I've heard it said many a time that shaolin lacks grappling. I'm not talking about ground fighting because frankly.......... I haven't seen any.
I understand that Gene's on the case in regard to the nxt weeks' Bi-annual ( ish) shaolin festival at dengfeng , and because I have no scanner and he 'll probably get to one first, I've sent him a few photos ( courtsey of CITS dengfeng and Wang Yu Min .... and who wanted how much of greasy palm??? )
I noticed on my stint out there some awesome standing grappling and takedowns so I took some pics. I hope he posts them here and while it's only Tagou I'm shooting mostly ( + a few hey , yup , on song shan obligatory snaps) I hope they'll be some use in your understanding of what happens there. I also , and Ironfist take note ( re :- mths prior query on air and how to) took some great shots of the tagou boys mid air from a couple of angles in some respectworthy height.
On aerials though, how many of us are pulling them off and how'd you do it?? Gymnastics superstar as a kid ?? Capoeira feind??
Moving on though, also have a few shots of the youngens class weilding their swords while stick / pole in other hand and pulling air to boot. Awesome teachings... Sanda mostly yibanban ( boxing / freestyle sparring so so ) like I've said before, but can't for the life of me fault their sword nor stick nor airs.........
hope the pics turn up soon, mind the "travellers " head and bod, and enjoy what ever he has the time to post.
cheers kfers