About Internal Styles All true kung fu
styles use internal energy (chi) at the true basis and core of their art. The
external training is only the basic root of the full art. Only when a
practitioner
has mastered the internal aspects of his art will he reach the higher levels of
skill. Many students excel in the physical aspects of kung fu, but only the most
dedicated learn to combine the internal and external, the hard and the soft, the
yin and the yang into one. This takes many years of training and patience and
most of all, dedication. Very few martial artists ever experience Fa-jing
(internal-external power in one movement.) Sifu Brian has extensively
studied the yin and yang internal arts. In the Cheng Ga Wu Xing Chuan (Cheung
family Five Animal Boxing), there is a special internal style known as Dou
Jin Chuan, vibrating/shaking body boxing. Very few practitioners of Shaolin five
animal kung fu even know about this style. And maybe it is only found in the
Cheung family style. Dou Jin Chuan literally is several combined and separate
ways of generating chi and energy. Dou Jin Chuan experts utilize
deep-rooted chi from the earth and cultivate it through their bodies sending
it as fa-jing energy to their palms and fingers. There are several ways
to send chi through the body using Dou Jin Chuan.
1. By drawing Chi from the earth through longguan cavity in the feet and
vibrating to the hands in a strike.
2. By stomping on the ground and letting the vibrations magnify through
the body (raising the chi levels) and sending it to the hands for a
strike. This was first done in the Henan Shaolin Temple. The
monks discovered they could double the amount of energy by stomping and
punching with the rebounding energy. This is the most basic form of
Dou Jin Chuan. There are pot holes (made from stomping monks) in the
Shaolin Temple's stone floor from centuries of this type of power
training .
3. By slightly turning the foot and letting the power ripple to the
palms.
4. By violently twisting the hips and whipping the body to develop an
explosive strike at a short distance.
5. By stepping and and letting the chi and vibrate through the body, such
as in Xing yi or in Linear forms of Bagua.
Rotating palm ba gua - unique family style of
linear Ba gua consisting of the coiling dragon and eight animal styles
o-mei Bagua - circular style of Ba gua from O-mei
mountain
Xing yi chuan ( mind-will Boxing) - Internal style of Boxing
developed by General Yui Fei
Manxing tadi linear bagua - shaolin linear Bagua
tie bu shan (iron body) - Iron Body training to make the body
impervious to blows
Golden wave palm Taoist tai chi - old Taoist style of
tai chi with origins in the Omei and Hua Mountains
Five animal/five harmony qi gong - unique style of
qi gong using five animal postures and movements in harmony with the five breath
tones,the five internal organs and the five elements (water, wood, metal, fire,
and earth.)
Iron Hand Qigong - A specialized type of Qigong that is
designed to push chi to the palms preparing them for internal strikes
wu hur jin zheng zho - 5 harmony golden bell cover (iron body)
- a style of iron body where chi is sent to the outer skin of the body
protecting the body the way a layer of gold covers a steel bell
Tien De Zhang (heaven and earth palm) - a golden wave palm set that
utilizes all five Dou Jin techniques. Tien De Chuan is a perfect blend
of yin yang, heaven & earth chi, Hard & soft chi gong.
dou jin chuan -Vibrating Body/fist Boxing
Dian xue chuan-(Dim Mak) - pressure point boxing. learning how
to strike the pressure points for martial applications
Shao
Lin Five Animal Kung Fu Academy