Taiji Ji Beng Bu Workshop

Wai Jia: The Kung Fu Forum Northern Praying Mantis
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August 14-16 contents

I won’t go into the complete two man form at the Beng Bu workshop.
I will teach two roads of the form as well as two man drills for elbows, palms, strikes, capturing etc.
With an emphasis on the following.

There will be a lot to cover and I will drill the students with little chance to rest.

In between it all there will also be two person stick from this form

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd6gHTOrImQ

Mantis Techniques at the workshop5 Elbow Attacks
[LIST=1]

  • Elbow snatches treasure at sea bottom
  • Folding elbow with leaping steps
  • Binding hands ge elbow
  • Elbow to sky
  • Turning elbow [/LIST] [B]5 Palm Strikes[/B] [LIST=1]
  • Adding palm
  • Beating palm
  • Waist chopping palm
  • Smashing palm
  • Palm of Tai Mountain [/LIST] [B]3 Fists[/B] [LIST=1]
  • Adding fist
  • Collapsing fist
  • Pasting fist [/LIST] [B]5 Stepping Methods[/B] [LIST=1]
  • Dodging steps
  • Leaping steps
  • Retreating and capturing steps
  • Advancing steps
  • Overturning step [/LIST] [B]5 Mantis Grabs[/B] [LIST=1]
  • Hooks to the inside, outside, top and bottom
  • Plucking hands
  • Binding hands
  • Fastening and sealing
  • Stealing open [/LIST] Two man drills for elbows, palms, strikes, capturing and more!
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    you could do many seminars on the techniques in bung bo…my fave form! I wish I could go…good luck!

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    Morning Kevin & Jim-

    Any feedback on the weekend workshop? I lived an hour south of Nashville up until six months ago, or else I would have surely attended!

    Jason

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    Hi Jason

    How have you been? I really like this version of beng bu. It has a springiness to it, really shows the light bounding skips and hops. So far we learned 5 two man drills to master. Shifu also had a six harmony staff class. Went over the form with him critiquing each of us on the form. Then we learned more of the two man form. This is a terrific stick form and the two man is fun but challenging.

    Jim

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    Outstanding! I was back in Nashville for a weekend about two months ago but things were too busy, I’ll try to give a shout out next time I roll through town.