Chow Gar

Chow Gar Tong long is a southern and is one of the four major schools in . It is an aggressive style with emphasis on close range fighting. These skills are developed by utilizing a range of training techniques which have been developed over several centuries.

This style is not related to , a southern Chinese martial art founded by Jow Lung in the early 1900s.

History

The history of Chow Gar Praying Mantis was transmitted orally with little supporting documentation until the 1900s. The origins of Chow Gar are similar to other martial arts of the Hakka community with references to the Southern Shaolin monastery and exploits centered around Southern China. Information prior to the turn of the century were speculative at best. In the modern era, Lau Soei is recognized by both the Chow Gar and Chu Gar practitioners as the leading promoter of this style. The leading authority of Chow Gar are the students of Yip Shui and their schools can be found worldwide.

Chow Ah Naam

According to Chow Gar tradition, the founder of the style was Chow Ah Naam who lived in the 1800s. He had spent many years in the Southern Shaolin Monastery under the guidance of the abbot Sim See Yan. He created a new style which he called Praying Mantis from watching a fight between a praying mantis and a bird. His style is not related to the Northern Praying Mantis created by Wang Lang during the Song Dynasty . Ah Naam taught the style to many people in the region and one of his students was Wong Fook Go.

Wong Fook Go

Wong Fook Go was initially a lay person but later became a traveling monk. He travelled throughout Southern China including Wai Yearn village in the area of Tung Kung .

Lau Soei

Lau Soei was an accomplished teacher of the martial arts in his home village of Wai Yearn in Southern China before meeting Wong Fook Go. Oral traditions suggested that Lau challenged Wong and was soundly defeated by Wong. Lau then became a student of Wong and became proficient in the Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis. Using this knowledge, he further enhanced his reputation and earned the nickname as the "Number one of the three tigers of Dong Jiang .

In 1913, Lau Soei moved to Hong Kong and established a Southern Praying Mantis school in Kowloon. Initially, he would teach his system only to members of the Hakka community. Near the end of his career, he opened his teachings to the general public. Yip Shui was one of his first non-Hakka students. Lau Soei died in 1942.

Yip Shui

Yip Shui continued on the tradition of Lau Soei after living and training extensively with Lau Soei. He established a reputation for the effectiveness of the Chow Gar style by meeting all challenges. He worked hard to teach and promote this style. Yip Shui passed away in 2004.

Yip Chee Keung, the son of Yip Shui, continues the family tradition as a promoter of this system. Chee Keung emigrated to London, England in the 1970s. He established a Chow Gar Southern Mantis School there. Paul Whitrod started his training with Yip Chee Keung at that school in 1974. Paul is now the UK representative for Chow Gar.

Ng Si Kay , Yip Shui's son in law, is the current head instructor for Chow Gar Mantis Association based in Hong Kong. Li Tin Loi , another student of Yip Shui, is teaching at the Hong Kong Tong Kong Chow Ka-Praying Mantis Li Tin Loi Martial Arts Association .

With the efforts and dedication of those teachers and many others, Chow Gar practitioners can now be found throughout the world. There are now Chow Gar schools and associations in Hong Kong, England , the Netherlands and Australia.

Forms

There are many different forms in the Chow Gar system and each instructor teaching a variety of forms. The name for some of those solo forms include :

*Sarm Bo Jin
*Sarm Jin Yiu Kiu
*Sarm Jin Pai Kiu
*Sarm Gong Pin Kiu
*Second Level Sarm Bo Jin
*Pao To Fist
*Leep Kiu
*Gau Si Mun sau
*Mo Ying Sau Chor Kui
*Bo Sim Sau
*Gen Tung Gen Sau Lin Wa say
*Poon loong keok
*Yau Loong Sau
*Say Mun Sau
*Bic Saan Quan
*Yin Yang Sau
*Fut Sau

There are also pair forms and weapon forms.

Techniques

Basic Movements

There are also 36 basic movements consisting of one or 3 moves, these are known as San Sau. they are;

*Bow Chong
*Gau Choi
*Cye Sau
*Doa Sau
*Narp Sau
*Got sau
*Saw Sau
*Chum Chung sau
*Yong Sau
*Chuen sau
*Larp sau
*Mut sau
*Kum la Ja Jook
*Kwor sau
*Yui Sau
*Pai Kui
*Cheet Jeung
*Lau Sau
*Dun Chung
*Ngai Chung
*Jin Sau
*Din sau
*Soc sau
*Yong Kum sau
*Yum Yearn Kor Sau
*Lim Chung
*Tai Sau
*Kok Choi
*Man Dan Sau
*Chup sau
*Noi Choi fun sau
*Chy Sau
*Doy Chong
*Sarm Bo Jin

Shock Power

The short-range power that can translate into shock power is a basic characteristic of this style. According to legend, this technique is created when the founder, Chow Ah Naam's saw a praying mantis fighting off a blackbird using quick sudden movements.

Choi Lei Fut

Like other southern Chinese martial arts, Choi Lei Fut features Five Animal techniques based on the tiger, dragon, crane, leopard, and snake but is distinguished from other by long, swinging, circular movements and twisting body motions more indicative of .

As a Southern Shaolin style with Five Animal techniques, Hung Kuen is a close relative of Choi Lei Fut and is said by some Choi Lei Fut branches to be the style that Chan Yuen-Wu taught founder Chan Heung.

The stances of Choi Lei Fut are as wide as those of Hung Kuen, but higher - though not as high as those of Wing Chun - trading off some of the stability and root of Hung Kuen stances to allow more mobile footwork. In order to generate the characteristic whipping power of Choi Lei Fut, the hips and shoulders must be decoupled. Though Hung Kuen also features whipping power, particularly in its crane techniques, the hips and the shoulders are more frequently locked in the same plane, resulting in a "harder" form of power. Hung Ga and Wing Chun both hold the torso perpendicular to an opponent, to allow for the full use of both arms. By contrast, Choi Lei Fut holds the torso at an angle to the opponent to reduce the target area exposed to him.

Choi Lei Fut is a characterized as a "soft-hard", "external" style. The curriculum was designed so that anti-Qing rebels could quickly gain practical proficiency and also incorporates a wide range of weapons. Several common movements have specific sounds associated with them—for example, "sik" when throwing punches, "yik" when punching from horse riding stance, "wah" was used when using a Tiger Claw and "dik" when kicking—supposedly so that friendly forces could recognize each other in battle and to force the practitioner to coordinate his breathing patterns with his movements.

Like many martial arts, Choi Lei Fut has diverged into several lineages that differ not only in terms of training and emphasis but also on what they see as the true history of the style.

The style has not gained popularity in mainland China and by some it is still seen as merely an amalgamation of southern and northern techniques and is not really seen as a separate style. Due to the nature of the style, it is said to be preferred by traveling merchants who could easily exchange techniques with others while traveling.

The popularity of Choi Lei Fut is strong in Hong Kong, Canada, the United States, and growing elsewhere, and in the late 20th century, the style was popularized in the Canada and the United States. It is also one of the fighting styles used by the Outworld ninja Ermac in the '''' video game series.

Choi Lei Fut, together with Hung Gar and Wing Chun, are given the name "The Three Great Martial Art Schools of the South" because of their origin and popularity in Southern China.

Origins

Chan Heung was born in Guangdong Province, China in 1805 or 1806.
At the age of six or seven, he began to study Kung Fu from his uncle, Chan Yuen-Wu , a master of Southern Shaolin.
So proficient as an adolescent that he could defeat any challenger from nearby villages, Chan Heung was ready to learn more.
So he began training under another Southern Shaolin master, , founder of Lei Ga, the Lei Family style.
After only four or five years of training, it became apparent that Chan Heung was ready to move on once again.
So Chan Heung set out to find Choi Fook , who is said to have been a monk on Luofu Mountain.
After several years of training under Choi Fook, Chan Heung returned to his home village of Ging Mui in the county of Xinhui. He did not personally believe in fighting because of his personal Buddhist beliefs although his students fought and believed in the Revolution.

According to the Jeung Yim branch

Jeung Yim was an orphan his parents were killed so he was cared for by his uncle.
According to Huang,Shenjiang, manager of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon manager, the uncle's name was Jeung Kwan and Jeung Yim was at this time a disciple of Lei Ga master Lei Yau-San.
When Jeung Yim was twelve, his uncle had obligations that meant he would no longer be able to take care of Jeung Yim.

So he took Jeung Yim to his old friend Chan Heung in the hopes that Chan would be able to take the boy in as a live-in student so he would be cared for and fed.
However, village rules forbade Chan Heung from teaching martial arts to non-family members.
Unable to take care of the boy by accepting him as a student, Chan Heung instead hired Jeung Yim to do odd jobs at his martial arts school.
Jeung Yim took the opportunity to observe Chan Heung’s lessons and practiced the moves that he imitated in secret .
One night, Chan Heung came upon Jeung Yim practicing.
Impressed by the Jeung Hung-Sing's motivation and abiliies, Chan Heung taught him secretly for several years before the other villagers found out and expelled Jeung Yim for not being a village family member and not having the Chan family name not wanting him to learn the Chan Village Style (in later years this style was to be called Choi-Lei-Fut.

So in 1831, at the age of seventeen, Jeung Yim left Ging Mui, but not before Chan Heung gave him a letter of introduction and money for food and instructions to seek out the monk Ching Cho at the Zhajian Temple on Mount Bapai in Guangxi Province.
Absent to the distractions of secular life, Jeung Yim was able to give himself over completely to the things that the monk Ching Cho had to impart, having no distractions or other people to distract him so he had nothing to do but practice what the Green Grass Monk had to teach him: his knowledge of Fut Ga Kung Fu and traditional Chinese medicine, and a promise of commitment to the Green Grass Monk to help in the overthrow of the Ching Government the which reflected that patriotic ideal.His teacher, the Green Grass Monk bestowed him his new revolutionary name which HUNG-SING.
Jeung, now Jeung,Hung-Sing, returned to Chan Heung and shared with his first teacher the some of the things he had learned from his second teacher for the most of the last decade the time he spent with the Green Grass Monk.
Chan Heung hired Jeung once again, this time as a teacher rather than hiring him just as a menial/clandestine student, enabling Jeung Hung-Sing to stay for a year or two until he left to open his own school in Foshan in 1839 and continue with his well known and Activities with the HUNG MOON SOCIETY, THE REVOLUTION and recruitment and opened his fist school Hung Sing using the Character of the Hung Society And called his style HUNG"s FIST later changing the Character to the now popularized Hung to mean Great or Glorious for fear of being arrested and executed for being a member of the Hung society.
Because it incorporated the Choi Ga style from Choi Fook, the Lei Ga style from Lei Yau-San the Lei Style was widley known and practiced in southern China at this time., and the Fut Ga style from the monk Ching Cho which completely changed his out look and usage that he had learned before, their new style became known as Choi Lei Fut in the years to come (likely named this in the 3rd generation period.

According to the Chan Family branch

At seven years old, Chan Heung began learning martial arts under his uncle Chan Yuen Woo. Yuen Woo was a famed master from Shaolin Temple, and taught his nephew the Buddha Style Fist or Fut Ga Kuen.

After years of study with his uncle, Chan Heung had become a consummate warrior by the early age of 15. To further his skills, Chan became a student of Lei Yau San, a Shaolin practitioner of the Lei Family Fist. Yau San was Yuen Woo's sihing or elder brother at Shaolin Temple.

Becoming proficient in the Lei Family style, Chan Heung was then referred to the Shaolin monk Choi Fook to further his martial arts knowledge. After years of intensive study with the Buddhist recluse, Chan Heung revised what he had learned and formed a new system. He combined his knowledge of 3 martial arts systems and called it "Choi Lei Fut" in honour of his teachers.

Three styles that constitute Choi Lei Fut are as follows.

Chan Yuen Woo and the Buddha Style Fist
Chan Heung learned the Buddha Style Fist, or Fut Ga Kuen, from his uncle Chan Yuen Woo. Yuen Woo was a famed master of Shaolin Temple.

Three sources

Choi Fook 蔡褔

Depending on the branch of Choi Lei Fut, Choi Fook is said to have been a master of Southern Shaolin Kung Fu from Fujian province.

Choi Fook had learned this from Choi Gau-Yee,founder of Choy gar.

Choi Fook was not related to Choy Gau-Yee though he was his student.
Choy gar is said to have the longest range of the .

Either way, Choi Fook is considered a source of Choi Lei Fut's long-range characteristics like its swift, mobile footwork.

Choi Fook was a monk from the Shaolin Temple of Fujian.

Lei Yau-San 李友山

Said to be a student of Jee Sin while others believe him to be a student of Li Sik Hoi-one of the 5 Ancestors of the Hung Mun, Lei Yau-San is known not only as a teacher of Chan Heung, and recently discovered of Jeung Hung Sing as well, but as the founder of Lei Ga which, like Choi Ga, is one of the .

The prominence of the leopard punch hand formation within Choi Lei Fut may be the influence of Lei Ga, a middle-range style which emphasizes techniques.

Fut Ga 佛家

Fut Ga , literally "Buddha Family," specializes in palm techniques and for this reason is also known as Buddha Family Palm, Buddhist Palm, or Buddha Palm. Monk Ching Cho Woh Seung was responsible for spreading the Fut Ga system throughout Guandong.
Both the left and right hand are used in attack and defense. Long and short-range footwork is employed.

Technical characteristics of the branches

Chan Family

Chan Family Choi Lei Fut emphasizes a soft, loose, flexible waist and faces the opponent at an angle to reduce the target area exposed.

Hung Sing 鴻 勝

Though still characterized by the whipping power indicative of Choi Lei Fut, the Jeung,Yim "HUNG SING" branch maintains a loose alignment between the hips and the shoulders, imparting a "Looseness" to generate its power.Also known for it's aggressive fighting methods such as onslaught Combinations
and side stance techniques, and many weapons forms because they felt this was a warfare system,the Hung Sing has a small amount of hand sets in their Primary Core.The Cheung Kuen ,The Kow da Kune ,The Ping Kuen. The wooden Dummy and varied amount of Perifial hand forms. Also they have a variety of both weapon and hand spar forms to teach the usages of the system. Weapons forms are usually hidden hand forms.

Current grandmaster of the US HQ Hung Sing Kwoon that teach today are Sifu Dino "Jew, Tein Loong" Salvatera. Past grandmasters of the US HQ Hung Sing Kwoon include Professor Lau Bun, Jew Leong.

Buk Sing

Founded by Tarm Sarm and Ku Yu Cheung, Northern Shaolin, Buk Sing Choy Lay Fut focused on direct combat rather than forms and weapon routines.

The Buk Sing lineage features a shorter syllabus comprising only a handful of routines—Sup Jee Kuen , Ping Kuen , Kau Da , Seung Gaap Daan —as compared to the dozens in the syllabuses of the other branches.

Buk Sing techniques are generally 'rawer' and more aggressive than their equivalents in other branches of Choy Lay Fut. In fighting the focus is on blitzing the opponent with rapid, advancing movements rather than engaging with him.

One example of Tarm Sarm's approach is the "side body" stance, which takes the idea of reducing one's exposed target area by to its logical conclusion: turning the torso 90° away from the opponent.

Some famous masters of Buk Sing Choy Lay Fut that teach today are Dave and Vince Lacey who teach at separate schools. One of their masters, Lai Hung, also teaches Northern Shaolin and Buk Sing Choy Lay Fut in California. Although there are also branchs in Australia, in Melbourne and Perth taught by students of the Laceys.

Masters of Choi Lei Fut

Chan Family masters:
* Chan On Pak
* Chen Yong Fa
* Wong Cam Piu
Contemporary masters:
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Grandmaster:
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Buk Sing Choy Lay Fut:
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Chin Woo Athletic Association

Chin Woo Athletic Association is a Chinese martial arts association founded in Shanghai on July 7, 1910, but conflicting sources also cite dates in 1909. It can be found spelled in many ways - Jing Mo, Ching Wu, Jing Wo, etc.



Many sources say that Chin Woo was founded by Huo Yuanjia , the famed challenge fighter who died within months of its establishment. This gives the false impression that only one person founded the entire association when in reality it was founded by a committee of people. Due to Huo Yuanjia's popularity and recent death, the committee had decided that he should be the "face" of Chin Woo, resulting in his strong association with it.

Because Huo was widely admired as a national hero, a series of other masters agreed to teach at the school including Eagle Claw master Chen Zizheng , Seven Star Praying Mantis master Luo Guangyu , Xingyi master Zhao Lianhe , and Wu Jianquan , the founder of Wu style Taijiquan . Master Chao Lianhe, a master of Northern Shaolin Bizong Style became the Chief Instructor after the sudden death of Huo.

One of the first major public martial arts schools in China, Chin Woo was intended to create a more open environment for teaching and learning martial arts as opposed to the secretive training that had been common in the past. By doing so, the founders felt that this would keep alive traditions that secrecy and social change would otherwise doom. The basic curriculum drew from several styles of martial arts, giving practitioners a well-rounded martial background in addition to whatever they wished to specialize in. The Chin Woo Association inspired the ecumenism seen in the Chinese martial arts community during the Republic of China giving rise to such efforts as the National Martial Arts Institutes. Sun Yat Sen , founder of the Republic of China, attended the third annual event held by Chin Woo in 1915, giving a speech of encouragement to the attendees. When Sun Yat Sen attended again at the 10th annual event in 1920, he also wrote for a special Chin Woo newsletter and made a plaque with the engraving "martial spirit"., the Chin Woo Association was allowed to re-open after the Cultural Revolution, and currently has more than 150 branches around the world.

Standard Curriculum

During the early days of Ching Wu in Shanghai, chief instructor, Chao Lianhe developed a curriculum that became the standard Chin Woo sets .

#Twelve Rows of Tan Tui
#Gong Li Quan
#Jie Quan
#Da Zhan Quan
#Ba Gua Dao
#Qun Yang Gun
#Wu Hu Qiang
#Jie Tan Tui
#Tao Quan
#Dan Dao Chuan Qian

Styles taught varied from school to school, depending on the local Masters, i.e. Northern Mantis, Northern Shaolin Lo Han, Mizong, Eagle Claw, Bizong, Mizongyi, etc. The standard curriculum, however, was universally in all Chin Woo Associations.

Fictional portrayals

* , also known as ''Fist of Fury'', a 1972 film starring Bruce Lee, is a fictional account of a Chin Woo student who avenges the murder of Huo Yuanjia at the hands of a rival Japanese school. This film was originally released in the US as ''Chinese Connection''.
* , also known as ''Fist of Legend'', starring Jet Li, is a remake of ''Fist of Fury''.
* , also known as ''Jet Li's Fearless'', starring Jet Li, is a fictionalized version of Huo Yuanjia's biography.
*Donnie Yen starred in the 1995 Hong Kong television series, "Jing Wu Men".

Chin Na

Chin Na or Qinna is a
term describing techniques used in the Chinese martial arts that control or lock an opponent's joints or
muscles/tendons so he cannot move, thus neutralizing the opponent's fighting
ability. Also ''chin na su'', su meaning ''technique'' .
Chin na su literally means ''technique of catching and locking'' in Chinese. Some schools simply use the word ''na'' to describe the techniques.

While techniques along the lines of chin na are trained to some degree by most martial arts worldwide, many Chinese martial arts are famous for their specialization in such applications. Styles such as ''Eagle Claw'' , which includes 108 different chin na techniques, ''Praying Mantis'' and the "Tiger Claw" techniques of ''Hung Gar'' are well known examples. Though they do not use the Chinese name of Chin Na, many of the Japanese martial arts also utilize techniques of locking, trapping and breaking.

Chin Na can generally be categorized as:

#"Fen Jin" or "Zhua Jin" . "Fen" means "to divide", "Zhua" is "to grab" and "Jin" means "tendon, muscle, sinew". They refer to techniques which tear apart an opponent's muscles or tendons.
#"Cuo Gu" . "Cuo" means "wrong, disorder" and "Gu" means "bone". Cuo Gu therefore refer to techniques which put bones in wrong positions and is usually applied specifically to joints.
#"Bi Qi" . "Bi" means "to close, seal or shut" and "Qi", or more specifically "Kong Qi", meaning "air". "Bi Qi" is the technique of preventing the opponent from inhaling. This differs from mere strangulation in that it may be applied not only to the windpipe directly but also to muscles surrounding the lungs, supposedly to shock the system in to a contraction which impairs breathing.
#"Dian Mai" or "Dian Xue" . Similar to the Cantonese "Dim Mak", these are the technique of sealing or striking blood vessels and "Qi" points.

''Chin'' means to seize or trap, ''na'' means to lock or break, and while those actions are very often executed in that order , the two actions can also be performed distinctly in training and self defense. Which is to say, a trap isn't always followed by a lock or break, and a lock or break is not necessarily set up by a trap.

There is quite a bit of overlap between Chin Na theory and technique with the branches of traditional Chinese medicine known as tui na as well as the use of offensive and defensive as an adjunct of chin na training in some styles.

Changquan

Chángquán is a general term for external Northern Wushu. It is one of the types of kung fu.



The forms within the Long Fist style emphasize fully extended kicks and striking techniques, and by its appearance would be considered a long range fighting system. In some Long Fist styles the motto is that "the best defense is a strong offense," in which case the practitioner launches a pre-emptive attack so aggressive that the opponent doesn't have the opportunity to attack. Long Fist uses large, extended, circular movements to improve overall body mobility in the muscles, tendons, and joints. After advanced study, a Long Fist practitioner will find that its forms contain Qin Na joint-locking techniques, as well as Shuai Jiao throws and takedowns.

The Long Fist style is considered to contain a good balance of hand and foot techniques, but in particular it is renowned for its impressive acrobatic kicks. Of contemporary wǔshù events, Long Fist techniques are most popular and memorable with its whirling, running, leaping, and acrobatics. Chanquan moves are difficult to perform, requiring great flexibility and athleticism comparable to gymnasts.

Long Fist’s arsenal of kicks covers everything from a basic front toe-kick to a jumping back-kick, from a low sweep to a tornado-kick. Specifically, typical moves in modern Changquan include: , , , and tengkongfeijiao .

History of Long Fist

The core of Changquan / Long Fist was developed in the 10th century by Zhao Kuangyin, founding Emperor of the Song Dynasty . His style was called ''Tàizǔ Chángquán'', which means "the Long Fist style of Emperor Taizu." In semi-legendary "classic" writings transmitted by '''s'' family, their martial art is referred to by the name ''Chángquán'' in one of the received texts. These texts can only be reliably dated to the second half of the 19th century. The Long fist of draws on ''Chāquán'', "flower fist" ''Huāquán'', ''Pào Chuí'', and "red fist" .

Subtypes of Long Fist

* ''Pào Chuí'' pre-Tang Dynasty;
* ''Chāquán'' Tang Dynasty ;
* ''Tàizǔ Chángquán'' Song Dynasty ;
* ''Fānziquán'' Song Dynasty ;
* ''Hóngquán'' Song Dynasty ; and
* '''' Tang Dynasty .

A sample Long Fist curriculum

North Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu Includes:
#Bare Hand Forms
#Weapons
#Chin na Dui Da
#Two Man Fighting Routines
#Self Defense Applications
#Iron Palm Training

Hand forms

#Lian Bu Quan - Consecutive Linking Step Fist
#Gong Li Quan or Power Fist Form
#Tan Tui or Springing Legs
#20 Methods Fighting Form or Er Shi Er Fa Chuan
#Duan Da Quan - Fighting In Close Quarters Boxing/Short Hit Boxing
#Hua Quan - First Set Of China Fist Yi Lu Xi Yue
#Hua Quan 2 - Second Set Of China Fist Er Lu Xi Yue
#Hua Quan 3 - Third Set Of China Fist San Lu Xi Yue
#Hua Quan 4 - Fourth Set Of China Fist Si Lu Xi Yue
#Hua Quan 2 2 Man - Second Set Of China Fist Two Man Fighting Set Er Lu Xi Yue
#Hua Quan 4 2 Man - Fourth Set Of China Fist Two Man Fighting Set Si Lu Xi Yue

Hand forms explained

*Lian Bu Quan - Consecutive Linking Step Fist: the most basic Shaolin Long form containing over 70 applications.
*Gong Li Quan or Power Fist Form: the second basic form using dynamic tension at the end of each technique which develops muscles and tendons. Contains over 70 applications.
*Tan Tui or Springing Legs: contains spring-like kicks.

''Stances used in the Long Fist system''

#High Tiger
#Low Tiger
#Rooster
#High Lotus
#Low Lotus
#Bow and Arrow
#Horse Stance
#Empty - similar to the Cat Stance
#Tai chi - similar to Empty, but with toes up and heel on the ground
#Half Horse Stance

Weapons training

#Long Staff
#Broadsword
#Double Edge Sword
#Spear
#Chain/Nine Section Whip
#Dragon Phoenix Sword
#Umbrella
#Straight Sword
#Double Sword
#Double Broadsword
#Pudao
#Meteor Hammer

Chaquan

Chāquán is a style of martial arts that features graceful movements and some acrobatic aerial maneuvers.
''Chāquán'' also includes a large range of weapons.

''Chāquán'' falls under the classification ''Chángquán'' , a general term for external Northern Chinese martial arts, which are known for their extended, long movements.

''Chāquán'' is associated with .
One famous master of Chaquan was the famous Wang Ziping , who was known for his great strength. Other famous modern day masters include Zhang Wenguang, Ma Jinbiao, and Liu Hongchi.

''Chāquán'' is one of the sources of the ''Chángquán'' often seen in movies and tournaments.
Chaquan is a system that has 6 main weapons.It emphasizes long range movements and stances combined with speed and power. The style includes many forms, including 10 lines of tantui for basic power training, 10 longer sets of chaquan, and other forms as well.

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Chaquan taught in Canada

Black Tiger Kung Fu

Shaolin Shandong Black Tiger Kung Fu is a Chinese martial art which originated in Shandong Province.

Techniques

It is characterised by its extensive footwork , acrobatic kicks, low, wide stances, and unique fist position . According to the Shaolin Grandmasters' text the style is the single most style in the Shaolin canon; the longer the stylist practices, however, the more she or he comes to rely solely on power. In this respect it is similar to Northern Praying Mantis.

Origins

The traditional lineage of the system begins with master Wang Zhenyuan in the late nineteenth-century; but the style was originally formed at the Shaolin Henan Temple before being transferred to Wang. The style was then passed from Wang Zhenyuan to Wang Zijiu, then to Wang Zhixiao, and finally to Su Fuyuan . Currently Shandong Black Tiger is actively taught in the Netherlands and Indonesia.