One of our Enter Shaolin Family members Melani was watching one of our kung fu lessons online inside our training site called 'Locking The Ankle'. She commented wondering, "What’s keeping them from kicking you with the other foot?" Good question, Melani! I wasn't 100% sure, however, I figured it had something to do with the amount of pain the person … [Read more...]
Defensive Method Against A Push Called The Weave Technique
A weave is basically what you think of. It's an up down motion designed to cross the arms. So if the person creates a push the weave is designed to criss-cross their arms. The idea of the weave is to deflect them at the same time while creating the opportunity to attack at the same time. You're not focusing on the block your focusing on the strike. The … [Read more...]
How To Focus Driving Energy vs. Pushing Energy From The Shoulders To The Elbows
In this blog post we are going to talk about how to focus driving energy versus pushing energy, namely from your shoulders to the elbows. That is the basis on how to get your arms properly out towards your opponent. One of the tests that I show my students to see if they are putting their energy correctly in the right spot, is to put our shoulders to our … [Read more...]
Kung Fu Training Drill – Simultaneously Attack And Defend Against An Opponent
Today we are going to talk about a principle called Doffense. It's both defense and offense it's one and the same. It's basically, you wanna learn how to attack the opponent while defending and have your defense while attacking. The concept of doffense is you don't want to learn how to block someone or stop someone. That's not your mentality, the … [Read more...]
How To Channel Energy Throughout Our Bodies
Who doesn't want to know how to channel energy? I think many people mistake this skill for something magical or mystical. The fact is that it really is a simple matter of science. Once you understand the physics of channeling energy it becomes clear to see that there is nothing special about it. In this kung fu lesson online Sifu Phu Ngo is going to … [Read more...]