Seeing there is so much hot air being made lately, let us get back to normal with some sound discussion on noise control in CLF.
People talked about using the CLF sounds to recognize each other, I was taught these five sounds to train my “jing hei” (essence/qi) and “ging” (dynamic force), I wonder if other branches have the same.
1) The “wak” sound for the tiger guak used in moves like seung and dan fu jeow, and meng fu tui san.
2) The “dik” sound for the leopard lik used in all sorts of kicks like da teu, fei teu and tek teu.
3) The “yik” sound for the dragon shen used in moves like cheung arn choi, seung jin choi and seung long chut hai.
4) The “ha” sound for the snake hei used in moves like yum wuk and lu yum choi.
5) The “hok” sound for the crane jing used in moves like hok jeu and ding jeu.
The sounds have to be felt in our lower dantian and we can do two men drills with them. For example, with the “hok” sound, my partner would start with a cheung arn choi, I have to side step him and block him with a chin-la then counter with a hok jeu to his temple leaned slightly in dil ma stance. He taps me hard with a slap to my stomach as I make the “hok” sound trying to hit him back. I have to guan hei (fill my body with hei) and stand firm on one leg at the very moment of strike and then become soft and flexible again once it is done.
With the “wak” sound my partner throws a heavy medicine ball at me and I have to throw it back (catching it first was not allowed) with seung fu jeow in ji ng ma and make the “wak” sound and feel it in my stomach and my legs and not in my throat, otherwise I couldn’t throw it back properly.
Sound training was fun but it felt like we were in a lunatic asylum sometimes with everyone shouting at the top of his voice, we never got hoarse if we do it properly. I used to hear people making all sorts of funny noises in the park in China early in the morning, they did it for their health and we do it to kick someone head in, but I think the idea is the same – to guan hei.
The essence of the five animals (ng ying) is in jing (essence), hei (qi), shen (spirit), guak (bones) and lik (strength) and we can express them and train them with the five sounds. What kind of sounds do you make in your nick of the wood?
JX