the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

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Ai-aah! Yau mo gau cho aah.

At the 15.03 mark - pigua single posture pai da training and later incorporated into the 2nd from form the Li Shuwen/Liu Yunqiao line.

Although it is not explicit in the clip below the application is one of Ta Zhang - collapsing palm - you lead with the fingers and the palm follows (collapse after finger tips strike) You learn to generate the power of the strike from the waist although I have never seen it trained as illustrated in the posted clip.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti0rPzniv3w

i just love the last bit when he does a push to show you that
there's really lotsa POWER, even if he is moving slowly

I was waiting for the beat to drop and him to break out some funky moves - but it just never happened....

Interestingly, raw and lethal martial systems tend to be associated with breakdancing and the expression of native/indigenous arts.
Capoeira and breakdancing is another example. They seem simple and exotic enough but are lethal in the proper hands!

on the other side of the spectrum, I'm actually most lethal when I'm ironing my shirt

I've meet Bboy Neguin, incredible dancer.

For the cross-over between dance and martial Arts, I'm surprised you forgot Donnie Yen