Shaolin Kung Fu Combat Styles: 3. small flood form (小洪拳: xiao hong quan)

instructor: monk De Cheng
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combat strategy:
the flood style, with a small & big pair of forms, teaches "covering" tactics:
tactic 2 - "cover up from the sky to cross the sea (瞒天过海)": cover your body for safety against the opponent while attacking and defending, advancing and retreating.
tactic 3 - "mud water to catch fish (混水摸鱼)": overwhelm the opponent with covering moves to lower his chance against your attacks and defenses.
tactic 4 - "pilfer a goat on the way (顺手牵羊)": seize opportunities to use covering moves as attacks whenever possible.
these involve a continuous flood of covering moves of the arms and the legs around your body. in this style, every move, whether attack or defense, advancing or retreating, is accopanied by the cover of another limb, teaching you the correct covering method in almost any situation.
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history:
Song dynasty (960-1279):
Zhao Kuangyin (赵匡胤), the first emperor of the Song dynasty, had given Shaolin temple a series of notes on the combat styles that he practiced. Shaolin monks developed the 'big hong quan' based on one of his styles.
Jin dynasty (1115-1234):
in the last few years of the Jin dynasty, monk Jue Yuan (觉远) took permission of chief monk Hong Wen (洪温) to travel across the country and collect new information. he invited master Li Sou (李叟) and his son from Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province, and master Bai Yufeng (白玉峰) from Luoyang city to Shaolin temple. Li Sou and his son were masters of a local hong quan style. they had a long hong quan form, which is still practiced at some areas around Shaolin under its original name big hong quan or as old-frame hong quan. during their stay at Shaolin, they made a smaller version of this form by combining their style with internal and external styles of Shaolin temple, and this form was called the 'small hong quan'.
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note: there are various other forms and styles named small or big 'hong quan' in Chinese kung fu, and they are historically and technically different from Shaolin hong quan. these are just different styles with similar names.
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[@AhmedAhmed-rk6du]

Incredible master decheng

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I like how low and flexible you can get while doing this!😎

[@pedroscaglione2325]

Alguna vez practicaba Shaolin y ya no tengo tiempo, simplemente por definirme en el Taichichuan, pero con respeto a estos maestros: ¿Porque los instructores y maestros rosarinos llaman a este tipo de forma como básica?

[@JavierMedina26]

Pedro Scaglione quizás porque contienes las posiciones básicas y las 18 técnicas básicos del Shaolin, busca el vídeo completo que dura casi 2 horas y entenderás...

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Where is the name of the whole place?

[@marcosmantovani6925]

equilíbrio e força

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Ajajajajjajaaj Ami me sale muí feo el xiao hong

[@ponnarajashekhar760]

It looks like comedy and circus stuff !

[@ponnarajashekhar760]

not better than jion kata, the end part after the right fist strikes left palm looks like nonsense .

[@ponnarajashekhar760]

jessepasley It looks like comedy and circus stuff , jion is practical self defense watch Sensei Kanazawa videos of Karate Shotokan .

[@mokaficek3440]

This is for meditation, they could beat anyone's ass in a real fight

[@kenshin_san]

​@@mokaficek3440hey don't worry he looks indian by his name they hate chinese people because they beaten their ass in 1962 and in 2020 with sticks real kung fu is invincible

[@MiguelOchoaOficial]

I practice Shotokan Karate Under Hirokazu Kanazawa, For 5 Years and I’m a 2 Dan Black belt, and now I’m studying Shaolin Kung Fu with these videos, I will say this with all the respect that you all deserve, never underestimate a martial art because all martial arts are good, it’s not about the style is about the individual, every martial arts, such as karate, kung fu, kickboxing, taekwondo, jiu-jitsu, Mui Thai, Boxing, MMA, Krav Maga , wrestling, judo, etc., etc. they are all good martial arts, but it all depends on the individual, so please respect every system because all of them have their advantages and their weaknesses