Tuttle Dictionary Martial Arts Korea, China & Japan. Daniel Kogan

Usage] to strike with a whip

      chaejjik sul (K) [Common Usage] whip technique

      chaek (K) [Common Usage] book

      Chah Kyuhn (C) [Style] see Cha Quan

      chahm fa (C) [Common Usage] (lit. Placing the Flower) a paper flower used in a ceremony to decorate a new lion of a traditional southern Chinese martial arts school or on the altars of ancestors

      Chahm Kiuh (C) [Wihng Cheun] (lit. Searching the Bridge) the second hand form in this southern style

      chahm kiuh chyun jeung (C) [Huhng Ga] (to. Sinking Bridge Thrusting Palm) a blocking movement using the base of the hand followed by a strike using the fingers of a flat palm

      Chahn Ban Saam (C) [Master] see Chen Pin San

      Chahn Buk (C) [Master] see Chen Bu

      Chahn Daaht Fu (C) [Master] a prominent master of Choy Leih Faht

      Chahn Dang Fo (C) [Master] see Chen Deng Ke

      Chahn Gong (C) [Master] see Chen Geng

      Chahn Gun Paak (C) [Master] a prominent master of Choy Leih Faht and son of the founder Chahn Heung

      Chahn Heung (C) [Master] founder of Choy Leih Faht

      Chahn Hohng Chuhn (C) [Master] a prominent master of Huhng Ga who was taught by Lahm Sai Wihng

      Chahn Ma Daan Dou (C) [Choy Leih Faht] (lit. Horse-Cutting Broadsword Form) a weapons form

      Chahn Sahn Hing (C) [Master] see Chen Chen Xing

      Chahn San Yuh (C) [Master] see Chen Shen Ru

      Chahn Taai Gihk (C) [Style] see Chen Taijiquan

      Chahn Tihng Nihn (C) [Master] see Chen Ting Nian

      Chahn Tohng (C) [Master] see Chen Tang

      Chahn Wah Shuhn (C) [Master] a prominent master of Wihng Cheun

      Chahn Yiu Chi (C) [Master] a prominent master of Choy Leih Faht and a third-generation disciple

      chai (M) [Bai He] see zhai

      chai (M) [Common Usage] 1 to rend 2 to tread upon

      chaih jing (C) [Common Usage] neat, tidy

      chaih toih (C) [Common Usage] a stomping kick using the instep of the foot

      cha jireugi (K) [Taekwondo] thrust kick

      chakugan (J) [Common Usage] to pay attention to; take aim at

      cham da (K) [Common Usage] to endure

      cha meom chugi (K) [Taekwondo] checking kick

      cham yahp (C) [Common Usage] unlawful entry, trespassing

      chan (M) [Qin Na] to bind

      chan (M) [Weapon] see chaan

      chang (K) [Common Usage] spear

      chang (M) [Common Usage] 1 long 2 intestines

      chang (M) [Common Usage] see jeuhng

      Chang Chuan (M) [Style] see Chang Quan

      chang geuk (C) [Common Usage] a heel kick

      chang jeung (C) [Common Usage] spread palm

      chang jian (M) [Weapon] a straight sword with the hand guard shaped like the petals of a flower

      chang ju (M) [Common Usage] long range; the distance between two opponents at which neither can connect with a kick or a punch without first advancing forward

      Chang Moo Kwan (K) [Style] a Taekwondo school founded at the Seoul YMCA by In Yun Pyung in 1946

      Chang Quan (M) [Style] (lit. Long-Range Fist) a northern style developed from the Cha Quan, Hua Quan, and a variety of Shaolin styles specializing in long-range fighting techniques and a variety of kicking techniques; also the name used to refer to taijiquan in International Wushu Competition

      chang sau (C) [Wihng Cheun] see chaang sau

      chang sul (K) [Common Usage] spear technique

      chankonabe (J) [Sumo] the staple diet of the rikishi, a nutritious stew prepared by the lower-ranking trainees in the sumo stable

      cha no yu (J) [Common Usage] tea ceremony

      Chan Tat Fu (C) [Master] see Chahn Daaht Fu

      cha nureugi (K) [Taekwondo] press kick

      cha obi (J) [Common Usage] brown belt

      chao dai (M) [Common Usage] imperial dynasty

      cha olligi (K) [Taekwondo] rising kick

      Chao Shen San Jaio Zhan (M) [Bai He] (lit. Dynasty Body Three Horn Battles) a hand form in Zong He

      Cha Quan (M) [Style] (lit. Cha Fist) A northern style established during the Ming dynasty by Cha Shang Yi, commonly practiced among the Muslims of Yunnan. The fighting characteristics of this style are based on the five animals: tiger, dragon, crane, snake, and monkey.

      charyeot (K) [Common Usage] a command to "stand at attention with the feet together"

      charyeot jase (K) [Taekwondo] attention posture

      charyeot seogi (K) [Taekwondo] attention stance

      chat (C) [Common Usage] seven

      Chatan Yara no Kon (O) [Kobudo] a staff kata practiced in Ryukyu Kobudo

      Chat Bouh Lihn Fa (C) [Suk Hok Kyuhn] see Qi Bu Lian Hua

      chat ching luk yuk (C) [Common Usage] (lit. Seven Emotions, Six Desires) The seven emotions are happiness, anger, love, joy, sorrow, hate, and desire. The six desires are the six senses, which include: sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and the sixth sense of the mind.

      Chat Hok Chiu Suhng Kyuhn (C) [Baahk Hok] a hand form

      chat jit bin (C) [Weapon] seven-sectional whip

      Chat Jit Muih Fa Bin (C) [Chat Sing Tohng Lohng] (lit. Seven Section Plum Blossom Whip) a weapons form using a steel whip

      Chat Sau Kyuhn (C) [Chat Sing Tohng Lohng] (lit. Seven Hand Fist) a hand form

      Chat Sing (C) [Gau Kyuhn] see Qi Xing

      Chat Sing Cheuih Kyuhn (C) [Baat Muhn Kyuhn] (lit. Seven Star Beating Fist) a hand form

      Chat Sing Muih Fa Seung Dou (C) [Choy Leih Faht] (lit. Seven Stars Plum Blossom Double Sword Form) a weapons form

      Chat Sing Tohng Lohng (C) [Style] (lit. Seven Star Praying Mantis) a northern style founded in the seventeenth century by Wong Lohng, it combines Monkey footwork with Praying Mantis hand movements and is known for its clawing, punching, and fierce grasping techniques

      chau tin (C) [Common Usage] fall or autumn season

      che geup (K) [Common Usage] weight class

      cheh fung baai lauh (C) [Huhng Ga] (lit. Tornado Swirling the Willow) a redirecting movement using the back of an open palm to hook an opponent's attack

      chei (M) [Bai He] see chai

      chejo (K) [Common Usage] gymnastics

      chek cheuk (C) [Medicine] a root of a plant used in Chinese medicine

      Chen Bu (M) [Master] a prominent master of Chen taijiquan and a first-generation disciple

      Chen Chen Xing (M) [Master] a prominent master of Chen taijiquan

      Chen Deng Ke (M) [Master] a prominent master of Chen taijiquan and a seventeenth-generation disciple

      Chen Geng (M) [Master] a prominent master of Chen taijiquan and a second-generation disciple

      cheng fa (M) [Common Usage] to punish

      cheng gong (M) [Common Usage] to succeed

      Cheng Man Ching (M) [Master] a prominent master of Yang taijiquan

      Cheng Ngh (C) [Master] a prominent master