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Grandmaster Cai Longyun 1928–2015
By Wang Peikun, Translated by Gigi Oh and Gene Ching
ON
December 19, 2015, Grandmaster Cai Longyun
(㭑嗉Ӂ) passed away. He was the cover master for the
November+December 2005 issue of Kung Fu Tai Chi.
Cai Longyun was China's renowned martial artist,

theorist, educator, and 9 duan (China’s highest rank ҍ
⇥) holder. He served on the 7th CPPCC National
Committee, and was a former vice president of Wushu
Research Institute of National Sports Commission, member
of the All-China Sports Federation, Vice-Chairman of
the Chinese Wushu Association and the Shanghai Wushu
Association, and former Martial Arts Department Director
and Deputy Director of the Department of Physical Education
of the Shanghai Sports Institute.
He was born in Jining, Shandong province, to a martial arts Grandmaster Cai had deep understanding
family. He was an expert in huaquan (ॾᤣ), Shaolinquan, of the connotations of the traditional martial
Taijiquan and Xingyiquan, among others. In 1943 and 1946, Cai arts culture. He respected the creation of the
used Chinese martial arts skills to defeat the internationally- martial predecessors. He earnestly learned to pass down arts, skills,
renowned Russian fighter Marceau Love and “Black Lion” Luther, and theories but didn’t blindly accept everything. After personal
earning him the nickname “Shen Quan Da Long” (Big Dragon with study and analysis, he absorbed the best parts, while the dross and
the Magic Fists ⾎ᤣབྷ嗉). In 1953, Cai won gold medals at the traditional vulgar were criticized and abandoned. He had the courage
National Athletic Sports Exhibition and Competition. In 1954, he to break bad habits while carrying tradition forward. Grandmaster
was selected as a member of the First Chinese National Martial Cai said, “Chinese martial arts should seek new development on the
Arts Team and served as team captain and assistant coach. From basis of inheritance. The traditions that reflect the spirit and culture
1957 to 1960, Cai participated in the finishing work of the National of that era should be retained. However, the martial arts must follow
Sports Commission and Martial Arts Organizations, drafting the the progress of the times and development.”
first “Martial Arts Competition Rules.” In 1959, he earned the first
National Athletic Game Individual Achievement Award. From 1961 Cai went on to say, “With reservation only, martial arts cannot reflect
to 1983, Cai served thrice as Chief Editor of the National Physical the spirit of modern times. The consequent development is more
Wushu Textbook. In 1983, he was employed as Vice Director of important.” Cai was never ambiguous when it came to tradition, often
Wushu Inheritance Excavation Project. In 1985, he earned New saying “learning movements must be in accordance with traditional
China Sports Pioneer Honorable Award, and in 1998 he awarded the requirements.” When in his 80s, he still insisted on teaching his
9th duan. In 2008, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission young students traditional huaquan personally at least twice a week.
established the Master Cai Longyun Martial Arts Studio. In 2009, His Master Cai Longyun Martial Arts Studio worked on publishing
he was employed as Director of the Experts Committee for Wushu the Chinese Huaquan series, which contains twelve routines and
Research Institute of the State Sports General Administration. sparring sets. To ensure accuracy, Grandmaster Cai wrote for
several hours every day in the traditional style by hand, in order to
Cai has made outstanding contributions by composing and complete the masterpiece. Cai also boldly criticized martial arts
documenting the five huaquan routines; Chaquan 5th routine, habits that were superstitious, and martial arts movements that were
Wushu Basic Training, Straight Swordplay, Shaolin Temple Fist and unrealistic and unscientific, and served only to advance a new sport.
Staff, and many other books. He has produced a large number of
well-known instructors and professors such as Qiu Pixiang (䛡х⴨), In 1953, after the Wushu Exchange Conference in Shanghai, Cai
Wang Peikun (⦻ษ䭏), Chen Chunming (䱸᱕㥇), Gao Xuefeng (儈 pointed out, “Monkey style is to take practicing monkey‘s lively,
䴚ጠ), Xu Jinmin (䇨䠁≁), and others. agile spirit, not to learn from the monkey’s ugly actions that occur
in monkey staffs routine such as scratching its ears and such. In the
The following retrospective is extracted from “The Inheritance and Double Broadswords against Spear sparring set, the blades clap on
Development of Traditional Wushu and the Ideology of Cai Longyun” opponent’s back in a disorderly way that does not meet the technical
presented by Professor Wang Peikun (⦻ษ䭏) (March+April 2013 methods of martial arts.” In 1954, Xinmin Evening News published
cover master) at the 9th Sports Science Conference, December 6, an interview with Cai in which he pointed out: “In the past, martial
2011, and was successively published in Wang’s book, Man Bu arts society formed orthodox, sectarian ideas, resulting in many
Wulin (╛↕↖᷇). Professor Wang offered it to Kung Fu Tai Chi in years of argument about internal, external, and different styles. The
honor of Grandmaster Cai’s passing. parties mutually discriminated, slandered and challenged each other.
They rushed to add exaggerated metaphysical theory into their own
systems. Through this sectarian domination, they attacked others
to elevate themselves.” At that time, martial arts were stuck in old,
obstinate, diseased states. Cai’s sharp and severe critical remarks
were openly published, showing the courage and righteousness Cai
has. This is also to guide the healthy development of the future
martial art.
In 1984, in the Jinwoo column (㋮↖) of Contemporary Sports magazine

(ᖃԓփ㛢), Cai said he was against preaching those fanciful and
unscientific things like “walking on water,” “avoiding fire Kung Fu,”
“Bulletproof” claims and the so-called last or lost skills. He added,
2012 Professor Wang & Wife (left) Grandmaster Cai (right) at Wuzhen, studying “I have no objection to make some ‘family tree’ genealogy narrative
Zhejiang boat fist. for the purpose of investigating origins. However, the emphasis of

publicizing traditional martial art and its theory must not be using
lineage, hereditary, or seniority to set skill level and the merits
of arts. Martial promotion must not be distorted with trickery or
grandstanding, creating something from nothing, or fabrications, nor
‘I am the Number One’ systems.” Cai believed that “inheritance is
the basis, and development is the ultimate goal.”
In developing martial arts as a sport, Cai opposed requiring martial

arts in the form of gymnastics. “Martial arts is one of the traditional
national sport of China. Take it seriously in terms of ideology, collated
in actions, to improve in practice. Innovation and development is
based on scientific sport principles, not the requirements of martial
arts in the form of gymnastics.” Cai particularly appreciated the
athletes performing on the field with innovative spirit of optional
routines. He believed that through innovation, martial arts have
longevity.
In 1957, Cai published “My View of Martial Arts” in New Sports

magazine (ᯠփ㛢). He said, “Chinese martial arts have always
followed two aspects of development: ji (strikeࠫ) and wu (dance㡎).
In the ancient days, ji was for self-defense, to ‘kill the thief (䱢䓛ᵰ䍬).’
And the ‘dance’ side, especially the ‘flowery’ moves, which in ancient
times I think it was beautiful in motion, imposingly magnificent,
gave great popular appeal. It is ji reflected in the wu performance.
This is the ideological sprout of combat sports and wu sports.” At
that time, Cai also sparked intense debate with his insistence that
Modern Wushu developed into two different forms of exercise, Taolu
(routines྇䐟) and Sanda (sparringᮓᢃ). That set the tone for the
textbook definition of Modern Wushu: “Wushu has martial arts
as the main content, Taolu and Sanda as the forms of exercise, and
focuses internally and externally on Chinese traditional sport.”
In 1958, the National Martial Arts Competitions began. Cai’s book,

Wushu Basic Training, became the premier training and reference
book among the provincial amateur martial arts sports teams.
Even now, in the martial arts materials of all Chinese institutions
of advanced learning, every Wushu team training outline, martial
arts basic skills and basic theory, gives reference to Wushu Basic
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any view Kung Fu as a In modern times, with commercial schools popping up
M spectacular theatrical
performance art, with little
or no practicality in fighting. Indeed,
everywhere, many parents send their children to learn a form of
mental discipline, which martial arts practice certainly provides.
Shaolin monks are known for their incredible concentration and
famous monks from Shaolin Temple discipline, which allows them to perform unimaginable feats.
now perform all over the world. As for Meditation, physical and religious practices make them strong,
wuguan (Kung Fu school ↖佘) all over healthy and full of confidence. But what of the fighting aspect
the world, most make taolu (forms ྇䐟) of Shaolin Kung Fu?
practice the centerpiece of training.
With the current popularity of MMA and other combat
With the health benefits of practicing sports such as Thai Boxing and Wrestling, many non-Chinese
Chinese Kung Fu scientifically students want to learn how to use their martial arts to save their
documented, few would debate its butt on the street if ever needed. Does Shaolin Kung Fu provide
many life-enhancing qualities. Even in the skills needed to be used as a fighting art? The answer is
China, many practice Shaolin and other yes, though many schools do not focus on the fighting
Kung Fu systems purely for duanlian aspects as a primary goal.
shenti (physical fitness and health
䦋❹䓛億), rather than for practical
fighting. With few violent crimes in
China, busy work schedules and family
responsibilities, there simply isn’t a
need for such skills, nor the free time to
pursue them anyway.
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1
Bagua Kao Bi with a partner
2 3 4
standing stance. They begin 5

by stepping into a sideways left
foot forward front stance and
Shaolin students in the schools surrounding strike forearms in a low position
the main Shaolin area spar with a high level with the right arms. The left
of intensity, but there is nothing distinctly arm remains up in front of the
Shaolin about the techniques employed. chest in a ready
Most of what they use are common punch- position to train
the student to 6
kick combinations with an occasional throw.
keep his hands
up. After this
Shaolin Two-Person initial movement,
the students step
Drills forward into a
Shaolin forms contain many vicious and right foot forward
brutal real-life street-fighting techniques. front stance,
Once the student is conditioned through raise the right
jibengong (basics สᵜ࣏) to be fast and arm and strike
strong, with good stamina, it’s time to take the opponent’s
practice to the next level – partner training. forearm in a high
Without this, it is impossible to gain motion. After
effective fighting skills. the high upper
strike, the Shaolin
The key to using Shaolin as a fighting students twist
art does not lie in kick-boxing or Sanda- their stance,
style sparring, but in the uniquely Shaolin making a complete Face your partner and prepare to begin. 2. Step out with left
foot into a front stance and collide right forearms in a low
two-man drills and fighting applications. circle with their movement with your partner. 3. Step forward with your right
Within the Shaolin system are many body, but the feet foot into a front stance and bring your right arm up and collide
partner drills designed for training the body remain in the it with your partner’s in a high motion. 4. Twist your body,
then collide left forearms together in a high motion. 5. Step
for fighting. Though these exercises also same place, and backwards with your front foot and collide forearms with your
have health benefits and can be practiced the left forearms partner in a low motion. 6. Shift to a left forward front stance
as a mind-body art, they were and still are collide in a similar and collide right forearms in a low motion, then repeat the
primarily focused on developing fighting manner as before. sequence.
ability. After this motion
the Shaolin students step out and back with the left leg and
One such drill is called bagua kao bi (‫ޛ‬খ again collide forearms in a low strike. This completes the
䶐㟲). Bagua is a traditional pattern that sequence, which is repeated over and over again. Both sides
takes the shape of an octagon. Within the must be trained, so changing direction is necessary, doing
octagon are different line patterns which an even amount of time on each side.
represent different natural occurrences in
Chinese philosophy. Though the word At first glance the bagua kao bi drill seems like a more
bagua is often associated with the internal complex version of the simple arm-banging drill done in
martial art system of Baguazhang, which many Chinese Kung Fu and Karate systems. It does in fact
dates back less than two hundred years, the condition the arms for gedang (blocking methods Ṭ᫻), but
actual patterns and philosophy of the bagua has many hidden applications as well.
diagram are in fact thousands of years old.
For instance, it can be used as a striking drill. To do this,
In the drill known as bagua kao bi, two one partner stands in the middle of a circle with arms
students face each other in a natural at sides and feet together while looking straight ahead.

Bagua Kao Bi without a partner, using a pole
1
The other partner begins with the the form of a standing hammer
same pattern, but this time focuses lock to the opponent’s arm.
on different parts of the partner’s After stepping into a left-foot-
body as striking targets. Only forward front stance and banging
light contact should be made to the right forearms together with
standing partner’s body. This drill your training partner, grab your
is not designed to toughen up the partner’s left wrist with your left
standing partner’s body against hand. Then step forward with
strikes (there are other Shaolin drills your right foot into a cross stance
for that); it is designed to hone the while simultaneously brining your
striker’s targeting skills. right forearm into your training
partner’s left elbow crease. You
Exploring the different upper and have now secured a hold of your
lower targets on a live partner (as partner’s wrist while bending his
opposed to a hanging bag) has many arm to set up the lock, after this
2 benefits. Forearms can be formidable motion, step behind your partner
striking tools, but as with all Shaolin with your left leg while securing
fighting methods, the actual technique is open the hammer lock. Practice the
to interpretation. While an upper strike to technique over and over on both
the back of an opponent’s neck could be done sides evenly.
with a forearm as in this drill, it could easily
be done with a back-fist strike as well. While The second lock comes off the
the lower strike in this drill represents a high blocking technique. After
forearm strike to the opponent’s groin, it could the right arms collide in a
equally be interpreted as a strike with the high motion, quickly grab your
palm or a ridge hand. partner’s right wrist with your
right hand. After securing the
3 hold, make a clockwise circle with
Hidden Applications your partner’s arm to wrench his
The next phase in bagua kao bi training is to right shoulder. You can further
explore the many applications within the drill. secure the lock by stepping
First are two qinna (ᬂ᤯) locks. One takes underneath your partner’s arm
while continuing to circle his arm
Many view Kung Fu as a spectacular theatrical

performance art, with little or no practicality in fighting.
4
1. Step out with your left leg into a front stance and strike the
pole with your right forearm in a low motion. 2. Step forward with
your right leg and strike the pole with your right forearm in a high
motion. 3. Twist the body and strike the pole with your left forearm
in a high motion. 4. Step back with your left leg and strike the pole Continued on page 24
your left forearm in a low motion. 5. Shift into a left forward front
stance and strike the pole with you right forearm in a low motion. 8
6. Step forward with your right foot and strike the pole with your
right forearm in a high motion. 7. Twist your body and strike the
pole with your left forearm in a high motion. 8. Step back with your
left leg and strike the pole with your left arm in a low motion.
5 6 7

Continued from page 22: Qin Na application 1
Shaolin’s Bagua Kao Bi
A1. Step out into a left foot forward front
A1 A2 A3 stance and collide your right forearms in
a low motion. A2. Grasp your partner’s
right wrist with your left hand, and step
forward with your right foot while placing
your right forearm into partner’s left
elbow crease. A3. Step behind him while
twisting the arm into a hammer lock.
Qin Na application 2
C1
clockwise, lifting his straightened arm up

towards his back to cause severe pain in
his right shoulder. As with all techniques,
Bagua Kao Bi on plum blossom poles be sure to work both left and right sides
evenly.
B1
Both high and low movements in this drill
have striking counterparts as well. The
low movement in bagua kao bi can be
used to catch an opponent’s roundhouse C2
kick; with an added twist of the body, you
can throw your opponent to the ground
(this technique is often used in Sanda
and Shuai Jiao competitions alike). The
upper movement in the bagua kao bi drill
can be used as a block to an upper-body
B2 fist attack, followed by a grab with the
free hand to pull the opponent into a knee
strike.
C1. Right foot is forward and right arms
are crossed in a high motion. C2. Grab
Plum Blossom Poles partner’s wrist with your right hand
and twist his arm in a clockwise circle,
Advanced students can practice bagua creating a shoulder wrench lock.
kao bi on plum blossom poles. Working
this drill atop these poles will improve Striking application
balance and stability in stepping. This D1
type of training also improves accuracy
B3 and builds courage. If a partner is not
B1. Shift into a left forward front stance,

and strike forearms in a low motion. B2.
Step forward with the right leg and bring
the right arm up, striking partner’s forearm
in a high motion. B3. Twist the body and
bring the left arm into a high motion and D2
strike partner’s forearm. B4. Step back
with left leg and bring left arm in a low
motion and strike partner’s forearm.
B4
D1. Partner throws a

high circular punch and
the other blocks it with
an upper level block.
D2. Teacher Song then
grabs his partner and
pulls him into a knee
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Continued from page 24: Shaolin’s Bagua Kao Bi
Bagua Kao Bi as a striking exercise
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
1. One partner stands with hands at
sides, the other steps forward with the
left leg and does a low strike to the
partner’s body with the right arm. 2.
Teacher Song then steps forward with
the right leg and strikes the training
partner with his right arm in a high
level strike. 3. Song twists his body and
strikes the partner with his left arm in
a high level strike. 4. Song steps back
with his left leg and strikes the partner
with his left arm in a low level strike.
5. Song shifts into a left forward front
stance and does a low level strike with
his right arm. 6. Song steps forward 8 9
with his right leg and does a high level
strike with his right arm. 7. Song twists
his body and does a high level strike
with his left arm. 8. Song steps back
with his left leg and does a low level
strike with his left arm. 9. Song shifts
into a left forward front stance and does
a low level strike with his right arm.
available, a wooden pole or medium-sized

tree can be used to practice footwork and arm
conditioning.
Adding Combat-
Readiness to Your
Practice
In conclusion, the bagua kao bi drill can be
used as a conditioning drill or a striking drill as freestyle drills, one can become proficient in fighting as
and has many practical applications. The well as fitness.B
serious Shaolin student can enhance their
training in forms and basics practice by Master Shi Yan Shuang has trained at the Shaolin Temple for 30 years. He
adding the bagua kao bi drill to the end of now runs his own school in the mountain area of Shaolin, training Chinese
each class. This drill alone will not make disciples and traveling foreign students. Author Chris Friedman has been
the Shaolin practitioner a complete fighter, doing martial arts since his early teens and has lived in China for the last 9
but coupled with other partner drills as well years. He now lives in the mountain area of Shaolin as Master Shuang’s first
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By Lucas Christopoulos popularized by Master Sun Yanbiao, known as “The
Tiger of Ningxia,” and his disciple Huang Baoshan
T
(哴ሦ⧺ 1905–1998). Today it is mainly known in
he stick is one of the oldest battlefield-tested Tianshui, Lanzhou, but has also spread to several other
weapons. In Chinese antiquity it was known as places in Gansu.
shu (⇣), then during the Ming-Qing dynasty it
was also known as paizi (ᧂᆀ the name for the
thick sticks handling wooden chariots) and tiaozi
(ọᆀ or long sticks used as well to carry things on one’s 2. Five Tigers and Herd
shoulders). Today, the stick is mostly known as gun (ỽ).
Little English documentation or real practical knowledge of Sheep Stick (Wuhu
exists abroad about the art of the Chinese stick, as it
is mainly a specialty coming from Gansu and Shaanxi
qunyanggun ӄ㱾㗔㖺ỽ)
provinces, together with the art of the wooden cane The number 5 is important in Chinese cosmology (five
(biangan ䷝ᵶ). tastes, five organs, five elements, etc.). The “Five
Tigers” denote the five most powerful generals under the
The main techniques of Gansu stick-fighting are splitting orders of a sovereign through the ages of Chinese history.
(pi ࢸ), rolling (lun 䕚), sweeping (sao ᦳ), blocking (lan A herd of sheep serves to symbolize their numerous
ᤖ), lifting (tiao ᥁), smashing (za ⹨), moving (ban ᩜ), enemies. This style of stick is quite old and was
holding (gua ᤲ), piercing (chuo ᡣ), locking (kou ᢓ), etc. practiced at the Shaolin Monastery in the past. Also
Gansu is the main center for the art of Northwestern known as “Shaolin Windmill stick” (Shaolin fengmogun
stick-fighting (Xibei gunfa 㾯ेỽ⌅), and several forms ቁ᷇付⼘ỽ) or the “Five Tigers and Windmill stick”
and techniques are practiced there, famous all around (Wuhu fengmogun ӄ㱾付⼘ỽ), it has spread to many
China. different regions of China. The “Five Tigers and Herd
of Sheep broadsword” (Wuhu qunyang dao ӄ㱾㗔㖺࠰)
may have the same origin.
1. Four Doors Stick (Simen
gun ഋ䮰ỽ) 3. Crazy Demon Stick or
Four Doors stick, originating in Gansu, is one of the “Mad Devil Stick” (Fengmogun
best stick techniques of China. It was taught mainly by
Master Shao Yinhuan (䛥䬦⧟) in Zhuanglang (㦺⎚) ⯟冄ỽ)
to Master Sun Yanbiao (ᆛᖕᖚ 1878–1975), who taught
it later to his own students. It is a stick method that The Mad Devil stick (Fengmo gun ⰻ冄ỽ) is one of the
uses long movements of the arms together with waist in most famous stick forms (gunshu ỽ㺃) of China. It was
order to throw the stick in the four directions (simen). It developed by Guo Changsheng (䜝䮧⭏1896–1967), the
moves in all directions with long steps and can strike up master of Pigua and Tongbiquan boxing at the Central
and down in all possible ways. It is a very powerful style Martial Arts Institute of Nanjing (Zhongyang guoshu
guan ѝཞ഻㺃ᇈ) in the ‘30s.
Four Doors Stick
Five Tigers and Herd

of Sheep stick

Crazy Demon Stick
At Nanjing
Institute,
known for training
real fighting with bare-
hands and weapons, Guo
mixed the best techniques of
Yang family pear-flower spear
(Yangshi lihuaqiang ὺ∿Ộ㣡´)
with “Five Tigers and Herd of Sheep
stick” (Wuhu qunyanggun ӄ㱾㗔㖺ỽ),
along with his own skills of Tongbiquan and
Piguaquan, in order to create the “Mad Devil
stick.”
Four Doors Stick
Fengmogun uses many spear-like straight techniques
together with the steps of Tongbiquan, as well as the long
opening-closing body techniques and waist movements of
Piguaquan. This stick style has to be practiced “fast and furious,”
with stirring up dust from the ground with quick and sudden-changing
footsteps, while the waist moves the stick in all directions like a blind
man looking for his way. For this reason it is also called “Blind Man
stick” (Xiazi gun ⶾᆀỽ.
The main applications of this stick are rolling (gun ┊), splitting (pi
ࢸ), twisting (ning ᬠ) and turning (zhuang 䕹). The main footsteps
are going forward (jin 䙢), backwards (tui 䘰), hurrying (qu 䏘), and
escaping (bi 䚯). The main postures of the body are twisting the back
while keeping hips inwards (ningyao qiekua ᬠ㞠࠷㜟) together with
big opening-and-closing-body Piguaquan-like movements (dapi
dagua བྷࢸབྷᤲ).
The son and grandson of Guo Changsheng disseminated

this style from the Cangzhou area in Hebei to many other
places, teaching Japanese, Korean and Western students.
This traditional form is sometimes seen in the national
championships in China.
4. Old Man Watching the Field Stick

(Laoren kantiangun 㘱Ӫⴻ⭠ỽ
Also known as Kunyang stick (Kunyanggun ᰶ䲭ỽ), this system was
mainly passed down by Shao Yinhuan. One of the “four famous sticks”
(Sida minggun ഋབྷ਽ỽ) (the others being “Four doors stick,” “Mad
Devil stick” and “Silk-Twisting stick”) it imitates a farmer chasing
beasts out of his field. It has very strong and subtle fighting skills. Its
main characteristics are sudden changes in height, turning in different
directions, and whipping the stick everywhere. This stick was mainly
transmitted by Sun Yanbiao to Huang Baoshan in Tianshui City.

5. The Silk-Twisting Stick
(Niusi gunᢝ㎢ỽ)
The Silk-Twisting stick is one of the four famous
sticks of China. Its name refers to the silk-twisting
ability of the silkworm, like the rolling power (chansi
gong 㒿㎢࣏) of internal boxing styles like Taijiquan.
As its name indicates, this stick method rolls the
body along with the stick in a spiral way, with many
different changes and positions. It was mainly passed
down by Master Zhang Qing (ᕐ␵) in the Dingxi
(ᇊ㾯) area of Gansu province during the period of
Jiaqing (హឦ 1796–1820). Today it is mainly practiced Old Man watching
in Lanzhou City and in Tianshui by the students of the Field Stick
Huang Baoshan.
Lu Zhishen 冟Ც␡), one of the 108 heroes of the Chinese
classic The Water Margin (Shuihuzhuan ≤┨ۣ). A very
6. Checking the Woods rich form taking five minutes to complete, it imitates Luda’s
Stick (Soulin gun ᩌ᷇ỽ) stick skills when he got drunk at a Buddhist monastery in
the Wutai Mountains. It was practiced at the end of the
This system, also called “The Falcon Piercing the Qing dynasty in Lanzhou city by the warrior monk of Gaopi
Woods stick” (Yaozi chuanlin gun 史ᆀク᷇ỽ), is Si monastery, Abbot Tian Guangren (⭠ᔓӱ), and also by
a very fast and swift method of stick-fighting from Masters Chen Ba (䲣‫ )ޛ‬and Ding Sanye (бй⡧). The
Gansu that imitates a falcon maneuvering through form was passed down to Master Sun Yanbiao.
trees while hunting prey in the woods. It was mainly
transmitted in Gansu by Wei Zhengang (兿ᥟ㏡) at
the end of the Qing dynasty in the district of Lixian
(⽬৯), then passed down to Master Zhao Bin (䎥ᮼ
8. The Eight Immortals
1901–1989) (nicknamed “The Falcon”) from Xihe (㾯 Drunken Stick (Zui Baxian gun
ਸ).
䞹‫ޛ‬ԉỽ
This stick technique is named for the Taoist legend of
7. The Drunken Stick of the Eight Immortals crossing the seas (Baxian
guohai ‫ޛ‬ԉ䙾⎧). The stick techniques
Luda (Luda Zuigun冟䙩䞹 reflect the Eight Immortals in
their drunken states. These
ỽ) Immortals are venerated as
The drunken stick, or “Drunken stick of Luda” (Luda part of the Taoist pantheon.
zuigun 冟䙩䞹ỽ), gets its name from Luda (冟䙩 or In the Eight immortals Drunken Stick, every immortal
set has its own characteristic. There is also a “Shaolin
Eight Drunken Immortals Boxing” (Shaolin Zuibaxian
Crazy Demon Stick quan ቁ᷇䞹‫ޛ‬ԉᤣ), which was practiced long ago in the
Shaolin monastery and in Gansu.
9. The Eight Immortals Stick

(Baxian gun ‫ޛ‬ԉỽ)
Related to the Eight Immortals Drunken stick, this style
represents the eight different Taoist divinities in action.
An “Eight Immortals sword” (Baxian jian ‫ޛ‬ԉࢽ) is
also very famous and widely practiced in Taoist circles in
various regions of China. The Eight Immortals stick has
many different representations. In Gansu, it was mainly
transmitted by Master Wei Zhengang (兿ᥟ㏡) in the
district of Lixian (⽬৯), and by the Masters Li Zhongqing
(ᵾᘐ㋮) and Su Jie (㰷ᶠ) in the district of Xihe at the
end of the Qing Dynasty. Later, Master Huang Baoshan
transmitted it in Tianshui City.

10. Walking the Seven Stars Stick
(Qixing zou gunгᱏ䎠ỽ)
This stick-fighting style originated in the district of Tongwei (䙊⑝) of
Gansu in the era of Xianfeng (૨Ѡ 1850–1861), and was transmitted by
Master Liu Hanzao (ࢹ╒㥹). It was also known as Seven Star Paizi
(Qixin paizi гᱏᧂᆀ) and practiced with two people. This stick has strong
fighting concepts, and the adepts of this school perceive every movement as
a defensive or attacking technique, without any forms, as in a real fight. Drunken Stick
There are several techniques, such as “taking the water mill” (Tishui of Luda
lunzi ᨀ≤䕚ᆀ), “The prince goes to the palace (Taizi shangdian
ཚᆀк⇯), etc.
11. Eight Universes Stick (Bapu

gun‫ޛ‬Პỽ)
This system of stick fighting becane famous in Gansu.
A mixture of ways to use the stick in fighting, it
contains eight forms and is thus called “Eight
Universes stick.” Its main techniques
are mixing and blocking (banlan ᩜᤖ),
swiping and hitting (saoda ᦳᢃ),
turning and braking (lunshe 䕚ᣈ), rising and lifting (qiliao 䎧᫙), pointing
and turning (dianfan ⛩㘫), rolling and smashing (juanfan ধ⹨), etc. Many
of its movements were developed from spear techniques.
12. Eight Tigers Stick (Bahu gun‫ޛ‬㱾ỽ)

Yang Jiye (ὺ㒬ᾝ ?–986 AD) or Yang Ye (ὺᾝ) was a general of the Song
dynasty who successfuly fought against the Khitans. He was later captured
by the Khitans, who beat him to death. His eight sons fought numerous
wars with the Khitans and became known as the “Eight Tigers of the Yang
family” (Yangjia Bahu ᶘᇦ‫ޛ‬㱾). “Eight Tigers Boxing” and “ Eight
Tigers Stick” were inspired by their heroic feats. This school of stick was
inspired by these eight sons of Yang Jiye. During the Qing dynasty it was
mainly transmitted by Master Zheng Jiang (䝝⊏) in Xigu (㾯പ). This
stick method is now widespread in Lanzhou and other parts of Gansu.

13. Twenty-Eight Mansions Unified Stick
(Ershiba su gun Ҽॱ‫ޛ‬ᇯഒỽ)
The 28 Mansions symbolizes the number of heavenly constellations
in Chinese Cosmology. This method of stick-fighting originated in Old Man watching
the years of Jiaqin (హឦ 1796–1820) at Xibao (ሦ㾯) in Gansu with the Field Stick
Master Zhang. It uses many large swiping techniques (dasao བྷᦳ),
large turns (dalun བྷ䕚), together with breaking and hitting techniques
(sheda ᣈᢃ). The secret meaning of “Twenty-Eight Mansions
Unified stick” is that all possible ways
of moving and hitting are unified in this
stick.
14. Going out of

the Mountains Stick
(Chushan gun ࠪኡỽ)
This stick method was mainly transmitted in the
Gaolan (ⲻ‫ )ޠ‬area of Gansu by Master Chen Banchang
(䲣⨝䮧) at the end of the Qing dynasty, then it was passed
down in Lanzhou by the abbot of Gaopisi Monastery Tian
Guangren (⭠ᔓӱ) and Wang Deqing (⦻ᗧয). It is usually
practiced with another form of stick fighting named “Going in
the Mountains stick” (Jinshan gun 䙢ኡỽ). Both of these stick Old Man watching
methods have the same origin, and the stick is usually 2 meters long.
the Field Stick
Many of its techniques come from the spear, and it is said that these
two methods mastered together are like “one spear in front and three
spears in back.”
15. Five Hands Yin Stick (Yin

Wushou gun 䲠ӄ᡻ỽ)
The Chinese Yin-Yang theory associates Yin (䲠) with
earth, negative, cold, night, female, etc., and Yang (䲭)
with Heaven, positive, hot, day, male, etc. A “Yin
hand” means that the back of the hand is unnaturally
directed toward the Yin part, or the earth. So “Five
Hands Yin stick” consists of five different ways to
hold the stick while both hand-palms are facing the
sky. This stick technique was made popular at the
end of the Qing dynasty by Master Liu Hanzao (ࢹ
╒㥹) in the Tongwei (䙊⑝) district of Gansu.
16. Shell-Stick (Qiaozi gun༣ᆀ

ỽ)
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village of Gaojia wa (儈ᇦ⍬), he fainted at the side
of a small road and nearly died. He was rescued by
members of the Gao family (儈ᇦ), who brought him
back to the village and fed and treated him. Very
grateful, he stayed at their village for three years,
hiding and teaching. He taught them the art of the
Shaolin stick in sixty-nine techniques – forty-eight
techniques with one “shell” striking and twenty-one
techniques with both sides striking. This stick has
no form and is practiced as single techniques, one
by one, repeated on a line, both left and right sides.
It is still practiced within the Gao family, now the
thirteenth generation since their ancestors rescued
the wandering Shaolin monk.
17. Wei Family Stick Five Tigers and Herd

of Sheep Stick
(Weijia gun 兿ᇦỽ)
This very famous and effective style of stick fighting is also known as “Opening
the Heaven stick” (Tianqi gun ཙஏỽ) or “Stick of Hezhou” (Hezhou gun ⋣ᐎỽ).
It arose from a wandering martial artist named Wang Fuhai (⦻ᇼ⎧), nicknamed
“Wang Big Foot” (Wang dajiao ⦻བྷ㝊). Wang was born in Shandong province and
travelled all his youth across China, studying martial arts. He finally established
himself in Gansu where he fathered a child with a limp. As he was very poor and
performing martial arts for a living, a good and wealthy man going by the name
of Wei Yanlan (兿ᔦ㿭) gave financial assistance to him and his family
in exchange for martial training. After a few years, Wei became
very strong and developed the stick techniques he had learned
from Wang Big Foot, passing them down as twenty-one “big
breaking techniques” (Ershi dashe Ҽॱаབྷᣈ) and thirty-
six “small breaking techniques” (Sanshiliu xiaoshe йॱ‫ޝ‬
ሿᣈ). This much-respected style of stick is now popular
all through Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces.
18. White Ape Stick (Baiyuan gun

ⲭ⥯ỽ)
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gun 㹼㘵ỽ), is said to have been transmitted by Yue Fei
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THE OLYMPIC
MARTIAL ARTS
OF ASIA
By Gene Ching and Gigi Oh

T
his August, the XXXI Olympiad Games will be held in Rio, Brazil. Ever since
its inception, Modern Wushu has dreamed of becoming an Olympic event. But
it didn’t make the cut in Beijing eight years ago, nor did it this year for Rio, nor
will it next time when the Games are held in Tokyo. It is extremely difficult
to garner Olympic acceptance, especially with a sport that is dominated by the
applying nation. And yet, despite China’s Olympic triumphs, the P.R.C. has
only participated in eight Olympics so far. As the Rio Games approach, a quick review of
China’s Olympic journey puts Modern Wushu into perspective.
The P.R.C. entered strong for their first Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984. In the
world’s eye view, it’s all about the overall medal count; China garnered 32 medals at those
Games, tying with Italy for the fourth country with the most overall medals. The U.S. was
first with the “home court” advantage, followed by Romania and West Germany, but Russia
was out because they led a 14-country boycott that year. So when that Eastern Block returned
for the Seoul 1988 Olympics, China’s position in the medal count fell to eleventh place, the
lowest so far. Seoul was also significant because the second Asian Olympic martial sport,
Taekwondo, was introduced as a demonstration sport – a status that no longer exists. This
followed Judo’s lead, having been introduced in the 1964 Tokyo Games. South Korea and
Japan were the only two Asian nations to ever host the Olympics at that time. At the 1992
Barcelona Games, China climbed back up to the fourth spot, with the Unified Team (former
USSR countries) taking first, the U.S. second and Germany third. China remained there
until the 2000 Sydney Games when they stepped up to third behind the U.S. and Russia. It
was also in Sydney where Taekwondo became an official Olympic medal sport. At the 2004
Athens Games, China moved up to second behind the U.S. And at the 2008 Beijing
Games, with “home court” advantage, China won the most gold medals of
any nation, but was still behind the U.S. for the most overall medals.
A Wushu event was held in the Olympic compound, dubbed the
Wushu Tournament Beijing. Notably, this was the first time the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) ever allowed for such a
superfluous event, a clear concession to China’s face. But with
demonstration sports being a thing of the past, it had no real
meaning in the big picture of the Games and was completely
overlooked by global media. The only people who remember
it are Wushu enthusiasts. At the last Olympics in London,
the U.S. recaptured the number one slot for both gold
medals and overall medals, with China a clear second.
How China engineered her rapid Olympic rise is

part of the back story of China’s push for Olympic
Wushu. From the world’s-eye view, China burst
into the Olympic Games with tremendous success
as one of the top champion-producing nations. But that
success was built upon countless unsung Chinese athletes who
served as the experimental subjects as China’s Olympic program was developed.
And many of them were Wushu athletes.
From Outlaws of the Marsh to Judo

Master Xu Dezheng (ᗀᗧ↓) immigrated to the United States in 2004, the year the
Olympics returned to Athens. Today he oversees his own school, Pure Shaolin Kung Fu, in
the modest suburb of Belmont, about twenty miles south of San Francisco on the peninsula.
He teaches a curriculum of traditional Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Qigong, but any
observer seasoned in the martial arts will detect elements of Judo, Taekwondo and Modern
Wushu sprinkled into his teachings. This is because beyond being a former touring member
of the Shaolin performance troupe, Master Xu was also a Chinese Judo champ, a nationally-
certified Taekwondo judge and a former Wushu coach for the Wuhan Sports University. He
was among that first generation of athletes that China groomed for the Olympics, so China's
Olympic aspirations directly affected the course of his training.

That school set Master Xu on an academic path through
China’s sports education system, and all the sports
schools were beginning to feed into China’s fledgling
Olympic program. In 1988, he was pulled into Judo.
That year was the Seoul Olympics, the P.R.C.’s second
Olympic attempt, and produced their worst results.
Sports schools across the nation were mobilized into
developing stronger Olympic feeder programs. Master
Xu was also tapped to train in target rifle shooting and
weight lifting, but he had the most success in Judo.
Wushu athletes were recruited for Judo because that
seemed the closest, and fortunately, Master Xu also
competed in the Chinese throwing sport of Shuai Jiao
(᪄䐔). Note that this preceded the free-sparring sport
of Wushu Sanda (↖ᵟᮓᢃ), which was still in its early
Xu was born in Shandong Province, a region renowned
formative stages at this time. Some exhibition Sanda
for its martial arts. It was the setting of China's epic
matches had been held, the first major one being at the
martial novel, Outlaws of the Marsh, as well as the
1st World Wushu Championship in 1991 in Beijing, and
birthplace of the Praying Mantis style of Kung Fu. His
it became an official event at the 2nd World Wushu
father suffered during the Cultural Revolution because
Championship in Malaysia in 1993. But back in the
he was a landlord, and being an only child, he grew up
late ‘80s, few Chinese Sports schools offered Sanda
very protective of his mom. He started learning some
programs. While Shuai Jiao precedes Sanda, it still isn’t
folk Kung Fu at home from a cousin, but like so many
an official sport of Modern Wushu nor is it part of any
martial artists of his generation, he was inspired to go
major international sporting events outside of its own
deeper by the movie Shaolin Temple (1982). Xu enrolled
martial circles. So for Master Xu’s generation, there
in the Shandong Province Dongping County Sports
wasn’t that many opportunities to compete in recognized
School (ኡьⴱьᒣ৯փ㛢䘀ࣘᆖṑ), which offered a
fight sports within China. Judo was Olympic, so the
curriculum that combined academics and martial arts.
sports schools promoted it. “Judo helped me a lot,” say
This was a public school, but specialized like a charter
master Xu in Mandarin, “It was my best sport.” Master
school, and students had to meet some rigorous criteria
Xu went on to capture the 60K provincial championship
before getting accepted. The headmaster was Xu
in Judo.
Mingquan (ᗀ᰾⋹), the son of the Vice President of the
Shandong Martial Arts Association, Xu Yingdi (ᗀ㤡
ㅜ). Headmaster Xu produced a lot of martial champions
such as Ding Baoyu (бᇍ⦹), who became the Dean
of the Wushu Department at the illustrious Tianjin
University of Sports (ཙ⍕փ㛢ᆖ䲒), Ding Bo (б⌒),
who became a noted combat coach at the Foshan Police
College (֋ኡ䆖ሏᆖṑᮉᇈ), and Zhao Qingjian (䎥
ᒶᔪ), the Shaolin monk who made the highly-decorated
Beijing Wushu Team. Zhao was an underclassman of
Xu Dezheng's at both the Dongping school, Shaolin
Temple, and Wuhan University (but that is getting
ahead of our story). He was also on
the cover of the January+February
2011 issue of Kung Fu Tai Chi.
However, Xu was quite literally ahead of the game.

He was one of China’s early Judo champions while
the sport was still in its formative years there. China
won her first three Judo medals in 1992 after Xu left the
sport. Now China is a rising power in Judo. Despite
the fact that the United States has competed in Judo
since its inclusion in 1964 (two decades prior to China’s
entrance into the Olympics), the P.R.C. holds more
Judo medals. To date, China has earned 20 Olympic
medals in Judo; remarkably, all of them have been won by
women. The U.S. only holds 12. Master Xu still holds
great respect for Judo and continues to teach some Judo
principles to his students. “In Judo, there are no forms,
no memorization of patterns,” says Xu, “You just do it.”

From Shaolin Monk to
Collegiate Taekwondo
Being a native of Shandong exposed Master Xu
to many unique folk styles. Beyond Dongping,
he studied under folk masters in Huicheng and
Liangshan (the setting of Outlaws of the Marsh
where practitioners still practice Kung Fu styles
descended from that historical novel). However,
his master, Xu Mingquan, told him, “To be
really good in Kung Fu, you must concentrate
on one special system.” So in 1992, Master Xu
followed that Shaolin dream inspired by the
movie he had seen a decade earlier and went right
to the Shaolin Temple. He went to the Shaolin
Wushuguan and became a member of the Shaolin
Temple Wusengtuan (ቁ᷇ሪ↖‫ܗ‬ഒ), the martial
monks. This isn’t something anyone can do.
All applicants need a recommendation from
a noted master, and then must submit to
rigorous examination. Xu became a 32nd-
generation disciple of Shi Deren (䟺ᗧ
ᗽ) and took the Shaolin name Shi
Xingsheng (䟺㹼㚆).
But again, Xu was ahead

of the game. Shaolin
Temple experienced
two growth booms
after the Cultural
Revolution. The
first was in the wake
of the movie Shaolin
Temple in the early
‘80s. The second
was two years after Xu
had moved on, when the
1500th Anniversary of Shaolin
Temple was celebrated in 1995. Xu
left the temple because monastic life wasn’t
personally sustainable for him. However, he
“To be really good
returned several times, donning robes again
for travelling Shaolin performances. In the
in Kung Fu, you must
wake of the 1500th Anniversary, many tours
of martial monks circled the globe. Xu was concentrate on one
bestowed the title of Honorary Chairman
of the China Shaolin Temple Disciples’
Association, and from 1996 to 2002 he toured
special system.”
the world as a representative of the Shaolin Temple, performing in Australia,
Canada, Europe, Indonesia and the United States. This was under the
auspices of Shaolin Temple, along with his new allegiance, the Wuhan Sports
University (↖≹փ㛢ᆖ䲒).
The Wuhan Sports University was where Xu went after Shaolin in 1993.
Several other martial monks followed him, including Zhao Qingjian, and
it was through Wuhan that Coach Wu Bin first spotted Zhao
and recruited him for the Beijing Wushu Team. Xu graduated
with honors in 1997. After that, he remained there for
seven more years as a teacher and coach. Wuhan
was a leading school for Sanda. Among its alumni
are Sanda Champion Zhou Guojun (ઘഭ‫ )׺‬and
Zeng Yujiu (ᴮҾѵ), who was the National Sanda
coach and became the University principal. Principle
Zeng was an avid promoter of Sanda and Taekwondo.
During Xu’s junior year, Wuhan University

launched a Taekwondo program. They enlisted
Wushu athletes like Xu, as well as boxers,
thinking it would be the best match. “Taekwondo
training in China was totally different back
then than it is now,” recalls Xu. “There was no
structure. We just jumped into competition. We
used the rules for sparring to teach.”
But the program grew over time. Experts were

brought in to train the budding coaches. Xu went
to the Chinese Taekwondo headquarters in
Beijing for more training. He never competed
in Taekwondo, but was certified as a coach
and was one of only six people to be ranked
as a National 1st Grade Taekwondo
judge. He also published a few research
papers on Taekwondo including
“An Exploration of Taekwondo
Competition Distance Difference
and Time Difference” and
“Technology Based on the
Principles and Methods of
Taekwondo Techniques.”

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weak,” says Xu. “In the beginning, there was no time
to produce a black belt. International competition
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of the past. The IOC has been reducing the number
of events to keep the games from getting too bloated,
so now it’s a very complicated process to get approved.

Karate might be accepted for the next Tokyo Games Current trends in China indicate that future Olympic
in 2020. It is on the short list with five other sports: Wushu bids may focus more upon Taijiquan. This may
Baseball-Softball, Skateboarding, Sport Climbing and prove disastrous as the world’s pop culture image of
Surfing (Wushu was cut in the prior elimination round). Taijiquan is even more misunderstood, so much so that
The IOC will announce which is accepted in August, the notion of Taijiquan Olympic competition could easily
just prior to the Rio Games. become an international laughing stock, one even greater
than when Competitive Ballroom Dancing made its
However, for many martial artists, there are deeper Olympic bid (DanceSport was recognized by the IOC in
issues with Wushu as an Olympic sport. As 1997 just prior to the Atlanta Games and is currently still
International sports go, Wushu is still underdeveloped. recognized by the IOC as an International Federation
Just compare the International Rulebooks of Wushu to along with 34 other sports including Karate, Wushu and,
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looks more like a pamphlet. While Master Xu supports
the notion of Olympic Wushu, he has his reservations “Wushu doesn’t need to be Olympic. It’s not necessary
too. “The Chinese government has pushed Wushu, but for Wushu.” For better promotion, Master Xu envisions a
in the process it has lost its martial character. Now, complete overhaul on Chinese martial arts competitions.
Wushu lacks the etiquette and formality of Taekwondo. He’d like to see forms competition stay traditional, an
Taekwondo spars. Chinese martial arts are opinion voiced by many traditionalists. He’d also like
mostly forms. Even duilian (multiple person to see more emphasis on duilian fighting sets, as those
forms ሩ㓳) is still a pre-choreographed demonstrate greater coordination with a partner and are
routine. If you want a martial art to go always crowd pleasing. But on a more revolutionary
Olympic and there’s no fighting, it just looks level, Xu thinks better measurement criteria would be
like dancing or gymnastics. Westerners a big improvement. How heavy of a weapon can the
think martial arts is just fighting from the competitor wield? How accurately can a competitor hit
movies. It’s a different perspective. They a target with a spear or a rope dart? Some special
don’t understand forms.” The competitions in China
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By Robert McDowell
A
knife attack is always dangerous. to protect the rest of your body and slide your left foot
Using your hands to catch or block a back around in a half circle, moving your body’s vertical
knife requires a great deal of practice middle-line targets away from the blade.
due to the small margin of error. This
article discusses three techniques that use the forearms Grab his right wrist with your left hand and his upper
for blocking. All are done from a relaxed standing arm with your right. Execute a front upward snap-kick
position, which most knife attackers respond to with to the groin. You might slide your left foot forward to
a straight jab. For the first two techniques, one arm decrease the distance from your target when kicking.
hangs by your side. The third technique uses an “X” The kick disturbs his strength, which gives you time to
block, an automatic response that works well in many “snake” your left arm around his right arm clockwise, at
situations. These techniques enable you to quickly the same time stepping into him with your left leg and
grab the attacker’s arm with both hands. The ability moving your body away from his knife. Lock his elbow,
to control the knife arm for precious seconds gives you with your right hand assisting your left. The boney edge
time to disarm or disable the attacker with follow-up of your left forearm, thumb down, presses down, one
techniques. inch from his elbow joint.
Technique One Your left knee strikes his thigh nerve (halfway down and
in the middle of the thigh), dropping him to his knees.
This technique works for a straight jab targeting your It doesn’t make any difference how tall or muscular he
body anywhere from the lower abdomen to the forehead. is; if you strike correctly, he will go down to his knees.
It is also affective against a roundhouse stab. Stand Because he’s holding a dangerous weapon, target the
with the left foot back and right foot forward. Hold the throat, nose or eyes. In this case, we strike the throat
right arm down, the palm giving a downward patting with a reverse sword hand.
motion as you say, “Take it easy, buddy.” In reality,
you have set yourself up to execute an inward downward
block. At the same time, place your left palm on your
chest as if in fear. This protects the vulnerable part of Technique Two
your arm while presenting the less vulnerable boney
Using the clock system here, the defender is at the
side.
middle of the clock while the attacker is at 12:00. The
attacker uses an overhead or ice-pick knife attack.
If an attack is imminent, use your so-called relaxed arm Most people without any training would perform the
to draw him into a straight jab. As the right knife thrust “X” block automatically. As the knife comes down,
comes in, pivot counterclockwise on the ball of your raise your arms and cross them in a “X” shape. Don’t
right foot while lifting your left forearm to protect your backstep, as this will allow him another try at you.
face and throat; meanwhile, swing your right arm out Instead, step forward with the left foot going to 11:00,

Technique One A. Technique One B.
Technique One C. Technique One D.

Technique Two
but not too far. You want to catch his arm close to his
wrist, but not on his wrist. If you’re too close, he could
stab your forearm with the point of the knife. The right
forearm is on top of the left. If he attacks with his left
hand, your left forearm is on top of the right.
Move your head slightly to your left. The moment you

catch his arm in the X block, slide the right hand down
and grab his wrist. Twist his wrist clockwise as you
bring him down to your level. Your left hand follows
and helps twist his arm into an arm bar. If you’re
in control, slide your right hand (maintaining body
contact) until under his wrist for better control. Drop
your left armpit down on his elbow joint as soon as you
can.
From this position, you have many options. An

obvious one is to drop all your weight on his elbow
joint for a clean break. This can be accomplished by
raising his arm as you bend and drop the closest knee
to the ground and put your weight on his elbow joint.
Continue until he drops onto his face. With his elbow
locked, grab his wrist and push the arm forward as you
step on his shoulder joint.

grabs his arm. Pull his arm with instead of the cuts, in hopes that
both hands as you give a right front the downward pressure will make
upward kick to the groin or a punch him release the knife. Pull his arm
to the solar plexus. If he’s much out of the way as you deliver a right
taller than you, this will at least upward knee to the tip of the chin.
Technique Three bend his knees, bringing him down
to your level at least briefly. Many types of retaliation are
This technique shows a possible
possible with these blocks and
response if you’re in close and how
Your right forearm strikes down on evasive maneuvers. These are just
a joint lock might be useful. You’re
his inner elbow joint as you raise his three of them. The most valuable
standing with feet together, hands
forearm upward. Your right hand points to take away from this article
by your sides, facing the attacker.
goes through the bend in his right are the body evasions and the two
He executes a straight jab to
arm to grab your own left forearm. types of blocking.B
anywhere from lower abdomen to
Don’t release, but rotate your hand
face. Again, place your left palm on
around his wrist as you apply a joint
your right upper chest and right arm
lock. Your thumb will be pointed Robert McDowell is a long-time Kenpo
by your side. From this position you
downward. You now have the instructor who has studied with guidance
are ready to block. from grandmaster Ed Parker and Al
figure-eight lock. If he still clutches
the knife, your left hand bends his Tracy. He was tested for his brown
Always try to add evasive hand down so the knife is horizontal. belt by grandmaster Ed Parker. He has
movements to your blocking – in this Quickly twist his hand forward, earned first degree black belts in Tracy
case, by moving your left foot back so his own blade cuts across his Kenpo and American (Ed Parker) Kenpo
in a half-circular motion. While neck. After the first cut, if he still and fifth degree black belt in Aikikenjitsu.
moving your leg back, protect your holds the knife, it will be against his He has also studied Aikido in various
throat and head with your left arm throat. schools, which had an influence on his
held vertically, and extend your right original martial art. Semi-retired, he still
arm (with a 5% bend in the elbow) in teaches a few adults at his home dojo.
Using your left hand and the weight When not teaching or working out, he
a downward inward block. of your body, press down on the can be found at his desk writing novellas
back of his hand, creating a vertical and articles on martial arts. He has
Your left hand grabs the top of the wrist lock. This will drive him down published articles in different martial arts
attacker’s wrist while your right to his knees. You could do this magazines.

By Chris Bashaw, PhD
hen martial artists hear the term “sword

school,” it often conjures up the image of
Iaido or Kenjitsu and the age of the honorable
samurai. Chinese swords and their legacy
are often forgotten as a formalized training school. While
modern Kung Fu and Wushu systems do include weapons
such as dao (࠰) and jian (ࢽ) into their training, the practical
application is often dropped in favor of flashy forms intended
to win tournaments rather than protect lives. Nevertheless,
Chris Bashaw a few systems retain in their curriculum the dadao (aka Big-
Knife བྷ࠰), known in the early 20th century as the Chinese
Military Saber, with ranking and practical applications
that build upon its historic use in battle.
The dadao is a true war sword and probably the

last of its kind. It dates back to the first third
of the 20th century, appearing within the
legendary Military Sword Units of China
during a period of intense conflict. Legend
has it that the 29th Army of the Chinese
Nationalist Government, fighting
against Japanese invaders, made this
weapon famous. The Japanese came
to fear the Chinese Military Saber,
which could remove a head with
just one swing. To understand the
application of the dadao, one has to
also understand the era, culture, and
environment that gave rise to it.
Knife versus Sword/

Dao versus Jian
One must begin by understanding what a dadao
is. Dadao literally translates as “big knife.” From
a Chinese cultural perspective, a knife (dao),
regardless of size, has one sharp edge, while the
sword (jian) has two sharp edges. To call the
Chinese Military Saber a sword is actually a
misnomer; it is more accurately like a military
machete, averaging three feet in length with a
broad heavy blade requiring two hands to wield
it. Unlike the fine slicing blades of the Japanese
Katana, the dadao was made for chopping and
hacking. The construction of this dadao proved

Gun Disarm
highly effective for hacking through bone, sinew, and flesh.
Imagine the heft of such a weapon being swung like an ax...
The Culture that Gave Birth to

the Chinese Military Saber
Now consider this period in time when China was not totally
unified under one controlling government. The people had
to rely on alliances of local provincial warlords, who aligned
themselves and provided their militias to serve the common
“good.” It is important to understand that early 20th century
China was a highly volatile place to live. During the Second
Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945), the
Chinese suffered casualties estimated at 1,320,000 soldiers and
17,000,000–22,000,000 civilians. This period encompassed a
Japanese invasion, a civil war, and WW2. Forget about the
honorable samurai code highly touted in books and movies.
Instead imagine being faced with the dark contrast of bushido,
an invading Japanese militia who brutally and savagely killed
indiscriminately, not only soldiers but civilians young and old
– even infants. The invasion included torture, public execution
and rape, with “comfort girls or women” as common commodities
of war to the Japanese. Now imagine such a horrific invasion
of your homeland today. How would you feel and react? What
would your mental attitude be in fighting such invaders? This
was the state of mind that the wielder of the Chinese Military
Saber brought to battle.
Sword versus Gun

Next imagine using a sword against modern weapons like
pistols, machine guns and grenades. The sword had once reigned
supreme on the battlefield. With such a cultural history, it was
only natural that the sword would be included in the arsenal
alongside modern weapons. The dadao of modern-day combat
can be compared to the United States Marine K-bar and British
Gurkha’s kukri. A utilitarian tool, it was multi-purpose both on
and off the battlefield. That was what the Chinese Military
Saber was. Keep in mind that during this period of time there
were few formal sword-smiths to mass produce the weapon, so
local blacksmiths were employed to produce the dadao for war
whenever and wherever it was needed. Because of this, the
design would vary from smith to smith. With fine weapons-
grade metal in short supply, the blades were made of whatever
was available; even old car springs were turned into dadaos.
More often than not, imperfections of one blade to the other were
of no consequence when it came to the battlefield. Keeping this
in mind, a utilitarian tool makes more sense than a fine precision
weapon made for hand-to-hand combat.
Chinese Military Saber training focuses on the battlefield

application of the dadao as it was used during the modern
battlefield of the early 20th century. Like the K-bar, when a
soldier is unable to use a firearm (and the grenade is impractical),
the utilitarian tool becomes the weapon of choice for hand-to-
hand combat. Some may scoff at a dadao being used on the
modern battlefield, but remember that the katana was standard
issue to Japanese soldiers in WW2, and no one bats an eye.
The Chinese Military Saber became a national symbol for the
Chinese during that time. It was so feared by the Japanese

is used to chop and hack in the heat of battle while the
other slices and cuts with meticulous precision. Both had
their beginnings in ancient wars, and each possessed battle
application. Like anything else, the wielder’s skill level
is more important than the weapon itself. How well the
wielder knows his weapon, and how well he can utilize it
to its fullest potential, tells a more complete story. A look
back at Chinese/Japanese history gives some insight into the
answer.
Chinese soldiers brought the dadao to the attention of the

world with the famed “Marco Polo Bridge Incident” of 1937.
Ordered to hold the Great Wall against the invading forces
of the Japanese, some 500 elite Chinese troops fought for 7
Dadao Drill days and 7 nights against well-armed Japanese forces. The
legendary 500 of the Dadao Dui (aka Big Sword Unit བྷ
࠰䲺), armed with dadao,
charged forward with the
order to fight to the death.
This elite unit took on
Japanese soldiers armed
with guns and katana and
proved their effectiveness
by killing 3000 Japanese.
According to legend, some
20 to 30 Chinese survived
against these overwhelming
odds. The Chinese
Military Saber became
a symbol to the outside
Tactical Bayonet Training
world of the tenacity of the
Chinese people in their
fight to remain free. Dadao Dui
that they created a metal neck guard
for soldiers who might face the dadao;
unfortunately for them, it proved
more a hindrance. The Chinese so
Tiger Philosophy
revered this dadao that they created a Akin to the Chinese soldier in
popular marching song about it that the heat of battle, the Chinese
survives today. So popular was this Military Saber has the character
big-knife that, in the 1930s, even all- of the tiger. The tiger is known
female militia groups and paramilitary for its strength and tenacity in
auxiliaries received basic training in bringing down its kill, attacking
and were sometimes equipped with straight on without
the national weapon, the dadao. From mercy. The classic
local farmers to paramilitary forces and Cutting Technique
JCVD phrase (and
law enforcement, the Chinese Military movie title), “No
Saber was used alongside the trained Retreat. No
Sword Units of the Chinese military Surrender!” is
with not only effectiveness but pride.
Continued on
page 57
Katana versus Dadao

Martial artists frequently question the
effectiveness of the Chinese Military
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Chinese Military Saber Today

Chinese Military Saber training starts with the basics of the
dadao, such as hand grips, stances, footwork and basics associated
with cutting. Building on this foundation, specifically designed
techniques, drills and forms increase muscle strength, muscle
memory and endurance, while teaching actual combat applications
of the weapon. Though not much literature has survived regarding
these techniques and applications, the few surviving texts of the era
can be used to build a stronger, historically accurate foundation.
Interest in the Chinese Military Saber has waned since its

heyday – until recently. Over the past few years small groups
of enthusiasts have resurrected interest in the weapon and its
rich history. Slowly the weapon is being introduced into Kung
Fu schools, with some even devoting full and formal study of the
Chinese Military Saber to their curriculum. The resurgence and
appreciation of the Chinese Military Saber is based more on its
practical applications, rather than as a flashy tournament form.
Lastly, while not as stylish or well-known as the katana and its

associated styles of Iaido and Kenjutsu, the dadao we call the
Chinese Military Saber is clearly the more full-bodied, battle-tested
sword of the modern battlefield, historically proving its superiority
in the hands of a trained combatant. If you are looking to add a
formidable weapon to your personal training, consider the Chinese
Military Saber with its rich and profound legacy.B
Professor Chris Bashaw PhD has formalized the Tiger Sword School under
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Wudang qigong
By Robert Santee, PhD
“1000 pounds on top of the head arts. All the later Hung forms such The Gongzi/Gungji text (Lam 1936,
as Tiger and Crane, Five Form, Ten 1956) is certainly not written for a
Vital energy/breath (qi ≓) sinks Form and Iron Thread are incomplete beginner and it assumes considerable
to the lower abdomen/elixir field without the foundation created in knowledge, experience, and practice
(dantian ѩ⭠) Gongzi/Gungji (Lam 2013, 54, 81; with the Gongzi/Gungji form as the
Kong 1997, 4). language is quite terse and succinct.
From the dantian it passes through/ As this Taming the Tiger text is
links to the four channels Gongzi/Gungji is thought to be the first published text in a series of
oldest and longest form of the three texts and was written for a very
What are the four channels? Hung style and is believed to have specific audience, it is challenging at
The mind/heart (xin ᗳ), the feet, its origins in the Southern Shaolin times to decipher. It was followed
the eyes, and the ears are the four Temple in Fujian, China (Lam in 1957 by the Tiger and Crane (Hu
channels 2013, 81; Lam 2003, 59; Kong 1997, He Shuang Xing/Fu Hok Seung
4). Tradition has it that this form Ying 㱾古䴉ᖒ) text, which contains
The mind/heart’s focus/intention (yi was transmitted to outsiders, after a commentary, and also that same
᜿) arrives at the feet the burning of the Shaolin Temple, year the Iron Thread text (Tie Xian
sometime between the mid-18th Quan/Tit Sin Kuen 䩥㏛ᤣ).
Practice this fundamental and and early 19th centuries. It is often
foundational standard described as a beginning form The internal/holistic focus in the very
because it contains the basic stances, first position, as seen in the above
Naturally and nonjudgmentally hands, feet, techniques and develops quote, is the root and ground of all
observe (guan 㿰) all directions with leg and hand strength especially of the forms in Hung Gar. It is the
your eyes and ears.” –Lam (1956) through the four level horse stance basis of proper alignment for both the
The above quote is from the first (si ping ma ഋᒣ俜). While this is beginning student and the advanced
picture and position in the book the case to a certain extent, it takes student. This is true for all the
Taming the Tiger Form in the years of commitment, consistent various styles of martial arts and, as
ᐕ-Shaped Floor Pattern (Gongzi Fu practice, considerable effort and hard such, the first position is applicable
Hu Quan/Gungji Fuk Fu Kuen ᐕᆇ work to develop the foundation and to all of them.
Կ㱾ᤣ) attributed to Lam Sai Wing skill set that can be found in Gongzi/
(1860–1943). It is considered to be the Gungji (Lam 2013, 54–56; Lam 2003,
fundamental and foundational form 59; Kong 1997, 24–25).
of the Hung Style (⍚ᇦ) of martial

Taming the Tiger square. Thus, the Taming the Tiger form
in the ᐕ-shaped floor pattern is a refined
Given the name of the form, the obvious question is what does the pathway to the integration of mind, body and
tiger represent? The tiger symbolizes the raw and primitive power, environment.
energy, desires and behavior of the individual. The taming refers to
the channeling, refining and shaping of the raw and primitive power,
energy, desires and behavior resulting, in this case, in the attainment Yi and Guan
and realization of a refined, holistic martial art. This taming, of To follow the pathway of the Taming the
course, requires regular and consistent practice that is monitored, Tiger form requires not only the physicality
adjusted, and aligned both internally and externally. of the body and its external alignments,
The manner in which the tiger is tamed is found in the character motions and configurations, it also requires
gong (ᐕ). Gong not only refers to the floor pattern of the form, but the internal process of the mind. Yi (᜿) is
its meaning incorporates the concepts of work and productive labor. the intention and focus of the practitioner’s
This work and subsequent productive labor is refined in nature, mind/heart. Yi directs the flow of qi
as the character gong (ᐕ) is a pictogram of an ancient carpenter’s (≓). Qi follows yi. The Taming the Tiger
form trains and refines the yi so there is no
distractibility or agitation. The mind/heart
Wudang full horse becomes still, empty, clear, and focused.
This being the case, qi will naturally, without
any impediments, follow yi. Directing the
mind/heart via yi is a fundamental practice
of the Taming the Tiger form. It is in fact a
fundamental practice of all refined martial
arts.
To observe with a still, empty, clear and
focused mind/heart is to be non-judgmental
and rooted in the here and now. This is
guan (㿰). Guan provides insights into both
internal and external environments allowing
the practitioner to observe, change, evolve
and learn at a higher level. It is fundamental
to the practice of all martial arts.
Chan Buddhism
The Shaolin Temple, from which the
Taming the Tiger form is believed to have
been derived, is also known for the spiritual
practice of Chan or Zen Buddhism. The
focus of the practice is a still, empty,
clear, and focused mind/heart allowing an
awareness of the natural integration of mind,
body and environment. This thus allows an
awakening to everything being impermanent,
non-substantial, and interdependent.
Wudang bagua on guard Wudang crane Shahar (2008, 181) suggests that late Ming
(1368–1644) early Qing (1644–1911) monks
from the Shaolin Temple focused on empty
hand forms/techniques primarily for the
purpose of spiritual development, health and
well-being, and philosophical exploration.
This was due, in part, to the fact that the
empty hand forms/techniques were no match
for traditional weapons, much less guns.
The Taming the Tiger form, which is believed
to have been directly linked to the teachings
from the Shaolin Temple, is clearly an empty
hand form and its focus on the necessity of
developing a still, empty, clear, and focused
mind/heart appears to easily place it in the
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Continued from page 61: The Art of Proper Alignment
Wudang sun style kaihe Wudang transition to Peng Wudang zhanzhuang
to say that is how it is generally practiced today but On the top of your head you may have a sense of a light
nonetheless the root certainly appears to be present. rain falling, insects scurrying around or a pulsating
sensation. You may have a distinct awareness of your
mingmen (ભ䮰) point, directly across from your belly
Examining the Process of the button, on your lower back. You may have a distinct
awareness of activation, a filling up, warmth and/or
First Position pulsating in your lower abdomen below your belly button
(xia dantian лѩ⭠). You may also have a sensation
“1000 pounds on top of the head of your feet pushing into the ground and a distinct
Qi (≓) sinks to the dantian (ѩ⭠)” awareness of your yongquan (⎼⋹) or bubbling well point
centered at the depression of the soles of your feet. All of
Breathe through your nose. If you imagine 1000 pounds these are natural sensations and are indicative of proper
atop your head, the natural tendency is to push your head alignment and the movement of qi.
straight up. If you do this in a relaxed manner, your body
will naturally align. Qi will then sink to the dantian. The commentary to the second position and picture
Your breathing will become abdominal. Being as non- of the Tiger and Crane text provides a more enriched
judgmental as possible, simply observe what you feel. explanation of what exactly is meant by the first two
lines of the Taming the Tiger text (Lam 1957, 28).
All you need to

do is just observe
with an empty and
still mind/heart.
White crane

“The entire body straightens out (duan ㄟ). The top of the head getting control of qi. If you are not properly
pushes aligned, then you will not be able to control
the flow of qi.
upward as if there is a 1000 pounds on it
“From the dantian it passes through/links to
activating qi and causing it to sink to the lower dantian.” the four channels
What the translation does not show is that the right side of the What are the four channels?
character duan (ㄟ)is a picture (duan 㙁) of a plant that sends its
roots into the ground getting nourishment from the earth (yin 䲠) The mind-heart (xin ᗳ), the feet, the eyes,
while the top of the plant extends upward to receive nourishment and the ears are the four channels”
from the sky (yang 䲭). The left side of the character duan is a picture
of a person standing on the ground (li ・) and has meanings of stand, It is the following section that is of great
erect, upright, and vertical. The message sent by the full character to importance for not only the martial aspect
the practitioner, no matter what style, is that you need to be aligned, of the Taming the Tiger set but also for
rooted, and in harmony with the earth and the sky in order for qi to well-being, health and healing. This section
flow and be directed naturally. provides the basic practice for intentionally
moving and circulating qi throughout your
The next section simply says if you are properly aligned qi will body. Once you are properly and naturally
naturally flow throughout your body. It is the first step toward aligned and qi circulates freely, the next step
is to direct the flow of qi with your mind/heart.
Qi follows the intention or yi (᜿) of the mind/
Wudang left heel kick heart. Where your yi goes your qi quickly
follows.
As the text notes, you must consistently
practice this process so qi can be directed to
all parts of your body. As indicated, start
with the feet. Simply direct your attention
to your feet. Do not think, do not judge,
just observe what you feel. You may get a
sense in your feet of warmth, or a tingling, a
pulsating, a filling up, and/or a flowing.
When you are successful, then direct your
yi to other parts of your body and simply
observe. Do this when you practice your sets
and techniques. Practice it even when you
are not in a martial art context. Your body
will provide the feedback in any situation.
All you need to do is just observe with an
empty and still mind/heart. What is of
utmost importance is that you must practice
on a regular basis.
“The mind-heart’s focus/intention (yi ᜿)
arrives at the feet
Wudang taiji opening Wudang taiji press Practice this fundamental and foundational
standard”
The last section indicates the practitioner
must be nonjudgmentally aware of the
surrounding environment including the
people who populate it, and is fundamental
to the martial aspect of not only the Taming
the Tiger set and other Hung Gar sets, but
to all styles of martial arts.
“Naturally and nonjudgmentally observe
(guan 㿰) all directions with your eyes and
ears”
The problem is that this is somewhat vague,
especially in a martial context. The same
section from the Tiger and Crane text that
was previously discussed provides a little
more clarity regarding what is exactly meant.

Wudang taiji single whip “You must observe (eyes and ears) the energy of
the enemy in stillness,
as if you were a virgin maiden.
Prepare yourself in this posture
then it will be easy to act in accordance with the
circumstances
of different situations”
In other words, naturally develop and practice
non-judgmental observation in this first position
of the Taming the Tiger text. This requires your
mind/heart to be still and empty. You must not
view the enemy from a pre-conceived or biased
perspective. Thus the necessity of stillness and
emptiness as your mind cannot be agitated as
Wudang bagua you observe the enemy. The more you practice
the easier it will be to transition to any situation
or circumstance. According to this same section
of the Tiger and Crane text, you will reach the
point where you can sense/divine (zhan ঐ) what
the enemy will do and act before it occurs (Lam
2002).
All translations are the author’s.B
Robert Santee is a professor of psychology at Chaminade

University in Honolulu, Hawaii. He holds a PhD in
Philosophy (Asian) and in Educational Psychology. He
is certified as a Wushu coach/instructor (jiaolian ᮉ
㐤) in Fujian, China. He is a senior instructor (Taijiquan
Wudang snake creeps down and Qigong) for the Xiaxing Martial Arts Association
in Honolulu, HI. He has trained in various martial arts
(Japanese and Chinese) since 1966. He was trained in
Hung Gar at Kong’s Siu Lum Pai in Honolulu. He has
received training in Taijiquan, Baguazhang, and various
types of Qigong in China. He has trained in Kendo (Godan)
and Iaido (Nidan and Sandan) in Japan. During the Fall
term at Chaminade he teaches a 3-credit course in
Buddhist Psychology where the first 15–20 minutes of the
class are devoted to learning and practicing the Yijinjing
and Gongzi/Gungji. He attempts to still and empty his
mind when he interacts with his grandchildren Liliana,
Cameron, Kalani, Payson, Emma, Lauren, and Keiriko.
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Fan Kwoen 2013. Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kyun: The book by Lam Sai Wing. https://fankwoen.wordpress.com/
Kong, Buck Sam 1997. Gung Gee Fok Fu: Taming the Tiger. Self-Published
Lam, Chun Fai 2013. Hung Kuen Fundamentals: Gung Gee Fok Fu Kuen. Hong Kong: International Guoshu Association, Ltd.
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The Tiger with the Pugilistic Art. Translated by Wang Keze, Oleg Korshunov, Leonid Serbin, and Seng
Sinfu. Commentary by Andrew Timofeevich. E-Book. www.kungfulibrary.com
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Standing
Qigong By Noel Plaugher
Photos by Debbie Auerbach Photography

Q
uite often standing Qigong
is shown in a serene setting, The Postures
the practitioner standing by Martial artists can be divided into two primary
a garden or stream of clear groups: strikers and grapplers. The following
water and wearing a spotless postures were specifically chosen for their overall
white silk uniform and looking martial utility and can benefit both groups.
pleasant. While there is
nothing wrong with this depiction, martial
practitioners should be aware that standing The Dragon
Qigong provides tremendous martial benefit Dragon posture requires a great deal of concentration
regardless of your style, with some postures to ensure that it is done correctly. With its twisting
being excellent for building martial power. and lengthening character, dragon is ideal for
Whether you practice the internal arts, MMA, stretching the spine and feeling the body elongate.
pure grappling arts or something else, you can This posture centers the bodyweight directly over
benefit from studying standing Qigong. one leg. The other leg is used more for stability than
strength. The arms should be relaxed and feel as
Standing practice leads to better balance and though they are pushing two spheres away, one in
a greater sense of center. Holding postures for each hand. Resist the urge to let the shoulders rise
even a short period of time will improve your up and become tense. Drop the shoulders before
sensitivity and awareness of center and how it beginning, and then slowly twist to transition into
relates to balance. Better balance means more the posture.
control while executing kicks and throws, and
all martial techniques will become stronger. Dragon Posture (beginning on the left side):
A practitioner with a better feel for center
will have an easier time shifting bodyweight 1. Take a small step forward with the left leg
to maximize strikes and throwing, as well as and bring your hands up as shown.
improving grappling on the ground. Practicing
something standing to improve ground 2. The left arm descends and spirals down as
technique may seem counterintuitive, but the the right ascends and spirals up.
author can attest from personal experience that 3. The whole body slowly and gently twists
standing Qigong improves one’s grappling, into the form as shown.
both standing and on the ground.
4. Visualize elongating your body, gently.
Standing Qigong builds up the lower body 5. Look at the right heel while executing the
through rigorous postures that are more posture.
challenging than the standard health variety.
The postures can be modified to further
develop the legs, as will be explained in This posture resembles the dragon in most Chinese
the posture sections below. With the legs art: a twisting serpent-like creature in the clouds.
providing a stronger base, the practitioner When practicing dragon, don’t crane the neck; rather,
will have more strength and power in a clinch, gently look down at the heel of the back leg. When
such as when fighting for grips in Judo, or checking your form in a mirror, there should be a
when fighting for overall position, regardless diagonal line of spheres from the heel to the hip and
of martial art. This includes striking and finally to the head. The dragon is nearly impossible
grappling arts. As with all standing practice, to do if you have tension in your body, so before
the practitioner gains an overall sense of starting, breathe deeply and relax the ankles, hips,
connection between mind and body, which shoulders and neck.
is beneficial to
any martial
artist.
Dragon Posture
(beginning on
the left side).
1 2 3 4
5
The Wind Blows the Lotus Leaf Posture
1 2 3-6
The dragon is good for gaining an overall sense of the
body; as for martial training, it is beneficial for ground The Wind Blows the Lotus
grappling such as newaza in Judo. Greater awareness of
the body’s twist and increasing the range of twist range
Leaf
will improve anyone’s groundfighting. One need not use an existing standing posture to develop
a standing practice for martial power. Any posture from a
The Rooster martial arts form can be adopted as a standing practice to
enhance a particular area. Such creative license is acceptable,
The rooster is excellent for building up the legs and increasing worthwhile and encouraged. “The wind blows the lotus
overall balance. In martial styles that include Crane forms, leaf” is a good example. It is derived from a Xing Yi Quan
the rooster is very helpful. For grappling, the rooster improves form. By holding this position as a standing practice, the
throwing, particularly those that involve a sweeping leg, practitioner extracts further benefits from the stance in
as found in Shuai Jiao, Judo, and Jiu Jitsu. Improving terms of strength, balance, and power. Regardless of your
balance on one leg will enhance all martial arts, including martial art, there are undoubtedly areas that need further
the striking arts. development. By concentrating specifically on those areas,
the practitioner can definitely improve them.
Improving stability on one leg even facilitates striking on
two legs. Holding the arms in a circular and relaxed position
The wind blows the lotus leaf makes an elegant standing
cultivates an overall feeling of effortlessness, which is very
posture and will develop the legs, arms and a firm foundation.
beneficial for striking. Martial artists too often telegraph
their strikes when the arms and body are tense. The rooster
form encourages a relaxed overall structure of the upper body The Wind Blows the Lotus Leaf Posture:
while one leg at a time is developing power and rooting for 1. Start with the feet together.
a better connection to the earth. 2. Bring up the left hand as if blocking the face;
the right should follow in the same direction.
Rooster Posture: Look to the right.
1. Start from a neutral position.
3. Step with the right leg into a cross-step.
2. Raise up the left leg and arms with a deep inhale.
4. Twist the hips slightly in the direction that the
3. Have a feeling of stomping down with one leg, and hands are moving.
exhale deeply while settling into the posture.
5. All of the above things should happen smoothly
4. The head should feel as though it is floating up.
and in close succession.
5. The arms should feel as though gently holding a
sphere on the side. Use only as much energy as 6. As with all forms, practice both sides.
necessary to hold the posture.
The next posture is another example of borrowing from
6. Breathe deep and relax as you stand. an existing form to create a standing practice. This one is
7. Bend the supporting leg for stability and to build up extracted from Judo and the throw known as harai goshi.
the muscles of the leg This standing posture will definitely improve one’s execution
Continued from page 70: Standing Qigong
of the harai goshi throw. Not only does it improve balance Standing Harai Goshi:
and muscle memory, it builds strength and coordination. 1. Start from a neutral stance.
Holding the final position for even a short period of time will 2. Bring up the right leg straight,
develop better technique. As the author demonstrates the as the upper body moves
position of the throw, the body is more apt to finish in the down.
correct position. This concept can be developed and expanded
3. The right hand extends a finger
into any and all martial arts forms and techniques to improve
or two for stability and lightly
the technical, physical and spiritual attributes of whatever touches the ground.
art the reader may study.
4. The extended leg should be
Standing Harai Goshi (ᢅ㞠) 5.
straight and the foot pointed.
Hold the position, and then do
Standing Harai Goshi:
1. Start from a neutral stance.
1 the other side for the same
duration.
2. Bring up the right leg straight, as the upper body moves
down.
3. The right hand extends a finger or two for stability and
lightly touches the ground.
4. The extended leg should be straight and the foot pointed.
5. Hold the position, and then do the other side for the
same duration.
For a greater challenge, hold the position for a breath count of

five, then after a brief rest, another count of five. In a short
amount of time your body will get into the posture more quickly
and stay in it longer. As with all practice, persistence and
2
consistency are the keys to success.
The postures provided are not easy, but can be mastered with
a small amount of practice. As martial artists probably know
by now, all things can be mastered in this way. Standing
Qigong can benefit anyone, but it is essential for martial
artists. If the specific postures provided do not seem useful
to you, try extracting a position from a form or technique
in your martial art – one that is challenging – and hold the
posture for a period of time using the principles of standing
Qigong: Relaxed body holding a specific form, diaphragmatic
breathing, and a focused mind and intention.
3-5
Rooster Posture:
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Brush Knee to Cross-Arm Bar
Opponent stands in cross-arm guard while Núñez executes a pushing palm. Núñez grasps the opponent’s shoulder while
Núñez stands insubstantial. his leg circles around the opponent’s leg.
ON
a Friday night in November of 1993, thousands of CMA ground controlling is an
households purchased a new venture on Pay-Per-View. extension of striking, bumping and
They didn’t know exactly what to expect, except seizing on the ground. The key factor
that the promoter was offering a new tough man is that it isn’t competitive in nature.
event similar to the popular Toughman Contest promoted by Art Dore. A ground control conflict should not
Surprisingly, one of its stars was the mammoth Eric “Butterbean” Esch, go beyond 45 seconds.
who quickly became a fan favorite for being relentless in the ring. However,
on this particular night the audience had nothing by which to gauge their Interestingly, most Taijiquan stylists
expectations. They only knew that the fighters were representing different perceive themselves as lying outside
disciplines of martial arts. Unbeknownst to them, they were witnessing the spectrum of CMA. Taijiquan is
the beginning of a new pugilistic sport which had its roots in Brazil. generally grouped with Xingyiquan
and Baguazhang and classified as an
The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) would alter the landscape Internal Family (nei jia ‫ޗ‬ᇦ) style.
of martial arts forever that fall night; it would tear down years of myth and Nevertheless, its roots are in CMA
introduce Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to the lexicon of martial artist around the globe. and the corresponding External Family
That first audience was taken aback by the sight of a mere 176-pound man (wai jia ཆᇦ) of styles.
defeating individuals outweighing him by more than 50 pounds.
This Internal Family ideology was
The event was an eye-opener for those accustomed to fighters who stayed developed in the 1920s by individuals like
upright and slugged it out with fist and feet. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Sun Lutang, who perceived a connection
fighters actually preferred going to the ground. between the three disciplines of
Taijiquan, Xingyiquan and Baguazhang,
based upon Daoist principles, which
Now some 20-odd years have passed and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) with its he felt was different from the other
preferred methodology of ground fighting has become the norm. Most styles of CMA. However, there was
martial artists have added elements of ground-fighting to their arsenal. another underlying factor: an emerging
However, Chinese martial artists (CMA) have typically been reluctant middle-class society searching for a
to do so. They actually believe that ground-fighting does not exist within homegrown calisthenics activity to
their particular style. improve their health and possibly learn
some form of self-defense at the same
They are right, in terms of how BJJ plays it. The notion of ground fighting time. Taijiquan was an ideal art for
is different from what the Chinese call ground controlling (dìshang kòng filling that void in the market.
ൠк᧗). First, we need to take into account how contemporary BJJ has
evolved into an actual sport that favors skirmishing on the ground, which Even though Taijiquan is now
goes against tactical logic. Being on the ground for more than a few perceived as a non-violent activity, it
seconds has long been considered a disadvantage and not an advantage.
possesses one key attribute essential
for effective ground controlling: the
Taijiquan Methods for Effective notion of being relaxed (song ᶮ).
Ideally, you want to avoid wrestling
Ground Controlling on the ground,, but if caught there,
the body needs to be empty (xu 㲊)
It seems at times that Chinese stylists are not aware or simply forget that or non-substantial. When solid (shi
CMA possess a theory called Six Attacks (liu ji ‫)ࠫޝ‬, which refers to six ᇎ) or substantial, a person is easy to
particular skills: striking (da ᢃ), kicking (ti 䑒), seizing (na ᤯), throwing hold onto. An exponent who remains
(shuai ᪄), bumping (zhuang ᫎ), and ground controlling (dishangkong ൠк empty can utilize listening (ting ੜ)
᧗). Individuals pursuing CMA (or in this case Taijiquan) as a pugilistic and sticking (nian 哿), two attributes
art should be aware of ground controlling – how it works and how it can be developed and enhanced through
utilized in an actual situation, not on a competitive moat. Push Hands (tuishou ᧘᡻) practice.
Núñez’s leg steps out, in the process taking As the opponent falls, Núñez wraps his arm Núñez finalizes it by applying a cross-arm bar.
down his opponent. and applies a press to the elbow.
As one can see, Taijiquan possesses attributes that are Key Note: While sustaining these postures (2 to 5 minutes),
crucial to effective ground fighting; however, we are not touch the tip of the tongue to the palate or the roof of the
focused on the competitive arena but the reality of an ever- mouth, breathe through the nose, and keep the mouth closed.
changing world where you are never certain what may occur. These postures will assist in regulating one’s breath, which
Granted, Taijiquan offers great health benefits, but its in turn helps the body to relax and clears the mind. If
original intent was self defense, and it offers much to the done properly, saliva will gather within the mouth, which
serious martial artist. means that the two pressure points, baihui and huiyin, have
connected, hence centering and calming the body/mind.
Standing Post Training At first you may not realize just how vital this simple
A Taijiquan stylist (or any martial artist for that matter) notion of relaxing is. It’s hard to believe it has any other
who wants to venture to the ground must develop a relaxed effect beyond discomfort due to standing still for a length of
body. Two exercises that fall under the umbrella term of time. Ah, but there is a little secret hidden within nothing.
Standing Post (zhan zhuang ㄉẙ) help train a relaxed body. The longer one stands, the more core training occurs, along
with enhancement of one’s intent (yi ᜿), which assists in
Everlasting Post (wuji zhuang ᰐᶱ‱): Stand with feet developing a strong mind, which grants the ability to deal
shoulder-width apart, referred to as Two-Character Footstep with discomfort. Simply put, it instills confidence and
(erzibu Ҽᆇ↕), with knees slightly flexed and arms hanging prevents panic, which can occur when we are taken off-
naturally at the sides. This posture, seen in the beginning of guard, especially when thrown down to the ground or when
most Taijiquan sequences (lu 䐟), is referred to as Preparatory a seizing technique is applied – for instance, a headlock.
Gesture (yubeishi 亴༷࣯).
The above exercises involve maintaining stationary postures,
Downward Press Post (fuan zhuang ‫᤹؟‬‱): From Two- which is ideal for developing our internals; however, another
Character Footstep, raise the arms forward to chest level, good drill (likewise drawn from the Taijiquan sequence) for
keeping them extended. Fingers are spread slightly and the developing ground controlling skill is Cloud Hand (yunshou
palms face downward. Again, this comes directly from the Ӂ᡻). Cloud Hand teaches how to loosen up the joints in
Taijiquan sequence, in the Extremely Extremities Raising the arms and the legs, which is crucial on the ground. One
Gesture (taiji qi shi ཚᶱ䎧࣯). The only difference from the needs to be flexible to execute techniques or escape holds.
sequence is that you sustain this posture for a length of time. Intercepting Footstep (chabu ᨂ↕) opens up the hips and

Repulse the Monkey to Planting Fist
Opponent executes a standing Avivi steps forward while Avivi steps forward once more to With the opponent on the ground,
strike, which Avivi quickly wrapping the opponent’s arm and circle around the opponent’s leg Avivi knees him in the torso and
intercepts with a spread arm pressing forward with his forearm. while embracing him. strikes his face with a standing
while executing a push palm. strike.
flexes the knees and ankles, while the interchanging arm In the beginning, you can drill by sitting cross-legged while
movements of Embracing Palm (baozhang ᣡᦼ) and Shelf doing Level Circulating, Double Push Hands (pingyuan
Palm (jiazhang ᷦᦼ) loosen up the shoulders, elbows, and shuang tuishou ᒣശৼ᧘᡻), in which one wrist sticks
wrists simultaneously. The limbs need to be loose and to your partner’s wrist while you both embrace/cup one
supple to execute intricate seizing techniques with ease, another’s elbow and rotate in a circular pattern. After a
as well as to escape holds. while, begin to work on grasping your partner’s wrist and
attempting an elbow press and trying to pin him down to
the ground. Now the partner can attempt to dissolve the
Push Hands and Seizing press by shifting his arm – in a way reminiscent of a snake’s
Training lateral undulation movement.
When it comes to ground controlling, a practitioner should Key Note: This is an exercise. Both participants should be
possess a rudimentary knowledge of Push Hand and Seizing extremely conscious and respectful of one another; no one
because in actuality you are just doing Push Hand on a wants to get hurt or frustrated. It is meant to be a rewarding
horizontal plane instead of a vertical one. experience, not an antagonizing situation.

Immortal Pounds Mortar to Wrist Press. At this point a practitioner can progress with other patterns
of Push Hand. Standing Circulating, Double Push Hand
consists of ascending and descending the arms in a vertical
motion. This can be followed by Folding, Double Push
Hands, executed in a diagonal pattern. Four Upright Push
Hands (sizheng tuishou ഋ↓᧘᡻) is a more intricate pattern
consisting of slipping one’s arm to execute pressing (an ᤹)
while the other practitioner counters with ward-off or shed
(peng ᧔), which comes from the pattern known as Seizing/
Grasping The Bird’s Tail (lanquewei ᨭ䳰ቮ).
Finally, a practitioner can venture into Scatter Double

Push Hand ( san shuang tuishou ᮓৼ᧘᡻), which is
simply freestyle Push Hand, where the practitioners hone
their ability to listen, stick, and most of all execute various
seizing techniques.
Miller intercepts a level strike with a swing palm.

Taijiquan’s Versatility
This is just an introduction to the controversial concept of
Taijiquan as a pugilistic art. Anyone pursuing Taijiquan
should be aware of this martial side. The ancestors who
created Taijiquan were developing a fighting style designed
to adjust to the immediate surroundings. That is why it is
equally suitable as an exercise for health. Still, never forget
its origins and original intent, which was to secure one’s own
safety and that of a nation if the need arose. B
Arnaldo Ty Núñez has been a Yang style Taijiquan exponent and

freelance journalist for the past 25 years and is the Acquisition
Editor at Tambuli Media; he can be reached at: Ty@TambuliMedia.
com. Shifu Saar Avivi is an exponent of Wu style Taijiquan in
Sweden and is a student of Paul Silfverstråle (wudangtaichichuan.
wordpress.com), who is a student of world-renowned Dan
Docherty (taichichuan.co.uk), who has been a great exponent and
Miller lowers the opponent’s Now Miller moves in with a pushing promoter of Taijiquan as a pugilist art. (I’d like to give thanks to
strike with a covering palm while palm. Petr Švarc attchaj-ti.cz for making this possible.) Shifu William
executing a shelf palm to counter
the opponent’s ox-horn strike. C. Miller is an exponent of Chen style Taijiquan in Atlanta (Chen
Taiji Atlanta), and a student of Master Frank Roper, who is a
student of Grandmaster Chen Quanzhong. Shifu Miller was the
Open Grappling Champion and the 2012 Sanshou gold medalist
at ICMAC. Shifu Miller can be reached on Facebook as Chen Taiji
Atlanta or at willchitv@gmail.com. This article is dedicated to
Frank Roper, William Miller’s Shifu, who passed away recently.
Controlling the opponent’s arm with seizing hand while bumping with Finally he applies
his shoulder, Miller takes the opponent down... a wrist press.

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hat defines authority? Today, so
many armchair bloggers and self-
proclaimed masters propound their
opinions on the martial arts, but there’s no check, no
filter, no editorial control. When reading their advice, some
sort of validation beyond their website boasts and belt holding
their pants up is desired, an external measure that proves their
worth.
Master Xu Xiangdong (ᗀੁь) can stake his authority on many
grounds. He was a first-generation Modern Wushu champion,
often sharing the podium in the early eighties with Jet Li (ᵾ䘎ᶠ)
and Zhao Changjun (䎥䮯ߋ), the two most decorated athletes of the
sport. That first generation had to fight too, as many traditional masters
were skeptical of the new sport and frequently challenged the nascent
Wushu professionals. Xu is worldly too, having pursued a doctorate
at Université Paris Diderot and taught such illustrious international
students as King and Prince of Brunei Darussalam and the Prime
Minister of Fiji, Frank Bainimarama and his wife. He is trilingual,
fluent in Mandarin, English and French. Xu is even a martial arts movie
star, featured in films since the early nineties. He has had roles in major
Chinese films almost every year, most recently in Jackie Chan’s Dragon
Blade (2015 喽࠰ཷ㐓) and Fan Bingbing’s The White-Haired Witch of Lunar
Kingdom (2014 ⲭ儞冄ྣۣѻ᰾ᴸཙ഻).
Nowadays, Master Xu prefers to focus on his martial practice. He has moved
away from Modern Wushu, returning to his roots in traditional Kung Fu. Despite
being a decorated champion of Modern Wushu, he has moved away from the
competition floor. “Nowadays, hands, eyes, body, footwork are divided into parts,”
say Xu. “Anyone can feel free to assemble them into a routine. A routine sequence
has the techniques to meet the requirements of the scoring system but lack of combat
awareness. There is only highest points in competition routine – no victory or defeat.
“I took the advice of Coach Wu Bin (੤ᖜ). He said, ‘You must learn the traditional
martial arts from the village folk masters. You are a national Wushu champion but only
know how to perform, which only the surface of the Chinese martial arts.’ Coach Wu
recommended me to study under the 3rd generation Wu Taiji Grandmaster Ma Changxun
(傜䮯ࣻ). Grandmaster Ma is a renowned Taiji master, undefeated with his Push Hands
skills. Without any apparent movement, Master Ma often throws his challengers flying into
the sky. Before we realized what happened, the challenger was already laid out on the ground.
That was an eye-opener for me.”
Following Coach Wu’s advice, Xu has adopted a pragmatic approach to martial arts. “Your
purpose is to determine your action. When you compete, you are looking for beautiful
techniques. These are often useless in the reality of combat. If you are using your martial arts
in a real combat situation, you don’t care how pretty the techniques are. Now I don’t care
about winning competitions. I have won championship titles since 1980 to 1985 so it’s easy
for me to say this. I can teach and demonstrate techniques. For the last twenty years, I’ve
spent all my time researching traditional Chinese martial arts through daily practice. I
get up early and stay late, practicing Taiji for hours. Nowadays, I don’t like to spend

much time teaching either, because teaching consumes my time while ࣋֌⭘). According to Xu, force is generated
practicing saves it. from the heels, travels through the legs up to
the waist and then reaches the hands. When
“I’ve spent my last twenty years to discover the central core of the your feet press into the ground, the reaction
Chinese martial arts. I never want to learn that many techniques. I force from gravity travels up to your fists. So
think one technique is enough. From one technique, three techniques if you are hanging in the air, how can your
are derived. From three techniques, three times more movements punch bear any power? Xu espouses standing
emerge. But ten thousand fists all have one principle (wan quan yi meditation (zhanzhuang ㄉẙ). “You can’t
li 㩜ᤣа⨶). The principles are the essence of martial arts, not the get to the essence of Chinese martial arts
forms, and these can be applied to all styles. It’s not the number of without practicing zhanzhuang. Modern
techniques. It’s the principles applied.” Wushu develops aerial movements but does
not practice zhanzhuang. It is like a stagnant
The Three Essential Principles spring or tree without roots. The benefit of
zhanzhuang is to let your body understand
Master Xu espouses that the martial arts can be distilled down the role of gravity. You stand there without
into three essential principles: Gravity, Timing and Space. Note falling as your body generates a force to counter
that these are simplified one-word translations of against the force of gravity. Zhanzhuang
larger concepts, as clarified when analyzing the strives to find the most effortless posture to
principle in Chinese. stand upright. In Chinese, we say, “lizhu
ding qianjin (・ḡ亦ॳᯔ)”. This means
Gravity is a simplification of using the to stand upright like a pillar and your head
earth and heart to extract power and supports a thousand pounds. If you stand
make use of that (di xin yin li with oblique posture, you are fighting against
zuo yong ൠᗳᕅ gravity so your body can't be relaxed and will
resist. Your qi and blood circulation will be
blocked. Therefore, first you must find your
body’s centerline, straight down to the ground
without any resistance. Then your muscles
can be relaxed, your capillaries can open up
and circulation will

I never want to learn that many techniques. I think
one technique is enough. From one technique, three
techniques are derived. From three techniques,
three times more movements emerge.
be good. You will achieve a peaceful muscle so when you punch forward,
and still mind, harmonious qi and there is no withdrawing force. This
your autonomic nervous system will withdrawing force is a resistance
adjust. When you discover your energy that comes from your internal
center, you eliminate the resistance body. So first you must eliminate
of gravity; we call this ‘lisheng your own muscular resistance. If
zhongzheng (standing body properly you are standing totally relaxed,
centered (・䓛ѝ↓).’” you return to zero. This is
like wuji (❑ᾥ) or meditation
Timing measures the difference without movement. Returning
between midpoints (shi jian chai ᰦ to zero is very important. If you
䰤ᐞ). Timing is the determining cannot reset to zero, you won’t
factor of victory. If your opponent be able to sense your opponent’s
can escape your most powerful blow, punch whether it is coming at
it’s useless. In Modern Wushu, you with one ounce of force
this is referred to as ‘closing skill (bi against one-tenth of an ounce
sou shi xun lian 䰝䬱ᔿ䇝㓳)’; the of force. In other words,
timing in Modern Wushu multiple- if you have one ounce of
person sparring forms (duilian ሩ㓳) resistance in your body,
is fixed, not like in free sparring. As you cannot sense your
Master Xu explains, “Since 1949, opponent’s one-tenth of
the Modern Wushu era, there are an ounce of force.”
no Chinese Wushu timing training
methods. Sanda uses Western Space is the empty
boxing rules. To train timing, first midpoint, the hollow
you train your speed to be as fast as place (kong jian オ
you want to be. Also you must be 䰤). Kong is often the
able to slow down or stop at your most misunderstood and
command. There are two forces in elusive principle of the martial
every punch: forward and withdraw. arts. According to Master Xu,
If these two forces are used at the “Kong jian is the advantage of
same time, the force cancels each Chinese martial arts. Just like
other out and the fist stays unmoved. gravity, no matter if you can see it or
The ultimate goal is to train your not, it exists. Your eyes can’t see the
whole picture but only the appearance.
Particularly in Taiji training, space means
‘space awareness (yishi kong jian ᜿䆈オ
䯃).’ Taiji uses mind intention, not force
(yongyi bu yongli ⭘᜿н⭘࣋ literally ‘use
thought, don’t use power’). Space combines
the things you cannot see, beyond the third
dimension. In Chinese, we say, ‘When
practicing by yourself, visualize facing an
enemy; in real combat, treat your enemy
as if they don’t exist (ping ri lian quan
wu ren si you ren; lin zhan jiao shou you
ren si wu ren ᒣᰕ㓳ᤣᰐӪլᴹӪ; Ѥ
ᡈӔ᡻ᴹӪլᰐӪ).’ Use these two
mindsets interchangeably when training.
In your mind, draw an invisible line as
your opponent’s line of attack and your
counterattack line. This is like composing
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that might not be apparent to the reader, “Gravity and timing are linear, while space is three-dimensional and
but the entire story follows the author’s changeable. Martial artists should research space to find the core of
outline. This exists in all combat arts. Chinese martial arts. If you only measure how high is the jump or how
Chinese martial arts developed it early, many rotations are made in the air, or the exact degree of a stance or a
and nowadays people don’t understand. In kick, this is not Chinese martial arts. It’s gymnastics. It’s attending
Taiji, when an opponent flies away as soon to trifles and neglecting essentials. We are studying humans, not
as they touch the master’s body, people anatomy. Chinese martial arts are for living human beings. A living
don’t see the master’s movement and person has jingqishen (the three treasures: essence, qi and spirit ㋮
think it’s fake. Today, movie fight scenes ≄⾎). The Chinese view is a living concept of the human body, so
– bustling with noise and exaggerated it looks at the whole and extends to the relationship of humans and
actions – are what audiences understand. nature. We say, “Heaven and man unite into one (tian ren he yi ཙӪਸ
But when it comes to the essence of а). This is the foundation of Chinese martial arts.
Chinese martial arts, this is nonsense.”
“Any style is inseparable with these essential
principles. Not the techniques, I mean
East, West and Taiji the training methods, starting point, and
action directions. I don’t want to see
“Eastern and Western culture are different. the ending of an article, I want to find
When I was teaching in France, one out the motive, the process and progress.
student argued, ‘Teacher, your front kick The process is more important than the
is useless. When I practice kicks, I aim to results.”B
the opponent’s waist but your kick aims
at your own forehead.’ I answered that
a kick to your forehead is to train speed Xu Xiangdong can be reached at
and power, not to actually kick your own cccwushu@sina.com.
forehead. If you only target to the waist,
when your kick lands, the force ends and
there’s no more capacity. But if your kick
aims higher than the target, when executed
it’ll be much more powerful. I told him to
try me. After I threw him into the air, he
was completely convinced.
“Westerners need to see the actual
movement. It’s the same concept as if
you strike my right shoulder; the force
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in China, although there record, grossing over $400 million.
was some controversy over possible
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ur last installment of this manipulation of those numbers by Not to be outdone, on the weekend
column focused upon the China in trying to inflate its box after Chinese New Year, Gina
rush of films for Chinese office image. Monster Hunt opened Carano had a significant villainess
New Year in Asia. In the in 45 U.S. theaters and very did role in Marvel’s Deadpool. Due to
past, this is something that cinema poorly. its R-rating, Deadpool wasn’t shown
sinophiles watched from across the in China, but shattered U.S. box
Pacific. This year, the impact of the In China, Monkey King 2 opened office records for the President’s Day
holiday was pronouncedly felt in the for Chinese New Year on February weekend with a $135 million take.
U.S., a positive barometer of the 8, but actually opened three days This garnered Deadpool the biggest
continuing rise of Chollywood. earlier in 38 U.S. theaters. What’s R-rated opening ever. Nowadays, to
more, Cinedigm digitally released do that without the China market
On January 22, both Ip Man 3 and the original film, The Monkey was unimaginable. Next up for Gina
Monster Hunt opened in North King: Havoc in Heaven’s Palace, is a role in Kickboxer: Vengeance
American theaters (both have on February 2. Originally released with Jean Claude Van Damme,
been discussed here before). Ip in China for Chinese New Year slated for release later this year.
Man 3, starring Donnie Yen and 2014, this film grabbed the title as
Mike Tyson, premiered in China the biggest box office earner in the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
on Christmas weekend. In a few world on opening week, and went on 2: Sword of Destiny premiered on
Asian markets, Ip Man 3 dethroned to join the Billion Yuan club, where Netflix on February 26 as this was
Star Wars: The Force Awakens only two other Chinese films hold at press. For an exclusive interview
from the top box office slot. It also seats: Lost in Thailand (2012) and, with screenwriter John Fusco, visit
pushed back Jackie Chan’s new coincidentally, Journey to the West: KungFuMagazine.com.
film Skiptrace, which was originally Conquering the Demons (2012). The
slated for release at the same time, Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven’s
but rescheduled for late February.
In the U.S., Ip Man 3 opened in 115
Palace also stars Donnie Yen in Coming Soon
the titular role (another reason why
theaters and earned over $2 million. Donnie is box office gold in Asia)
Monster Hunt premiered in China Right when this issue hits the
alongside Chow Yun-Fat and Aaron newsstands, The Bodyguard,
last October and became China’s Kwok. Monkey King 2 earned over
highest grossing film, earning a starring Sammo Hung and Andy
$116 million in China. Lau, premieres in Asia. Hung,
now 67, plays a retired bodyguard
Kung Fu Panda 3 orchestrated a called back into action. In a twist
simultaneous release in China and of such a hackneyed plot, Hung’s
the United States. It was a box- character suffers from the beginnings
office-smashing success, earning of dementia. Confusingly
over $100 million in the U.S. and enough, another film titled The
over $162 million in the P.R.C., Bodyguard, starring Yue Song,
another telling sign of the rise of Collin Chou and Kung Fu Tai Chi
Chollywood. In Po’s wake, Batman May+June 2011 Cover Master Shi
v Superman also had a simultaneous Yanneng, is slated for release too.
China and U.S. release on March 25. The same thing happened in America
with Xu Haofeng’s The Master,
This all added up to a record- released last year, and Zhou Ke’s
breaking Chinese New Year The Master, originally released in
box office. With the addition of 2011 but distributed in the U.S. last
a new Stephen Chow comedy, year by Lionsgate. What’s more,
The Mermaid, and Chow Yun Donnie Yen is working on a film by
Fat’s From Vegas to Macau III, Pou-Soi Cheang slated for release
Chollywood raked in over $548 this year that is also titled The
million during the week of Chinese Master.
New Year. The Mermaid went on

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October, and Kung Fu Yoga, a major Uwais, who had a cameo in Star
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persistent rumors about The Karate in 2016 and has just begun work on
Kid 2 and Rush Hour 4 (note that the Headshot, which promises action
Rush Hour TV series starring John from his Uwais fight choreography
Foo and Justin Hires debuted March team.
31 on CBS after this issue went to
press). Jackie turned 62 this April, Also coming this year is Zambo
and certainly isn’t slowing down at Dende from Marko Zaror. Based
all. on a Latin superhero comic, Zambo
Dende is “the Slave Avenger,”
Marvel’s Dr. Strange (starring allegedly based on some historical
Benedict Cumberbatch) has signed events. Disney may option the
noted martial arts stuntman Scott Zambo Dende comic for another
Adkins and Benedict Wong of film.
Netflix’s Marco Polo. This is slated
for November 2016. The three-quel of Vin Diesel’s
franchise, xXx: The Return of
Ronda Rousey may star alongside Xander Cage, signed both Donnie
Tina Fey in Do Nothing Bitches, Yen (replacing Jet Li) and Tony Jaa.
Along with Skiptrace, Jackie Chan named after Ronda’s female This is slated for release in 2017.B
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Pierce Brosnan in the U.K. on The Mile 22, with Mark Wahlberg, is in
Foreigner. This is an adaptation limbo since her defeat to Holly Holm To keep up with the latest martial arts
of the Stephen Leather novel, The last November. However, she films, read reviews and discuss, visit our
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KUNG FU HOROSCOPES: April 4 to June 5 (with Gigi Oh and Gene Ching)
W
ithin Traditional Chinese Medicine philosophy, the Tiger 㱾: 1926 Fire, 1938 Earth, 1950 Metal, 1962 Water,
first period (4/4–5/5) of this horoscope is the transition 1974 Wood, 1986 Fire, 1998 Earth, 2010 Metal
from spring to summer. The second period (5/5–6/5) is
summer. The first period is ruled by liver and gall bladder, and 4/4–5/5: Your health outlook is poor and an old illness is prone
spleen and stomach, so beware of maladies of the liver, gall, and to reoccur. You’ll feel irritable. Your mind will be disturbed.
digestive system. Nourish the liver and strengthen the spleen Meditate more, and find the time for repose.
and stomach. Previous digestive ailments may flare up again. 5/5–6/5: Watch what you say. Your tongue may lead to a dispute.
The summer period is ruled by the fire element and the heart and small Lack of calmness brings failure. Focus on the interests of others
intestine channels. The heart governs mind and spirit, as well as blood and consider the issues evenly.
circulation. If the heart is overheated, it can disturb the mind, cause
“heat disease” and strain the cardiovascular system. Nourish the heart “If I didn’t get injured, then yes, I definitely would have pursued
and clear away the heat. Heed the wisdom of Traditional Chinese my career as a gymnast to be able to get into the Olympics, and
Medicine, “winter ailments are healed in the summer.” then win the gold medal to have a Japanese flag raised. That was
Preventatives: Get up early and exercise for a half hour every day. Rest my passion.” Tiger Sonny Chiba
between 11 AM and 1 PM, preferably with eyes closed. Avoid acidic,
spicy and cold food. Warm food is favorable. Avoid cold drinks and Hare ‫ބ‬: 1927 Fire, 1939 Earth, 1951 Metal, 1963 Water,
winds after you’ve been hot. Be in bed by 11:00 PM. Increase physical 1975 Wood, 1987 Fire, 1999 Earth, 2011 Metal
exercise for good blood circulation.
4/4–5/5: It’s a good time for communication and public relations.
The following recipes are recommended for these periods: Spend more time with friends. Share more with them and an
unexpected opportunity may come.
Jujube Peanut Porridge (㌵ἇ㣡⭏⒟) 5/5–6/5: There will be a lot of travel to and fro. This will be a
period of hard work. Take care and preserve your physical
100 gm jujubes 50 gm peanuts Rock sugar to taste
strength. A good living environment is very important.
Boil the peanuts in water until soft, then add jujube and rock sugar to
taste. Benefits: Tonifies spleen and stomach, replenishes qi. Reduces “Some lessons have to be experienced to be
insomnia, forgetfulness and shortness of breath. Consume in the understood.” Hare Ronda Rousey,
morning or evening as a snack.
Dragon 喽: 1928 Earth, 1940 Metal, 1952 Water, 1964
Wood, 1976 Fire, 1988 Earth, 2000 Metal, 2012 Water
Coix Seed, Red Bean, and Lily Bud
4/4–5/5: Your subjectivity is too strong. Be conscientious. If
Porridge (㮿㊣㌵䉶Ⲯਸ⒟) you are too opinionated, it will only result in the opposite of
100 gm coix seed 100 gm red beans 20 gm lily buds your desires.
Add coix seed, red beans and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Let 5/5–6/5: It’s a good time to open and expand your market. But
simmer for 30 minutes. Add lily buds and let steam for 30 minutes. be sure to listen to what others have to say. Do not be too
Benefits: Detoxifies, reduces swelling and diuresis. Alleviates facial subjective or self-centered.
rashes and body fatigue. Consume for breakfast or as a daily snack.
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep
Rat 啐: 1924 Wood, 1936 Fire, 1948 Earth, 1960 Metal, spring from coming.” Dragon Pablo Neruda
1972 Water, 1984 Wood, 1996 Fire, 2008 Earth
Snake 㳷: 1929 Earth, 1941 Metal, 1953 Water, 1965 Wood,
4/4–5/5: You are way too tense. Be careful because your 1977 Fire, 1989 Earth, 2001 Metal, 2013 Water
behavior has been domineering. You’ve been acting like a ruler
with absolute power, but if you keep that up, you will lose your 4/4–5/5: Be positive. Keep forging ahead. But beware because
followers. 5/5–6/5: You’ll get more opportunities if you maintain your health forecast is poor. Be sure to get adequate rest.
your level of activity and positive attitude. Work with others. 5/5–6/5: Pay close attention to your personal safety, especially
Pay attention to their needs. Harmony brings wealth. when in traffic. Avoid any high impact sports or activities as you
are prone to getting hurt. Skip sparring practice for this period
“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from and work on other things.
the strong.” Rat Leo Buscaglia
“The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed
Ox ⢋: 1925 Wood, 1937 Fire, 1949 Earth, 1961 Metal, with clinical coolness.” Snake Joan Miro
1973 Water, 1985 Wood, 1997 Fire, 2009 Earth
Horse : 1930 Metal, 1942 Water, 1954 Wood, 1966 Fire,
4/4–5/5: As a precaution, be steadfast in all matters. Develop 1978 Earth, 1990 Metal, 2002 Water, 2014 Wood
a variety of programs and plans in advance. Do not wait for
catastrophe and then go running to embrace Buddha’s feet and 4/4–5/5: You’ll be moody. You’ll approach things in a half-
pray for help. hearted way. Be very careful because this sort of performance
5/5–6/5: Others will see you as impulsive and opinionated. Listen will cost you a valuable opportunity.
more. Attend to the needs of others. Look before you leap. 5/5–6/5: Your attention level will be low and your productivity will
suffer for it. It is best to use this low period to rest and recoup.
“I think it's so important for really young Asians growing up in Save some time for yourself.
America to have those positive images of themselves.”
Ox Yunjin Kim “I like solitude and simplicity.” Horse Gala Dali

Ram 㖺: 1931 Metal, 1943 Water, 1955 Wood, 1967 Fire, 5/5–6/5: Anticipate complicated dealings and erratic mood
1979 Earth, 1991 Metal, 2003 Water, 2015 Wood changes. It’ll make you angry, but it is also easy to resolve,
although it may be misunderstood by others.
4/4–5/5: The spring breeze obtains its wish. Sail with the wind.
Seize the opportunity with gusto. Be aggressive and positive. “You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that
5/5–6/5: You’ll feel hyperactive. There may be a lot of travel in all roads lead down.” Rooster Stanislaw Lem
your future. To be successful, get your priorities straight ahead
of time. Be sure to seize the key points of any situation as soon Dog ⤇: 1922 Water, 1934 Wood, 1946 Fire, 1958 Earth,
as possible. 1970 Metal, 1982 Water, 1994 Wood, 2006 Fire
“Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial
4/4–5/5: You’ll feel restless. Your work will be unstable. It will
grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.”
Ram James Earl Jones be difficult to adapt to upcoming changes in your environment.
Spend more time with your friends and tap their wisdom.
Monkey ⥤: 1932 Water, 1944 Wood, 1956 Fire, 1968 5/5–6/5: You’ll feel lazy and unmotivated. But right now, your
Earth, 1980 Metal, 1992 Water, 2004 Wood, 2016 Fire time is best spent learning new things and acquiring new skills.
4/4–5/5: Your heart is too emotional. There’s a good chance “I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan.” Dog Sung Hi Lee
that you will offend others with what you say. Be very careful,
especially when dealing with any emotional problems. Pig 䊜: 1923 Water, 1935 Wood, 1947 Fire, 1959 Earth,
5/5–6/5: Expect wild fluctuations with your fortune for this 1971 Metal, 1983 Water, 1995 Wood, 2007 Fire
period. To maintain a normal state of mind, deal with your
transactions calmly. 4/4–5/5: It’s a good time for communication, public relations and
aid. Strive towards new knowledge. Do not waste time on small
“And what is the potential man, after all? talk.
Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?”
5/5–6/5: Pay close attention to traffic safety. This is not a
Monkey Hieronymus Bosch
suitable time to engage in any adventurous sports or activities.
Rooster 䴎: 1921 Metal, 1933 Water, 1945 Wood, 1957 Seek early treatment if you feel sick. Process any transactions
Fire, 1969 Earth, 1981 Metal, 1993 Water, 2005 Wood in a timely manner.
4/4–5/5: You’ll be popular. People will seek your help, but this “One thing that makes people magnificent is their ability
brings more chores for you. Don’t allow other people’s business to dream. What your body can or can’t do really doesn’t
to overshadow your own. Be sure to get enough rest. matter to how the mind works.” Pig Glen Bell
Astrologist Wilson Sun is a Feng Shui Master from Shanghai – wusun5@yahoo.com. Read more Kung Fu Horoscopes online at KungFuMagazine.com

KUNG FU WISDOM
Bai sui hou shou Ⲯ኱⥤ሯ

By Zhang Song ᕐᶮ
This unique piece combines two characters – bai (hundred Ⲯ) and shou (long life ሯ) – to form the likeness of a monkey in honor of this
Year of the Monkey. The work is titled Bai sui hou shou which means ‘A hundred years monkey long life.’ The image was inspired by an
ancient Chinese saying “Xi ri hou shou ba bai sui, jin ri taiji zui gao feng (᱄ᰕ⥤ሯ‫Ⲯޛ‬኱,Ӻᰕཚᶱᴰ儈ጠ).” This translates into “In
ancient times, the Monkey lived eight hundred years, now Taiji is the highest peak.” Prior to the theory of evolution, the Chinese believed
that monkeys were their ancestors and so monkeys symbolize longevity. This alludes to ancient writings from the Jin Dynasty (265-420
BCE). Bao Po Zi (ᣡᵤᆀ) by Ge Hong (㪋⍚) said “Ren jun zhe, hou ye, hou shou ba bai sui (Ӫੋ㘵ˈ⥤ҏˈ⥤ሯ‫Ⲯޛ‬኱)” which
means “The ruler, also the monkey, who monkeys around lives eight hundred years.”
This calligraphy was presented to Kung Fu Tai Chi’s publisher, Gigi Oh, from Calligraphy Master Zhang Song. Also known by his pen name
Guanyu (㲏㿰䴘), Zhang is a renowned modern Chinese calligraphy master, the Vice-Chairman of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Union,
Vice-Chairman of Chinese Zen Calligraphy Union, Vice President of Maoshan Daoism Painting and Calligraphy Institute, and a registered
calligraphy instructor with Chinese Calligraphers Association. He is also a Daoist Taiji practitioner.

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