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Applying good footwork is one way you can effectively use to defeat your opponents

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If your opponent fights haphazardly but you use basic kungfu techniques, you are one level higher than him in combat efficiency. If he also uses basic techniques, then your levels are equal. To defeat him, you can improve your techniques, using sophisticated instead of basic ones, in which case you are still one level higher.

If all other factors were equal, you would beat your opponent if you are a level higher in techniques. But other factors are not equal. Even when you have better techniques, but if he uses effective tactics or his skills are better, he may still beat you. Hence, besides improving your techniques, you should also enhance your tactics and skills.

This video series show some of these lessons using a Five-Animal combat sequence as instructional material.

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Good Footwork in High Level Combat

Grandmaster Wong further improves the level of combat with another case of improved footwork. Here he moves to the side or back of the opponent. But Nick is skillful. Using good footwork too, he directly counters without “bothering” to defend. As indicated by even this short encounter, good footwork is crucial in high level combat.
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Raising the Level of Combat

Chris and Nick now go over their improved combat sequence. It is obvious that the combat here is of a higher level than that in our basic combat sequences. There are at least three factors that raise the level of combat. Do you know what these three factors are? When you opponent is at an ordinary level, if you use even just one of these factors you would be one level above your opponent in combat efficiency.
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Excellent Follow-up and Excellent Counter

After the pattern “Hungry Leopard Watches Fire”, Grandmaster Wong suggests an excellent follow-up with “Rising Dragon Galloping Tiger”. As soon as the opponent sweeps your arm when you execute the leopard punch, spring up and simultaneously strike his head and kick his groin. Nick responds excellently with the pattern “Yellow Oriole Drinks Water” using the tactic of “no defence direct counter”. His response is the more impressive as it is spontaneous, because Grandmaster Wong’s attack is not pre-arranged but impromptu.
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Returning Head Tiger-Tail

Chris and Nick go over the improved sequence. As Nick executes a phoenix-eye fist at Chris, Chris moves back to defend with the pattern “Dark Dragon Wags Tail”. Grandmaster Wong improves the response using better footwork. Instead of moving back to defend, Grandmaster Wong moves to a side to counter-strike. As the double hanging-fists of “Dark Dragon Wags Tail” is too short to reach Nick’s arm, Grandmaster Wong changes them to a hand sweep using the pattern “Returning Head Tiger-Tail”.
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Some Examples of High Level Combat

Nick gives an excellent response to Grandmaster Wong’s double attack. Grandmaster Wong attacks Nick’s head and groin at the same time. Instead of defending, Nick moves to a side and simultaneously counters with a phoenix-eye fist to Grandmaster Wong’s ribs. Grandmaster Wong executes a turn-body jump in the air and kicks Nick’s rib with the pattern “Naughty Monkey Kicks Tree”.
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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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