SHAOLIN WAHNAM IN THE 1980s
Sifu Robin Gamble managed to retrieve some old videos from Dan who in turn got them earlier from Grandmaster Wong. But Grandmaster Wong does not have the videos now. Hence it is like recovering some lost treasure. The videos were originally in VHS format, and Sifu Robin converted them into the present digital format. We wish to thank Sifu Robin for recovering the treasure.
First Shaolin Wahnam Standardized Test, 1983(?), Sungai Petani
The first Shaolin Wahnam Standardized Test was held in 1983(?) at the Shaolin Wahnam Association in Sungai Petani, Malaysia, one year after the formation of the association. The test consisted of four parts, covering the four aspects of Shaolin Kungfu, namely form, force, application and philosophy.
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Shaolin Thirty Six Specific Techniques
These 36 specific techniques are combat applications of 36 basic patterns, including the patterns from the One-Finger Shooting Zen set. Each technique is meant to meet one specific combat situation, like a mid-level punch or a felling attack.
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Taming the Tiger
"Taming the Tiger" is a Southern Shaolin kungfu set, made famous by the great Shaolin Grandmaster Lam Sai Weng. This video was recorded in the 1980s in Bendigo, Australia during Grandmaster Wong's visit. Even during his oversea tour, Grandmaster Wong kept up his daily training. The recording began just after the initial Shaolin greeting, and completed just before the Shaolin greeting at the end.
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From Specific Techniques to Free Sparring
How did the early students of Grandmaster Wong in the 1980s spar? Of course they sparred using kungfu stances and kungfu techniques like what the present Shaolin Wahnam students do. It was also like what Shaolin practitioners in the past did.
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12 Shaolin Combat Sequences of the 1980s
Grandmaster Wong employed these 12 Shaolin combat sequences in his sparring methodology in Shaolin Wahnam Association in Sungai Petani in the 1980s. They were later improved upon to form our present 16 fundamental Shaolin combat sequences.
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Taijiquan Combat Sequences in the 1980s!
Wahnam Taijiquan practitioners would be happy to know that our first Taijiquan combat sequences were already in existence in the 1980s.
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Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife
This is a famous Guan Dao set known as Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife from Uncle Righteousness lineage. Guan Dao (Kuan Tou in Cantonese) is named after Guan Yu, a great warrior of the Three-Kingdom Period in Chinese warring history. Guan Yu is now worshipped as the God of Righteousness.
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Bodhidharma Crescent-Moon Spade
Bodhidharma, the First Patriarch of the Shaolin Arts, is reputed to use a spade as a weapon. A famous expert of the Crescent-Moon Spade was Sha Seng, or Shark-Monk. who was the sidai (junior brother) of the Monkey Gody, The Crescent-Moon Spade here was performed by Ah Keat in the 1980s.
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Shaolin Plum Flower Sabre
It is worthwhile to remember that a sabre, or single knife, is different from a sword. A kungfu saying describes a saber as a tiger whereas a sword is like a phoenix, although our Shaolin sword is more like a dragon. This Plum Flower Sabre Set was performed by Sifu Goh Kok Hin, Grandmaster Wong’s senior disciple, in the 1980s.
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Lu Pu Crescent-Moon Spear
The most well known exponent of the crescent-moon spear was Lu Pu, a warrior of the Three-Kingdom Period in Chinese warring history. Hence, the crescent-moon spear is sometimes called the "Lu Pu Spear". Lu Pu was such a great fighter that three warriors, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei (the last two were great warriors themselves) fought for him for three days and nights only to a draw.
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