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Tiu gwun, jumping upward staff.

Once these drills are mastered, a student can move on to the chi gwun or sticking pole exercise. In this exercise, practitioners come into contact with and stick to each other’s pole. Similar to sticking hands, the practitioners circle, position, and re-position to exploit the openings in each other’s defense. Control is emphasized for if one thrusts or strikes too hard injuries can easily happen. Chi gwun exercises develop sensitivity through the pole, long distance positioning, and train stance, torso, and bridges. After one is proficient in chi gwun, a practitioner can move on to free-style sparring practiced slowly at first and then faster

Dang gwun, hammering staff.

The most important principles when facing pole against pole is the Wing Chun saying, “gwun mo leung heung” (the pole has not two sounds). When using the pole, a practitioner should strike in one motion, hence, make one sound. The most efficient way to do this is by combining offense and defense in one motion. This does not mean first engaging a pole and then sliding down to strike the hand, for that makes two sounds. Rather, one should strike the hand immediately upon facing an opponent.