Another cool term that came out of this conversation with him was Fung Chiu’s use of “Bai Jong”, which means “Ready for fight; before the contact”, which is how they would start sparring at range with basic guard hands and stance. Sifu explained that they often would start hard sparring at longer range, not pre-engaged at chi sao range. He said that he did lots and lots of hard sparring with Fung Chiu, as well as many hours of tough chi sao. About this he said, “If you get more sparring, you get more improved.” Sound advice!