Last time we saw that we can use Seuhng Bouh 上步 like Jeun Máh 進馬 – Forward Step. We can also use the term Teui Bouh 退步 like Teui Máh 退馬 – Backward Step. So, Mah and Bouh can be used interchangeably. If someone says your Mah Bouh 馬步 is good, then they mean that your footwork is good. So, Mah and Bouh are very similar. However, in Taijiquan, people like to say Zhàn Zhuāng 站樁 – Standing Mediation. Jōng 樁 is Cantonese and Zhuāng is Mandarin, but they are the same thing. Jōng means pole or pile, so it is something that stays in one place, it does not move and so it is stationary. It is like a post that has been driven deep into ground. Whenever we hold a position for a long time, that is Jōng, like Wing Chun’s Yāt Geuk Jōng 一脚樁 – One Leg Stance or even the Muhk Yàhn Jōng 木人樁 – Wooden Dummy. Both do not move. Although Máh can also be stationary, but that position will also involve footwork and so in application is it will only be stationary for a short while.
So, Máh is stationery, footwork or stepping. Jōng is only stationary. Mah and Bouh can be used interchangeably, but Jōng can only be used one way.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 518
If we take a close look at all three of these forms, we will see that Bīu Zī is in all of them.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 517
The hardest part of the training is holding the leg up and keeping the position. As we get tired, the leg will start to drop.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 516
When we kick, we do not just consider the kicking leg; we need to maintain our balance and not move the upper body very much.
Grandmaster Tse’s Wing Chun Note 515
Before we can use the punch, we must practise connecting the whole body, from the stance to the waist and then through the body,
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