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

instructor: monk De Ci
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- combat strategy:
the flood style, with a pair of small and big forms, teaches to "cover". its main tactics are:
tactic 2 - "cover up from the sky to cross the sea (瞒天过海)": cover your body 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.
these involve a continuous flood of covering moves of the arms and even the legs around your body.
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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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[@hannamazik4454]

This video is very useful as it shows each stance from all sides. The stances are presented both in slow and fast motion. I have greatly enjoyed copying the movements and listening to the explanations. The Monk has got excellent skills. Thank you very much for sharing.

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[@ccasey1906]

Thanks for sharing this video. I just began learning this form and this will help in my understanding this form. Is this from a DVD set?

[@seleccionadorcampeon]

7:00 Starts, ready position.

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thank you very much for all your video. I love such videos. Iám practising shaolin Kung Fu and such videos are very helpfull to study this form. It is very difficult finding such videos. My Shifu also was in Shaolin (Songshan Temple) but there are lttle things I see which are more original. if you studying Kung Fu you will see the differences thats why it is not explainable.With the Form of Lian Huan Quan you also can see. If you see the european shaolin Temples (Netherlands, France, England, germany, italiay, Spain...) they teach the correct form, but still there are little differences to the chinese shaolin monks..these differences i am studying. But guys, You can do Kung Fu, or can can study Kung Fu like me :)

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[@buzifalus]

I heard it's like the Wu Bu Quan of the original fighting system Shaolin Kung Fu

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[@TheTheratfarmer]

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[@mercedesgodinez3582]

buzifalus. you are right! Knowing the form without the application is very useless. You can memorize the form and practice but without a real situation that applies to the form .. You would be simply dancing. Videos are good but you still need a teacher who is able to teach more than a form... able to teach use of form and able to apply in real situations with variations.

[@Love_OPX]

I like your comment. Given your position, the ideal move will always be the most effective. This is not necessarily an attack.

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without knowing the application against a real opponent form is kind of useless

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[@Love_OPX]

The form just serves the purpose of strengthening and conditioning the body. To attempt to apply certain moves against an opponent amounts to hoping a specific situation manifest, to which a certain move could apply. Instead, it is better to understand that, given your position, the ideal move is the most effective one. So, think in terms of what's ideal.