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There are several opinions as to why the double knife set is called the baat jaam dao. Some state that there are eight special slashes which include: jut (downward slice), pek (chopping), jaam (slashing), waat (sliding), biu (stabbing), lao (stirring), chai (stamping), and huen (circling), that comprise the set. Others hold that there are eight sections to the form. It is said that originally the Wing Chun knives were called the yee jee seung dao, owing to the fact that each section closed with a movement in which the parallel positioning of the knives made it look like the Chinese character for yee and that it was Yip Man himself who renamed the techniques “baat jaam dao” togive them a more conceptual label.

Fook gwun, subduing staff.

Some sharpen the skills of the knives on the wooden dummy. One must also sharpen the knife skills while striking objects. The knives are overall very simple in their application; as they touch, they injure. The baat jaam do train the armed application of Wing Chun principles, develop the bridge for breaking the centerline, train footwork, move to the outside gate, develop power, and develop the “butcher mind set” (an analogy of unrelenting cruelty to the opponent) (Figs. ssss1).