Luk Dim Boon Kwun (六點半棍) — often translated as “Six and a Half Point Pole” — is the long pole form in the Wing Tsun system. It represents the traditional weapons training phase and focuses on power generation, precision, and rootedness. This form is typically taught after mastering the empty-hand and dummy forms. The pole is roughly 8-9 feet in length and constantly tapered along it’s entire length. The Wing Tsun pole is one of the finest skills to be gained from the style’s practice.
The Wing Tsun pole is incredibly difficult to manoeuvre with any degree of precision to begin with. Coupled with its weight, this makes for a formidable training tool requiring core strength, balance, and whole-body power.
The main benefits of practising with the pole include wrist and grip strengthening, forearm development, and most importantly of all, inch energy. It would be easy to suggest that moving the pole requires strong arms. However, the truth is that to be able to master the pole the practitioner must know how to link and use their entire body.
Altogether: “Six and a Half Point Pole”, referring to six full techniques and one half technique — not in number of movements, but in energy expressions or types of actions used with the pole. It teaches leverage, extension of force, and long-range control and provides the student a gateway to understanding energy projection and whole-body unity.
