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« Thread Started on Jan 5, 2005, 8:22am » | |
The different schools that emerged from Shi Gao Can's (Sek Koh Sam) teachings, all practice(d) Yi Zhi Mei (Yi Ki Muay) in their own way. Meaning that there were big and small differences between them.
When Shi Deqian from Henan Shaolin Temple in China, came to Singapore for his book 'The Complete Encyclopedia of Shaolin Temple Martial Arts (volume I & II)", he wanted to write down Yi Zhi Mei. All the schools in Singapore worked hard together and agreed on one version of Yi Zhi Mei, which ended up in the book.
Below a translation of part of the description in the book:
"Yizhimei Quan of South Shaolin temple.
Chan Master Gaocan, originator of Southern Yizhimei (Yi Ki Muay) Quan, is responsible for spreading it. According to records in the Boxing Manuals in Songshan Shaolin temple, the source of Chinese Shaolin Kungfu, Yizhimei Quan came from Shaolin temple.
In Jiaqing time of Ming Dynasty, pirates often violated China. Southeast coast. Many times the government ordered the fighting monks of Shaolin temple to go and suppress the bandits. Some of these monks died and others were heavenly injured on their legs. The latter couldn't return and stayed in the area and started teaching to the locals. Because of their injuries they had to mainly teach arm movements and only a few kicking skills. As a result, later a saying emerged in Chinese Wushu circles called: 'Southern Punch, Northern Kick'.
Then in Qing Dynasty, a monk and his five students names Jingren, Jingliu and so on left Songshan and moved to the South, traveling through Fujian, Guanzhou, Hainan, Taiwan and Nanyue. And they deeply propagated Shaolin Kungfu. As the years went by the boxing skills from Songshan gradually changed into South Shaolin boxing. After that it spread all over China and became the best Kungfu skill in South China.
Southern Yizhimei Quan is a branch is a branch of South Shaolin Boxing. Yizhimei Quan is the evolution of Shaolin Luohanquan. Gaocan improved Yizhimei Quan over the years by long time actual combat as to make it more consummate. He started teaching in Singapore and over the years the practitioners of Yizhimei Quan numbered over the thousands. It is now famous in South-East Asia and beyond."
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« Reply #1 on Jan 6, 2005, 5:13am » | |
More from the book:
"The main characteristics of Yi zhi mei quan are:
1. Punch and mind united, deeply distilled,
2. Simply vigorous, couple hardness with softness;
3. Having both offense and defense, suitable for actual combat;
4. Special footwork and punch to all directions.
In the 87 movements of Yizhimei Quan 'the body shape is like sitting down' from beginning to end. Therefore the horse-step is very common, just like an old monk sitting in meditation, especially the triangle horse step, just like someone side-sit there, reading books or striking bells. Although there are movements, the range is not so big. The names of boxing skills are usually Buddhist technical terms, for example, Arhat, Buddha, Old Monk, Prostrate and so on. It is thus clear that, Yizhimei Quan, is originated from gestures of monks who sit in meditations, combined with hand and feet movements. It then gradually developed until now.
1. Punch and mind united, deeply distilled.
The unity of punch and mind makes skills and movements, therefore shapes are found. Only have shapes but now power cannot subdue your opponents, so if you want to subdue your opponents you should have power. You can also win even when you are controlled by your opponents, this is the essence of Yizhimei Quan.
With the long time hard combat exercise by the master of Yizhimei Quan and their students it is becoming better. And now there are eyes in every movement, there are divisions in every gesture, there are rhythms in every division, playing in quick rhythm. All the movements are fierce, accurate, firm in offense and airtight, hard as iron in defense. If you use is suitably and properly you can win every battle. As a result of using Qigong, Yizhimei Quan has its deep essence.
2. Simply vigorous, couple hardness with softness
Yizhimei Quan, just like the Kungfu in Songshan Shaolin temple,is not flashy, and every movement is for actual combat, standing in winning the battle against your opponent. When using punching and palm skills of Yizhimei Quan, hands usually roll out, move suddenly and strike hard as the thunder.. So an important point is 'firm'. Firm makes power, and power makes sub dual. Nevertheless, it is firm but gentle. For instance, when taking back our hands, we should turn outward or inward, using gentle and turning power. Gentle as the virgin, move like the clouds. Gentleness can conserve strength, and then becomes firm suddenly. And firm power makes the punch firmer and more powerful, and as a result the practitioner can be unmatched. This is to couple hardness with softness, using every movement like this, and using wisdom and skills together.
3. Having both offense and defense, suitable for actual combat.
Yizhimei Quan has both offense and defense not only in the whole series, but also in every movement. Whenever we use a skill, we usually hit our opponents' vital part fiercely, meanwhile we also should be strict on guard against our opponents' plot. In other words," if I cannot hit you, I will not let you hit me either'. Just like 'double palm hit' and 'triple punch' in the series, have both offence and defense. The key is, use one palm or fist to hit opponent's vital part and put the other near the side of the body as a way of defense.
4. Special footwork, punch toward all directions.
Yizhmei Quan has obvious characteristics in footwork, that is; it has only a few kinds of footwork but each kind is very concise, having the merit that it can adapt itself to changing conditions, pay more attention to defense, use defense to confuse the enemy and attack where the enemy is unguarded. For example, when practicing Yizhimei Quan one usually use the horse-step, triangle-step and bow-step. And one use the horse-step the most. Its merit is that one can stand as a stake, still as the mountain. Though being attacked fiercely, we can't fall over, nor lose balance, out limbs can't be seized. Especially, we can use constant defense to confuse the enemy and let him attack recklessly, therefore, we can then attack him and then subdue him. Here are some examples:' little rabbit uses a fan', 'turn over your palm to make rain' and 'God picks eggplants'.
In all the 87 movements of Yizhimei Quan, we usually use fist-attacking or palm-attacking as the offence and almost never use kicks. No matter moving forward of backward, dealing with the left of the right, we usually use palm or fist. To attack, spit, tease, grasp, beat, flick, snatch, smash or rub. So that is 'using Yizhimei Quan to attack all directions'. In fact, we can not only use it to punch towards each direction separately, we can also use it to attack all directions at the same time. 'No matter which directions my opponent comes from, I can defend. My gesture is like a buried stake, and my body movers and turns like a mill. Therefore, even when 8 opponents attack from 8 different directions together I can use a pair of fists or palms to block'.
These words are the purport of Yizhimei Quan."
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« Reply #2 on Jan 7, 2005, 7:34am » | |
Yi Zhi Mei Quan consists out of 86 moves (or combines moves).
Below sketches from the Shi Deqian Shaolin Book.
Moves 1 through 29
![[image]](http://home.wanadoo.nl/info-kungfu-supply/shigaocan/images/yizhim1.gif "[image]")
Moves 30 through 57
![[image]](http://home.wanadoo.nl/info-kungfu-supply/shigaocan/images/yizhim2.gif "[image]")
Moves 57 through 86
![[image]](http://home.wanadoo.nl/info-kungfu-supply/shigaocan/images/yizhim3.gif "[image]")
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« Reply #3 on Jan 7, 2005, 8:03pm » | |
Hi Simon,
The standardized Yi Ki Muay is the same except for minor variations here and there.
Just wondering; you guys still do the slow "1 finger" tension technique towards the end?
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« Reply #4 on Jan 8, 2005, 2:53pm » | |
Hi Eric,
We don’t practice the the slow "1 finger" tension technique towards the end, in fact we never did. But more about that later.
As for the standardization: I saw one of Jurg Zieglers students in Switserland do the form, and as far as I could tell it was pretty much the same as described above. ( including the slow "1 finger" tension technique towards the endJ)
In Europe we don’t have many opportunities to see Sek Koh Sam’s art, so I don’t know how other people around do the form.
But I know that there are other versions around as well. And they are very different!
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« Reply #5 on Jan 9, 2005, 4:05pm » | |
The student I saw was a descendant of the late Master Kang Ban Chuan
Here's are a few pics with the start of Yi Ki Muay
![[image]](http://members.lycos.nl/shaolintemple/ccwushu/0.jpg "[image]")
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« Reply #6 on Jan 9, 2005, 10:00pm » | |
Simon,
Thank you for the pictures. High time someone start putting more SiaoLim on-line!
Yi-ki-Muay is a very special form to me. Spent 3 years learning this! Been doing it ever since and still unable to get to the bottom.
Sifu Kang’s version is slightly different from the one I got from Nanyang SiaoLim.
• After the salute, we do 2 hands finger spears, the left hand extended and the right hand near the left elbow. Sifu Kang’s version is like yours; both hands in-line.
The other aspect is that our Sar-kuck-bey is much lower. Kheng Huan Sifu insisted on low stances. I remember having to stand in one posture for very long time. He would walk up and down before he moved us to the next technique.
And when I was a kid in Nanyang, we must have at least 50 students in any one class. He would check everyone.
So Yi-Ki-Muay would take half an hour.
Can’t wait to discuss this in-depth with you.
Regards.
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« Reply #7 on Jan 10, 2005, 5:39am » | |
I don't know why Master Kang is standing so high on the pictures above.
Do you have a picture of the movement you described?
Best wishes,
Simon
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« Reply #8 on Jan 10, 2005, 5:46am » | |
Hi Simon,
I got to take one.
Right now I am teaching Lohan instead of Yi-Ki-Muay. You could say I am following Ah Joo's system.
Lohan and then Lotus.
Give me a couple of days, I will post the posture.
Thanks.
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« Reply #9 on Jan 25, 2005, 5:22pm » | |
Eric,
I hope you were able to take a picture. I really love to see it.
Meanwhile in Penang, they also do a version of Yi Ki Muay. But over there it is not called Yi Ki Muay (Yi Zhi Mei) but Er Zhi Mei. Not one twig, but two twigs so to say 
Here's the name in Chinese:
![[image]](http://www.saolim.org/images/1ertao1.gif "[image]")
Students in Geneva Switserland also do this form. A picture:
![[image]](http://www.saolim.org/images/1ertao2.jpg "[image]")
Notice the very low horsestance and the upright position of the upperbody.
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« Reply #10 on Jan 25, 2005, 7:30pm » | |
Quote:Eric,
I hope you were able to take a picture. I really love to see it.
Meanwhile in Penang, they also do a version of Yi Ki Muay. But over there it is not called Yi Ki Muay (Yi Zhi Mei) but Er Zhi Mei. Not one twig, but two twigs so to say
Here's the name in Chinese:
Students in Geneva Switserland also do this form. A picture:
Notice the very low horsestance and the upright position of the upperbody. |
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Hi Simon,
Sorry for neglecting the SiaoLim board recently.......
I am preparing some shots of my SiaoLim, Tai Chor and White Crane. Will post soon.
Yes I am aware that Datuk Png does "Zee Ki Muay" but I don't have the story behind.
The SiaoLim brother in the pictures - beautiful "Sar Kak Beh" and body postures. The way it should be IMHO.
I think I have pictures of another SiaoLim form somewhere in my library. I will post some when I find it.
My library is like a war-zone. 
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« Reply #11 on Jan 29, 2005, 1:23pm » | |
Trying to post the name Yi Zhi Mei in Chinese Characters:
一支每
and in Penang it is called Er Zhi Mei
二支每
Simon
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« Reply #12 on Feb 5, 2005, 4:11pm » | |
I talked to Ong Ming Thong (student of Master P'ng Chye Khim) briefly once about the different names. He didn't really have an explanation, but told me that when Sek Koh Sam moved to Penang he just changed the name into Er Zhi Mei. We didn’t discuss the technical differences or the differences in sequence and length.
The school in Geneva has a website (http://www.saolim.org/) on which they present several video's.
One of them shows portions of Er Zhi Mei.
Follow this link to view a clip quickly:
http://www.saolim.org/videos/tao1_low.mp4
Follow this link if you have broadband internet:
http://www.saolim.org/videos/cours_high.mp4
There are some more clips to view over there.
The school is led by Dominique Falquet who studied in Penang under Master P'ng.
I admire his 90 degree horse stance and relaxed and straight upper body 
Best wishes,
Simon
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« Reply #13 on Feb 21, 2005, 5:18am » | |
Another video clip of the Penang Er Zhi Mei, whichs show the whole form from beginning to end. The performance style looks a little different from the Geneva school.
My french isn't that good, but I think this school is located in France. Their lineage is I think somehow related to Master P'ng Chye Khim.
The site is made with Flash, so I can't give you a direct link to the clip. Just visit this site and click on "Videos" and then click on the first "Tao". There are other clips of forms and excercises.
http://vosaolim.free.fr/acceuil.htm
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« Reply #14 on Mar 2, 2005, 4:58am » | |
I saw the pics & I saw some differences amongst what I was taught by sifu the Yi zhi mei....we do the slow 1 finger ......that form is sure a long & hard one also took me abt a 3 yrs to master it..... can i know where can i buy the encyclopedia u all mentioned earlier??
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