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Volume one of this series gave a comprehensive analysis of the basic building blocks of the Wing Chun system, namely, the three forms—Sil Lum Tao, Chum Kil, and Bil Jee. The aim of that volume was to define terms, to outline the meaning of specific body movements, and to summarize the key principles of the Wing Chun system. That book was, to use a military metaphor, a study of martial-art ballistics, what the Wing Chun weapons are and how they work. This book is a study of martial-arts strategy, or logistics, or how to actually use the Wing Chun weapons in realistic combat situations. According to the scientific philosophy of the martial arts, the very point or reason for the existence of the martial arts is effective self-defense. Techniques must be judged by the criterion of whether they have worked or will work in a street situation for the average student, not whether the techniques are aesthetically elegant, beautiful, or graceful. There is a place for martial-arts aesthetics, but it is not in this system of Wing Chun kung-fu. Just as a scientist is concerned about whether or not a theory is predictively successful, I am concerned about whether or not a technique is combatively successful.