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天 = sky / top of one's head
the concept of sky is sometimes translated to "heaven", or an ambiguous entity/entities above
(大 big)
地 = earth / ground
(土 earth + 也 "particle implies affirmation or pause" - CantoDict / also / as well)
人 = person
(人 radical and character have same meaning)

3/6/23 Day 3
In Wing Chun, 天地人 "sky, earth, man" refer to three reference points or levels of height that the center line directs to from the 心口 solar plex. The three points also align with the vertical center line of the body from head to toe. 師太公 Si-dai-gong Yip Man has also referred to these points in a western context, "high, middle, low".

These three points of reference are established in the very beginning and opening greeting in the first part of 小念頭 Siu Nim Tau.

• The first, 天 heaven/high point is eye level. This is in the form's opening greeting, with palms up with arms outstretched in front and upward, fingertips reach eye level.
• 地 earth/mid point is level with the 心口 solar plex. In Siu Nim Tau, this is established with palms facing in, elbows bent, arms crossing each other at the wrists, left arm closer to body, right arm behind. Where the arms cross at the wrists, is creating a center line to the solar plexus.
• 人 person/low point is level with the hips. This is established with palms down, arms outstretched and crossing each other at the wrists, left hand is above the right, fingertips point to hip level.

Date Added: 3/5/2023
Last Updated: 6/27/2023