Video Clip Series: Sophisticated Grips and Sophisticated Counters

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Review of the Special Shaolin Kungfu Course of 16th to 22nd April 2007 – Part 71

SOPHISTICATED GRIPS AND SOPHISTICATED COUNTERS
Defeating Opponents with Sophisticated Attacks

If your opponent is incompetent, you can end the combat as soon as you start to apply sophisticated techniques from your prepared combat sequence

For most people, if they are held by a stronger opponent, it would be difficult for them to escape. A Monkey stylist, however, has effective ways to counter powerful grips. How does he do it? This video series reveals some of these secrets.

These sophisticated techniques of attack and counters are linked to form a combat sequence. Will actual fighting follow the way the combat sequence is arranged? Most likely it will if the combatants are efficient as the combat sequence is arranged to give them the best advantages. But if one is incompetent, the combat is soon over when the more sophisticated combatant start to apply the techniques of the sequence.

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The Importance of Being Relaxed
Even if your counter technique is correct, if the opponent is stronger you may not be able to escape from his grip. But Nick, who is smaller in size, could escape easily. What is the secret? One of the participants points out the secret correctly, i.e. to be relaxed. Why is being relaxed important in such a situation?
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Combat Principles Formulated from Experience
Besides being relaxed, Nick applies an important combat principle to release himself from the grip of a stronger opponent. Grandmaster Wong explains that combat principles were formulated from experience. It was not the case of masters first inventing of a principle, then thinking out ways of using it.
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Old Monkey Looks at Mountain
Now Sifu Roland reverses the difficult combat situation. He uses the pattern “Old Monkey Looks at Mountain”. All these sophisticated attacks and counters are impromptu, indicating the success of the course in enabling the participants to think and act as masters.
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Forming Sequence from Patterns
Sifu Roland and Nick go over the attacks and counters they have just worked out. These patterns form a combat sequence of the Monkey Set. Combat sequence training is a very important aspect of our Shaolin Wahnam sparring methodology.
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Hard and Soft Defences
Grandmaster Wong demonstrates different ways to defend against Sifu Roland’s elbow strike. You may intercept it with some force or brush it away following its momentum. As usual, there is much laughter in our Shaolin Wahnam training sessions.
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Sophisticated Attacks and Counters
The attacks and counters are quite sophisticated, more profound than those in the 16 Basic Combat Sequences. Many people would not know the counters; they would be defeated if you can successfully apply the attacks on them. Hence, the combat could end at the first or second move of the sequence.
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