THEMES IN SHAOLIN COMBAT SEQUENCES AND TAIJIQIAN PUSHING HANDS AND STRIKING HANDS
Combat Sequences 1-16 as well as Pushing Hands Series 1-8 and Striking Hands Series 1-8 are basic methods to train combat efficiency in Shaolin Kungfu and Wahnam Taijiquan respectively in our school. Besides skills, techniques, tactics and strategies, there is a basic theme in each sequence or series.
These themes are listed below for easy reference:
Shaolin Combat Sequences- The Big Mistake concerning Free Sparring
- How You may Avoid an Heavy Object Crashing onto You
- Near enough to Strike but Far enough to be Safe
- How to Flow and Press, and be Safe
- Progressing to the Right Leg Mode for Combat
- Reducing Movements and Increasing Speed
- Rotating Waist and Shifting Position
- How to Follow Up from a Feign Attack
- How to Open the Way for Kicks
- Using Pressing Attacks on your Opponent
- Using the Tactic of Feign-Real Attack
- Various Ways of Intercepting an Opponent's Attacks
- Planning a Strategy to Fell an Opponent
- Laying a Trap for your Opponent
- Planning a Combat-Ending Throw
- Let Mercy Flow from Your Hands
Taijiquan Pushing Hands and Striking Hands Series
- Why is there Only One Technique in Pushing Hands
- What is meant by Applying Techniques Skillfully
- Creating a Technical Advantage over a Massive Opponent
- Getting to the Back of your Opponent
- Progressing from Techniques to Tactics in Combat
- Tilting the Balance when your Opponent is Equal in Skills and Techniques
- Exploiting Free Offers given by Opponents
- The Use of Techniques, Tactics and Strategies
- From Developing Skills to Applying Techniques
- What would You Do when your Opponent is your Equal
- A Taijiquan Technique Against Any Kicks
- How to Maneuver your Opponent into his Unaccustomed Mode
- How to put the Opponent at a Disadvantageous Position
- Flowing with your Opponent to Overcome Him
- How to Make your Opponent Lose his Fighting Ability
- Turning the Table back on your Opponent
For details of how these themes can be implemented, refer to the respective links at Webpages for Review