Book, DVD, or both?

[MightyB]

The title is "Combat Shuai Chiao Enter and Finish Strategies". It's almost finished and should come out next year. Here are general content.

1. Get leading leg (16 different ways to get "single leg").
2. Get back leg (10 different ways to get back leg).
3. Head lock (20 different ways to apply head lock) .
4. Over hook (...).
5. Under hook.
6. Sticky tie.
7. Leading arm jam back arm.
8. Elbow lock.
9. Neck mop.
10. Defense and counter.

The Chinese terms will be included as:

吸捆(Xi Kun) - Sticky Tie

抱(Bao) - Embrace
磨(Mo) - Spin
轟(Hong) - Herd
穿(Chuan) - Herd, Peirce leg
搵(Wen) - Waist Lift
...

There will be no history section, no SC jacket used in any picture. This may be the 1st "no-gi" combat SC book.

Fu*king cool! Now I know the second MA book I'm getting right after I purchase Gene's.

Let us know when and where to purchase it.

[MightyB]

Both are ideal.

DVD to see the techniques in action,
Book to read the theory.

Plus it's hard to watch a DVD while taking a dump

[Thomas316]

mightyb,

what kind of book is gene writing? where can i purchase it?

[MightyB]

mightyb,

what kind of book is gene writing? where can i purchase it?

LOL

You mean you haven't heard of Shaolin Trips?


Gene, your post-fu is proving to be ineffective!

[ShaolinDan]

The title is "Combat Shuai Chiao Enter and Finish Strategies". It's almost finished and should come out next year. Here are general content.

1. Get leading leg (16 different ways to get "single leg").
2. Get back leg (10 different ways to get back leg).
3. Head lock (20 different ways to apply head lock) .
4. Over hook (...).
5. Under hook.
6. Sticky tie.
7. Leading arm jam back arm.
8. Elbow lock.
9. Neck mop.
10. Defense and counter.

The Chinese terms will be included as:

吸捆(Xi Kun) - Sticky Tie

抱(Bao) - Embrace
磨(Mo) - Spin
轟(Hong) - Herd
穿(Chuan) - Herd, Peirce leg
搵(Wen) - Waist Lift
...

There will be no history section, no SC jacket used in any picture. This may be the 1st "no-gi" combat SC book.

Nice! Look forward to it.
Personally I would prefer book and DVD together--each medium is better at conveying certain kinds of information.

[Fa Xing]

The title is "Combat Shuai Chiao Enter and Finish Strategies". It's almost finished and should come out next year. Here are general content.

1. Get leading leg (16 different ways to get "single leg").
2. Get back leg (10 different ways to get back leg).
3. Head lock (20 different ways to apply head lock) .
4. Over hook (...).
5. Under hook.
6. Sticky tie.
7. Leading arm jam back arm.
8. Elbow lock.
9. Neck mop.
10. Defense and counter.

The Chinese terms will be included as:

吸捆(Xi Kun) - Sticky Tie

抱(Bao) - Embrace
磨(Mo) - Spin
轟(Hong) - Herd
穿(Chuan) - Herd, Peirce leg
搵(Wen) - Waist Lift
...

There will be no history section, no SC jacket used in any picture. This may be the 1st "no-gi" combat SC book.

Sounds cool, for your stuff I'd probably get a book/dvd combo, and maybe trick my wife into a trip to central california to meet up with you .

[GeneChing]

Get as much information as possible from every potential source. Even poor information is useful as it provides insight into why someone might practice something improperly. Support the martial arts community by supporting the economy.

[Drake]

Get as much information as possible from every potential source. Even poor information is useful as it provides insight into why someone might practice something improperly. Support the martial arts community by supporting the economy.

Gene,
Do you guys carry any CLF stuff? I'll check later, but right now I'm saving lives and hunting bad guys...

[YouKnowWho]

i dont think i truly understand the content. will any throws be demonstrated? will the book be on baoding shuai jiao?

The throw will be part of the finish moves. The book is Baoding SC + longfist + prey mantis + ... since kicks, punches, and locks are integrated into it.

Here are 2 examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7fuYdj-WxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFYu9J2UOJQ

I may use my favor "outer twist" picture as my cover page since nobody had ever used that before.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6751/myoutertwist.jpg

[Lucas]

I will definately buy both from you.

[mickey]

Greetings,

The book and companion dvd is the way to go as far as instructional products go. Both offer detail insights that the other may miss.

Color photos work well. Just get the angles right.


and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!


mickey

[GeneChing]

LOL

You mean you haven't heard of Shaolin Trips?


Gene, your post-fu is proving to be ineffective!

It's like when your doing some light contact sparring and you keep landing, but your sparring partner doesn't acknowledge it, so you gotta hit harder and harder.
Shaolin Trips by Gene Ching
Buy Shaolin Trips here.

Gene,
Do you guys carry any CLF stuff? I'll check later, but right now I'm saving lives and hunting bad guys...

Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu

[Golden Arms]

John,

Release the book, and if you are able, a DVD as well. It will be a great resource, I am glad to hear you are deciding to put it out there.

[mooyingmantis]

I know that some are against the use of books and videos for learning, but I have a very different opinion.

IMO, if one of my students cannot learn a form of a similar style from a DVD, I am a failure as a teacher or they are a dimwit.

There are many excellent DVDs out today on various styles. Some are very detailed and are just like being there in person.

The biggest drawback of trying to learn from a DVD is LACK OF FEEDBACK. This is where review by a teacher becomes very important.

I travel to Indiana a few times a year to teach my students residing there. Between visits, I post videos on YouTube as a refresher of what I taught or as a means of clarifying ideas they did not seem to get when I was there. This has proven to be an effective method for teaching long distance.

[YouKnowWho]

I know that some are against the use of books and videos for learning, but I have a very different opinion.

IMO, if one of my students cannot learn a form of a similar style from a DVD, I am a failure as a teacher or they are a dimwit.

There are many excellent DVDs out today on various styles. Some are very detailed and are just like being there in person.

The biggest drawback of trying to learn from a DVD is LACK OF FEEDBACK. This is where review by a teacher becomes very important.

I travel to Indiana a few times a year to teach my students residing there. Between visits, I post videos on YouTube as a refresher of what I taught or as a means of clarifying ideas they did not seem to get when I was there. This has proven to be an effective method for teaching long distance.

If your student has training partner, and can also send you his clip for you to comment on it, the long distance learning will have value. It's better to provide your students the following 4 pieces of materials:

- How to train with partner,
- How to train without partner,
- How to develop Gong,
- How to use equipments to enhance it.