Special Insert: Complete Count of the Movements Contained in the Third Set.

Center line definition

1. Cross hands down
2. Cross hands up
3. Separate the hands
4. Bring the hands back to the side

Section 2: 20 movements

Wrist power training

1. Left vertical punch
2. Thrust the hand open
3. Bend the hand down, then level
4. Bend the hand down, then level
5. Bend the hand down, then level
6. Bend the hand sideways, then straight
7. Bend the hand sideways, then straight
8. Bend the hand sideways, then straight
9. Circle the hand
10. Bring the hand back to the side

Repeat the above with the right hand

Section 3: 12 movements

Elbowing section

1. Left vertical elbow
2. Left vertical elbow
3. Left vertical elbow
4. Left thrusing hand
5. Right thrusting hand
6. Bring the hands back to the side

Repeat with the other hand

Section 4: 26 movements

Searching hand section (Man sau)

1. Left searching hand
2. Right searching hand
3. Left searching hand
4. Left bridge hand
5. Left circling hand
6. Left bridge hand
7. Left circling hand
8. Left bridge hand
9. Left circling hand
10. Left bridge hand
11. Right palm up neck hit
12. Right circling hand
13. Bring right hand back

Repeat the above with the other hand

Section 5: 14 movements

Chopping section (Gan sau)

1. High low chop towards left
2. High low chop towards right
3. High low chop towards left
4. Left bridge hand
5. Right palm up neck hit
6. Right circling hand
7. Bring the right hand back

Repeat the above with the other hand

Section 6: 18 movements

Poking section (Bil sau / Biu sau)

1. Left horizontal poke (side to center)
2. Right horizontal poke
3. Left horizontal poke
4. Left palm up neck chop
5. Left horizontal chop
6. Left diagonal chop (slanting Chum sau)
7. Right palm up neck hit
8. Right circling hand
9. Bring right hand back

Repeat the above with the other hand

Section 7: 10 movements

Grabbing section

1. Double grabbing hand
2. Left hooking punch
3. Left palm up neck hit
4. Left circling hand
5. Bring left hand back

Repeat the above with the other hand

Section 8: 4 movements

Bending section

1. Bend down and up
2. Bend down and up
3. Bend down and up
4. Bring the hands back

Note: normally there are three additional elbow sections performed by most Wing Chun clubs (including ours). These elbow sections add another 36 movements to the form to make it 144 movements. I am speculating that since these extra elbow sections really add no additional new information to the form, that they are redundant. I think they were probably added by someone at a later date. With this theory, the first three forms all have 108 movements and they all have 8 sections to the form. Since numerology and a sense of order was important in the Chinese culture, I feel that the above sequence is close to being correct because nearly everyone's third form has the movements listed above.

The Wing Chun Kung Fu Digital Library