Leung Jan's Pin Sun Wing Chun of Gulao Village

[GlennR]

Cool! Isn't if interesting to see old strategy/techniques from divergent branches tie back together with common threads.

Great tread Mutant........

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!

That term and its intended meaning is EXACTLY how it was taught to me........ what do you know of Leung Chun, Leung Jans son?

[Tong Chuang]

This roughly gives us the number 12 within each mini set, which in turn strung together make up the 12 Fists form. Note that the number 12 and three lines of four characters was an alpha-numeric code used by the triads at the time in their secret revolutionary communications.

Great info - Thanks

Interesting how the numbers 3 and 12 often crop up in Shaolin derived Martial Arts

Yuen Kay Suen lineage also has 12 Methods and 12 Forms.

Numbers Three and Twelve are not uniquely special in WC but have important connotations across various Spiritual Traditions.
Seven is also considered a Sacred No. in some respects - maybe this would correspond to the 6 and one half points (i.e 7) in WC Principles (pole form, etc.)