Cloud One asks:
“Can anyone explain what Chum Kiu really means and what is it you are ‘Chum-ming’?”
what it means
Its cantonese, Chum is to look, find or seek, Kui is a bridge.
Chum Kiu can mean both “seeking bridge” or “sinking bridge” (establishment of your link to an opponent and destruction of their link to you).
meaning
chum kiu - searching for the bridge, is the name of the form…
however sinking the bridge is the name of the technique
They’re actually both the name of the form. The sounds are similar and the literacy rate was not high and so different teachers (sometimes even in the same lineage) used either one or sometimes both. In Hong Kong, Seeking Bridge is more common, in Guangdong, Sinking Bridge. Personally, I like them both-flip sides of the same coin.
Rgds,
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What’s the difference between Chum Kiu and Wrong Kiu?