Chinese Tumbling

[Super_Kick]

Hi everyone,

I am embarking on a training journey for the reasons laid out in "Mok Gar, Taijutsu and Neijia" in the Southern Chinese Kung Fu Forum. Part of my training will involve tumbling.

Can someone please outline the various tumbling techniques found in Chinese styles for me? Is it similar to the rolling, flips etc. found in Japanese Ninjutsu? Or perhaps more similar to Systema style techniques?

Thank you brethren,

B

[Super_Kick]

Sad that none of you seem brave enough to reply.

[ginosifu]

Hi everyone,

I am embarking on a training journey for the reasons laid out in "Mok Gar, Taijutsu and Neijia" in the Southern Chinese Kung Fu Forum. Part of my training will involve tumbling.

Can someone please outline the various tumbling techniques found in Chinese styles for me? Is it similar to the rolling, flips etc. found in Japanese Ninjutsu? Or perhaps more similar to Systema style techniques?

Thank you brethren,

B

CMA - Most all Chinese kung fu systems have their own personal tumbling systems. However, not all are in depth, some are just covering the basics and some go deep into tumbling and breakfalls.

Most TCMA schools do not go into those "Back Flips" and "Cartwheels" and gymnastic or Movie style flips. Mostly basic rolls and tumbling.

ginosifu

[mickey]

Greetings,

One of the styles that have managed to maintain tumbling into this century is the Eagle Claw System (Ying Jow Pai). Here are some floor work moves that are used in some Chinese styles:

Forward roll

Backward roll

Corner Roll

Reverse corner roll

Side Roll

Cartwheel/Single Hand Cartwheel/Aerial

Butterfly

Back Handspring: Can be done without hands (backflip). Depends on how far you want to take it.

Forward Handspring: can be done without hands as well. Depends on how far you want to take it.

Kip up

The thing that I noticed that differentiates Chinese tumbling and Western tumbling is in the centering. The Chinese use the navel area whereas the Western approach uses a higher center, more like the chest area. I once saw footage of Tong Fei using both methods to bring himself up higher in the air during an aerial somersault.

I hope this helps,

mickey

[bawang]

a magical journey where you do backflips sounds great. but first you should do squats.

[XinKuzi]

Go learn some Shuai Jiao.

[YouKnowWho]

Go learn some Shuai Jiao.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBiQZcE3HLs