Course Content
Our residential training content is broken down into 5 parts:
1. Tau Lun / Forms
Starting with our first form: San Zhan.
Our first form contains the core of our system in terms of performance and application - that is
to say it teaches how ( in what spirity and with what concepts ) our applications are applied.
Of course all the applications are not actually within the first form - if you like a good way to
think of the form is that it teaches the attitude of the system.
These are the movents of San Zhan that we will be exploring:
將軍掛印
(a general hangs the stamp) jiang1
jun1 gua4 yin4，
兩手分白鶴爪身邊下落
(two hands separate, the claws of
the white flamingo go down from the sides of the body) liang3 shou3
fin1 bai2 he4 zhua3 shen1 bian1 xia4 luo4
雙手仙人戽水
(both hands of the fairy hold the
water up) shuang1 shou3 xian1 ren2 hu4 shui3，
雙龍搶珠
(two dragons snatch a pearl)
shuang1 long2 quiang3 zhu1，
後束回
(then contract back) hou4 shu4
hui2，
飛鳳展翅feng4
zhan3 chi4 (a flying phoenix spreads her wings) fei1 feng4 zhan3
chi4，
加刀剪芙蓉
(add a knife to cut the lotus
flowers) jia1 dao1 jian3 fu2 rong2，
霸王開弓
(a swaggering king stretches open a
bow) ba4 want2 kai1 going1，
左箭右箭
(left arrow, right arrow) zhou3
jian4，
獅子開口
(a lion opens the mouth) shi1 zhi3
kai1 kou3，
請拳
(kindly offer the fist) quing3
quan2，
兩星墮地
(two stars drop
towards the ground) liang3 xing1 duo4 di4。
2. Ben gong / Conditioning
Conditioning in our context is body conditioning.
We do not do a lot of aerobic conditioning. For our conditioning we use a series of tools, which we refer
to as "sticks , stones and ropes". From our perspective, the best conditioning tool you can use
is your training partner, but failing that, the second best is a trusy stick. We train with a variety
of sticks both wooden and metal.
3. Tui Shou / Push hands
Our push hands is used to develop our core concepts and as a base for training applications.
We start with the following single hand structure drills:
Base
Cycle
Pushes
Stepping in / Stepping back / Jin Bu /
Tui Bu one step in , the other steps back
Step
/ Cross push / - Liang Hu Die Fei / knee / kick as defence
Hu
Die Fei to take catch the Dan Tien -> Hu Tze Kai Kou
Tests
Punches
/ Strikes
4. Bai Gun / Stick work
As well as being our favourite inanimate training friend, we cover a selection of stick applications
from our stick form as a series of drills which become more free form. Our stick is the english
equivalent of a quarterstaff in terms of size.
5. Shu Fa / Calligraphy / the arts
Traditionally there are 4 art forms in china: Writing, Painting, Music and Chess.
We will of course have some chinese chess boards for anyone that is interested in learning how to play chess.
We are lucky to have Tsang Lai Ming, the chinese lecturer from the University of the Balearics who will give
an evening course in brush work for us . It is expected that at the least the following phrases will be learnt for writing at this level:
Eternal
Spring White Crane Fist ( Yong Chun Bai He Chuan )
永
春 白 鶴
拳
Through
MartialArts Meeting Friends ( Yi Wu Huai You )
以
武 會 友