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Dave and I talked about this on sunday. We wondered what were the flavours, bridges, etc to our southern eagles system. Has it similar qualities to northern styles.
Northern Eagle
Ying Zhao Fan Zi Men style says:
It is the combination of two systems Fan Zi or Ba Shan Fan,as it was known and Yue Shi San Shou, a system which was developed by General Yue Fei.
The Ying Zhao Fan Zi fighter, uses grabs, holds, pressures at various points or laks at the joints, basic techniques which remind the way the proud eagle, King of the animals of prees, attacks its victims. For that reason the system is nowdays known as Ying Zhao (Eagle Claw) or Ying Shou (Eagle Hand). The heart of the system is the 50 ways of continuous punch (lian quan), 50 fighting techniques which are being practiced from both left and right side of the body, and they are based on Yue Shi San Shou (the 108 hands). These techniques are simple and without needingless, impressive or show off elements, easy to teach, they constitute an exceptionally effective fighting system. The system's movements are light and fast, combining speed, strength and technique in the most effective way.
It contains 7 kinds of strength:
* Yin, Yang
* Gang, Rou
* Tan, Cun É»ÉøÉ« Cui
meaning hidden or internal , obvious or external , hard, soft ,flexible , close and sharp power.
It is based on 7 principles:
Yi Hao, Er Na, San Xiang, Si Shou, Nian Yi Ru Hao Mai, Fen Jin Cuo Gu and Dian Xue Bi Qi.
Analysing the technical characteristics and the base of the system, Master Guo Xian He says:
This school does not imitate all eagle's movements as many people might think, but only "borrows" the way that the proud bird of prey grabs and catches. So among the system characteristics are Diao, Zhua, Luo, (ways of grabbing and catching) and also Fan (hiting by turning the hand around ), Beng (explosive hit), Zhou (hitting with forearm), Kao (pressing or pushing). The practicioner should remember that the purpose is not to hold or catch, but to hit the opponent.
Grabbing is a way only to bring the practicioner to a more advantageous situation.
During practice not only strength, speed and technique should be developed as much as possible, but also the human "spirit" and a natural way of standing and moving. Spirit means internal peace and calmness, which all practicioners should have. "One should be able to watch the highest mountain falling down, without even blink the eyes ".
The 7 kinds of strength in our system, should be developed by practicing both internal and external techniques. The practitioner should be aware of physiology, anatomy as well as human psychology, in order to use that strength effectively in fight. Power should concentrate like a coiled spring and then explode, driven focused where we want(e.g a punch).
About the speed:
* Defense and attack should cooperate. One hand defends while the other attacks.
* Defense and attack with the same side of the body, for example left hand.
* Practice hitting effectively from a short distance.
* Borrow the opponent's strength and use it against him or her
During fight use the following tools:
* combine truth with imagination.
* Grab and hit in one movement.
* Allow the opponent to attack in order to attack back in the most effective way.
* Instead of defend, attack or as a Chinese proverb says "become a householder instead of a visitor".
* Combine step and hand.
* Press the opponent in order to move the way you want.
* Avoid the true attack, hit the opponent's vulnerable side.
* Expose to the opponent a side of the body as "bait" and hit afterwards the way it was planned.
* Don't fight the opponent's attack, follow its direction e.g if the opponent uses an upper strength, do the same.
source:
www.eagleclaw.gr/en/inside.htmLeung Shum says
The northern eagle claw system includes 25 fist forms, more than 25 weapon forms, over 25 partner (two-men or three-men) sets and the essence of the system. and the 108 locking-hand techniques The techniques of the eagle claw system come from the movements of the eagle powerful claws, fast eyes, smooth movements and lightning fast techniques.
The "seven principles" of' eagle claw kung-fu are: jow da cum na
(Clawing and locking); dim yut bye hei (attacking pressure points and stopping the breath); cow wai sau fung (locking); diu cow fing lau (controlling, pushing and pulling); sim jim tong na (twisting, jumping
and dropping to the floor); noi sup chung dit (falling and techniques using waist); and fun gun chew quat (cutting veins and shattering bones).
Lau faat says
This set of fighting techniques is mostly composed of the following: "Jau" (grab), "Da" (strike) , "Kum" (catch), "Na" (hold), "Fan Gun" (separate the tendons), "Cho Gwat" (dislocating the joints), "Dim Yuet" (strike precisely the pressure points), "Baai Hei" (stop the breathing) , "Sim Gin" (fast changing stances), and "Tun Noh" (Jump and take away). Traditional Eagle Claw is based on three (3) fundamental forms: Hahng Kuen Sahp Lo (walking fist 10 sections), Lin Kuen Ng Sahp Lo(combination fist 50 sections), and 108 Chin Na (joint locking techniques). All the techniques are very practical.
How much of a correlation of these techniques are in the southern systems?
NSLK