Video Clip Series: Outside-Door and Inside-Door Applications

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OUTSIDE-DOOR AND INSIDE-DOOR APPLICATIONS

Grandmaster Wong uses an inside-door sweep against Sifu Anthony's Big Knife

In kungfu circles in the past, combat applications could be classified as “moon-ngoi” (“men wai” in Mandarin) and “moon-noi” (“men nei”), which meqns “outside-door” or “inside-door”. “Outside-door” applications were meant for public demonstrations outside the doors of the school. “Inside-door” applications were taught only to trusted students who had been accepted inside the school doors. Ordinary students were taught “outside-door” applications. They were “enlightened” with “inside-door” applications only after they had won the trust of the teachers.

But today, the standard of combat application in kungfu is so low that most practitioners do not even know “outside-door” applications. They only know solo outward kungfu forms. We are so ridiculous – in the good sense – that we even reveal “inside-door” applications publicly in our video series and explanations. One main reason is that we have to do so if we do not want genuine kungfu to be lost within the next two generations. Another reason is that the urgency for keeping the secret is no longer valid as real fighting is rare nowadays.

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Outside-Door and Inside-Door Applications
Grandmaster Wong shows the “outside-door” application and the “inside-door” application of the spear sweep. “Outside-door” applications are for public demonstration or taught to ordinary students. “Inside-door” applications are taught to special students. Can you see the difference from the video clip.
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Sweeping According to Attacking Momentum
Unlike a metal spear, a flower spear may not be strong enough to block the powerful sweep of a Big Knife. An outside-door response is to sweep or brush the spear against the Big Knife, which may dislodge the spear from the spearman’s hands. An inside-door response is to sweep or brush the Big Knife following its attacking momentum. You can flick the attacker’s wrist with your spearhead after you have swept or brushed past the heavy weapon.
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Sweeping or Brushing Away a Light Weapon
If an opponent pierces at your legs with a flower spear, you may sweep it away because the opponent’s weapon is light. You may use “Immortal Sweeps Floor” which is sweeping, or “Separate Grass to Search for Snake” which is brushing away the opponent's weapon. It is advisable to sidestep even when you sweep.
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Advantages of Inside-Door Response
If your opponent’s thruting or shooting attack is aimed at your mid or upper body, you can cover using “General Waves Flag” or flick it away using “Shark Monk Flick Spear”. Actually you have moved away from the target of the attack as you cover or flick, which is an inside-door response. If you sweep the attack away head-on without adjusting your footwork, it is an outside-door response. What advantages can you find in the inside-door response?
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Outside Door Responses in Public Demonstrations
An outside-door response to a downward chop of a Big Knife is to block it as shown at the beginning of the video clip. You often see this type of responses in kungfu movies and public demonstrations. An inside-door response is to cover or flick away the downward chop. What advantages can you find in the inside-door responses?
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