When you learn real Kung Fu fighting, there are certain truths about how to survive. One of the truths is that the human mental apparatus shuts down during combat, and survival mode kicks in. Fighters who survive by the amount of adrenaline kicked in would have you believe this is good, but it… Continue reading
The Secret Behind Real Kung Fu Fighting!
May 17th, 2012Learning How To Kung Fu Fight – The Three Types Of Fighter
May 17th, 2012
I say Kung Fu fight, but this obviously refers to karate fighting, fighting in Taekwondo or Kenpo, or just about any other martial art out there. The principles of combat tend to be the same once you break them down. Here are the… Continue reading
Internal Wing Chun Kung Fu
May 13th, 2012
Wing Chun Kung Fu is often taught as a “hard” or “external” style. There are few schools that teach the internal method of Wing Chun.When learnt the internal way, it is an extremely powerful martial art.(Wing Chun = WC)When people first start learning WC they learn how to block with their tan sau, or their bong sau… Continue reading
Shaolin Longfist Kung Fu: Lien Bu Chuan and Gung Li Chuan!
May 11th, 2012
‘Longfist’ Kung FuShaolin Longfist Kung Fu owes its origin ultimately to the ancient battlefields of Northern China. The same notions of striking, stabbing, sweeping and cutting etc at long-range were extensively systemized and codified at Bei Shaolin Si, the Northern or ‘Grandfather’ Shaolin Temple for… Continue reading
Basic Stances: Shaolin Longfist Kung Fu
May 10th, 2012
Within Shaolin ‘Longfist’ Kung Fu and Wu Shu, all motion, offensive or defensive, towards or away from opponents, involves certain key stances. These are the foundations of all Changchuan (‘Longfist’) martial movement and four basic essential examples, requiring students’ initial attention are analysed below. Two key principles apply to their design and usage.StabilityLower an object’s… Continue reading
Shaolin Kung Fu Secret Fighting Exercises: Windlass or Bucket-Lifting Arts
May 8th, 2012
The 72 Consummate and Secret Arts of the Shaolin Temple are a collection of inter-related fighting exercises which fall into a number of key categories. The example which follows, ‘Windlass Arts’, is a Hard, External Power-Training Exercise. Details of training intensity and duration are accompanied by description… Continue reading
Fight Speeding Tickets – Like a Kung Fu Master Ticket Shredding Machine
May 8th, 2012
Correct Notice Of The Speed LimitA frequent defense of speeding offenses is that the road was not properly marked up with a speed limit sign as a example the sign may have been covered by tree branches or the sign may not have… Continue reading
Using Matrix Martial Arts to Isolate Real Kung Fu
May 7th, 2012
Matrix Martial Arts to Learn Real Kung Fu…sounds like an internet trick, doesn’t it? But if you told a pygmy tribesman, a couple of hundred years ago, that there were such things as wagons, well, he’d probably run you over to the witch doctor for ‘treatment.’Head getting too big…everything… Continue reading
Shuai Jiao Kung Fu Wrestling With Dr Yang, Jwing-Ming
May 7th, 2012
Shuai Jiao Kung Fu Wrestling with Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is described on the cover as Fundamental Defense Techniques and Throws, takedowns and grappling skills for short-range fighting. This disk is that, but so much more. Like many YMAA titles from Dr. Yang, this program provides a tremendous wealth of… Continue reading
Shaolin Kung Fu Animal Styles
May 7th, 2012
In the world of martial arts there are few styles that capture the imagination in the way that the animal styles do. Even though these systems are famous, and often commonly practiced in Gong Fu, they are commonly misunderstood and misrepresented. In this article I hope to shed some light on the animal styles themselves and their… Continue reading