How hard are the requeriments on your Kung Fu Programm ?

[facaodotigre]

How hard are the requeriments on your Kung Fu Programm ?

I want to ask to instructors and students about how many forms do you think is immportant an student need to memorize before he can star to learn new forms?

In large styles like Northern Shaolin or Praying Mantis with a large number of forms and weapons how do you work ? Do you teach 10 forms and push your students to memorize all them or do you only focus on the forms your student is learning right now and you don't push him to keep and memorize the previous forms learning years ago ?


thank you

[bawang]

kung fu is ont tuff enuf.

not only you need promotion, you need demotion. win a fight promote one level. lose a fight demote one level. lose too many fight beat with stick 40 timesand kick out of school

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

I teach one form, at the end of a unit. That form has all the techniques I had been teaching up untill that point. The student does not get the form, untill he shows me he is competent with the techniques it contains.

My first level takes 9 to 18 months to complete. Each level after that is about the same.

I got rid of all my forms, except for the few that are somehow connected to Zhao Kuang Yin (Sung Tai Tzu), and instead decided to put all my focus on the usage of thier techniques.

I figure I could teach the whole thing in 8 to 10 years. The student would only have a hand full of forms though.

After that, I hope I will be competent enough to start teaching Kuntao Silat. At that point, I may drop more Kung Fu forms, and only teach 3.

[Snipsky]

Kong Poo is definitely TOUGH ENUFF. its the people behind KONG POO.

kong poo is the best. now what?

[facaodotigre]

RD'S Alias - 1A :

But when you do an examination to one of your students about third level , do you require him to show levels 1 and 2 ? or you only ask him to perform third level only.
My point is about when do you start with intermediate or more advanced forms is really hard memorize aldo basic forms.

Thank you

[SPJ]

It is not so much about how many moves or forms you learn to remember.

It is about how well you know each move.

In xing yi, ww may have to practice just one palm for 3 to 5 months.

In 6 harmony mantis, there are only a fewforms.

We used to practice beng bu in mei hua tang lang for 15months.

It is always about quality more so than quantities.

[YouKnowWho]

how many forms do you think is immportant an student need to memorize before he can star to learn new forms?

I don't teach forms (I know more than 50 forms) so there is no "how many forms" and "new forms" issues. I told my students that the day that they no longer compete in tournaments, they will have the rest of their life to learn forms "if they want to". Until then, they need to concentrate on combat skill development and testing.

[-N-]

How hard are the requeriments on your Kung Fu Programm ?

Very hard. But what does that have to do with forms?

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

RD'S Alias - 1A :

But when you do an examination to one of your students about third level , do you require him to show levels 1 and 2 ? or you only ask him to perform third level only.
My point is about when do you start with intermediate or more advanced forms is really hard memorize aldo basic forms.

Thank you

The forms are the last thing I teach. I teach them more as body mechanics training, and to catalog thier techniques for each level. They are not officially on the testing. They are more like a certificate of completion for that level.

Level one has the basic form. Level 2 the intermediate, and level 3 the advanced.

I also have Qigongs that go with each level too.

My 'basic fundamentals, and physical preparation' consists of foot work drills, entry skills, common Songshan Shaolin kicking and punching drills, application practice, stalking and targeting drills, free sparring, Structure and mechanics training, as well as conditioning and flexibility training.

I have several modules. The first is centered around applications of the first form. The second is a stripped down, simple kick boxing method, third is basic Chin na, and the last is very basic Shuai Jiao (mostly the falls, and simple throws, like stuff off of Diagonal Cut, hip throws, and a couple turning throws)

The next level adds to the catalog of techniques. These are found in the next form, but is more concerned with improving skill levels with the material, rather than just learning more 'Stuff'

The third level is built on the softest form in my system and it designed to develop the internal skills to proficiency so they can be applied to the previously learned material. This level has 32 internal drills, push hands, and advanced Qi Gong.

There are a few more forms, but they are just there to add more apps to the over all catalog. I teach them one technique at a time, and only the form when the apps are understood.

I also have a number of Tai Tzu sets with questionable heritage (meaning they are probably not tied direct to Zhao Kunag Yin) that I picked up off of video. I probably won't teach those ever, but I randomly play with possible apps from various segments of them. The set I stole from footage of John Wang in competition is one of these sets I won't teach.

[ginosifu]

Is your question about how many forms is in your curriculum? Are you asking how hard is it to get to Black Sash / Belt? Are you asking how hard is to complete a system like Northern Shaolin?

Eample:

Northern Shaolin has over 50 forms in it. There are the 10 core forms and dozens of weapons and 2 person etc. You need all 10 core forms and a certain amount of the weapons and 2 persons to actually say you have completed NS.

Our Northern Shaolin Black Belt program takes about 3-4 years and has only 2 forms: Lian Bu Quan and Gong Li Quan, the rest is basics, fighting and self defense techniques. For those who wish to persue a career in Kung Fu or a more indepth knowledge of NS or complete the system, this is where would start.

How hard is the curriculum? How many forms does not really state how hard the curriculum is. I would consider "How hard the curriculum" as How hard do you push the students? How much fighting do they do? How hard is your Strength and Conditioning program?

Facaodotigre
Please elaborate more on what you mean by Hard?

ginosifu

[EarthDragon]

I teach 5 forms to allow the students to understand how to MOVE correctly, then I teach them the applications so they can USE them correctly.

Every technique in mantis can be found within those 5 core forms.
Everything else is just collecting. remember a form with no application learned is like a egg that has no yolk. useless

[Taixuquan99]

1 long form.

However, depending on the student, I may not even teach them the form for quite some time. A lot of times, since most of the training time is spent doing tuishou and drills, students "steal" moves that are working against them. I encourage this, and share what I know about using the move. Then, if they decide to learn the form, that particular step, wherever it occurs, will be a no-brainer to learn.

For some students, I teach them the form earlier, and this gives them a large set of moves they can work on in tuishou and drills at their leisure.

The classes are hard in the exhausting sense of the word, I suppose. A lot of grip training during tuishou and drills, so people's hands and forearms tend to be sore the next day, a lot of grappling, so people's core and legs tend to get worn out. Currently, I'm planning on working in a segment of drills that involve a lot more kicks and deep stances: these drills work along the idea of one person giving low-line to medium line kicks, but having two options, like either a roundhouse or a teep, while their partner is trying to either stop the roundhouse with a well angled shin, or scoop the other kick, but, since they don't know what kick is coming, they have to work spontaneously working each move. Another drill along the same lines is the kicker either lead leg kicks or rear leg kicks(both thrust), and their partner does the appropriate move from the system to deal with this. Three minute rounds, non-set footwork, et al. We already do a good amount of drills involving ankle picks and such, with the focus on getting low but stable and fluid.

I find that partnered drills are far more exhausting and challenging than form work, though I espouse focused form work for honing and theorizing on body mechanics, but it must be informed by partnered work. To me, form is your personal notes, but not your personal notes on form.

As for my form work, that's different. The form I do is generally trained three ways, slow, slow with fajing, and fast with fajing. My current training is in speeding up the third to breakneck speed, using it as an interval, form slow, then fast to the point of failure, then slow, then fast. Comes in at maybe 25 minutes. I don't tend to spend more time than that on form, favoring quality over quantity.

[David Jamieson]

I am in a position to either teach forms or not.
Some people aren't interested in form, so, I'll get them going with:

cardio / resistance(weights)/ drills, bag work, mitt work and light sparring.
pretty typical kb regimen.

If they want to grapple, I send them out to someone else. I have neither the facilities or the breadth and depth of knowledge to transmit a full course of understanding so that's why I send em out.

If someone wants to learn forms and classical weapons and iron skills, they can get that too!

the interesting part and useful part is being able to service different types of students.

My partner and I are completely informal and cut away that as quick as we can and make it clear that we're all in it together, lets train and when there is faltering or lack of clarity, we work towards getting up going on and making it clear.

Inside of a year, you can instill a lot of confidence in a person who had little coming in the door. Inside of two years, you can reasonably expect that person to be able to physically handle themselves in most situations they will find themselves in on average.

If they stay and train with you, it's to continue the track of training. Law of diminishing returns kicks in after about 3-5 years depending on the students adeptness.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

The reason I teach forms at the end of a unit, is that the student has no way of knowing how to do each move correctly untill they have done it a zillion times with a partner. Teaching them the form before that is counter productive.

[Mas Judt]

So hard you could take a hundred Viagra and never be as hard as my standards.