kung fu moves · 06/05/2023

stick method of the Shaolin monk

Demo: Shaolin Yin Hand Stick

Source: Global Kung Fu Network

stand

Stand upright, chest tucked in, legs together, hold the stick in your right hand, rest your left hand on your left hand, and look straight ahead (Figure 1).

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stand

1. Preparatory form

Action Essentials:

Change the left fist to the palm, from the bottom up to the chest into a Buddha-worshipping posture, hold the stick in the right hand unchanged, and look straight ahead (Picture 2).

Yi Fan Error: Weak push palm

Corrective method: Be quick and powerful when pushing the palm.

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Preparatory type

Second, the horse steps to hold the stick

Action Essentials:

Kick the lower end of the stick with your right foot, rotate 360° so that the stick rises in front of your chest, while your right leg steps half a step to the right and look to the right (Figure 3).

Yi Fan Error: The horse steps outward.

Correction: Tiptoe forward.

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Figure 3

3. Raise the knee and pull the stick

Action Essentials:

Raise the left leg into an independent position while pushing the left palm forward and looking straight ahead (Figure 4).

Yi Fan Error: Raise your knees and toes up.

Correction: Straighten the surface of the foot and the toes are down.

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Figure 4

4. Lunge back stick

Action Essentials:

Pull the stick forward with your left hand, hold the stick in your right hand at the bottom of the stick, and make a circle and a half back stick, and the left leg lands on the ground into a left lunge. Push palm with the left hand (Figure 5).

Yi Fan Error: Back stick shoulder upturned.

Correction: Relax the shoulders and reach the arms.

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Figure 5

5. Horse steps and sticks

Action Essentials:

The upper end of the left-handed stick. Strike forward with the lower end of the stick while stepping on the horse (Figure 6).

Yi Fan Error: Bend over

Correction method: The waist should be straight.

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Figure 6

6. Step up and pick a stick

Action Essentials:

Turn right and walk on horseback, while picking up the stick (Figure 7).

Yi Fan Error: Upturned shoulders.

Corrective method: Relax the shoulders.

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Figure 7

7. Lunge cover

Action Essentials:

Pedal the right leg into a left lunge while splitting the stick with the root (Figure 8).

Yi Fan error: hind leg heel off the ground.

Corrective method: Push the leg back and force the heel.

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Figure 8

8. Walking and wrestling

Action Essentials:

Hold the stick in both hands, go from the left side of the body to the right side of the body, and split the stick from top to bottom, while forming a left servant step (Figures 9, 10).

Yi Fan Error: Left leg bent.

Correction: Buckle inside the toe and straighten the left leg.

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Figure 9

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Figure 10

9. Lunge pulling sticks

Action Essentials:

Get up and turn around in a right lunge, while holding the stick and pulling the stick diagonally to the side, with your right hand on top and your right hand down (Figure 11).

Yi Fan error: uncoordinated movements.

Corrective method: Turn around and pull the stick in harmony.

Figure 11

10. Push the stick with a right imaginary step

Action Essentials:

Hold the stick in your right hand, hold the stick upright and push it forward, while stepping up your left leg into a left imaginary step (Fig. 12).

Yi Fan error: easy to bend

Corrective method: The waist should be straight.

Figure 12

11. Push the stick with a left imaginary step

Action Essentials:

Step up with your right leg and step into a false step, while holding the stick forward with the base of the stick and pushing the stick forward with the tip of the stick in your left hand (Fig. 13).

Yi Fan error: unstable center of gravity, body leaning forward.

Correction method: strengthen the movement combination exercise.

Figure 13

XII. Bullet leg cloud stick

Action Essentials:

The left leg bounces forward, the left leg steps up and dances, the right leg retreats to the left leg, turns 180° backward and pushes back from bottom to top with the stick (Figure 14).

Yi Fan error: the support leg is bent, and the leg is weak to eject the leg.

Correction method: Elastic leg force to toe.

Figure 14

XIII. Lunge sweeping stick

Action Essentials:

Dance the flower with a stick over your head with both hands, strike your right leg into a left lunge, and pull out the stick from bottom to top (Fig. 15).

Yi Fan error: The cloud stick is incorrect, and the legs are bent after the lunge.

Correction method: strengthen the movement combination exercise.

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Figure 15

14. Ding Zibu back stick

Action Essentials:

Dance with both hands, then turn right into a right tin and hold the stick with your right hand (Picture 16).

Yi Fan error: Ding Bu’s center of gravity is unstable.

Correction method: strengthen the movement exercises

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Figure 16

Fifteen, shake the feet and kick the legs

Action Essentials:

Lunge push stick, right leg shakes the foot, left leg kicks back, left palm simultaneously pushes back left leg, up into a right lunge with both hands holding the stick upright and pushing forward (Figure 17).

Yi Fan error: the right leg support leg is bent, and the left leg kicks weakly.

Correction method: strengthen the movement exercises.

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Figure 17

16. Lunge sticks

Action Essentials:

Turn the body left into a right lunge, hold the stick in your left hand, and pull the stick above your head with your right hand (Fig. 18).

Yi Fan mistake: the lunge is bent, and the stick does not drive overhead.

Correction method: Strengthen the movement breakdown exercise.

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Figure 18

17. Lunge press

Action Essentials:

Step up with your right foot, follow your left leg up, then step up with your right leg, turn left and jump, and make a lunge when you land, while pressing the stick from top to bottom with the base of the stick (Figure 19).

Yi Fan Error: Lunge center of gravity is unstable.

Correction method: strengthen the movement exercises.

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Figure 19

XVIII. Jump sweeping stick

Action Essentials: Jump in place and sweep across the ends of the stick at the same time (Figure 20).

Yi Fan Error: The sweeping stick is weak.

Correction method: strengthen the movement combination exercise.

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Figure 20

19. Lunge poke stick

Action Essentials:

Raise the knee of the right leg and poke the right side of the body with the root of the stick, then fall into a right lunge, while poking back and forth with the root of the stick (Figure 21).

Yi Fan Error: Bent lunge, uncoordinated sticking movements.

Correction method: Strengthen the movement breakdown exercise.

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Figure 21

20. Knee independence

Action Essentials:

Turn left, hold the stick in your right hand, and pull the tip of the stick above your head, while raising your left leg into an independent step (Figure 22).

Yi Fan error: the support leg is bent, and the stick movement is uncoordinated.

Correction method: Strengthen the movement breakdown exercise.

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Figure 22

21. Kick the stick

Action Essentials:

The left leg lands on the ground, the right leg shakes the foot, and the left leg steps up into a left lunge, while grasping the stick with both hands (Fig. 23).

Yi Fan error: the horse does not squat horizontally, and the body leans forward.

Corrective method: Strengthen the step pattern exercise.

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Figure 23

22. Poke the stick upside down

Action Essentials:

Step the left leg in a small step while poking backwards with the root of the stick (Fig. 24).

Yi Fan error: Ding Bu’s center of gravity is unstable.

Corrective method: Strengthen the step pattern exercise.

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Figure 24

XXIII. Left and right horses step and stick sticks

Action Essentials:

Turn left 90° into a left horse step, lower the stick, change the right horse step to the lower stick, the action is the same as the method, but the action is opposite (Figures 25, 26).

Yi Fan Error: Unstable center of gravity.

Corrective method: Strengthen the step pattern exercise.

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Figure 25

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Figure 26

24. Independent sweep

Action Essentials:

Dance with both hands, then go up to the left and then up to the right, raising your knees and sweeping with the ends of the stick (Fig. 27).

Yi Fan Error: The dancing flowers are incorrect.

Correction method: strengthen the movement combination exercise.

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Figure 27

XXV. Horse Walking Sticks

Action Essentials:

When the left leg falls, the stick is pulled forward from top to bottom, while the right leg is kicked forward and the right leg falls behind the left leg and shakes the foot, forming a horse step, while the stick is upright on the right side of the body (Figure 28).

Yi Fan Error: The horse steps forward and leans forward.

Corrective method: Strengthen the step pattern exercise.

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Figure 28

Close the momentum

Action Essentials:

Hold the stick in your right hand, stand up, place the stick on the right side of your body, and worship Buddha from bottom to top with your left hand (Fig. 29).

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Close the momentum