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The Sabah Kungfu Show March 2007 -- Part 29
By the courtesy of Ogingo Videography, Sabah, Malaysia

FROM PRE-CHOICE SEQUENCES TO FREE SPARRING

Shaolin Kung Fu Show in Sabah
Participants practice Free Sparring using typical Kungfu Forms at the Sabah Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course of April 2007

You have learnt the combat sequences well and can perform them smoothly. How are you going to use them in free sparring so that you use typical kungfu patterns in attack and defence correctly and spontaneously?

These are two main problems in free sparring most kungfu practitioners today face:

We in Shaolin Wahnam are very lucky to have a sparring methodology that can overcome these two problems. We have two main methods, namely the “Eight-Stage Approach” and “Subtraction and Addition”.

The "Eight-Stage Approach" consists of the following:

  1. Pre-Choice
  2. Self-Choice
  3. Surprised Counters
  4. Continuation
  5. Modifications and Variations
  6. External Change
  7. Internal Change
  8. Free Sparring

(Please note that our sparring methodology is constantly being improved upon. Hence, the number of stages and terms used may be slightly different at different periods.)

"Subtraction and Addition" naturally consists of

  1. Subtraction
  2. Addition

(Please note that "Subtraction and Addition" is a recent innovation. Early students may not have heard of this term though they used this method.)

Either "Eight-Stage Approach" or "Subtraction and Addition" can lead us to free sparring using kungfu forms correctly and spontaneously. But we use both methods.

This video series records some of these lessons.



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“Shaolin Linking Sequences for Continuous Attacks

Sifu Jamie link all the four sequences of Combat Sequences 1 to 4 into a continuous attack. Amongst other benefits, this helps to review all the four sequences learnt.
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“Shaolin Skills are More Important than Techniques

Now Sifu Jamie links Combat Sequences 5 to 8 into a continuous attack. Notice that although Jordan knows what the attack patterns are, as he already knows the sequences, he is still hard pressed by Sifu Jamie. This shows that skills are more important than techniques in combat.
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“Shaolin Continuous Attacks with Kicks

Here Sifu Jamie links Combat Sequences 9 to 12 together in a continuous attack. Please note that the video clips shows up to Sequence 11 only. These attacks focus on kicks. But unlike in Taekwondo, in kungfu the practitioner opens the ways for kicks with hand attacks.
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“Shaolin Without Neglecting Form and Force in Slowing Down

Participants often slow down for some specific purposes. Grandmaster Wong explains that slowing down does not mean that the participants would neglect their form and force.
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“Shaolin Changing from Right to Left Leg Mode

Next, Ben links Combat Sequences 13 to 16 into a continuous flow. After Sequence 13 which ends with the right leg mode, Grandmaster Wong shows Ben how he could continue with Sequence 14 which starts with the left leg mode. This video shows only Combat Sequences 13 and 14.
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“Shaolin An Example of Subtraction and Addition

Grandmaster Wong shows how you can change from the right leg mode at the end of Sequence 14 to the left leg mode at the start of Sequence 15. Here the initiator presses in with the next attack after “Precious Duck”, without waiting for the responder to execute a “Black Tiger” according to the prescribed sequence. In other words, after “Precious Duck” the initiator continues straight-away with “Black Tiger”, which is the start of Sequence 15. This is an example of “Subtraction and Addition”. The initiator subtracts a pattern from Sequence 14, and add Sequence 15 to it.
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“Shaolin The Grandmaster is Almost Caught Off-Guard

Grandmaster Wong pauses to explain some points but Sifu Jamie continues to attack. He almost catches Grandmaster Wong off-guard but due to his good training the grandmaster recovers himself and turns the table back on Sifu Jamie instead, winning impromptu loud applaud from the participants.
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“Shaolin AAB with Subtraction and Addition

Here the initiator starts with two sequences with the option to subtract or add, after which the responder continues with one sequence also with the option to subtract and add. For convenience this method is called AAB with subtraction and addition. Can you tell which two sequences Sifu Jamie uses, and which sequence George continues with?
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We wish to thank Mr Godfery Kissey of Ogingo Videography, Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia for kindly provideing us with the videos. (Godfery is also a member of our Shaolin Wahnam Family.) His telephone number is 60-88-731788, and e-mail address is godfery@pc.jaring.my.

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