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Beware! A Monkey stylist may trick you to let your peaches be plucked.

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Monkey Kungfu is full of tricks. The tricks are not noticeable to most people, otherwise they would not be tricks.

A skillful Monkey stylist would trick you to attack and defend in certain ways, often without you knowing. When you think you are gaining the upper-hand, he suddenly defeats you in surprise.

Sometimes a Monkey stylist may purposely let you grip him. Then he releases the grip and counter-strikes when you think you have him under control. Or he may give you a false opening. As you attack, thinking you have a good advantage, he manipulates your anticipated move to defeat you.

This and other video series on the Shaolin Monkey Set provide some interesting examples of Monkey tricks.

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Avoiding a Chop on your Arm

Having examined various counters to the throat-grip presuming that the grip is successfully applied, Charles and Sifu Roland continue with their planned combat sequence. If you execute a low punch and your opponent chops at your attacking hand, you must move it away, followed with whatever counter you find suitable.
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Development from Basic Combat Sequences

It is illuminating to note how this special combat sequence is developed from our basic combat sequences. For example, instead of using a Precious Duck, Charles uses a phoenix-eye fist. And instead of moving in a linear fashion, he moves to a side or behind his opponent.
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Monkeys are good at Plucking Peaches

Beware of the Monkey! He is very good at plucking peaches. But before this peach plucking, Grandmaster Wong advices Charles to use more force, but not brutal strength, in his strikes. To avoid his peaches being plucked, Sifu Roland rolls away agilely.
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Some Impromptu Monkey Tricks

Charles and Sifu Roland go over their combat sequence. Charles decides to have some variations. Instead of threading away Sifu Roland’s grip at his throat before it reaches its target, Charles allows the grip as a trap, then turns around with a Monkey Kick (similar to a Tiger-Tail Kick) using the pattern “Naughty Monkey Charges at Sand”. Sifu Roland reacts spontaneously and pulls Charles forward. Charles follows the pulling momentum and strikes at Sifu Roland’s head. Sifu Roland deflects the strike and could have continued with another deadly Monkey trick, but he lets it go. Do you know what this deadly Monkey trick is? These movements are impromptu and the spectators are obviously amused by their Monkey tricks.
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Right Spacing for Better Advantages

Charles and Sifu Roland resume their planned combat sequence. Grandmaster Wong interrupts to show a finer point in spacing. Instead of using a False-Leg Stance for the attack, Grandmaster Wong recommends a sideway Bow-Arrow Stance. What advantages can you see in the change of stances in this attack?
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Another Monkey Trick

Here Grandmaster Wong explains the advantages of using the sideway Bow-Arrow Stance instead of the False Leg Stance. Using the False Leg Stance for this situation is clumsy, and it exposes Charles to counter-attacks. Notice that in the improved stance, Grandmaster Wong covers Sifu Roland’s elbow, thus preventing possible counter-strikes. The sideway Bow-Arrow Stance better enables the practitioner to explode internal force. More importantly, though less obviously, it is another Monkey trick, creating a trap for the opponent to kick.
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Reversing Disadvantageous Situations to Clinch Victory

You should “tame” an opponent’s hand with your palm, not with your fingers. This not only gives you better control but also better sensitivity to interpret his movements and intention. Sifu Roland removes the “taming hand” to counter with a “hanging fist”, using effective footwork that puts the opponent at a disadvantage. Yet, this advantageous position for Sifu Roland provides a good opportunity for Charles to revert the situation. In high level combat, it is often situations like this that enable a master, who is initially in a disadvantageous position, to reverse the situation to clinch victory. Do you know how?
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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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