Shaolin Kung Fu Combat Styles: 8. big power form (炮拳: pao quan) 2/2

instructor: monk De Yang
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- combat strategy:
the power style, with a pair of small and big forms, teaches the proper ways to apply "power". its main tactics are:
tactic 9 - "revive the dead corpse (借尸还魂)": use all available parts of your body in attack and defense. instead of using just one arm or leg, use both your arms and legs together or in succession.
tactic 10 - "use fire to plunder (趁火打劫)": use stronger parts of your body in attack or defense. for example, whenever possible, instead of your hands, use your forearms, elbows, or shoulders, and instead of your feet, use your calves, knees, or pelvis.
tactic 11 - "shut the door to catch the thief (关门捉贼)": block and drag the
opponent towards your attack (with your hand or foot) to increase the chance and power of the impact.
tactic 12 - "to catch thieves, catch their chief (擒贼擒王)": to be effective, target the most sensitive parts of opponent's body. (the most common sensitive points in opponent's body from top to down are: the eyes, nose, throat, diaphragm, testicles, fingers, shins.) for example, in the fingers, target the smaller one, in the face, the lower jaw, in ribs, the lower rib, in thigh, the lower thigh, which are relatively weaker and easier to damage.
these involve the body curved for motion of the upper parts of the limbs in lots of double and triple moves.
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- history:
Tang dynasty (618-907):
after a war in 621 AD, Shaolin monks performed a pao chui (power style) in an exhibition in presence of the first emperor of the dynasty.
Song dynasty (960-1279):
pao quan was first officially compiled in the first years of the Song dynasty (960s AD) under the supervision of chief monk Fu Ju (福居).
Yuan dynasty (1279-1368):
in the late years of the dynasty, monk Jinnaluo (紧那罗) improved the pao quan form. this was the 'small pao quan'.
Qing dynasty (1644-1912):
in the mid years of the dynasty, the early 1800s, monk Zhan Ju (湛举) combined pao quan techniques into a base of small and big hong quan, tong bi quan, luohan quan, and some other materials to create the 'big pao quan'. specially, there was a set called Shaolin xinyi ba, which is still widely practiced in Dengfeng area around Shaolin temple. this set imitates daily and farming activities by combining standing and small-frame stances with the pounding moves of the arms and fists, which use whole the body to generate explosive power. Zhan Ju combined xinyi ba moves into the small and big pao quan and perfected them.
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- note: there are various other forms and styles named 'pao quan' or pao chui in Chinese kung fu, and they are historically and technically different from Shaolin pao quan. these are just different styles with similar names.
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[@echogaybaldfith7466]

Very nice techniques Your movements are powerful Strong, and so graceful

[@shaolinshadowsoldier]

Thanks for the upload! Love this form..

[@ShaolinKungFuInstructional]

tomorrow i'll upload his new DVD of small pao quan, and his new video of big pao quan will be uploaded 2 days later. _/\_

[@shaolinshadowsoldier]

@@ShaolinKungFuInstructional @Shaolin Kung Fu How exciting! Thank you so much! DeYang is a living legend. We'll probably never meet, but he's starting to feel like my teacher now, so many hours spent working with his videos. Thank you for your service to the international community, it's really precious. Is it the same abridged xiao pao that I've seen DeYang do before?

[@ShaolinKungFuInstructional]

@@shaolinshadowsoldier thanks. the small pao form is the usual one, it's not abridged. his big pao quan is the 3 part one, however, as i already said in reply to another user's comment, the 3rd part is not part of the original form. so i cut out the 3rd part in the video.

[@ShaolinKungFuInstructional]

i will also cut out the 3rd parts in monks De Jun and De Ci big luohan quan videos. they also have 3rd parts, which are not part of the original form.

[@shaolinshadowsoldier]

@@ShaolinKungFuInstructional It's all quite confusing. Is this an attempt to create "roads" then? Split a longer into two, then add on a bit of something else?

[@olgamacheeva3551]

IN THIS VERSION, THE COMPLEX CANNOT BE TRADITIONAL. Almost all actions are turned into empty movements that have no connection with the real Shaolin fist.

[@masterthala1833]

i cant find route 3

[@ShaolinKungFuInstructional]

the original form is just these 2 parts. the 3rd part has been made by folk people in recent years and it is really ugly and not worth learning.