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Review of the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course of 16th to 22nd April 2007 – Part 12
THE TIGER-CRANE SET
Manifesting the Hard and the Soft in Shaolin Kungfu
Grandmaster Wong shows Molly how to perform the pattern "Single Legged Flying Crane" to bring out its essence
The Tiger-Crane Set is the legacy of Uncle Righteousness. This set, which has only 36 patterns, is different from the Tiger-Crane Set of Grandmaster Lam Sai Weng which has 108 patterns.
Yet, there are more tiger patterns in our set than in Grandmaster Lam’s set. This is because in our set all the patterns (except the salutation at the beginning and the end) are different, whereas in Grandmaster Lam’s set many patterns are repeated. Important tiger patterns like “Lazy Tiger Stretches Waist”, “Hungry Tiger Returns to Den” and “Catch Tiger in Mountain” in our set are not found in Grandmaster Lam’s set.
The Tiger-Crane Set manifests the “hard” and “soft” of Shaolin Kungfu. “Hard” and “soft”, however, are relative and complementary. Hard tiger patterns, for example, can be soft, and soft crane patterns can be very hard.
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A picture series of the Tiger-Crane Set with names of its patterns can be found here
Review of the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course from 16th 22nd April 2007
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1. Returning to the Basics
2. Form, Force, Flow and Element of Threat
3. Reviewing the Basic Combat Sequences
4. Devising Strategies Using Combat Sequences
5. Applying Strategies for Effective Combat
6. Free Sparring with Prescribed Conditions
7. Combat Sequences to Train Spontaneous Attacks and Responses
8. Using Strategies and Tactics in Attack and Defence
9. It is Heartening to see so Many People Using Kungfu in Free Sparring
10. Felling and Gripping Techniques in Shaolin Kungfu
11. How Sequence Training and Chi Flow Enhance Combat Efficiency
12. The Tiger-Crane Set - Manifesting the Hard and the Soft in Shaolin Kungfu
13. The Dragon-Tiger Set - Crystallization of Two Wahnam Traditions
14. The Dragon-Form Set - Demonstrating that Softness Can be Very Powerful
15. Shaolin Monkey Set – Symbolizing Spiritual Path from Cheekiness to Enlightenment
16. Shaolin Five-Animal Set – Gist of Shaolin Forms and Essence
17. Shaolin Pakua Set Set – An Exclusive Set Fit for Kings and Generals
18. Combat Application pf Pakua – Sharing Secrets for Combat Efficiency
19. Beginning to Learn some Monkey Tricks
20. Refining Techniques in Combat
21. Some Examples of High level Combat
22. Collective Effort for Greater Benefits
23. Can Sophisticated Kungfu Techniques be Used in Combat?
24. Skills are usually More Important than Techniques
25. One-Finger Shooting Zen – the Treasure of Shaolin Wahnam
26. Raising Levels of Techniques and Tactics in Combat
27. Bringing Combat Skills to More Sophisticated Levels
28. Monkey Techniques are Flowing and Agile but can be Very Devastating
29. Flowing with the Opponent's Momentum
30. Beware of the Monkey Tricks
31. Marvelous Techniques Beget Marvelous Techniques
32. How to Raise your Level of Combat
33. How you can Defeat your Opponents
34. Employing Sophisticated Kungfu Techniques to Enhance Combat Efficiency
35. Systematic Training is Essential for Combat Efficiency
36. Raising Combat Efficiency from Basic to Advanced Levels
To be continued
Intensive Courses and Regular Classes
- Intensive Chi Kung Course
- Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course
- Intensive Taijiquan Course
- List of Certified Shaolin Wahnam Instructors
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