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My teacher always says that first get the hang of Lao Jia Yi Lu and learn good body mechanics, and only then can push hands be practiced properly, otherwise push hands with no real taiji foundation...

TenTigers, Hung Gar IS taxing, especially performing Hu He Shuang Xing Quan/Tiger and Crane Double Appearance Form all the way through putting in all your effort (definitely in front of Shifu :p )
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As Ben mentioned, Hong Jia/Hung Gar does use the 5 sounds, especially in Tie Si Quan/Tit Sin Kuen or Iron Wire Fist, where they are put to use (as mentioned before I think) to 'vibrate' certain...

Nice, I'm liking the sounds of that (stolen!)

I think when I get home, although I do know the names of most appliances in the home, I think I'm gonna start using post it notes and stickin 'em on...

Fierce Tiger Comes Down The Mountain?

SPJ, I agree with you, many styles and particular movements incorporate this name, our Hong Jia Quan lineage has 'Fierce Tiger Descends The Mountain' where...

When I was first taken to meet my master, Wu Shifu, he first talked to me for a while, I think he must have been trying to get to know me a little before he ordered me and my good gongfu xiongdi,...

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Anyway, anyone had any other sucessful methods...

What's this business about staying away from Chou Doufu?? I love the stuff! It smells pretty bad ( a kind of horse manure type smell) before its cooked but its great afterwards, especially...

Hello all, as my title says, it's really been a while!

Just to fill you in, in the past year or so, I've been training hard in both my Gongfu and Taijiquan and also I've been learning chinese...

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UK brothers!! How are you? good to see some UK talent!

Cool site by the way!

Peace out

OFZ

I thought Cradle To The Grave was quite a good movie :p

Something to watch if you have 90 minutes free...

I was amazed at how much gongfu DMX actually knows :eek: e.g. running 10 feet...

my mantis brothers, you are mistaken :p

we need some Hoong Jia stuff and lots of it ;)

just kidding

peace out!

I can't really say a favourite because i mostly learn empty hand forms but i was delighted to hear my teacher say ' we'll do some pole next week' :D

Apparently its called 'Entangling Dragon...

Chen Style Dao, very short form but extremely vigorous and highly stylised :D

Very vicious

Peace

OFZ

yeah, i'll probably go and see it, its not often that i get to see Li Lien jie movies at the cinema :p

not your average kungfu movie, but maybe thats a good thing :cool:

Peace

OFZ

:cool: Sounds like a bad@ass mofo of a class, nice one

That $hit was cold........ :eek:

Wow, lots o' peeps giving their opinion on Jet Li here, some of them conflicting with others which is only natural :rolleyes:

About The One, I think that movie hauls sooo much @ss ;)

Jet...

My teacher has always emphasised that hand forms are like screw driver heads- they can be interchanged with any other type of hand form [claw in this case].

Yang Jwing Ming uses the second claw as...

This is also known as Swimming and Diving Skill in Training Methods Of 72 Arts Of Shaolin by Jin Jing Zhong.

I was wondering if anyone out there has experienced this method (maybe Gene or any...

Good posts here, and I think basically the view on the whole is that you can be physically strong AND relaxed/ supple/ adhere to the taiji principles.

I weight train and do Hung Quan or Hung...

You da man

I was waiting for a true knight to come along for ages and set me a link but then you came along and made it all good mate :D

Good link

Cheers dude

OFZ

hey all,

just wanted to know what the 4 wude(martial ethics) are. I'm pretty confused as to this, I think Humility and Virtue are two of them (???).

Thanks in advance

PS

Sorry if this...

Anyone practice this 'hard' qigong form from Nan Shaolin Hoong Jia boxing?

If so, any results, good or bad? I'm working on my Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen and then maybe onto Wu Xing Kuen.

Anyway,...

watch how muhammed ali is rooted when he throws a lot of his punches. my gongfu brother pointed out that one.

Totally agree with you mate

OFZ