Our art can be described by reference to individual or various sequences and combinations of these methods:

Biu 

darting/thrusting - weapon flies like a rock in a sock, relaxed, fast, with the right jing and accurate targeting

Chi 

stick - feeling lateral, vertical or rotary movement which attempts to move free of restraint to attack

Chit

slice - this means to cut into the opponent to capture his center, destabilise him and uproot him

Chum 

sink - to stabilise your horse, break an opponent’s structure, to disperse force, to generate more power, to cause the opponent to sink.

Darp 

to join - can be psychological, hands, feet

Dong 

swing - this is both to literally swing yourself and the opponent and to reverse his actions - if he pushes you pull etc

Jeet 

intercept - cutting short an opponent before he can launch his attack cutting off an opponent’s attack after only one or at most two moves

Kao saat 

detain and kill - holding the opponent, deliver a killing strike

Lao/Tao 

leak/steal in - in a non-contact or contact position, the hands flow with the opponent’s movement and find a gap

Mo 

touch and feel - self explanatory

Tong

press - this is a subtle force like in the chum kiu move - down slightly then slightly up or side to side - like pushing to get a reaction then magnifying that reaction to pull

Tun 

swallow - accepting and diverting incoming power to dissipate it’s impact