Catch that Bird!

[Robin]

Hey hey,

Good to know you are enjoying the thread!!


Jamie, thanks again for helping me out with the pics.

Brown bear sinks hips really is so good for defending against throws. Just when someone thinks they are about to throw you, you throw them.. I love it.

Recently I have had the chance to try using it against double leg takedowns, it works really well, but it takes a lot of practice to get the movement quick enough to work on someone who very skillful at takedowns.

As always the point it not whether the application works ( it definatley does) but are we skillful enough to apply it realistically?

Train, train, train (not the 'choo choo' kind)

Best

Robin

[Shaolinfist]

Train, train, train (not the 'choo choo' kind)

Hahaha!
Very nice thread brother Robin, I look forward to further installments!

Regards
Phil

[Robin]

Finally!?

Hello,

The last installments, posts 5 and 6 of 'Catch that Bird' are finally published!!

You can find them here.

http://taichichuanthailand.com/category/combat/

My younger brother Mike helped with the pictures, bless him. He is strong, so it was great fun playing around with the apps (even if it was some time ago now). To read the series in order please scroll to the bottom of the page and read the installments in sequence posts 1,2,3, etc.

I should be getting more interesting stuff up on the site very soon.

Also, If you haven't checked already have a look here.

http://taichichuanthailand.com/category/news/

There are some really nice pictures from the recent U.K. Summer Camp, and I've just published some soon to be legendary pictures taken on the South Downs in Sussex where Sifu and Instructors did some training for the benefit of the camera. Very dramatic backdrop.


Enjoy!

Robin

[Sifu Rama]

Good stuff and nice pictures with Sifu! Thanks to share dear Robin.

Kind regards,
Rama

https://www.shaolin-wahnam-center.org

[MaxP]

Dear Robin,

Thanks for uploading these great photos! My favourite is definitely Sigung's demo of 'Sparrow Through Clouds'.

Legendary indeed!

Best wishes,

Max

Namo Amitabha Buddha

[Daoist]

Sifu Robin,

I enjoyed reading your story on your website. The application pictures were good too. I didn't have to look far to find my first sifu. I admire your persistence in traveling the world to find one. Take care.

[Robin]

Lucky Guy!

Hi Daosit,

Thanks for the comments. You are a very lucky guy!

It's strange, some peoples first taste of Kung Fu is taking a course with Sifu, I always think "You lucky guys!", as in, they didn't have to look too hard. I guess you are lucky like that as well having found your first Sifu easily.

All the best with your training,

Robin

[Charles David]

Hi Robin,

Indeed, great photos on the Downs!

Stoked,

Chas.

[Zach]

Excellent work, Siheng Robin.

Lots of great reading in there, too.

I'll be keeping my eyes out for more.

Best,

Zach

[Charles David]

Siheng,

I just had a look at the combat efficiency pages. Great work!

Yours,

Chas.

[Robin]

Oh yes!

Hey Charles,

Glad you like it!!!

Now I have a bit of time, I'm planning on pumping much more info on there.

In particular I'll put more Taijiquan application on the site, as there seems to be such a shortage of it on the internet.

Mark Blohm is coming for a visit to Hatyai in a few days, so he's going to help me with getting some more pics and stuff done.

best

Robin

[David Langford]

I adore this sequence, I try to practice it at least 50-100 times a day, a far cry from what Yang Lu Chan did, but I hope to work up to that amount...some day. It just seems so versatile and just.... down right cool. If I had to choose one sequence to practice the rest of my life it would be this one.

I loved those applications Sifu Robin, I am still looking them over, over and over, it looks like there are lots of good tips can be found on your web site.
I look forward to seeing what else you put up there, keep up the fantastic work.

[Daoist]

Peng, Lu, Ji, and Ahn, the four original energies of Taijiquan. They are versatile because they are simple techniques. Using the principles of the movement, they can be used to do just about anything. Of the two, Peng and Lu are especially important. Peng and Lu work together like yang and yin, taiji in motion. Peng energy moves up and out, Lu energy down and in. If you learn to exchange these two together, your opponent will not be able to hit you. Ji and Ahn are the yang pair of energies and mainly used to attack. Ji sticks and follows the opponent to attack. Ahn attacks freely.

Yin = Peng (yang) and Lu (yin)
Yang = Ji (yin) and Ahn (yang)

[David Langford]

Peng, Lu, Ji, and Ahn, the four original energies of Taijiquan. They are versatile because they are simple techniques. Using the principles of the movement, they can be used to do just about anything. Of the two, Peng and Lu are especially important. Peng and Lu work together like yang and yin, taiji in motion. Peng energy moves up and out, Lu energy down and in. If you learn to exchange these two together, your opponent will not be able to hit you. Ji and Ahn are the yang pair of energies and mainly used to attack. Ji sticks and follows the opponent to attack. Ahn attacks freely.

Yin = Peng (yang) and Lu (yin)
Yang = Ji (yin) and Ahn (yang)

Well said.

[Robin]

Yeah

Thanks Daoist. You touched on an important point. That it's skills and not number of techniques that are really useful. Once you have the skills and force there are hundreds of uses, even from just Peng and Lu!

Best

Robin