LINKING SEQUENCES TO FORM A KUNGFU SET

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White Horse Presents Hoof

Combat Sequences 9 to 12 are joined together into a set named “Happy Bird Hops up Branch”. This set emphasizes kicking techniques.

Four typical kicking attacks are introduced, namely side kick, thrust kick, organ-seeking kick and whirlwind kick.

This video series shows participants at the Sabah Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course of March 2007 practice the four combat sequences pattern by pattern, as well as how the sequences are linked into a set.

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Combat Sequence 9 Initiator's Mode

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This is the initiator's mode of the sequence “Happy Bird Hops up Branch”. The patterns are “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, “Fierce Tiger Speeds through Valley”, “Happy Bird Hops up Branch” and “Golden Dragon Plays with Water”.

Combat Sequence 9 Responder's Mode

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This is the responder's mode of the sequence “Happy Bird Hops up Branch”. The patterns are “Single Tiger Emerges from Cave”. “Single Tiger Emerges from Cave”, “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, “Lohan Strikes Drum” and “Dark Dragon Enters a Well”.

Combat Sequence 10 Initiator's Mode

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This is the initiator's mode of the sequence “White Horse Presents Hoof”. The patterns are “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, “Fierce Tiger Speeds through Valley”, “White Horse Presents Hoof” and “Poisonous Snake Shoots Venom”. The poise pattern is left out.

Combat Sequence 10 Responder's Mode

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This is the responder's mode of the sequence “White Horse Presents Hoof”. The patterns are “Single Tiger Emerges from Cave”, “Single Tiger Emerges from Cave”, “Save Emperor with Single Whip” and “Beauty Looks at Mirror”.

Combat Sequence 11 Initiator's Mode

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This is the initiator's mode of the sequence “Yellow Oriole Plays with Water”. The patterns are “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, “Golden Dragon Plays with Water”, “Yellow Oriole Plays with Water” and “Golden Leopard Charges at Fire”.

Combat Sequence 11 Responder's Mode

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This is the responder's mode of the sequence “Yellow Oriole Plays with Water”. The patterns are “Fierce Tiger Speeds through Valley”, “Sharp Knife Trims Bamboo” and “Golden Dragon Plays with Water”. The poise pattern and “Single Tiger Emerges from Cave” are left out.

Combat Sequence 12 Initiator's Mode

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This is the initiator's mode of the sequence “Naughty Monkey Kicks at Tree”. The patterns are “Black Tiger Steals Heart”, “Golden Dragon Plays with Water”, “Naughty Monkey Kicks at Tree” and “Bar the Big Boss”. The initial poise pattern is left out.

Combat Sequence 12 Responder's Mode

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This is the responder's mode of the sequence “Naughty Monkey Kicks at Tree”. The patterns are “Single Tiger Emerges from Cave”, “Chop the Hua Mountain”, “Bar the Big Boss” and “Precious Duck Swims through Lotus”. Turn around after “Bar the Big Boss” at the end of the initiator's mode, and apply “Single Tiger Emerges from Cave” as mentioned above.

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LINKS

Review of the Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course in Sabah in March 2007

Click here for an Overview of the entire course

  1. The Basics of Shaolin Kungfu Training
  2. Fundamental Combat Skills
  3. Defeat you Hand to your Opponent, Victory you Create Yourself
  4. Avoiding Disadvantages and Seeking Advantages
  5. Basic Principles and Tactics of Combat
  6. Skills derived from Sparring can be Rewardingly used in Daily Life
  7. Some Secrets in Practicing Genuine Kungfu
  8. Various Ways to Move into an Opponent

  9. Applying Combat Sequences in Sparring
  10. Linking Sequences to be More Combat Efficient
  11. The Secrets of Continuous Cannons
  12. The Mechanics of Continuation
  13. Marvelous Techniques Beget Marvelous Techniques
  14. Perfecting Forms and Developing Force
  15. Applying Tactics in Combat
  16. Objectives of Form Training in Solo

  17. Being Fluent in Kicking Techniques before Applying them in Combat
  18. Using Tactics in Kicking Attacks and Defences
  19. Different Levels of Sophistication in Sparring and Fighting
  20. The Legacy of Uncle Righteousness: Secret of Continuous Cannons and their Counters
  21. Benefiting from the Experiences and Teachings of Past Masters

  22. Poetic Patterns Can be Very Deadly
  23. Moving Back One Step when in Diffiuclt Situations
  24. Linking Sequences to Form a Kungfu Set
  25. Felling Techniques in Kungfu are Different from Judo and Wrestling
  26. Butterfly Palms and Hiding Flowers are Excellent in Countering Felling and Gripping Attacks
  27. Let Mercy Flow from the Hands

  28. Benefits of Solo Set Practice — Combat Sequences 13 to 16
  29. From Pre-Choice Sequences to Free Sparring
  30. Applying Shaolin Patterns Correctly and Spontaneously in Free Sparring
  31. Shaolin Kungfu against Boxing and Kick-Boxing
  32. Shaolin Counters against Wrestling Shoots
  33. The Secret of Grandmaster Ho Fatt Nam
  34. Why Shaolin Kungfu is Technically Faster than Boxing
  35. Shaolin Techniques, Tactics and Strategies against Boxing
  36. Revealing Secrets of Past Taijiquan Masters
  37. Overwhelming Opponents with Just One Pattern
  38. Poetry and Elegance in Effective Combat

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