Kung Fu (功夫) means "to be skilled or expert," and is not confined to martial arts usage. A great chef could be said to have Kung Fu, as could a doctor; however, the term is generally used to describe the wide variety of traditional Chinese boxing systems.
Our traditional Kung Fu program includes the following:
- warm-ups and conditioning exercises (jibengong)
- stance training
- open-hand forms (talou)
- traditional Chinese weapons
- two-person drills
- joint locks and submissions (chin na)
- break-falling
- sparring (san shou)
Forms
Forms are pre-arranged routines of fighting and exercise techniques. Like most traditional Chinese styles, we have a core curriculum of forms that help transmit the "flavor" of the style.
- Shi Er Lu Tan Tui (12 roads springing legs) 十 二 路 潭 腿
- Mei Hua Chuan (plum blossom flower fist) 梅 花 拳
- Yue Jia Chuan (Yue family fist) 岳 家 拳
- Xiao Suo Chuan (small reducing fist) 小 縮 拳
- Xiao Fan Che Chuan (small chariot wheel fist) 小 翻 車 拳
- Da Fan Che Chuan (big chariot wheel fist) 大 翻 車 拳
- Xiao Hu-Yan Chuan (little tiger-swallow fist) 小 虎 燕 拳
- Tang Lang Chuan (praying mantis fist) 螳 螂 拳
- Jin Huang Chuan (golden fist) 金 黃 拳
- Hei Hu Chuan (black tiger fist) 黑 虎 拳
- Wu Hu Chuan (five tigers fist) 五 虎 拳
- Kai Lu Chuan (open road fist) 開 路 拳
Weapons
- Liu He Dao (six harmony broadsword) 六 和 刀
- Shuang Dao (twin broadswords) 雙 刀
- Jian (straight sword) 劍
- Chang Gun (long staff) 長 棍
- Shaolin Qiang (Shaolin spear) 小 林 鎗
- She Qiang (snake spear) 蛇 鎗
- Lu Long Kwan Dao (General Kwan’s green dragon sword) 綠 龍 關 刀
- Chan (monk’s spade) 鏟
- San Jie Gun (three-section staff) 棍 截 棍
- Jiu Jie Bian (9-section chain whip) 九 截 鞭
- Sen Biao (rope dart) 繩 鏢
- Two-person Kwan dao vs. spear
- Two-person staff vs. three-section staff
- Three-person staff set