The Tai Chi wave hands like clouds movement is considered one of the most important signature movements in Tai Chi. Learn how to perform this sequence from a professional Tai Chi instructor in this free martial arts video. Expert: Rich... more »
Wave hands like clouds is a Tai Chi movement that requires using your hands and shifting your weight. Learn some tips for performing the wave hands like clouds movement from a professional Tai Chi instructor in this free martial arts video. Expert: Rich... more »
According to legend, Taizu Chang Quan (Taizu Long Boxing) was invented by Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Taizu of the Song dynasty. Widespread in the north of China, it gives full expression to the heroic characteristics of northern men when the whole set of boxing is exercised. Taizu Chang Quan has an expressive stance with particular... more »
Sanda (Sanshou) as a sport has a very great emphasis on throws. One of its most distinguished techniques is the “kick catch”. This is when one person kicks and the person performing the throw catches the kick and then trips the person kicking when he’s on one... more »
Tan sao (palm up block) is a Wing Chun Kung Fu blocking technique. A Palm up block where the palm of the hand is straight and the fingers are held together with the thumb cocked in and held against the top side of the hand. By holding the thumb in there is a natural tension... more »
Tantui is a famous Northern wushu routine and has several versions due to its incorporation into various styles. For this reason the name can be translated to mean “spring” or “springing leg” (the most popular) or “pond” or “lake leg”. Styles that incorporate Tán Tuǐ include Northern Praying Mantis, Chángquán, and Northern Shaolin as... more »
Known by a variety of names in different styles, the kung fu front kick is a snapping kick thrown by the rear leg. Similar kicks can be found in almost every martial art in the world. Although it is not the strongest kick, it is relatively quick and can be used to keep an... more »
Tai Chi Chuan, which means supreme ultimate boxing or fist, or simply “Tai Chi”, as it is commonly known, is at its most advanced level, a martial art. All great Tai Chi Chuan masters since classical times have practised Tai Chi Chuan as a martial art and all Tai Chi Chuan classics have described... more »
This form consists of a variety of unorthodox movements and tricks to confuse or deceive the opponent. Attacks are fast and instantly withdrawn. This makes them come at a high rate which puts the opponent under constant pressure. Many techniques derive from Xiao Hong Quan, Da Hong Quan and Monkey... more »
William Cheung or Cheung Cheuk Hing born October, 1940, is a Chinese Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioner and currently the Grandmaster of his lineage of Wing Chun, entitled Traditional Wing Chun (TWC). He also heads the sanctioning body of TWC, the World Wing Chun Kung Fu Association. In 1951, at the age of ten,... more »
Wing chun kicks are traditionally below the waist and are found in the Chun Kiu and wooden dummy form. A front kick is chambered to a 90% angle at least to the waste, no higher than the solar plexus. The foot comes up from the front ball pushing so we can pop energy up... more »
Wong Shun Leung (1935-1997) was a Wing Chun master. He started training with Yip Man at 17, after challenging the master and finding himself completely controlled by him. Already at this age Wong had a reputation as a fighter and Yip Man was at first worried that he would bring trouble for Wing Chun.... more »
Shaolin Xiao Hong Quan is probably the most well known fist form from the Song Shan Shaolin Monastery. Xiao Hong Quan was developed during the Qing Dynasty and remains a major style in Shaolin Monastery to this day. When the monastery lost its library in the fire of 1928 almost all of the martial manuscripts... more »
Xiao Pao Quan (Small cannon fist) is one of the forms that are studied by the Monks at the Shaolin Temple. Techniqes are forceful with the conditioning that is needed – one will acquire fists like mighty Cannons. Xiao Pao Quan shares the same features as other Shaolin Cannon Boxing routines, but the movements... more »
Yang family-style Tai Chi Chuan in its many variations is the most popular and widely practised style in the world today and the second in terms of seniority among the primary five family styles of Tai Chi Chuan. Most of the popular forms today evolved from the Yang. Tai Chi started out with 13... more »
Yip Man (October 1893 – December 2, 1972) was the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun openly. He had several students who later became martial arts teachers in their own right, including Leung Sheung, Lok Yiu, Chu Shong Tin, Wong Shun Leung and Bruce Lee. Yip Man... more »