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Muk yan jong (wooden man dummy) is the only form in Wing Chun to be trained using an external aid. Contrary to its use in many styles of martial arts, the Wing Chun wooden dummy is not meant to be a device for toughening the arms. Rather, the dummy is used to help the practitioner to further understand concepts such as proper positioning and diffusion of force. Every section of the muk yan jong set is a means to check for proper body structure and stance. Bridges should stick to the dummy arms. The muk yan jong is taught in several stages. The first two sections of the set are the most important, with the remainder of the set being an artistic representation of the style. Typically, Yip Man would introduce the first two sections to a student, and the students would learn the rest of the set from their si hing (seniors). The muk yan jong has the most variation in the system, and may be due to this manner of teaching.

Basics on the wooden man dummy allow a student to do repetitious excerpts from the forms and practice these movements by themselves. They can practice gaun sao (cultivating hand), kwun sao (rolling arm), huen sao (circling arm), seung fook (double subduing arm), and seung tok (double lifting arm), among others, as drills on the device (Figs. ssss1, ssss1).