Hi,
Master Strider Clark will be teaching a Shi Style Tongbei seminar in Pittsburgh suburb this July.
Here are 2 videos of Strider demonstrating some basic skills of Tongbei.
This is a very rare opportunity. Although it's one of the 6 biggest martial art groups in Northern China, Tongbei, specially Baiyuan Tongbei of Beijing's famous Ox Street, is almongst the most secretive groups in Chinese martial art. That, plus its intimidating fighting reputation, earned it the nickname "Black/Dark Fist" 黑拳. http://tongbei.homestead.com/History.html
Tongbei's training system has often been compared with that of Western boxing. Just a few basic skills, with lots of conditioning (its Iron Palm conditioning is famous for NOT decreasing the sensitivity of hands). Very few forms. In fact many of its most famous masters only knows one or two forms. But the clever combinations of its basic skills and application ideas are almost endless.
Highly recommended.
Details of the seminar: