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Keys Of Hung Gar Kung Fu Mastering
Alexander Popov
1. While polishing your technique you should never stick out
your chest or stomach either when fighting or practicing. It
stiffens your body and makes your movements awkward. As a
result, you are losing control over your body. While practicing
always make sure to keep your back bent outward and chest
incurved. This is the right sign to distinguish between Kung Fu
masters and Kung Fu athletes.
2. Despite the fact that the back should be a bit bent outward,
you have to maintain the body centrality; by no means should the
body be bent too much. Otherwise it will lose the balance, which
can result in loss of equilibrium and steadiness, and make the
outgoing energy weak. The back and pelvis must be in the same
plane.
3. Bending your head down in fight is like blindfolding
yourself, since with your head down you cannot fully control
all the actions of your enemy. Moreover, it can lead you to
losing the balance.
4. During the fight, your waist should be down. If it is not,
it makes Qi to go upward and accumulate in the chest. This
accumulation of Qi in the chest causes you to lose the
steadiness; your movements will immediately become clumsy and
awkward. A man with his Qi in lower Dan Tian can be compared to
a weeble wobble, since it is virtually impossible to throw him
down on the ground. Now, consider moving the load in the lower
part of the weeble wobble upward; the slightest push would
overturn the weeble wobble.
5. The hand is rounded in elbow and wrist.
6. Practicing, always make sure to perform movements correctly.
Otherwise, you would get bad habits, which is rather harmful
than advantageous. Mastering new techniques, you should always
act without haste; only when you have repeated movements
correctly many times, you can consider increasing speed and
strength.
7. It is not good performing already learnt techniques with
negligence, so-so, since it is hardly of any use. Performing
already mastered techniques you need to fully use your
consciousness, i.e., using consciousness (Yi) send your energy
Qi to the section of the body engaged in this technique. For
example, kicking with your heel the moment the heel touches the
enemy (target) you need to fully focus on throwing the energy
through the heel.
8. Inside yourself, you should work out your mind, spirit,
consciousness and Qi until they join together. Only when this
happens you will be able to send your Qi anywhere at your wish.
9. The key to mastering is in everyday work at the thing
neither master not disciple can do without, namely polishing
the basic technique.
About The Author: Alexander Popov dedicated about 20 years to
Shaolin Hung Gar Kung Fu. He is the successor of Hung Gar Kung
Fu tradition in the 8th masters’ generation. Kung Fu and Qigong
articles and ebooks:
http://www.shaolin-kungfu-qigong.com
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