JKD Terminology

Bai Jong - Ready Position
Biu Gee - Thrusting Fingers
Biu Sao - Thrusting Hand
Boang Sao - Deflecting Hand (Raised Elbow)
Chi – Has a Few Definitions such as “Energy,” "Spirit" or "Breath,"
Chi Sao - Energy Hands also called sticky hands
Chop Choi – extended knuckle punch
Chung Choi - Vertical Fist
Cup Sao - Scooping hand
Doan Chi Sao – one hand Energy hands training
Da – Hit or strike
Do – or “Tao” Meaning “Way”
Dum Tek - Stomp Kick
Fon Sao - Trapping Hands
Fook Sao - Horizontal deflecting hand
Gin Lai - Salute
Go Da - High Hit
Gon Sao - Outer Wrist Block
Gua Choi - Back Fist
Gua Tek - Inverted Hook Kick
Gum Sao - Pinning Hand
Ha Da - Low Hit
Ha Pak - Low Slap
Hay - begin
Hou Juk Tek - Back Side Kick
Hou Tek - Back Kick
Huen Sao - Circling Hand
Jang - Elbow
Jao Sao - Running Hand
Joap Hop - Line Up or Group Together,
Jeet - Stop or Intercept
Jeet Gurk - Shin Block
Jeet Kune Do - Way Of The Intercepting Fist
Jeet Sao - Intercepting Hand, as used in the shoulder or bicep stop
Jeet Tek - Intercepting Kick
Jern – vertical Palm strike
Jik Chung Choi - Commonly Known as the Straight Blast Meaning Straight Vertical Fist. Used For Overwhelming an Opponent With Vertical Fists Down His Center to Find the Opening Using Forward Energy
Jik Tek – Straight kick or Front Kick With Toe
Jin Choi - Uppercut
Jong Sao - Dummy Hand
Juen So Tek - Spinning Heel Kick
Juen Tek - Spin Kick
Juk Tek - Side Kick
Jung Da - Middle Hit
Jut Sao - Jerking Hand
Kow Tao - Head butt
Kune (Kun) - Fist
Kwoon – School
Lao Sing Choi - Lateral Hammer Fist Strike or a Chop With a Closed Fist
Lee Jun Fan - Bruce Lee's Chinese Name
Lie Sao - palm up pulling deflection using the edge of the thumb/wrist area (sometimes confused with Tahn Sao, though they do look similar) to redirect the force of a linear strike always done from the outside line.
Lin Sil Da - Simultaneously defend and hit (Lin Sil Die Dar)
Lok Sao - Rolling Hands
Lop Sao - Pulling Hand
Maun Choi – Jab (lead punch)
Maun Sao - Front Hand, Inquisitive hand or asking hand
Mook Jong - Wing Chung Dummy
Na – Locking or submission
O'ou Choi - Hook Punch
O'ou Tek – (sometimes spelled “now tek” due to the sound of the word with an almost silent “N”) - Hook Kick (commonly known as a round house kick in other martial art styles) Bruce Lee referred to the round kicks as Hook kicks
Pak Sao - Slapping Hand
Ping Choi - Horizontal Fist
Saat Da – Knee Strike
Si Bak - Your Instructor's Senior
Si Dai - Your Junior
Si Fu - Teacher or Instructor
Si Gung - Your Instructor's Instructor
Si Hing - Your Senior
Si Jo - Founder Of The System
Sil Lim Tao - First Wing Chun Form Called “The Little Idea”
Si Mo – Wife of Your Instructor or Female Instructor
Si Sook - Your Instructor's Junior
So Tek - Heel Kick
Sut Sao – Slicing hand or commonly known as to Chop
Tahn Sao - Palm Up Deflecting Hand
Tek - Kick
Tok Sao - Lifting arm or lifting hand (lifting under the elbow(s) like you would see in the way the Mook Jong forms end)
Tow Dai - Student
Tow Suen - Student's Student
Wong Pak – Outside Cross Slap
Wu Choi – Cross (as in Jab, cross)
Wu Sao - Rear Hand or Protective hand
Wu Tek - Rear leg
Yu Bay - Ready