [power, strength / ?] - skill, work, knowledge, technique; used for the martial arts in the USA, but not used with this exclusive meaning in China.

Goong liHk [? / power] - forward elbow energy.

Gor sáo [? / hand, arm] - free hand techniques.

Gum sáo [pin, press / hand, arm].

Gung lik see: goong liHk

Gurk see: geuk

Gwaat sáo [scrape / hand, arm] - scraping hand technique, as near end of syooH lim tao form.

GwaiH jàng [kneel down / elbow] - elbow strike, horizontal elbow strike; the bend of the elbow is said to resemble the bend of the knee when kneeling.

GwaiH shat [kneel down / ?] - foot sweep counter, press down knee on attempted sweep.

Gwak seuHt [nation / art] - a term for the martial arts.

Gwáng jò [? / ?] - Canton; sometimes called in Chinese the "goat city."

Gwo sáo [surpass, pass by, come near, go by / hand, arm] - fighting practice [in chee sáo].

Gwoy jarn see: gwaiH jàng

Gwun máH [pole / stance].

Gwun sáo see: kwan sáo

Gyeuk see: geuk

Gyóon [school, training hall, gym, institute].