by David Peterson
Part Two:
Under these conditions, the Cantonese term of Tui Ma (“Pushed Step”) makes perfect sense. The other possibility is when initial contact is not made and the attacker launches an attack from a distance. Should this take place, the defender has to judge when to move from the visual clues offered by the attacker, but the method of shifting the body remains exactly the same. Again, the stance is being pushed, but it is by the intention of the opponent, rather than actual physical pressure.
The Wing Chun system is extremely compact compared with other Martial Arts methods. Made up of just three "empty-hand" forms, a "Wooden Dummy" form and several unique training drills, Wing Chun is well known for its efficiency and practicality as a bare-hand combat system. Perhaps less well known, but equally as practical & efficient, are its two weapons forms, the Luk Dim Boon Gwan ("six-and-a-half point pole") and the Baat Jaam Do ("eight-slash/cut knives").