KungFu stance 6: Du Li Bu

A very interesting stance, for strength and balance in the supporting foot. Great as a basic for training kicks, as well as for focus and health. Notice the twisting of the body in order to align the elbow and the knee.

GM°Han Ching-Tan_10 TanTui

Rare footage from the famous Grandmaster Han Ching Tan, showing really really nice Tan Tui. Practise Tan Tui, Long Fist and your body alignment/mechanics improves vastly. Teacher Mike Martello have used this as Ji Beng gong (basics) for his students. It is also taught by Dr. Yang Jwing Ming. I still practise it as part of my own training . This footage shows nice elongated power, timing, linking, stances.

Influences from Tan Tui/Long Fist can be found in Northern Mantis systems, the Shaolin, Southern styles like Choi Lee Fut. It is one of the foundation of Chinese traditional Kung Fu.

Enjoy!

Long Fist by a student

For me, this is the best performed Long Fist video on Youtube by a student. (name of the form: Yi Lu Mai Fu / 一路埋伏) Long Fist is a Chinese Muslim fighting art and has influenced a large part of various Chinese Kung Fu styles. Shaolin, Praying Mantis, Choi Lee Fut... just to name a few.

Long Fist is also a great style to train as a basic foundation. As a preparation for getting your body ready for another style. It teaches you to use elongated power, correct body alignment and body mechanics.

For fighting, it teaches you the principle of "crash and bang", which is the first simple approach of fighting, this means hitting and kicking in a direct fashion. After that grappling can be applied: jointlocks combined with punches and kicks, then more focused on joinlocks and Shuai Jiao (Mongolian wrestling, predecessor of Judo - but with more emphasis on take downs). All this can be found in Long Fist. Of course, like all great fighting arts, you need to get it unlocked by following a good master.