FU LUNG CHUAN SCHOOL OF KUNG FU

BUCKET SMASH!!

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SURPRISE KICK!

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another chin-na move

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a little chin-na

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caught in motion

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this is a tiger palm strike ash is using a lot of power can be channeled with the palm and also u dont hurt ur wrist saves ur joints wear and tear in later on

dave and his shield

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we find pad and shield work an important part of the fu lung chuan helps students develop so much qualities and confidence

shield work

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HARD BLOCKING

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Tom KEV PRACTICE HARD BLOCKS

a throw from the early 80's

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GUYS GETTING A BIT CREATIVE

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SCOTS HAT TAKE

past students having fun

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NEED I SAY MORE......

The size of our school

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this was taken after the class as u can see lots of room, a nice pine floor finish.

liam practices on the dummy

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here we see liam doing an inside block indeed a wooden dummy hardens ur forearms and hands and also ur fist but proceed slowly we bind the head with rope so u can condition ur fists in this respect

Don practises on our dummy

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This simple dummy mook jong in chinese is different from the wing chun version it's homemade.
it consists of four limbs to practice ur blocks it also swivels as u strike ,the base is fill with water to ground it.

Keith in action

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Hooks backfists blocks

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Tom and kevin practice a combination

crane fist sample

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kevin and Tom demonstrate crane attack defence in a free form

keith's knife defence

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Keith up close

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Keith in action

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keith displays a very vicious effective defence against a knife

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leg sretching and balance

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ROB AND CONNOR DO SOME LEG STRECTHING AND BALANCING

TIGER GRAB

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TIGER GRAB COUNTERS A TIGER CLAW

COUNTER AGAINST SPEAR

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BRUCE

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WHAT MORE CAN BE SAID THERE IS THE MAN WITH A THUNDER AND EFFECTS

EAST VS WEST

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A DEER'S ANTLER AND A BROADSWORD

Nunchaku by ashley and connor

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connor and ashley demonstrate a few crossovers ashley is junior grade as well as connor they did quite well as u can see clearly in his demonstration

DEER'S ANTLER ATTACK TO THROAT

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HERE WE SEE CONNOR ATTACK TOM WITH A LETHAL USE OF A DEERS ANTLER
SUCH A WEAPON CAN BE USED BY POOR FARMERS IN COMBAT HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, WHEN THERE WAS NO SWORDS DAGGERS ETC IT COULD USED THEY USED THIS PRIMAL WEAPON .

DEER ANTLER DEFENCE

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USE OF A DEERS ANTLER WAS USED IN THE MIDDLE AGES ON THE BATTLE FIELD

Deers antler

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How it can be used as a weapon for nerve strikes etc..

LEG STRETCHING

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AND AT THE SAME TIME CAN BE A COUNTER TO A KICK

EAGLE STANCE

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HERE TOM DEMONSTRATES AN EAGLE STANCE WITH BROADSWORD

A BLOOPER SHOT

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HERE ROB WAS TRYING TO DO THE IRON CHAIR BUT THE THE REAL CHAIR BROKE FUN TO WATCH

BLOCK FROM A CHINESE SPEAR

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HERE WE SEE ASHLEY AND CONNOR ATTACK AND DEFEND

DEFENCE AGAINST A CHINESE SPEAR

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ROB SHOWS A DEFENCE AGAINST A CHINESE SPEAR

THE INVISIBLE CHAIR HOLD

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HERE TOM SHOWS HIS STRENGTH WITH THE INVISIBLE CHAIR HOLD

Iron chair

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HERE ROB SHOWS HIS IRON CHAIR WHILE TOM STANDS ON HIS STOMACH

connor cross over stance

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here we see connor show us tiger claw with cross overr stance

don Rob knive defense

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Painting effect of bruce lee

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this is a photo lab effect from a bruce lee picture

Lotus stance A.K.A snake on one leg stance

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here dave shows us a good lotus stance(lien hua) combined with a tiger claw.

forearm finger Training wrist development

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The most important tools weapons in gong fu is ur hands fingers and wrists and the most ignored.Bruce lee developed his forearms to a huge degree its very evident in his pictures
Tom shows one way we train or fingers tendons, this helps with chin-na arm grabs and overhall hand and wrist health.just by using two pieces of wood u can practice stances etc Thomas just demonstartes here walking with the logs up the hall indeed a great strength exercise. u can use both 3 fingers to two eagles claw tiger claw and eagles talon,is two fingers.

Don lands a kick

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here we see a counter to a punch whilst trapping the arm

my Ying yang man i drew

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Don avoids an attack from connor

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double dragon stamp kick To ears

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Here Tom gives a wee demo of a Double dragon stamp kick

seminar picture

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Damien pins kieran

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very effective indeed and basic.

Damien applies a hold on gorrilla

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This was taken during the seminar

Tanya at the seminar

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a blocking defence

a throw from the early 80's

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don swings the nunchuks

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sun salution

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This is great it caught the actual sun as he did it.

grandmaster jim

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just kidding he isnt he is the caretaker and will kick our asses if we dont finish the class on time

Don with the nunchaku

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Don demonstrates a crossover swing with the nunchaku very deadly very effective its like a figure 8 motion and for what it si it does the damage.

end part of kick

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as u can see well executed nice form

Robs kick

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as u can see would u like to stand next to this ha ha

dragon stamp from different angle

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Tom shows this kick from back angle

the dragon stamp kick

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graham and ashley attack defend

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here we see a good defense against an overhead attack

Rob practicing kicks

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si gung showing nunchaku defense

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here we see connor defend against don's attack

nunchaku defense

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here we see don block an attack from connor

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shar inside the circle being attacked by men

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here we have roleplay which we do we, take in turns to attack shar and she defends not to worry this is a picture Tom wont actually attack with the broad sword

snake stance A.K.A pu bu

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here we see the snake stance or pu bu or some may even call drop stance, this stance is good for developing balance flexibility and strength regular practice of stances will indeed help us later in life.

shar demonstrates the horse stance

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Here we see shar do the horse stance or ma bu stance it is the most common stance in gong fu stances are very important without no balance no strength nothing . sifu may ask u do do low ma bu when he feels ur ready.

connor

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here we see connor demonstrate a part of a kuen or quan or kata if one wants to call it that.

Tiger claw

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connor demonstrates the tiger claw

Don with the nunchaku

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here don does a pose with the nunchaku or in chinese shuang jei guan thats the pin ying for it we sometimes practice with an iron pair which builds up strength in ur shoulders foreams and hands.

go shar go!!

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yep pretty much or asses are in trouble women given the correct training can just be as a effective as men however a woman is best better to use her palm in attacks or elbows ... due to build not the fist ...

dave shows a tiger in ma bu stance

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here we see dave show us the ma bu with tiger claw

basic china

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instructor Tom demonstrates a very vicious but basic chin-na attack for self defence only

the palm works well for women

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as u can see shar nicely threw connor off balance with a palm strike...

oh that hurt i bet!

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shar shows whoes boss with this kick taken from the first quan(kuen)

basic chin-na

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shar does this basic chin-na two finger snap.

guang dao clash with broadsword

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Tom clashes with dave ...

Chin-na

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again shar does a finger break

cross over stance to crane

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Thomas and dave demonstrate a clash with stances

jumping attack with broadsword

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Tom leaps and shows a landing attack using a broadsword

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the present school...

Thumb break

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a simple thumb break technique quite painful ...this is demonstrated by Tom the thumb can be manipulated in several directions.

arm take down

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many of the locks hold restrains have come in useful for people working in the security field,door work, women can easily use this methods techniques etc to great effect.

early 80's weapons practice

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weapons practice plays a big part of our training this is a picture taken in the early 80's.
here we see the staff and nunchaku

Chin-na

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here we see damien demonstrate a liitle chin-na on lilly

blocking technique

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here we can see instructor Tom and instructor kevin practicing some of the blocking techniques we employ many methods a block is also an attack.. the leg being the most powerful weapon in defense may also be the weakest, as u can see kevin is on one leg he can be tripped easily etc.

senior instructor damian arm locks Rob

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fu lung chuan employs uses various arm locks holds and chin-na as damien demonstrates one here on instructor Rob. Rob has succesfully got to black sash in jung shin is proficient in pressure points ha has achieved instructor status in fu lung chuan and attended seminars with rick clark he is indeed profient in his art

senior instructor damien kicks instructor Rob

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there are easily over 30 kicks in the system here is just one of them simple and effective

si gung

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si gung mike o'meara started his humble beginings in 1978, it was that year he was introduced to fu jow pai and later chinese boxing...back in those days it was the training was more gruelling as sifu recalls.

instructor kevin kicks Tom

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This was taken from our film paractice, it took about 8 takes to get this, its all about timing with the correct timing u can make it look powerful as u can see here its all timing ..

stomach workout

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here we see a stomach exercise called the dragon flag..the orignal idea was bruce lee's it really is a great stomach exercise ab training is a major part of what we do, sifu might ask u to hold ur legs six inches off the ground for a few mins on some days when he feels ur ready..

picture effect

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finish attack

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all attacks in fu lung chuan are deadly coupled with the correct body use timing speed power a lot of damage can be dont to those who may be behind but all techniques drills are done in a safe manner in the begining when michael thinks ur ready then u apply them with more speed and power..

Instructor Tom

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This is the cat stance in low postion ,gong fu has very hard stance work which builds tremendous strength in the legs basically this is a one leg squat with 95 per cent weight on the rear leg and the other five on the front not a practical stance by any means but when changed to high cat stance there is a spring power in the legs which propels the whole body forward.

Iron shirt 2

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This was a very early picture of the chief instructor doing a demo. this was taken during the early 80's, many ab exercises are used to condition this area. qi is a mystery to how it is used the best way we can explin it is will power our mind and how we ditrect it thorough our bodies thorugh the meridians chakras and dantien it all may sound complicted but basically sifu makes hi abs as hard as a car tyre best way to explain it.

double dragon stamp

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this is damien demonstrating the very advanced dragon stamp kick notice the height great power can be generated from such an attack great enough to puncture a lung at the least when executed in the correct manner.

iron shirt demo

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here we see the chief instructor demonstrating the control of his abdomen and qi. we do a lot of stomach exercises and qi work, we must think our tummy as like a tyre when hit with force the power will bounce off the tummy. this one of the secret qi methods of course there are no secrets only hard work..

head to toe stretch

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This is an advanced stretch ,we always stretch for maybe ten mins before a class its very important part of our routine.most injuries and stiffness occur due to improper methods ,bouncing stretching movements are best avoided, it can pull muscle or tear muscles and tendons all our stretches are smooth slow and controlled. it is important to stretch during the class and after to reduce the onset of soreness caused by lactic acid build up

stretching

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michael twomey and damien two instructors practicsing some stretches

our school

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a formal picture taken of our school last year