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The Sabah Kungfu Show March 2007 -- Part 13
By the courtesy of Ogingo Videography, Sabah, Malaysia

MARVELOUS TECHNIQUES BEGET MARVELOUS TECHNIQUES

Shaolin Kung Fu Show in Sabah
When you opponent thinks that he has broken your ribs, he finds your snake palm thrusting into his throat!

When Grandmaster Wong first founded the Shaolin Wahnam Association in Sungai Petani, Malaysia more than 20 years ago, two lines of a poetic couplet were written alongside our Shaolin Wahnam logo. These two lines, possibly introduced by the Venerable Harng Yein, the Second Patriarch after the Venerable Chee Seen in Uncle Righteousness lineage, are as follows:

The video clips below show an example of a marvelous technique.

First there is a prosaic technique. But if you practice this prosaic technique very well and execute it with wondrous skills, it may become a marvelous technique.

The procedure is simple. When an opponent attacks you with a middle-level strike, which is a very common form of attack, you deflect it with a Single Tiger, tame his hand and leg, and strike him with a Dark Dragon.

When it becomes a marvelous technique executed with your wondrous skills, you break your opponent’s ribs as soon as he attacks!

The counter again this marvelous technique is even more marvelous. When an opponent applies this technique on you, he may find your snake palm thrusting into his throat at a time when he thinks he has broken your ribs.

Find out more from the video clips and their accompanying explanations below. You will also find the secret of exploding internal force.



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“Shaolin Breaking an Opponent’s Ribs as Soon as he Attacks

An effective counter against a middle punch is a palm strike at the opponent’s ribs at the time when he has just completed his punch. If you practice this technique 50 times daily for six months, you may break the ribs of most attackers as soon as they attack you. First, Grandmaster Wong demonstrates the technique slowly. Then he does so with some speed. The name of the pattern is called “Dark Dragon Draws Water”. As soon in the video, it appears the opponent has no way to escape.
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“Shaolin Closing an Opponent with Little Change of Escape

Grandmaster Wong demonstrates again this formidable technique of breaking an opponent’s ribs using the pattern “Dark Dragon Draws Water”. Notice how Grandmaster Wong closes his opponent, giving him little chance to escape. A common mistake some students make is to push the opponent away instead of closing him. Pushing him away will make it more difficult to strike him. As the strike is close-range, it is preferable to use internal force.
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“Shaolin Exploding Internal Force from Dan Tian

Grandmaster Wong explains the mechanics of exploding internal force from the dan tian. First, the stance must be firm. Then rotate the waist and let internal force spiral out from the dan tian through the arm to the palm to be exploded out. Of course you must have internal force in your dan tian to start with. An excellent way to build internal force is stance training.
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“Shaolin Marvelous Techniques Beget Marvelous Techniques

How would you counter a seemingly invincible palm strike to your ribs? Grandmaster Wong asks the class to come closer to observe how he counters this attack. As the opponent attacks, Grandmaster Wong rotates his waist to deflect, not block, the attack, and simultaneously thrusts a reverse palm strike to the opponent’s throat. This is a beautiful counter against a beautiful attack, striking an opponent at a time precisely when he thinks he has made a hit. It manifest the Shaolin poetic saying that “Marvelous techniques beget marvelous techniques”.
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“Shaolin Deflecting by Waist Rotation

Grandmaster Wong shows the marvelous technique again. He explains that the onus is not to block, but just rotate the waist with the hands in the right position. The rotation of the waist will deflect the attack away, without having to move the hands. The left hand is then thrust up at the opponent’s throat. Notice that the opponent is covered so well that he has little chance of counter-attacking. If the opponent moves back, you can turn to a Bow-Arrow Stance to add reach, remembering to adjust your foot position of your back leg.
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“Shaolin Profundity in Simplicity

Grandmaster Wong leads the class in performing the marvelous technique. By itself, the technique is simple, and even looks prosaic. But its application is marvelous. It is an example of profundity in simplicity, which is characteristic of genuine Shaolin Kungfu.
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“Shaolin Sail Along with the Attack

How would you defend against the marvelous counter? An example is shown here. As the opponent thrusts up the reverse palm strike at your throat, sail along with it using his momentum, then thread it away and counter-attack with a Precious Duck. If the opponent counter-strikes with a hand sweep, gently move your arm away to avoid the strike.
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“Shaolin Sounding East Attacking West

Grandmaster Wong leads the class to perform the sequence, which is called “Dark Dragon Draws Water” after the marvelous attack pattern. Notice that you float the opponent’s thrusting attack following his momentum. It is not necessary to push it away vehemently. Threading the opponent’s upward and counter-attacking him below, as shown here, is applying the tactic of “Sounding East attacking West”.
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“Shaolin Mastery requires Correct and Smart Practice

Participants practice the sequence just taught. Learning takes only 5% of the time, practicing requires 95%. The onus of mastery is practice, not learning. But one must practice correctly and smartly. Wrong practice brings harmful side-effects. Unintelligent practice wastes much time..
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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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