CKF Application Clips.

[Shaolin Master]

In GM Kan's syllabus did you also have:

罗汉五形拳
永春侯拳
达尊刚柔拳
白鹤八分拳.

Also Is 连花拳 also known as 连花回门拳
and is 大每花 the same set as 梅花百步拳.

[Eric Ling]

Hi Shaolin Master and everybody,

Can’t really give you more info on GM Kan’s Wuzhu outside the syllabus I posted.

What I do know is that they do “Wu Xing” for all their component system.

So you’ve Lohan Wu Xing, TaiZhu Wu Xing, BaiHe Wu Xing etc…

Now whether these are drills or actual forms is something I need to confirm.

I only know 4 empty hand, 2 sticks and 1 broadsword form from GM Kan’s Wuzhu; a small drop in their syllabus.

Got another clip here;

This is taken off a mainland DVD entitled “Babu” or 8 steps.

During the intro, the Sifu explained that this is the 2nd form in the Southern Luohan that he teaches.

This form is also known as “Babulien” according to him.

Regards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN6gU68W-W0

[Eric Ling]

Hmmmm…youtube is down today.

So got to upload to putfile.

Got another short clip here to share; this is extracted from “San Feng Quick Fist” which is really “Ershibabu” or “28 steps” from MingHe.

This form is changed to SFQC by the late GM. Huang Xin Xian and included in his training curriculum for Tai Chi students in Sarawak.

The performer is her deceased daughter. She passed a couple of years back here in Sarawak.

My White Crane school is connected with the late Huang when he was in Singapore and took a stint as the “Chief Instructor”. He is still highly regarded as a teacher within the Singapore Fuzhou community.

I do the same form but we call it Ershibabu or Nay Saik Paik in Fuzhou.

Regards.


http://media.putfile.com/San-Feng-Qucik-Fist

[Eric Ling]

Hi everybody,

Just in case anyone is wondering what Hendrik meant by Emei or Omei Kung Fu, I got a clip here of a basic Emei technique taken off a mainland production.

Ordinarily, mainland “traditional” arts materials don’t do a lot for me and there must be hundreds of these titles available.

Once in a while, I picked up something or relatives in Fuzhou sent them and I get thrilled.

The Emei collection is one such finds, the other is Yi Quan.

The things I find intriguing about Emei is:-

• The pronounced “whipping” deliveries in most of their techniques.
• Punching without the regular side-of-body chambering.
• The almost constant use of “phoenix eyes” fist formation.
• Some of their Chin-Na methodologies that center around pushing and pulling as opposed to the regular pressing, tearing etc…Ingredients from classical 72 methods of Chin-Na which is what most Chin-Na systems are based upon.

I think I read someplace in this forum whereby someone asked about which Kung Fu Mas Oyama studied and added into the formation of his Karate.

That style is Yi Quan and in Japan, it’s taught as “Tai Ken” which could also be based on the later day’s expression - “Dai Chen Quan”.

Hendrik, I was going to say Emei reminds me of Whooping Crane and you guys think it has something to do with the formulation of Wing Chun.

Could we be barking up the same tree and gotten away with the same fruits and not know it?

Hmmm..with all that barking, maybe it’s the “dog” or “ground dragon” fists instead….

Regards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xqfZXDyukk

Just in case you are wondering why I am posting snippets and not intelligent cuts, the answer is that I am using a shareware editing tool with very limited functions.

I am only able to convert max 5 mins of any DVD I've got and that's the first 5; usually the intro credits...

Then I got to encode it to youtube acceptable format and again I am using shareware...

And most importantly, I am a landscaper; more comfortable with plants, shrubs and trees and not softwares.

There, I am a real DUMMY.

[Hendrik]

Brother Eric,


The Siu lien tao of WCK transmitted down from Yik Kam of Red boat via Cho family has been confirm to have Emei 12 zhuang platform.

We found out this connection some 30 years ago via comparing our Kuen Kuit and the Emei Kuen Kuit, and lately, Jim Roselando who I share with him the core of the SLT teaching met with the Gate Holder of Emei 12 Zhuang, Jim show him the move which I share with him, and confirm that it is a fact. So, the research of SLT since my sifu's era has concluded with an answer -- we know the parents of our art.

I share a little about the emei connection to Ku when I was in singapore 2000. Cho family WCK has been diversify and mix with the "harder" CLF at one point. Thus, my line is different from Ku's training. my line goes with internal and soft....and those Hua Jing stuffs..... in stead of CLF prone.



IMHO, I think there might be a big Crane and Emei connection happening around 1700's to early 1800's.



a different subject,
Since I also train in Kyokushin some 30 some years ago, IMHO, Kyokushin adapted the Yee Quan's post for the fighting stance. Kyokushin's facing stance in not pure San Chin stance but a fusion of San Chin and Yee Quan post, imho.


peace

[Eric Ling]

Hi Brother Hendrik,

To be honest I never really home in on Emei in spite of the materials in collection.

The only time that I really looked was when I was looking for roots for the monkey and tiger style boxing and not Wing Chun or White Crane.

There are others, in the little research group I belong to, who were studying the dragon fist from Emei. I read some of their findings and realized then what I’ve been missing for just skimming Emei.

Maybe “Shaolin Master” got something to add since he is so well-traveled on the mainland?

Besides the 12 zhuangs, I think the 36 hands is something I will start looking at.

Hendrik, what about “Guok Gar” ? You see anything there to do with Wing Chun?

Master Ku brought this up a couple of times.

Got another clip here to share:-

Taiwan’s Grand Master Dong Mu Yau, a highly respected teacher, doing his “Fuzhou He”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtxjzphR8ao

I will try and post some Yi Quan clips later.

Peace my brother…..

ps..for those who don't see it, GM Dong form is almost the same as old MingHe Babulien...

[Eric Ling]

Here's Ruan Dong's version of "Babulien". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-gI6BimSY

Regards.

[Eric Ling]

Brother Hendrik, something from Wing Chun.

Master Lu, the current Wing Chun instructor in Fatshan Jin Mo.

Got his Wing Chun from 3 different teachers and one of them is GM Yuen Kay San.

A friend of mine met him on the mainland and told me that Master Lu is a brilliant Wing Chun player.

I got most of Master Lu’s work on DVD and I really like his stuff…

Peace my brother.

Sunday…wife got sausages on the grill….I got Carlsberg in the chiller….starting to feel like a German…lalalala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw3IhBXLAk0

[Eric Ling]

Hmmmm, Robert, our Praying Mantis friend, has been quiet lately…

Maybe a little Praying Mantis action would stir him up a little….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8XztDnfF4

As mentioned in an earlier message, a “Yi Quan” clip.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34TCAXfUrEE

Personally, anyone interested in the subject of “fa-jin” should really give this style a closer look.

They got many very good drills for explosive jin cultivation.

Regards.

[Eric Ling]

Scene from Shaw Brothers' "Challenge of the Masters".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9UHmnO1MNM

Love this and other CKF movies from that era.

Regards.

[Firehawk4]

What does Guok Gar mean in English ?

[mantis108]

Thanks for thinking of me and the clip. I really appreciate it. I believe it's Zhang Bingdao, a famous master of Taiji Meihwa Tanglang in the video.

Sorry about the silence. I have been busy with a few things trying to help out my mentor in some of his business affairs. I will be helping him to sell some weapons that he purchase from the mainland. I bought some from him already but there will be more to hopefully found owners that will appreciate quality swords, sabers, etc.

Also, I just got another active RCMP member (federal police force in Canada) that sign up for class. I will have to work on a curriculum for her specific needs. So this year is busier than I thought even without any advertising other than word of mouth.

I am following closely to this thread for sure. So please keep the good stuff coming.

Warm regards

Robert

[Eric Ling]

Hi Robert, firehawk4 and everybody,

Robert, good to hear that you’re busy.

We say around here that it’s always better to be busy than idle.

Me? I say it’s good to hear the cash register ringing all the times..hahaha

Firehawk4, “Guok” is a family name just like in “Guok Fey”.

This is one style that is only coming out of the woodworks quite recently.

Got a clip here featuring “LiuHe” from Guok Gar.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjHyDYfESw

Notice the vertical punch….

Regards.

[Eric Ling]

Robert my Praying Mantis friend,

There is this rumor going round that you’re also a Lung Ying high hand….

Got a Lung Ying clip here for you.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ5pfm5yEmw

[Eric Ling]

Hi everybody,

This is one style of Kung Fu that is really intriguing in my book.

“Shen Fu Shu” or “Spiritual Tiger Boxing”.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPP9_TNBhF4

A cut different from the rest of CKF, I find this style reminding me of the many Silats I see in my part of the world.

Some maneuvers and techniques also look like “Monkey Boxing”.

Regards.