3rd degree in Shaui Chiao

[ginosifu]

Just got my 3rd degree in Shuai Chiao. Dr. Chi Hsiu Weng flew in personally to test us!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2359719030778&set=a.2359718830773.140155.1184352766&type=1&ref=nf

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2359719030778&set=a.2359718830773.140155.1184352766&type=1&ref=nf#!/photo.php?fbid=2359722350861&set=a.2359718830773.140155.1184352766&type=1&pid=2809762&id=1184352766

had a lot of fun Dr. Weng is a blast.

ginosifu

[Mulong]

Kudos, on your promotion; I had the pleasure of meeting your shigong years ago…

Ah, after seeing your photo we had the pleasure of meeting in PA ten years ago... ;)

[TenTigers]

Congrats, Gino!!

[ginosifu]

Kudos, on your promotion; I had the pleasure of meeting your shigong years ago…

Ah, after seeing your photo we had the pleasure of meeting in PA ten years ago... ;)

If I had a pic of you mulong I could prolly remember but you too. I have met so many peeps over the years it's hard to remember everyone.

ginosifu

ps: thx TT

[mooyingmantis]

Gratz!

What type of requirements are there for black belt ranks? How many degrees are there?

[jdhowland]

Another milestone. Congratulations!

Best wishes,

John

[ginosifu]

Gratz!

What type of requirements are there for black belt ranks? How many degrees are there?

The Shuai Chiao ranking system is made up of "TENG's" or levels, 1 thru 9. The highest level is 1st Teng which is held by Dr. Weng (The leader of the association). 9th Teng is like the 1st degree Black Belt and 8th Teng is 2nd degree etc etc.

To get your fist degree Black you need to be able to recite the Shuai Chiao poem and with correct phonics. There are 6 lines (stanza's) of 5 characters. Each character represents a theory of Shuai Chiao:

THE POEM OF SHUAI CHIAO

1st Stanza: Hsi / Lou / Kuo / Pan / Hsiao

2nd Stanza: Tun / Tiao / Mo / Hung / Yao

3rd Stanza: Peng / Chuan / Nien / Pai / La

4th Stanza: Chuan / Chao / Shuai / Chuang / Pa

5th Stanza: Szu / Chien / Tan / Chin / Hua

6th Stanza: Tou / Ta / Sa / Tui / Na

For 1st degree after you receit the poem you demonstrate a throw from each 1st 5 characters. It does not matter which way or which throw as long as you can successfully demonstrate the theory properly. I don't have my english translations of all the characters here... I will post them when I get to the school.

Here is the first 5:

Hsi = to absorb, to suck in

Lou = Dragging or scooping

Kuo = Hooking, inner Hooking (one of the 4 Blades of SC)

Pan = Mixing, countering, combining techniques

Hsiao = Shaving, to scrape with a razor (one of the 4 Blades of SC)

ginosifu

[ginosifu]

Hsi / Xi / 吸 = to absorb, to suck in, to neutralize

Lou / Lou / 摟 = Dragging or scooping as to embrace while a double leg pick up

Kuo / Guo / 鉤 = Hooking, Inner Hooking (one of the 4 Blades of SC)

Pan / Ban / 拌 = Mixing, countering, combining techniques

Hsiao / Xiao / 削 = Shaving, to scrape with a razor (one of the 4 Blades of SC)

YouKnowWho,

I am not at my desk with all my translations, can you add to what I have already put here;

ginosifu

[YouKnowWho]

Hsi / Xi / 吸 = to absorb, to suck in, to neutralize

Lou / Lou / 摟 = Dragging or scooping as to embrace while a double leg pick up

Kuo / Guo / 鉤 = Hooking, Inner Hooking (one of the 4 Blades of SC)

Pan / Ban / 拌 = Mixing, countering, combining techniques

Hsiao / Xiao / 削 = Shaving, to scrape with a razor (one of the 4 Blades of SC)

Drop down (DUN) 蹲

Hop (TIAO) 跳

Spin (MO) 磨

Herd (HONG) 轟

Shake (YAO) 摇

Those are 10 defense skills used in Chinese wrestling.

[ginosifu]

Hsi / Xi / 吸 = to absorb, to suck in, to neutralize

Lou / Lou / 摟 = Dragging or scooping as to embrace while a double leg pick up

Kuo / Guo / 鉤 = Hooking, Inner Hooking (one of the 4 Blades of SC)

Pan / Ban / 拌 = Mixing, countering, combining techniques

Hsiao / Xiao / 削 = Shaving, to scrape with a razor (one of the 4 Blades of SC)

Drop down (DUN) 蹲

Hop (TIAO) 跳

Spin (MO) 磨

Herd (HONG) 轟

Shake (YAO) 摇

Those are 10 defense skills used in Chinese wrestling.

Peng / Peng / 捧 = Holding with 2 hands

Chuan / Zhuan / 轉 = To turn, to move twisting sideways

Nien / Nian / 碾 = To roll

Pai / Bai / 擺 = Swinging

La / La / 拉 = To pull

ginosifu

ps: thanx YouKnowWho for all the help

[MightyB]

Just got my 3rd degree in Shuai Chiao. Dr. Chi Hsiu Weng flew in personally to test us!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2359719030778&set=a.2359718830773.140155.1184352766&type=1&ref=nf

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2359719030778&set=a.2359718830773.140155.1184352766&type=1&ref=nf#!/photo.php?fbid=2359722350861&set=a.2359718830773.140155.1184352766&type=1&pid=2809762&id=1184352766

had a lot of fun Dr. Weng is a blast.

ginosifu

Congrats!
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[EarthDragon]

congrats Gino, nice job

[ginosifu]

Thanks everyone. It's been a long time coming. Me and my teacher (John Ervin) should be higher ranks, but we are not really into all that rank jazz. I think that Dr. Weng keeps pushing us to test cuz we have been at this for a long time without testing as much as we should be. My teacher especially, he trained with Grand Master and Dr. Weng when they were here back in the early 80's. Me, I have only been training in SC since the early 90's.

ginosifu

[XinKuzi]

Congratulations, ginosifu! I'm just a young'n in the art, but also study GM Chang's Shuai Jiao. Much respect to you!

Will you or your students be attending Dr. Wu's tournament in Oct? http://umaikungfu.com/

[ginosifu]

Congratulations, ginosifu! I'm just a young'n in the art, but also study GM Chang's Shuai Jiao. Much respect to you!

Will you or your students be attending Dr. Wu's tournament in Oct? http://umaikungfu.com/

We should have a crew going there. Depending on student finances, we should come in strong and fill every weight class.

ginosifu

[XinKuzi]

We should have a crew going there. Depending on student finances, we should come in strong and fill every weight class.

ginosifu

Awesome! I'll be sure to come by and introduce myself. :cool: With any luck, I'll be competing, myself.