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Like a Dragon, Sifu Anthony Korahais movements are fluid and powerful

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The Shaolin Pakua Set, which he learned from Grandmaster Ho Fatt Nam, has special significance for Grandmaster Wong. It opened for him the wonders of Shaolin combat application.

It is a Shaolin Kungfu set, and is different from sets in Pakua Kungfu or Baguazhang. There are, nevertheless, similarities, like the use of the palms and flowing, powerful movements like a Dragon’s

This Shaolin Pakua Set is relatively unknown. This is logical, as it is an exclusive set. It was the set Grandmaster Ho Fatt Nam chose when he taught a Sultan or King.

Just practicing the outward form alone does not contribute to combat efficiency or good health, vitality and longevity. The outward form is just a vehicle, a mean, with which the practitioner uses to generate energy flow and internal force, and to apply for combat.

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The Importance of Thread-Hand for Combat

The “chuin sau” or “thread-hand” that Grandmaster Wong shows to Sifu Anthony is very important and useful for combat. You would probably realize that it occurs frequently in our combat sequences. Can you recall some examples?
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Yin and Yang in Pakua

The pattern is called “Z-shape Butterfly Palms”, and it implements a Pakua Palm teachnique. The two palms represent the yin-line and the yang-line in “kua” or “diagram” in the Pakua symbol.
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Deadly Techniques of Lion Patterns

The pattern “Lion Snatches Ball” and the subsequent pattern “Lion Plays with Ball” are deadly techniques. Do you know how they can be applied in combat? Notice the bring back of the ball is not merely with the hands but with the waist movement.
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Different Stances for the Same Pattern

This is another pattern of “Lion Plays with Ball”. Here the False-Leg Stance is used, whereas in the earlier version the Bow-Arrow Stance is used. Kungfu is alive. We need to make adjustments to suit the combat situation. Do you know of combat situations where the Bow-Arrow Stance is preferred, and where the False-Leg Stance is preferred?
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Heavenly Priest and Save Emperor

In the “Heavenly Priest” pattern the fist is hung down from top to bottom. It can be used, among many other uses, to strike an opponent’s head if he attempts to bend down to grab your legs. In the “Save Emperor” pattern the strike is from top to side. An important leg technique is embedded in one of these patterns. Do you know what it is?
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Revealing the Secret of Embracing-Dragon Kick

The secret is out. Grandmaster Wong shows the deadly leg technique which past masters kept as top secret. It is called the “phoon loong thuit” or “Embracing-Dragon Kick”. Grandmaster Wong explains that as deadly combat is no longer a reason for kungfu training today, the reason for keeping the secret is also no longer valid.
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Sentimental Sequence for Grandmaster Wong

This sequence of patterns holds sentimental memory for Grandmaster Wong. When he was learning from Grandmaster Ho Fatt Nam, during a free sparring session his siheng or senior classmate, Por Kai, used these Double Dragon punches to tempt him to hold. Then his siheng released the grips and strike him with a Fierce Tiger. It was just a gentle tap, but Grandmaster Wong took more than six months to recover.
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Various Patterns using the Palms

You may notice that all the patterns here use the palms, and not the fist or other hand forms. Some martial artists think that the palm is not powerful enough, and they insist on using the fist. This indicates shallow understanding. With internal force, the palm is much more powerful as well as more versatile than the fist.
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Some Subtle and Deadly Techniques

A few subtle techniques are found in these patterns, one of which is demonstrated by Grandmaster Wong. He moves in to grab an opponent’s groin. Almost irrespective of how the opponent responds, Grandmaster Wong can still follow through with this technique to grab the groin. A deadly kick is also embedded here.
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Organ-Seeking Kick and Nail Kick

“Yellow Bird Plays with Water” is normally an organ-seeking kick. But here Sifu Anthony Korahais performs the pattern not as an organ-seeking kick but as a nail-kick. In an organ-seeking kick the in-step is used to kick, whereas in a nail-kick the toes are used. When would a nail-kick preferred to an organ-seeking kick?
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Kicking Techniques in Shaolin

There are many kicking techniques in this Shaolin Pakua Set. In this short sequence alone there are three kicking techniques. Do you know them? They are the organ-seeking kick, the tiger-tail kick and the thrust kick. Kicks are very important in kungfu, though some people mistakenly think there are few or no kungfu kicks.
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Dragon Characteristic of Pakua Set

Of the Shaolin “Five Animals” the Dragon is most characteristic of the Pakua Set, The important Dragon pattern, “Swimming Dragon Plays with Water”, which looks simple but is very useful for combat is found here. There are also a sweeping-leg and a reverse sweeping-leg. How would you counter if an opponent with powerful legs sweeps at you. A counter is found amongst the patterns here.
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Circular Hand Movement and Unicorn Steps

Pakua patterns, like a Dragon, is flowing yet very powerful. Notice the powerful, flowing movements of the pattern “Z-Shape Butterfly Palm”. How do you think the circular hand movement and the unicorn steps of the pattern are used in combat?
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Famous but Little Understood Leg Techniques

The famous but little understood tiger-tail kick, executed in the pattern “Lazy Tiger Stretches Body”, is performed twice in this short concluding sequence of the Pakua Set. The other leg-technique, “sou thong theui” or “floor-sweep leg” which is also famous but little understood, requires much skill before it can be applied well. After the pattern “Cannon Punch Towards Sky”, are the patterns “One-Finger Stabilizes Middle Plain”, “Dragon and Tiger Appear” and “Two Tigers at Ready” which are not shown here, to conclude the set.
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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 Chi Kung Course
• Intensive Shaolin Kungfu Course
• Intensive Taijiquan Course

• List of Certified Shaolin Wahnam Instructors

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