Video Clip Series: Sharing Secrets of the Spear

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Review of the UK Summer Camp Weapon Course July 2007

Traveling Dragon Spear – Part 8

SHARING SECRETS OF THE SPEAR

The secret of waist rotation in channeling internal force from the dan tian to the spearhead is manifested in the demonstration above

Our school is also noted for sharing secrets generously. Many secrets concerning the spear are shared here.

The secret of waist rotation in directing internal force from the dan tian to the spearhead is demonstrated. The secret concerning the three external harmonies and the three internal harmonies is discussed.

Combat applications of the spear that many masters keep as top secrets are revealed. There are also secrets hidden in the open for our students to discover.

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Hiding Secrets in the Open
Grandmaster Wong leads the class in performing the circle-shoot technique. The movements appear simple, but some important secrets can be found here. This is another example of hiding secrets in the open.
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Smooth and Fluid in the Shoot-Step
The footwork here is called a “shoot-step”. The movement must be smooth and fluid. You should be “light and heavy” at the same time, i.e. both agile and powerful. You should not make much noise as your feet land on the ground.
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Circling, Reverse-Circling and Spear-Shoot
Can you recognize that there are three techniques here? These three techniques are known in Chinese (Cantonese) as “hoein-kam-cheong”, which literally means “circle-cover-spear”. They are circling, reverse circling and spear-shoot.
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Rotation of the Waist
Rotation of the waist is important. As in an unarm strike, the spear-shoot starts from the back foot, is controlled by the waist, and completes at the tip of the spear. The should be the three external harmonies of feet, body and hands, and the three internal harmonies of essence, energy and mind.
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Generating Internal Force
The rotation of the waist is now shown in detail. Like Black Tiger punch and the diagonal chop of a saber or Butterfly Knives, the shoot of a spear is executed by rotating the waist. Besides other benefits, the waist rotation generates internal force from the dan tian (energy field) to the spearhead.
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From Dan Tian to Spearhead
You have heard of spiral force that issues from a punch. But have you heard of spiral force from a spear. The principles are the same. In this video Grandmaster Wong shows how to generate spiral force from the dan tian to the spearhead.
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Poisonous Snake Basking in Mist
Here is another secret in a deadly technique. The pattern is called “Poisonous Snake Basking in Mist”. The combat principle here is similar to that in “Returning Horse Spear Technique”. When executed skillfully, it catches an opponent by surprise.
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Golden Beam Supports Sea
The first pattern shown in this video clip, “Lohan Flicks Oranges”, comes after the last pattern in the previous video clip, which is “Poisonous Snake Basking in Mist”. What do you think the pattern “Golden Beam Supports Sea” is used for? It is a block against a downward chop of a bladed weapon, but not applied in the way many people think it is.
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