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The real beauty of Shaolin Kungfu lies not in its demonstration, although it is actually beautiful to watch, but in its application, both for combat as well as non-combat purposes. Practicing Shaolin Kungfu correctly gives us good health and vitality enabling us to enjoy our work and play everyday of our life for a long, long time. At its higher level, it gives us spiritual joy.
Why did a kungfu master use a particular pattern and not another pattern, or why a particular pattern in a certain way and not in other ways? It was because that particular pattern in a particular way in a given combat situation gave him certain advantages over his opponent. Participants to the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course of September 2005 in Malaysia had an experience of this process in kungfu development. They went over the combat sequences they had composed using patterns from their specialized sets. Then Sifu Wong helped them to refine their sequences.
What should we do if an opponent does not fight the way we want him to? Would our combat sequences still be useful if our opponents do not use the techniques or fight in the order we have planned in our combat sequences. The combat sequences are still very useful, but we have to make adjustment. The adjustment can be at a technical level or at a sequential level. In our sparring methodology, the technical adjustment corresponds to an “addition”, whereas the sequential adjustment corresponds to an “external change” or an “internal change”.
The Shaolin Monkey Set has special significance in Shaolin Wahnam because Sigung Ho Fatt Nam specialized in the Monkey. Sigung Ho, however, did not teach Sifu Wong the whole set; he explained to Sifu Wong the important principles underlying the Monkey and showed him some important combat applications. Years earlier another Monkey specialist, whom Sifu Wong addressed as Brother Zheong, specially taught Sifu Wong not his Monkey Set (which was different from Sigung’s set) but another of his specialty, the Double Knives. As Sifu Wong was much interested in the Monkey Set, he later sought out Brother Zheong’s disciple to learn from him. Interestingly, this teacher was much junior to Sifu Wong in the kungfu circles then.
“Flowing Water Floating Clouds” is a fundamental set in Wahnam Taijiquan. Those who are used to Taijiquan as a slow, gentle exercise, may think that this set resembles Shaolin Kungfu rather than Taijiquan. But we believe it is closer to the kind of Taijiquan masters in the past practiced. It is an internal martial art as what Taijiquan should be, and not a graceful dance as what many people today regard it to be. It follows established Taijiquan principles like using intent instead of strength, using the opponent’s strength against himself, and training of mind and energy and not just the physical body.
The Dragon and the Tiger are two important forms of Shaolin Kungfu with emphasis on the training of mind and energy respectively. Dragon and Tiger patterns are as effective for combat as they are beautiful to watch. This set is a “pattern-set” (in contrast with a “sequence-set”) as it is made up of individual patterns rather than combat sequences. Exponents need to compose combat sequences from the patterns for effective fighting. In kungfu terminology, pattern-sets are called “mother-sets”, or seed-sets, from which “children-sets” which are sequence-sets are issued.
The movements and spirit of Shaolin Kungfu are characterized by five “animals”, namely the Dragon, the Snake, the Tiger, the Leopard and the Crane. The Dragon trains “shen” which means the mind, the Snake trains “qi” which means energy, the Tiger trains “gu” which means internal force, the Leopard trains “li” which means strength and speed, and the Crane trains “jing” which means elegance and essence. This video clip captures an impromptu demonstration of the Shaolin Five-Animal Set by Sifu Wong in response to popular requests by participants of a VIP Taijiquan class in September 2005.
The Monkey has a special significance in Shaolin Wahnam. Sifu Wong’s teacher, Sigung Ho Fatt Nam, specializes in the Shaolin Monkey Set. Besides other characteristics like agility, trickiness and internal force, the Monkey is also noted for its cheerfulness and inquisitiveness. In this video clip, Sifu Wong shows Chris how to manifest these two characteristics of the Monkey.
Kungfu has been watered down so badly that today many martial artists, including kungfu practitioners, either doubt whether these concepts are possible, or have mis-conceived ideas of what they are. Many martial artists, for example, mistakenly believe that internal force and spiritual cultivation in kungfu are only myths, and that sparring is necessarily painful and brutal. Hopefully these video clips may rectify these mis-conceptions and enable them to derive more benefits in their own practice. They serve as visual evidence to show that chi and internal force are real, and can be cultivated not just for combat but for enriching daily life; that kungfu can be used for combat, and sparring can be safe and fun; and that kungfu training is a process of spiritual cultivation, and inner joy and satori, or a glimpse of cosmic reality, are still attainable today.
Can kungfu be used for fighting? The question itself is odd because by definition kungfu is a fighting art. This means that if you cannot use your kungfu for fighting, then what you practice is not genuine kungfu; it is what past masters called “flowery fists and embroidery kicks”. How would kungfu practitioners fight? Of course they fight using kungfu pattern! The answer is so logical that the question seems silly. It is like asking how would footballers play football, or how would pianists play the piano. Of course they perform using the techniques and skills they have practiced. The video clips in this series show some basic training in kungfu combat. How do we know the training is effective? We know because we speak from experience.
Why can’t kungfu practitioners spar with kungfu patterns? There are many ways to answer this embarrassing, yet prevalent, question though the different answers actually point to the same reason. They lack the methodology. The video clips in this and other series show some of the lessons of the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course of September 2005 to train the basic skills and techniques in using kungfu for sparring and real combat. They also show some wonderful spiritual experiences.
Spiritual cultivation is non-religious. In Shaolin Kungfu and Taijiquan, spiritual cultivation occurs at all levels of training, and not just at the highest level. In the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course, the very first lesson is to enter Zen, whereas in the Intensive Taijiquan Course, the very first lesson is to enter Tao. This is initiation into spiritual cultivation. As a result, course participants feel inner peace and joy. These are some immediate benefits of spiritual cultivation.
After an intensive training session, course participants to the VIP Taijiquan Course of September 2005 at Villa de Leyva in Colombia, most of whom are corporate presidents and their wives, gathered together for some good wine and singing. They invited Sifu Wong and the instructors, who happily joined them. Sifu Wong mentions that there is a Chinese saying as follows, “Singing and drinking wine in good company – how often can that occur in life?” It is, of course. a rhetoric question, meaning we should value such rare opportunities. It is also in line with the Shaolin Wahnam concept of a scholar-warrior, one who excels in his work as well as enjoys life wholesomely.
The real beauty of Shaolin Kungfu lies not in its demonstration, although it is actually beautiful to watch, but in its application, both for combat as well as non-combat purposes. Practicing Shaolin Kungfu correctly gives us good health and vitality enabling us to enjoy our work and play everyday of our life for a long, long time. At its higher level, it gives us spiritual joy.
Why did a kungfu master use a particular pattern and not another pattern, or why a particular pattern in a certain way and not in other ways? It was because that particular pattern in a particular way in a given combat situation gave him certain advantages over his opponent. Participants to the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course of September 2005 in Malaysia had an experience of this process in kungfu development. They went over the combat sequences they had composed using patterns from their specialized sets. Then Sifu Wong helped them to refine their sequences.
What should we do if an opponent does not fight the way we want him to? Would our combat sequences still be useful if our opponents do not use the techniques or fight in the order we have planned in our combat sequences. The combat sequences are still very useful, but we have to make adjustment. The adjustment can be at a technical level or at a sequential level. In our sparring methodology, the technical adjustment corresponds to an “addition”, whereas the sequential adjustment corresponds to an “external change” or an “internal change”.
How did kungfu masters in the past spar and fight? Did they practice free sparring? Of course they sparred. Without sparring they would not be able to fight, no matter for how they practiced their solo kungfu sets. But having undergone appropriate combat application training, performing kungfu sets was an effective way to enhance their fighting. Kungfu masters in the past fought extremely well, and they fought using typical kungfu skills and patterns.
The video clips in this series show some of the lessons where the “Sun Moon Manifest Glory” set was composed by participants to the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course of September 2005. The set comprises of combat sequences the participants worked out by the participants to counter typical Boxing attacks. Each participant takes turn to imitate typical Boxing attacks and his training partner demonstrates the kungfu counters against them, while Sifu Wong comments on the strength or weakness of their choices. The video clips are meant as a review for the participants as well as source material for other Shaolin Wahnam members to understand some processes involved in the composition of a kungfu set
As many martial artists today use Boxing techniques to spar or fight, being able to counter a Boxer’s attacks is essential if we wish to be combat efficient. The forte of Boxing is not its techniques but its skills. In other words, despite his limited techniques, a Boxer can be a formidable fighter. Even when a kungfu exponent knows the techniques to counter a Boxer’s attacks, in real life he may be unable to do so if the Boxer is skillful. And Boxers are generally skillful. If we wish to apply kungfu for combat, we need to know the techniques against Boxing, otherwise we ourselves would be fighting like Boxers. We have to chose those techniques that are best suited to fight Boxing, then develop our skills to apply them so that although a Boxer may be skillful we still can match or surpass him using our kungfu skills and techniques.
How to move into an opponent as well as how to respond to an opponent’s initiate move are two important aspects in combat training, but are often neglected by many martial artists. Two important principles in moving in to attack are to avoid giving “free offers” and to secure the best combat advantages. At advanced levels, you can also set the pace and nature of the combat, as well as tricking the opponent into making his first move from which you can follow up accordingly. Some martial artists believe that the first one to attack has lost the fight. This is not necessarily true, but it shows that the responder has an advantage over the initiator as he can exploit the initial move. However, if you are skillful, you may turn the table around. Your initial move can be a feint or a “lead”.
How could the participants learn all the defence techniques in just four days when there are countless different forms of attack? The solution lies in the cost-effectiveness of the teaching methodology, an example of which is shown in this video series. Here Sifu Wong teaches the participants only one Taijiquan pattern, “Green Dragon Shoots Pearl”, to handle all attack situations! In this way, the participants can save a lot of time. They are very cost-effective.
A series of video clips from a specially designed four-day Wahnam Taijiquan course for corporate presidents and their wives conducted at Villa de Leyva on the Andes Mountain in September 2005. The course, full of fun and laughter, enables these leaders of commerce and industries to manage stress and attain peak performance, besides learning some essential self-defence.
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Bringing out the Beauty of Shaolin Kungfu in Combat
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Refining Combat Sequences of Specialized Sets
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Making Variations to Meet Changing Combat Situations
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Shaolin Monkey Set by Sifu Wong
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Flowing Water Floating Clouds by Sifu Wong
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Shaolin Dragon-Tiger Set by Sifu Wong
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Shaolin Five-Animal Set by Sifu Wong
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What You Learn at the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course
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How do You Use Kungfu for Combat?
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The Secret of Sparring Methodology
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Great Kungfu is a Process of Spiritual Cultivation
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Singing and Drinking Wine in Good Company
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Bringing out the Beauty of Shaolin Kungfu in Combat
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Refining Combat Sequences of Specialized Sets
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Making Variations to Meet Changing Combat Situations
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Working Out Combat Sequences from Specialized Sets
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Experiencing the Process of Composing a Kungfu Set
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Sharing Some Secrets in Counters against a Boxer’s Attacks
How to Initiate an Attack or Respond to it
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The Karate attacks shown in the pictures are similar to attacks in Shaolin Kungfu using the following patterns – “Devil King Waves Fan“, “Monkey Steals Peach”, “Horizontally Sweeping Thousand Soldiers”, and “Double Dragons Play with Water”. There are many counters against these attacks. Two examples against each of the attacks are “Cross Hands Arm Lock”, “Single Leg Flying Crane”, “Golden Thread Suspends Gourd”, “Reverse Hanging of Golden Lotus”, “Han Emperor Chops Snake”, “Lohan Tames Tiger”, “Hungry Tiger Snatches Goat”, and “Farmer Hoes Field”.
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Combat Sequences of Wahnam Taijiquan
Combat sequence training is an important part of our Shaolin Wahnam sparring methodology, and has helped us to be combat efficiency. More significantly, combat sequence training has given us many useful principles and skills that can enrich our lives and the lives of other people. The twelve basic combat sequences of Wahnam Taijiquan are shown in this series of video clips to enable our students to learn them more easily. If you do not understand the principles and tactics mentioned in the short notes below, do not worry. These will be practiced during the Intensive Taijiquan Course. Please be reminded that while knowing their forms is useful, what is more important are the skills developed and the principles experienced in the combat training.
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The following Wahnam Taijiquan sets – “White Crane Flaps Wings”, “White Snake Shoots Venom”, “Green Dragon Shoots Pearl”, “Black Bear Sinks Hips” and “Carry Tiger Back to Mountain” – are shown in slow motion in this video series. More important than set practice are combat application and internal force training. And even more important is to apply the principles and skills learnt in combat application and internal force training to our daily work and play so that we can enrich our life as well as the lives of other people. Historically, combat application came first. After years of actual fighting, past masters stylized their fighting movements into patterns. Later these patterns were linked into sequences. Then the sequences were linked into sets.
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Shaolin Kungfu Sets in Picture Series and Video Clips
The following Shaolin Kungfu sets – “Lohan Asks the Way”, “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, “Fierce Tiger Speeds through Valley”, “Happy Bird Hops up Branch” and “Felling Tree with Roots” – are shown in this video series. Learning the sets before their combat application is for the sake of expediency – enabling you to get the best benefits from the Intensive Course as well as making the best use of computer technology. Historically, combat application came first. After years of actual fighting, past masters stylized their fighting movements into patterns. Later these patterns were linked into sequences. Then the sequences were linked into sets. We shall relive this process during the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course.
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Kungfu practitioners are correct when they say that they would kill or maim wrestlers attempting to take them down for a wrestling hold, though many people who are unaware of the crucial difference between a sport and a fighting art would scoff at this statement, dismissing it as a cover-up for their inability to defend (which may actually be true in some cases). But actually there are many kungfu techniques to frustrate a wrestler’s take-down without killing or seriously hurting him. In these video clips Sifu Kai shows some of these techniques. Even when a kungfu practitioner fails to prevent a take-down and is pinned to the ground, there are ways to overcome the holds.
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Counters against Various Throws
For a comprehensive understanding of combat, past masters classified all attacks into four categories, namely striking, kicking, felling and gripping. This video series show how participants at the Advanced Combined Shaolin Taijiquan Course conducted by Sifu Wong in July/August 2005, where only senior disciples were invited, countered typical Judo throws. Sifu Kai Uwe Jettkandt, who is also a master of Judo, kindly explained and demonstrated important Judo throws and how to counter them. He explained that Judo throws might be grouped into three categories, namely forward throws, sideway throws and backward throws.
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Shaolin kungfu sets for Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course
This video series provide video clips as well as still pictures to help participants to the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course in Malaysia to familiarlize themselves with the kungfu sets to be used for combat application during the course. The sets are “Lohan Asks the Way”, “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, “Fierce Tiger Speeds through Valley”, “Happy Bird Hops up Branch” and “Felling Tree with Roots”. There are also video clips showing how to progress from combat sequences to free sparring..
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Wahnam Taijiquan Sets for Intensive Taijiquan Course
This video series provides video clips showing the Wahnam Taijiquan sets that are used in the Intensive Taijiquan Course for training fundamental skills, techniques, and combat application. The sets are “White Crane Flaps Wings”, “White Snake Shoots Venom”, “Green Dragon Shoots Pearl”, “Black Bear Sinks Hips” and “Carry Tiger Back to Mountain”. Those used to Yang Style Taijiquan being performed slowly may think these sets look more like Shaolin Kungfu, but if we examine what has been recorded in Taijiquan classics, we believe these sets may actually be closer to what Yang Lu Chan practiced!
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Combat Application of Da Lohan Quan
The Eighteen-Lohan Fist became the prototype of Shaolin Kungfu. Over the centuries there were many versions of this Lohan Kungfu set taught by different masters during different periods in the long history of the Shaolin Temple. But whatever the version, it was a beautiful set comprising the fundamentals of Shaolin Kungfu. A shorter vision of the “Eighteen-Lohan Fist” was also practiced, and it was called “Xiao Lohan Quan”, or “Little Lohan Fist” to differentiate from the longer version called “Da Lohan Quan” or “Big Lohan Fist”.
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Sparring by kungfu masters in the past had the following characteristics:
- They used recognizable kungfu patterns.
- They used kungfu stances.
- They were relaxed during sparring, and not tired nor panting for breath after it.
- They used internal force. (Some lesser masters, however, might use muscular strength.)
- They had excellent control. Although a single strike could be fatal in a real fight, in friendly sparring they merely touched their sparring partners without exerting force. This is known as “tim tou wei chi” in Cantonese, or “dan dao wei zi” in Mandarin.
- Being hit a few times never happened, because being hit even once was sufficient to end combat. Hence, being hurt in free sparring almost never occured.
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Can Kungfu be Used for Combat?
Asking whether kungfu can be used for combat almost sounds silly! "Kungfu" means "martial art", and if it cannot be used for combat then it is not a martial art. Hence, questioning whether a particular style of kungfu can be used for combat is questioning whether it is genuine kungfu. This video series shows the training sessions as they were at the regional Shaolin Kungfu course in England in July 2005 where combat application was an important objective. None of the course participants sustained any injury at all in their sparring. Instead they had much fun and fraternization besides other more lasting benefits like promoting good health and mental clarity.
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Kungfu Sets for Specialized Training
This video series is to help those attending the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course from 21st to 30th September 2005 to familiarize themselves with their chosen specialized sets. The following five sets are chosen: Tiger-Crane, Dragon-Tiger, Five-Animal, Dragon Form and Shaolin Monkey. Course participants will also have to devise combat sequences from their specialized sets.
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The Shaolin Wahnam Sparring Methodology
It is sad that today most kungfu practitioners cannot use their kungfu forms effectively for sparring or fighting even though some of them may be formidable fighters using techniques borrowed from other martial systems like Karate and Kickboxing. Some of our video clips are arranged into a coherent system as follows to show how we train sparring. We use our Shaolin Wahnam Sparring Methodology for both Shaolin Kungfu and Wahnam Taijiquan, but as we already have released a series of video clips on
Taijiquan Combat Application and another on
Basic Taijiquan Training, the series of video clips below on Sparring Methodology are taken from Shaolin Kungfu.
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Testing the Shaolin Sparring Methodology in 3 Days!
To test whether the Shaolin Wahnam Sparring Methodology is effective for beginners, Sifu Wong used it on a regional Shaolin Kungfu course held on 18th, 19th and 20th August 2005 in Soria, Spain The results were inspiring – in just three days the students could spar reasonably well using typical kungfu techniques and skills. The following video clips show their training sessions as they were, without any pre-arrangement or editing.
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Basic Taijiquan Training in Shaolin Wahnam
Many people, including the participants themselves, were amazed that one could use typical Taijiquan skills and techniques to spar, without resorting to bouncing about and freestyle fighting, after just five days of training at the Shaolin Wahnam Centre in Costa Rica in February 2005, especially when some of the participants were new to Taijiquan and other martial arts. The course participants were also very pleased that not only they were not injured at all in the sparring, but also they were not panting for breath or tired after sparring for a few hours! More significantly, they found the training full of fun and laughter, vastly different from the “ability to take punishment” concept many people may have regarding sparring. Most significantly, they found the training a rewarding experience, which it should be, where they learned how to be relaxed even in demanding situations, to regulate their use of energy effectively, and to make quick, correct decisions.
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Combat Sequences of Wahnam Taijiquan
To further our effort to help Taijiquan practitioners to spar or fight using Taijiquan, we release the following video clips, still pictures and explanations on our Wahnam Taijiquan combat sequences. Combat sequence training is an important link enabling practitioners to apply their combat skills and techniques for free sparring or real fighting. The twelve combat sequences released below were demonstrated by Sifu Jaffrey Segal of Australia and Sifu Javier Galve of Spain in 2002 immediately after their Special Taijiquan Course with Sifu Wong in Malaysia.
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Applying Taijiquan in Free Sparring in 3 Days!
These video were taken impromptu during a regional Taijiquan course on 15th, 16th and 17th August 2005 in Soria, Spain where most of the participants had no previous martial art experience. Yet, within three days, they could apply typical Taijiquan techniques and skills to defend themselves, often at opponents who were much bigger and stronger. More significantly, not only no one was hurt in the sparring, all of them enjoyed themselves. Their Taijiquan, practiced as chi kung, also helps them to overcome pain and illness, increase vitality and mental freshness, and experience happiness and inner peace. Many people may find this hard to believe, but it is true.
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Participants of the regional Taijiquan course at the Shaolin Wahnam Centre in Costa Rica in February 2005 applied typical Wahnam Taijiquan patterns for combat although some of them were new to Taijiquan and the course was of only five days duration! Not only the course participants were totally free from injury in their sparring but there was much laughter and fun in their combat training -- two points that are of particular significance today when classmates often hurt themselves in their friendly sparring. Although it may not be so obvious from the video clips, observant viewers may notice that with proper training, especially in breath control, one can be relaxed and not tired after hours of sparring.
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Shaolin Wahnam Institute Compilation Video
This video clip gives an overview of some activities of Shaolin Wahnam training and demonstration. There are short displays of free sparring, combat sequence training, combination sets, sequence practice as well as a classical weapon set by Sifu Wong. Some of the videos were shot recently, and some were shot about 20 years ago.
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Burning of the Shaolin Temple – Series 1
Some people when discussing kungfu and martial sports like wrestling and freestyle fighting seem to forget that kungfu is meant for life-death combat whereas the other arts are for sport. This video clip, taken from an old movie called “Shaolin Temple” produced by Shaw Brothers of Hong Kong, gives an idea of a kungfu fighting scenario. The Qing Army had surrounded the temple. A military commander killed a Shaolin secular disciple with his double knives, and wounded a Shaolin monk who escaped a cordon of spears by leaping over them, only to find more soldiers outside. This scene is bloody, but is the least bloody amongst other scenes where there was much killing. Kungfu practitioners today, of course, do not practice to fight in such bloody scenarios, but it gives some sense of reality to those naïve to think that wrestling or grappling with a kungfu expert without the protection of safety rules could be safe.
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Shaolin Combat of Hoong Hei Khoon in Movies
This video clip is taken from a very good old kungfu movie produced by Shaw Brothers of Hong Kong called “Hoong Hei Khoon” (“Hung Xi Guan”), which depicted the burning of the southern Shaolin Temple by the Qing Army. The great Shaolin master Hoong Hei Khoon (in dark dress) is fighting with a high-ranking Manchurian kungfu master. Except for two patterns, the patterns used by Hoong Hei Khoon here are the same as those we use in our basic combat sequences in Shaolin Wahnam, and they are also almost in the same order. These patterns are "Hand Sweep", "Golden Dragon", "Precious Duck", "Poisonous Snake", "Throw Ball", "Yellow Bird", "Golden Star", "Black Tiger", "Golden Lotus", "Sweep Thousand Armies", "Dark Dragon", "White Tiger" and "Green Dragon". The two exception patterns are "Throwing Balls Amidst Waves" (found in the "Kungfu Against Western Boxing" webpage) and "White Tiger Presents Claws" found in our "Five Animals" and "Tiger-Crane".
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The internal force of a kungfu master can be very deadly like a lethal weapon. Hung Xi Guan (Hoong Hei Khoon in Cantonese pronunciation) and Lian Rui Xin (Lin Swee Hin) just escaped from the attack on and burning of the southern Shaolin Temple by the Qing Army, but they were intercepted by Qing agents on the way. Hung Xi Guan killed two of them with his Tiger-Claws, using the Shaolin patterns “Fierce Tiger Descends Mountain” and “White Ape Catches Pig”, and the other two with a punch and a horizontal palm chop using the patterns “Black Tiger Steals Heart” and “Horizontal Sweeping of Thousand Armies”. Lian Rui Xin killed the fifth with a double punch, using the pattern “Double Dragons Emerge from Sea”. Without safety rules, an attacker grabbing the legs of a kungfu master for a take-down as in wrestling or grappling would unwisely expose himself to such deadly strikes of a master with internal force.
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Taijiquan Combat of Yang Lu Chan in Movies
This video clip is taken from a very good kungfu movie recently produced by Jiao Yin Publication of China called “The Taiji Patriarch”, which depicts the life history of the First Patriach of Yang Style Taijiquan, the great master Yang Lu Chan. The Taijiquan master was fighting with a master from Cho-sen, which is the old name for Korea. Notice that Yang Lu Chan mainly retreated to avoid the fast and powerful kicks from his opponent. The patterns used by Yang Lu Chan were “Jade Girl”, “Cloud Hands” (reversed movements), “Fierce Dragon”, “Low Stance”, “Single Whip”, “Playing the Lute”, “Thrust Punch”, “Double Punches”, “Closing”, “Push Boat”, “Carry Tiger” and “Ground Kick”. Except for the last pattern, all these patterns can be found in our Wahnam Taijiquan. (Nevertheless, “Ground Kick” is found in our Shaolin Kungfu as “Spiritual Monkey Tests Cave”.) As in Wahnam Taijiquan too, Yang Lu Chan often used “Low Stance” to avoid the opponent’s kicks. At the end of the combat, while the opponent were panting, Yang Lu Chan was calm and unruffled, which is also the case in Shaolin Wahnam. There are, however, some differences in combat philosophy between that shown in the video clip and in Wahnam Taijiquan. We would not spin around the way it was shown at the beginning of the combat when responding to a series of round-house and reversed round-house kicks. We would also not block a round-house kick using “Jade Girl”. Rather, we would respond with “Low Stance”, or if we are skilful enough, spin into the opponent following his turning momentum so that we would land behind him. Moreover, in using “Low Stance” we would prefer a Reversed Bow-Arrow Stance instead of a frontal Horse-Riding Stance.
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At an opportune time during the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course of September 2005 in Malaysia, Sifu Wong pointed out that to bring ones kungfu to a high level, he should manifest the spirit of the forms he performed. Luckily this invaluable lesson was captured in video by Wei Foong who was present, so that it can be shared by other Shaolin Wahnam members and others who may be interested. This video clip shows Sifu Wong demonstrating the spirit of the Dragon. If one performs only the Dragon forms without its spirit, he would have missed the essence, not only for combat but also for benefiting our daily life.
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The Snake, the Crane, the Tiger and the leopard
To attain a high level in kungfu we not only perform kungfu forms but also manifest their spirit. If there is no spirit in the forms, they become mechanical and are not alive. But the spirit must be appropriate to the form. Performing a crane form with a tiger spirit, for example, is inappropriate. Nevertheless, similar movements may be manifested in different spirits, as shown in this video clip taken at the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course of September 2005 in Malaysia. The spirit of the crane, the snake, the tiger and the leopard are characteristically different. But a particular spirit is not limited to a particular form. We may, for example, execute a leopard punch with internal force characteristic of a Tiger. Yet, at refined levels, the internal force of a Leopard is quite different from that of a Tiger, Crane, Snake or Dragon. .
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The Monkey has a special significance in Shaolin Wahnam. Sifu Wong’s teacher, Sigung Ho Fatt Nam, specializes in the Shaolin Monkey Set. Besides other characteristics like agility, trickiness and internal force, the Monkey is also noted for its cheerfulness and inquisitiveness. In this video clip, Sifu Wong shows Chris how to manifest these two characteristics of the Monkey.
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During the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course in Malaysia in Novemeber 2004, Sifu Wong surprised everybody when he turned up with some sticks and a chopper. He told the participants that he was going to test if some of them had attained the Art of Golden Bell. But he had not taught Golden Bell training techniques to anyone of them before that! Sifu Wong gave a stick to Ismael from Ecuador and told him to hit Sifu Darryl Collett of Scotland hard. Sifu Darryl was most surprised. Sifu Wong told him to perform a few repetitions of “Lifting the Sky” to get his chi flowing if he wished. Ismael struck Sifu Darryl with the stick and the stick borke, but Sifu Darryle was not injured at all.
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After Sifu Darryl Collett of Scotland has demonstrated the Art of Golden Bell where Ismael hit him with a stick and the stick broke, Sifu Wong asks his on, Sifu Wong Chun Nga of Malaysia, to demonstrate Golden Bell using a meat chopper. Sifu Mark Appleford of Scotland uses a meat chopper to chop at Sifu Wong Chun Nga’s stomach but without causing any injury. It may be revealing for many people to know that advanced disciples of Shaolin Wahnam attain advanced arts like Golden Bell, Small Universe and Cosmic Palm without having to learn the training techniques formally. Somewhere along their training, the seeds to develop the necessary skills for these advanced arts have been transmitted to them often without their conscious knowing!
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Internal Force – the Unbendable Arm
You may have heard of the famous unbendable arm of the Aikido grandmaster whose straightened arm could not be bent by people when he directed “ki” (or chi) to flow along it. If you think this could not be true, you can see the unbendable arm of Sifu Andrew Barnett of Shaolin Wahnam Switzerland in this video clip. Notice that Sifu Andrew Barnett is fully relaxed when two students try to bend his straightened arm, showing that no muscular strength is involved. His unbendable arm is due to internal force, generated by chi flow. The value of internal force, of course, is not merely to make your arm unbendable. More significantly it maintains life, enhances life and enable you to have better results in whatever you do!
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Solidity of the Horse-Riding Stance
Although Sifu Andrew Barnettt of Shaolin Wahnam Switzerland is tall and huge, that is not the reason why another person cannot pull him off from his Horse-Riding Stance. The reason is that due to his dedicated “zhang zhuang”, or stance training, Sifu Andrew Barnett has successfully grounded his chi so that he is “solid like a rock”. Many of us may have read in kungfu classics about this effect of stance training and, may have found it hard to believe. It is heartening that Sifu Andrew Barnett can demonstrate this feat in real life. But of course to be solid like a rock is not the main reason for dedicated stance training. The main reason is to develop internal force, which is not just for martial arts but for maintaining and enriching life and enhancing whatever we do.
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Breaking Bricks with Internal Force
This is an impromptu video clip taken during the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course in Malaysia in 2002. When course participants arrived at the training ground, they found some bricks left behind after some renovation work. Sifu Wong surprised them saying that they would try breaking some bricks. He set an example, showing them the techniques in breaking bricks. It is significant, as Sifu Wong pointed out, that he had stopped breaking bricks for more than 20 years and had not done any hard conditioning since. His hands are soft. The brick breaking was totally due to internal force. Next Ronan and Anthony each broke a brick. Then Sifu Wong suggested that they would go a step further, They would use internal force to break the bottom of two bricks piled one on top of another. Everyone, except Sifu Wong, was surprised when Ronan succeeded in doing so. In line with traditional Shaolin methodology, there was no prior special training to break bricks. When students are ready, the master asks them to break bricks to test or confirm their internal force.
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Spiritual Cultivation in Golden Shower
Spiritual cultivation, which is non-religious, is an important aspect in Shaolin Wahnam training. It is cultivating the spirit, and involves emotional, mental as well as spiritual purification. Our spirit, called soul or mind in some cultures, is originally pure. In Zen terms this is described as we are originally the Buddha, and in Western terms it is described as we have the divine spark of God in us. At the lowest level, spiritual cultivation enables us to be happy and peaceful, and at the highest level it enables us to return to God, or by whatever name we call the Supreme Reality. This impromptu video clip shows a class undergoing spiritual purification using the chi kung skill of "Golden Shower". You can hear the wonderful effects of such spiritual cultivation from Dr Juan, Dr Andre and Dr Ana Maria who report their experience of tremendous peace, freedom and joy.
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Emotional Cleansing In Golden Shower
After having read the incredible chi kung classes of Sifu Wong and their amazing benefits, many people may wonder.what a typical class is like and whether the benefits reported are true. This video clip taken impromptu shows such a class in action on the Blue Mountain in Costa Rica in February 2005 where some of these benefits are gained. An important benefit of this chi kung course called “Golden Shower” is to cleanse emotional blockage. During the deep cleansing one of the participants, who is a trainer of senior executives, cried out in catharsis. Uninitiated persons might be worried hearing the cry. How did he and the other course participants feel? Wonderful. You can read some of their comments in video clips to be released later.
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Opening the Heart in Golden Shower
“Golden Shower” is a powerful chi kung skill in Shaolin Wahnam for cleansing or purification. This skill can be engendered by various different techniques. In this chi kung class at the Guan Yin Temple on the Blue Mountain, Sifu Wong taught the course participants to use the technique “Carrying the Moon” to effect the skill “Golden Shower”. This impromptu video clip is a continuation of Emotional Cleansing in Golden Shower shown earlier. After a powerful emotional cleansing earlier, Juan Pablo who is a trainer of senior business executives, is seen here laughing loudly, while Dr Ana Maria, a world famous psychiatrist from the United States, smiles sweetly from her heart. You can hear Dr Ana Maria’s comments about her remarkable experience of laughter in another video clip. Sounds of laughter are common in Shaolin Wahnam courses.
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Elevation of Spirit and Feeling of Peace From Golden Shower
After a training session of the chi kung course “Golden Shower” on the Blue Mountain in Costa Rica in February 2005, Sifu Wong asked course participants for questions and comments. Dr Juan, a heart surgeon from Colombia, described the marvelous experience of his spirit being elevated. Dr Sandra, who is a specialist in an emergency ward and also a medical researcher, described a deep sense of peace. "Golden Shower" is a powerful chi kung exercise that clears physical, emotional, mental and spiritual blockages, enabling the practitioners to approach their full potential in health, vitality, longevity and spiritual joy.
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Feeling of Power, Peace and Freedom from Golden Shower
Dr Andre from Canada describes his wonderful experiences during the “Golden Shower” exercise. He says he feels a tremendous power moving him from within, making him dance as if over water and clouds, and he feels tremendous peace and freedom. Sifu Wong says that his experience manifests the Dance of Shiva, or the Cosmic Dance of Energy. You can see part of Dr Andre’s dance in another video Sp;iritual Cleansing in Golden Shower.
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Amazing Experience of Joy and Confidence from Golden Shower
Dr Ana Maria, a world top psychiatrist from the United States, shares with the class her amazing experience of joy and confidence. Dr Ana Maria feels so happy because her heart is opened as a result of “Golden Shower”, induced by the technique “Carrying the Moon”. You can see her performance of this powerful chi kung exercise here. Two other doctors, Dr Juan and Dr Andre, also describe their wonderful experiences of this exercise, narrating their feelings of spiritual upliting and surging power and freedom..
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"Lohan Asks the Way" is the fundamental set in Shaolin Wahnam where students learn basic hand techniques, body adjustment and footwork. They also learn basic skills like fluidity of movements, breath control and mental focus. In other words, students are introduced to the "six harmonies" right at the start of their kungfu training. Students should be able to perform this set with correctness of form, flowing force and good speed, and not panting for breath at its completion. In our school enjoying "Flowing Breeze Swaying Willows" at the end of a performance is a signature feature. This set, demonstrated here by Anthony Korahais, also reveals that a skillful practitioner can practice Shaolin Kungfu (and also Wahnam Taijiquan) within a limited space.
“Black Tiger Steals Heart” is the first of the basic combat sequence sets. It is composed of the first four basic combat sequences. The first sequence is also called “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, named after the most popular attack pattern called “Black Tiger Steals Heart” too. Hence, “Black Tiger Steals Heart” may refer to a pattern, a sequence or a set. The other three sequences are “Poisonous Snake Shoots Venom”, “Precious Duck Swims through Lotus” and “Hang a Golden Star at Corner”. This set, “Black Tiger Steals Heart” enables students to learn and practice all the four directions of attack and defence techniques involving hand strikes.
After learning the fundamental hand attacks and defences in “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, students expand the repertoire of their hand techniques in “Fierce Tiger Speeds Through Valley”. While the first combat set focuses on the left leg mode, the second focuses on the right leg mode. Students should pay attention to the “six harmonies” while performing the set, and should not be panting at its completion. The performance of this set by Anthony Korahais is slowed down here to enable students to see the patterns more easily. The set should be performed in eight breaths, then in four breaths, and for advanced practitioners in two breaths.
Kicking techniques are very effective in Shaolin Kungfu, but these kicks are purposely inconspicuous. There are some innate weaknesses when applying kicks which a skillful exponent must be aware of and he must also know how to neutralize them if his opponent exploits these weaknesses. The “Happy Bird Hops Up Branch” kungfu set is practiced in Shaolin Wahnam to train kicking attacks as well as counters against kicks, and incorporates Combat Sequences 9-12 of our basic combat training programme This set is demonstrated by Ronan Sexton of England. You may also view photographs of this set at http://wongkk.com/review/happy-bird.html.
Many people are not aware that there are more felling techniques in Shaolin Kungfu than in any other martial arts. Throwing an opponent, as in Judo, is only one of numerous categories of felling an opponent to the ground. There are many felling techniques in Shaolin Kungfu whereby the exponent can fell an opponent without having to hold him. This kungfu set, “Felling Tree With Roots”, which incorporates Combat Sequences 13-16 of our basic combat training programme, focuses on felling techniques and their counters. You may also view photographs of this set at http://wongkk.com/review/fell-tree.html.
Set practice is an important way to learn and apply typical kungfu patterns or techniques. The "Shaolin Five Animals" is a classical kungfu. It incorporates the five traditional animal form and essence of Shaolin Kungfu, namely "dragon" which trains "mind", "snake" which trains “
"energy", "tiger" which trains "internal force", "leopard" which trains "speed", and "crane" which trains "essence". This set is performed here by Anthony Korahias of the United States
This is an advanced kungfu set where the exponent uses mind to move chi, and chi to move form. Hence, the exponent can be very fast and powerful yet not tired or panting for breath. This set was demonstrated by Sifu Wong about 20 years ago at the University of Science in Malaysia. Please note that Sifu Wong's movements shown in the video were in real time. He could move so fast because he directed chi to move his patterns
The Tiger-Crane Double-Form Set is a very famous kungfu set in southern Shaolin Kungfu. There are a few versions of the Tiger-Crane Set, and the one demonstrated by Sifu Wong here is from the lineage of the Venerable Harng Yein, which is different from the well-known set of Sifu Lam Sai Weng, whose lineage is from Loh Ah Choy. The Venerable Harng Yein and Loh Ah Choy were schoolmates under the Venerable Chee Seen, the First Patriarch of Southern Shaolin Kungfu. The specialties of the Tiger-Crane Set are the famous Shaolin arts of Tiger-Claws and No-Shadow Kicks.
The movements and spirit of Shaolin Kungfu are characterized by five “animals”, namely the Dragon, the Snake, the Tiger, the Leopard and the Crane. The Dragon trains “shen” which means the mind, the Snake trains “qi” which means energy, the Tiger trains “gu” which means internal force, the Leopard trains “li” which means strength and speed, and the Crane trains “jing” which means elegance and essence. This video clip captures an impromptu demonstration of the Shaolin Five-Animal Set by Sifu Wong in response to popular requests by participants of a VIP Taijiquan class in September 2005.
The Dragon and the Tiger are two important forms of Shaolin Kungfu with emphasis on the training of mind and energy respectively. Dragon and Tiger patterns are as effective for combat as they are beautiful to watch. This set is a “pattern-set” (in contrast with a “sequence-set”) as it is made up of individual patterns rather than combat sequences. Exponents need to compose combat sequences from the patterns for effective fighting. In kungfu terminology, pattern-sets are called “mother-sets”, or seed-sets, from which “children-sets” which are sequence-sets are issued.
The Shaolin Monkey Set has special significance in Shaolin Wahnam because Sigung Ho Fatt Nam specialized in the Monkey. Sigung Ho, however, did not teach Sifu Wong the whole set; he explained to Sifu Wong the important principles underlying the Monkey and showed him some important combat applications. Years earlier another Monkey specialist, whom Sifu Wong addressed as Brother Zheong, specially taught Sifu Wong not his Monkey Set (which was different from Sigung’s set) but another of his specialty, the Double Knives. As Sifu Wong was much interested in the Monkey Set, he later sought out Brother Zheong’s disciple to learn from him. Interestingly, this teacher was much junior to Sifu Wong in the kungfu circles then.
The Monkey Style is a specialty of Sigung Ho Fatt Nam. Therefore the “Shaolin Monkey Set” of which this video shows the beginning, has special significance in our Shaolin Wahnam School. The practitioner must be agile, flowing and have internal force. This video shows Sifu Wong teaching Sifu Darryl the beginning of the Monkey Set, known as “Spiritual Monkey Emerges from Cave”. Sifu Wong asks Darryl to watch his face. If you wish to know why, you have to ask Darryl. Although there are only a few patterns here and they look similar, these patterns are subtle and capable of many different applications.
As practitioners of the Monkey style are usually small in size, striking vital points is a characteristic feature. All the few patterns from the “Shaolin Monkey Set” shown in this video are aimed at an opponent’s vital points. Moreover, a Monkey style practitioner is very tricky. He often misleads and confuses the opponent before striking him. This video clip shows an example.
Although the techniques of the “Monkey Set” are usually “soft’ and suitable for the small-sized, there are also “hard” techniques where being big-sized can be an advantage. This makes the set a complete art. Some examples of both “hard” and “soft” techniques are found in the concluding part of the set shown in this video
This Wahanm Taijiquan set named “Cloud Hands” is a simplified form of the basic set “White Crane Flaps Wings” Yet it is comprehensive, and incorporates all important Taijiquan movements, force training and combat application! You may practice the whole set, or select patterns or sequences from it. It is performed here slowly so that you can see mechanics of Taijiquan footwork, bodywork and waist movement. Pay attention to the three external harmonies of legs, body and hands, and the three internal harmonies of essence, energy and mind.
This Wahanm Taijiquan set named “Cloud Hands” is a simplified form of the basic set “White Crane Flaps Wings” Yet it is comprehensive, and incorporates all important Taijiquan movements, force training and combat application! You may practice the whole set, or select patterns or sequences from it. It is performed here slowly so that you can see mechanics of Taijiquan footwork, bodywork and waist movement. Pay attention to the three external harmonies of legs, body and hands, and the three internal harmonies of essence, energy and mind.
“Flowing Water Floating Clouds” is a fundamental set in Wahnam Taijiquan. Those who are used to Taijiquan as a slow, gentle exercise, may think that this set resembles Shaolin Kungfu rather than Taijiquan. But we believe it is closer to the kind of Taijiquan masters in the past practiced. It is an internal martial art as what Taijiquan should be, and not a graceful dance as what many people today regard it to be. It follows established Taijiquan principles like using intent instead of strength, using the opponent’s strength against himself, and training of mind and energy and not just the physical body.
This is the fundamental set in Wahnam Taijiquan. It is called "Flowing Water Floating Clouds" after the pattern that expresses the most representative characteristic of Wahnam Taijiquan. This pattern is found at the beginning and towards the end of the set. We believe that in his extreme stillness while in a state of Tao, chi started to move inside the body of the First Patriarch of Taijiquan, the great Zhang San Feng, which manifested outwardly in movements poetically described as "flowing water floating clouds". These flowing movements were stylized into patterns forming Wudang Kungfu, which later developed into Taijiquan.
Like Chen Style Taijiquan, from which it derives much inspiration, Wahnam Taijiquan looks more like Shaolin Kungfu than many modern styles of Taijiquan, like Yang Style and Wu Style. This is understandable as Taijiquan was evolved from Shaolin Kungfu when its First Patriarch, the great Zhang San Feng, initiated it. One may wonder why in this video clip Sifu Javier jumps about at the completion of the set. This is because he has generated so much energy in the practice of this set as an internal martial art that the energy manifests externally in his "involuntarily" jumping about!
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This is the basic Taijiquan set in Shaolin Wahnam. Although it is a short, simple set, it has all the movements needed for training fundamental Taijiquan skills and techniques in our school, including practicing stances and footwork, generating energy flow, building energy at the dan tian, developing internal force, exploding force, as well as applying combat techniques for all the four categories of attack and defence. This set manifests our principles of being simple, direct and effective. Those used to Yang Style Taijiquan being performed slowly may think that our basic Taijiquan set looks more like Shaolin Kungfu than Taijiquan, but if we compare to what has been recorded in classics, we believe it may actually be closer to what Yang Lu Chan practiced.
“White Crane Flaps Wings”, which is a basic set in Wahnam Taijiquan, is shown here in slow motion so that students may more easily see its movements. The names of the patterns are also given. Performing a set slowly also enables students to check the accuracy of their forms, to improve balance and elegance, as well as to generate energy flow. When they have achieved these requirements, they should perform the set with force and speed. Without force and speed, one cannot be combat efficient no matter how accurate and elegant his forms may be.
This is a temporary clip for preview of the set "White Snake Shoots Venom". Another video clip with some modifications will be posted later on. Can you find out the underlying principle in the composition of this set? A clue is that this set is formed from combat sequences. If you still can’t get the underlying principle, have a look at the first three combat sequences performed by Jeffrey and Javier at
Combat Sequences of Wahnam Taijiquan. Once you realize this underlying principle, you should have no difficulty formulating your own sets for various purposes.
"White Snake Shoots Venom" is the first of the Wahnam Taijiquan combat application set. It is formed from the first three combat sequences, namely "Immortal Waves Sleeves", "Low Stance Vertical Punch", and "White Snake Shoots Venom".. The initial attack footwork is from left mode advancing to right mode, and the initial defence footwork is from left mode retreating to right mode. Notice that the set should be practiced as chi kung, which means that you should be relaxed and focused, use internal force in both attack and defence, and not be tired or panting after performing the whole set.
"Green Dragon Shoots Pearl", the second of the Wahnam Taijiquan combat application set, is formed from Combat Sequences 4 to 6, namely "Green Dragon Shoots Pearl", "White Crane Flaps Wings", and "Striking Tiger Poise", where kicking attacks and defences against them are introduced.. The initial attack footwork is from left mode advancing to left mode, and the initial defence footwork is from right mode retreating to right mode. The performance shown in the video clip is in real time, but as some of the patterns are so fast that it may not be easy to see them, the set is repeated with the movements performed more slowly
"Black Bear Sinks Hips" is the third of the Wahnam Taijiquan combat application set. It is formed from Sequences 7 to 9, namely "Thrust Kick", "Low Stance Single Whip", and "Black Bear Sinks Hips".. The initial attack footwork is from right mode advancing to right mode, and the initial defence footwork is from right mode retreating to left mode. Various kicking attacks and defences as well as some intricate footwork are introduced in this set.
It is a mis-conception that Taijiquan is always performed slowly. In Wahnam Taijiquan some movements are performed slowly but other movements can be fast. This set, "Carry Mountain Back to Mountain", for example, which is the fourth of the Wahnam Taijiquan set meant to train combat application, is performed fast. This video clip shows the set demonstrated by Sifu Wong in real time. The set is formed from Sequences 10 to 12, namely "Shoulder Strike", "Cloud Hands", and "Carry Tiger Back to Mountain".. The initial attack footwork is from right mode advancing to left mode, and the initial defence footwork is from left mode retreating to left mode. Felling and qin-na techniques are introduced in this set.
Like Chen Style Taijiquan, from which it derives much inspiration, Wahnam Taijiquan looks more like Shaolin Kungfu than many modern styles of Taijiquan, like Yang Style and Wu Style. This is understandable as Taijiquan was evolved from Shaolin Kungfu when its First Patriarch, the great Zhang San Feng, initiated it. One may wonder why in this video clip Sifu Javier jumps about at the completion of the set. This is because he has generated so much energy in the practice of this set as an internal martial art that the energy manifests externally in his “involuntary” jumping about!
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The "108-Pattern Set" is often referred to as the Yang Style Taijiquan Set, because it is the fundamental or “mother” set in this style. Unlike in Shaolin Kungfu where there were different sets for each category, in some kungfu styles like Taijiquan and Baguazhang, there was only one set, like Taijiquan Set, Taijiquan Sword, and Bagua Knife. This video clip shows Sifu Jeffrey Segal of Shaolin Wahnam Australia performs this “108-Pattern Set” in chi flow. Only the first part of the set is shown in the video clip.
Many people hold the common mis-conception that there are few or no kicks in Taijiquan, or even in all kungfu. As a complete martial art, all the four categories of attack – strikes, kicks, felling techniques, qin-na (gripping vital points) – are found in Taijiquan. This part of the “Yang Style Taijiquan 108-Pattern Set”, performed in the video clip by Sifu Jeffrey Segal of Shaolin Wahnam Australia, employs many kicking techniques.
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Fierce Tiger Speeds Through Valley
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Shaolin Dragon Strength Chi Circulation Set
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Shaolin Five-Animal Set by Sifu Wong
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Shaolin Monkey Set by Sifu Wong
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Selection from the “Shaolin Monkey Set” -- Spiritual Monkey Emerges from Cave
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Selection from the “Shaolin Monkey Set” – Striking Vital Points.
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Simplified Wahnam Taijiquan Set -- Cloud Hands in Slow Motion
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Simplified Wahnam Taijiquan Set -- Cloud Hands with Force and Speed
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Flowing Water Floating Clouds by Sifu Wong
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Basic Wahnam Taijiquan Set -- White Crane Flaps Wings
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White Snake Shoots Venom (Preview)
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Wahnam Taijiquan Combat Application Set 1 -- White Snake Shoots Venom
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Wahnam Taijiquan Combat Application Set 2 – Green Dragon Shoots Pearl
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Dragon-Tiger Set performed by Sifu Wong
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The training methodologies we use in Shaolin Wahnam are quite different from those in most other kungfu schools. In most other schools students start their kungfu career by learning kungfu sets. In Shaolin Wahnam we start with basics like stances, footwork and chi flow. This video clip taken at random during the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course in Malaysia in November 2004 shows students practicing various ways of moving in the Bow-Arrow Stance and different ways to advance with their front foot.
In Shaolin Wahnam, every movement in Shaolin Kungfu and Wahnam Taijiquan is a training of energy and mind. In other works, Shaolin Kungfu and Wahnam Taijiquan are always practiced as chi kung and meditation. This video clip taken at random during the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course in Malaysia in November 2004 at the completion of a footwork training session provides an example. In Shaolin Wahnam, footwork training is also a training of energy and mind. At the end of a footwork training session at the course, students went into chi flow and standing meditation. Sifu Wong is seen encouraging Ismael from Ecuador to flow with the chi. The chi flow movement here is described poetically as "Yew Foong Pai Lau" (Cantonese pronunciation), or "Flowing Breeze and Swaying Willows", an important kungfu term that is sometimes heard but rarely understood. Sifu Darryl Collett of Scotland, however, is seen enjoying a vigorous and interesting chi flow.
Many people have the mis-conception that first there were kungfu sets, then masters took individual patterns out from the set and applied them for combat. Actually it was the reverse. Individual patterns came first, then they were arranged in some meaningful order to form kungfu sets. But how did the patterns come about. They evolved over time from actual fighting movements. At first the fighting movements were haphazard and random. But over time experienced fighters formalized favored fighting movements into stylized patterns. Much later, kungfu masters joined these patterns into kungfu sets. In this video clip Anthony demonstrates the basic patterns for hand attacks and defences. Many people may be surprised that by applying these patterns well, a skillful kungfu exponent can counter any hand attacks! Practicing these patterns over and over is a good way to familiarizing yourselves with advantages movements so that you can apply them spontaneously in combat
Practicing combat sequences is an important method to train combat efficiency. It helps students to develop important combat skills as well as train them to use typical kungfu patterns spontaneously in combat. This combat sequence, "Fell Tree with Roots", which incorporates a felling technique and its counter, is performed by Anthony Korahias of the United States
As throws are often used in kungfu, it is necessary for students to know how to break their fall to prevent injury like fracturing their arms or dislocating their elbows. As a student falls to the ground, his palm should be the last, not the first, to hit the ground. If he is untrained he would frequently try to stop his fall with his hand. This may result in fractures or dislocations. However, breaking falls is not often used in actual combat because by that time kungfu exponent would know how to neutralize or counter the felling techniques of an opponent. It is during the training when they allow their partners to throw them that breaking falls is essential. With this ability it would be difficult to train realistically.
It may be a surprise to some people that throws are often used in kungfu. Hence, students must learn how to avoid being injured when practicing throws. One effective way is to use breakfalls. A better way is to use rolling. In this video clip Sifu Kai Uwi of Shaolin Wahnam Germany teaches participants to a Warrior Project class an effective rolling technique, known in Shaolin Kungfu as “Gourd Rolling on Ground”. It is remarkable that although Sifu Kai Uwi is powerful and solid, he is so agile.
Sifu Kai Uwe of Shaolin Wahnam Germany, who is also an expert in ground fighting, demonstrates some effective groundwork in Shaolin Kungfu to keep an opponent at bay. This Shaolin pattern is known as “Lazy Monkey Watching the Sky”. The video was taken impromptu during a Warrior Project training session.
How would you subdue an agile opponent on the ground?. Sifu Kai Uwe and Sifu Darryl Collett demonstrate a method using a Shaolin pattern called “Black Tiger Catches a Monkey”. You may like to hear what Darryl has to say about this technique. "I had found this defence working against everyone I had trained and sparred with before, yet Kai went straight past it with one of the patterns from the Monkey Set! The laughter came from my students, who were extremely glad to see me finally being subdued when using this strategy." Laughter is a common feature in our training, including combat training. And laughing at being laughted at is part of our emotional development.
As there are some innate weaknesses in kicks, one must have practiced them fluently as well as know the appropriate counters should an opponent exploit the innate weaknesses, before attempting to use kicks in combat. An effective way is to practice kicking drills, as in this video clip. Here Anthony demonstrates the four fundamental kicks in Shaolin Wahnam, namely the organ-kick, the whirlwind kick, the side-kick and the thrust kick, in the patterns “Yellow Bird Drinks Water”, “Naughty Monkey Kicks at Tree”, “Happy Bird Hops up Branch”, and “White Horse Presents Hoof”.
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Pattern Practice -- the Four Fundamental Hand Attacks and Defences
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Sequence Training -- Felling Tree with Roots
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Ground Work – Lazy Monkey Watching the Sky
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Pattern Practice – Four Fundamental Kicks
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