Shaolin Kung Fu Impact Strategy – Da Pao Quan (Big Power Form) | Monk Shi Yan Lu

Shaolin Kung Fu power style (炮拳: pao quan) __________________ moves & postures: 00:00 Form 00:40 1. Gather Qi 00:54 2. Green Dragon Shows Claws (Short: Dragon Claws) 01:24 3. Twin Dragons Rise (Twin Dragons) 01:46 4. Tiger Pounces on Prey (Pouncing Tiger) 02:36 5. Cannon Chases Wind to Clouds (Soaring Cannon) 03:10 6. Leopard Turns Claws (Wielding Leopard) 03:19 7. Leopard Opens Mouth (Leopard Mouth) 03:44 8. Slap Kick 04:03 9. Twin Dragons Surf the Sea (Twin Cannons) 04:30 10. White Crane Retreats (Flapping Crane) 05:18 11. White Crane Spreads Wings (Flying Crane) 05:42 12. Triple Cannons 06:37 13. Old Monk Holds Basket (Holding Basket) 06:59 14. Vajra Pounds Mortar (Pound Mortar) 07:39 15. Monkey Watches Scenery (Watching Monkey) 08:09 16. Holding Basket 08:31 17. Advancing Cannon 08:55 18. Deer Lies Down (Lying Deer) 09:39 19. Whirlwind Cannon 10:34 20. Leopard Turns Over (Leaping Leopard) 11:02 21. Snake Spits out Tongue (Snake Tongue) 11:28 22. Falling Cannon 11:58 23. Dragon Catches Tiger's Head and Twists (Catching Dragon) 12:52 24. Swan Goose Sits on Mountain (Sitting Swan) __________________ "impact" strategy: unlike defense, which is done with the least possible action, attacks require heavy impact. for higher impact in actions, you should employ your body parts and choose targets more subtly: tactic 5 - 'multiple limb impact': "chain tactic (连环计)" – for the highest impact in an action, use all possible parts of your body together or in succession. instead of using one limb once, use it multiple times and use multiple limbs in attack and, if needed, in defense. tactic 6 - 'maximum limb impact': "use fire to plunder (趁火打劫)" – use more powerful parts of your limbs in attack and defense. whenever possible, instead of hands, use your forearms, elbows, or shoulders, and instead of your feet, use your calves, knees, or pelvis. tactic 7 - 'limbs leveraging cooperation': "shut the door to catch the thief (关门捉贼)" – grab the opponent with your hand or a foot as fulcrum and drag him against your attack to block his escape and to leverage your force and increase its impact power. for example, before hitting the opponent grab and pull him with your hand(s), or before throwing him hook his foot with a leg or your arm(s) to unbalance him first. tactic 8 - 'targeting sensitive points': "to catch thieves, catch their chief (擒贼擒王)" – to be effective, target the most sensitive parts of opponent's body. (for example, for hitting, the most common sensitive points of body from top to down are: the eyes, nose, throat, diaphragm, testicles, fingers, shins. for pressing and locking there are also more sensitive points.) 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, in knees the sides, which are relatively weaker and more sensitive. these involve limbs swing in curves for action of the upper parts of the limbs in double and triple moves. in this style, all moves are done by both of your arms and even the legs simultaneously or in sequences, teaching you how to make multiple limbs cooperate in various situations of defense and attack. in addition, the body curvature teaches using the upper, more powerful parts of limbs, like forearms, elbows, knees, etc. after you learn this style, you see that hong quan moves have been too plain, light, and weak. __________________ 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 'big 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 the base of small hong quan, together with big hong quan, tong bi quan, luohan quan, and some other materials to create the 'small 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. __________________ 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.