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(2). Grados delivers a low palm strike to the ribs (3). He follows with a knifehand to the neck (4)'

There are several versions as to why grandmaster Yip Man

never taught Bruce Lee the biu gee form. One story says that

Lee advanced so fast in his skills and knowledge of wing chun

that some of the older kung-fu brothers resented it. The other

story says he had to move to America and simply ran out of

time to learn the third form. Years later, when Lee returned to

Hong Kong to make movies, grandmaster Yip Man still would

not teach him biu gee. He finally learned the form later on, but

only through his former training paftner, Wong Shun-Leung,

and kung-fu brother Cheung Cheuk-Hing

Biu gee literally means "darl" (biu) "finger" (gee) lt is said

that Ng Mui, the sifu (teacher) of Yim Wing Chun (in whose

honor the system is named), developed the techniques by

watching a snake and a crane fight. ln biu gee, the lightning

strikes of the snake and the powerful flapping of the crane

wings come to the fore. The form also emphasizes, aside from

the clarling fingers (snake) and the verlical elbow (crane), the

circular leg stance (huen ma), the high/low splitting block (gan

jum sau), spade hand (wang jeong), searching or asking hand

(man sau), circular block (kau sau) or phoenix hand, double

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grappling hands (seung lop sau), diagonal hooking punch, gin-

ger punch and the Buddha Palm.

Biu gee is used mainly to regain control of the centerLine

This is a more positive statemeni of its purpose, as opposed

to the one claiming that biu gee is simply an escape technique

to correct an error and recover from a position of loss.

Why is it such a guarded secret and why was grandmaster

Yip Man very selective in his choice of students to teach the

form? Furthermore, why are students admonished to use biu

gee only when all other technlques fail? The underlying reason

has to be more significant than it appears.

To simply say that biu gee is an escape technique would

diminish its powerlul and devastating attacking capability The

techniques, if used improperly and mindlessly, can inflict seri-

ous, if not fatal, damage, Thus, learning biu gee imposes a

burden of moral responsibility on the practitioner' The moves

may seem simple enough, but they will require dedicated

practice to master and the guidance of a knowledgeable

teacher who can imparl a deeper understanding of the

exploding power and the subtleties and use of the moves

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Grados slips and

the opponent is quick to take Eadvantage of the situation (1). To recover,

Grados execufes the Buddha Hand as he r.ses

up (2), He follows with a front kick (3) and a

vertical elbow to the jaw (4). He finishes

THE BIU GEE FORM

1. Opening

Down crossed hands (Sup Gee Sau)

left over right. Up crossed hands, right

over left. Pull back fist until their cham-

bered at their sides. Open stance into

wing chun basic stance (yee gee kim

yeung ma). Some schools open with a

hook horse stance.

2. Thrusting Fingers

Left vertical punch with body

angling to the right. Thrust out fingers

veftically. Bend your wrist down and up three times.

Bend your wrist horizontally out and in three times. Cir-

cle hand (huen sau) Close fist and pull back to chamber

Repeat movements on the right side.

3. Vertical Elbows

Open the left hand, raise the elbow to head level and do a

snapping turn to the right to execute a left vedical elbow (gwai

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flapping its wings powerfully to discourage

invaders into its territory.

Then apply a snapping turn to the left to

execute a right verlical elbow. Left fist pulls

back to chamber. Snapping turn to the right to

execute a left vertical elbow, as the right

pdm moves under the left elbow. lmag-

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strike.

The right hand shoots out a bil

sau straight toward the eyes of

an imaginary opponent, fol-

lowed immediately by a left bil

sau. Step up into closed stance

\. as the left bil sau shoots out.

Both palms turn into circling hands

and pull back into their chambers. Face

front with a left, right circling stance (huen ma). Note that other

schools use a left, right, left stance (three times). Repeat

moves on the right side.

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4. Stepping Vedical Elbows

Open the left hand, raise your elbow to head level as you

execute a snapping turn to the right to execute a left vertical

elbow (gwai jong). Your right fist remains in chamber. Right

step slide simultaneously with a right vertlcal elbow (tor ma

gwaijong). Your left fist is in chamber. Right step slide with a

left vertical elbow, as the right pdm moves under the left

elbow. Your right hand shoots out a bil sau straight toward the

eyes of an imaginary opponent, followed immediately by a left

bil sau. Step up into a closed stance as the left bil sau shoots

out. Both palms turn into circling hands (huen sau) and pull

back into their chambers. Face front with a left, right circling

stance, huen ma. Repeat moves on the right side.

5. High/Low Splitting Block (Gan Jam Sau)

6. Searching or Asking Hand (Man Sau)

Left searching hand (man sau) to the front with right guard-

ing hand (wu sau). Right searching hand/guarding hand to the

right side, Left searching hand/guarding hand to the left side.

Left bridge hand to the front, right hand to chamber. Left cir-

cling block (kau sau) with body angling to the left. Left bridge

hand to the front. Left circling block (kau sau) with body

angling to the left. Left bridge hand, Left circling block (kau sau)

with body angling to the left. Left bridge hand with right pdm up

on bridge ready to strike. Right-hand straight punch down to

solar plexus, left hand to chamber. Right circling hand (huen

sau), pulls back to chamber. Repeat moves on the right side.

(Note: Circling hand (huen sau) is a movement and completes

a circle. Circling block (kau sau), as the name states, is a hook-

ing block and usually goes only half-circle. Also, because the

hand position has similarity to the beak of a bird, it is referred to

sometimes as a phoenix hand.

7. Low Palm Strike

Open the left

hand, raise elbow

to head level as

you do a snapping

turn to the right to

execute a left verti-

cal elbow (gwai

jong). Right pdm

simultaneously posi-

tions itself under the

left arm ready to strike.

Right shooting fingers

(bilsau), as left palm up

pulls back to side in

pdm strike (daijeong)to the side, right hand to chamber, Left

pdm swings down and up to left side turning into a searching

hand (man sau), right hand remains in chamber. Left hand turns

to bridge hand in front. Right pdm up on left arm in ready posi-

tion. Right hand straight punch down to solar plexus, left hand to

chamber. Right circle hand (huen sau). Pull back to chamber.

Repeat moves on the right side.

8. High Palm Strike

Open the left hand, raise elbow to ear level as you do a snap-

ping turn to the right to execute a left vertical elbow (gwai jong).

Right pdm simultaneously positions itself under the left arm

ready to strike. Right shooting fingers (bil sau), as left pdm up

pulls back to side in ready position. Left high palm strike to the

chin, right hand to chamber. Left palm swings down and up to

under the right arm ready to strike again, Left shooting finger

strike (bil sau) with right palm underneath the left arm ready to

strike. Snapping turn to the right as left bil sau turns into an

upturned neck chop (chan jeong), right hand pulls back to

chamber, Left pdm swing down and up to the left turning into a

searching hand (man sau). Left pdm continues to the front, turn-

ing into a bridge hand. Right palm-up positions itself on the left

arm ready to strike. Right-hand straight punch down to solar

plexus, left hand to chamber. Right circle hand (huen sau). Pull

back to chamber. Repeat moves on the right side.

10. Double Grappling Hands (Seung Lop Sa)

Long bridge double grappling hand $eung lop sau). Pullto the

left side with body turning. Return to front with a left hooking

punch, using ginger fist, right hand to chamber, Left lifting palm.

Lifting pdm strikes downward, Circle hand. Pull back to cham-

ber. Repeat moves on the right.

11. Pull Down Strike

Long bridge left grab/right slap hands (pak lop sau). Pull down

diagonally to the left. Return to front with a left hooking diagonal

flst. Left bridge arm, right remains in chamber. Left circle hand,

Pull back to chamber. Repeat in the other side.

12. Buddha Hand

Bend at the knee and waist as if you lost your balance. As

you rise, put two guarding hands (wu sau) together as in

prayer (Buddha hand) above your head. Do this three times.

(Optional) left kick and right side kick. Close. S

Gilbert M. De Los Reyes studied maftial arts with naster Alan Lee at his Kung-Fu

Wu'Su Association in New York Cily and ying jow pai (eagle claw), Wu style and Yang

style tai chi with master Leung Shun. He has been studying wing chun with sifu Jose

Grados since 1 998. To view nore wing chun techniques as taught by sifu Grados,

visit his Web site at http://www.sifugrad0s.c0n.

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