Shaolin Kung Fu Defense Strategy – Xiao Hong Quan (Small Flood Form) | Monk Shi Yan Lu

__________________ Moves: 00:00 Form 01:11 1. Gather Forces 01:43 2. Hold the Moon in Arms 01:56 3. White Cloud over the Peak 02:14 4. Dragon Leans on Tiger 02:43 5. Monkey Shrinks to Cave 03:16 6. Leaning Dragon⁴ 03:45 7. Fairy Looks into Mirror 04:16 8. Leaning Dragon⁴ 04:48 9. White Crane Stands on one Leg 05:19 10. Lotus Kick 05:35 11. Fisherman Spreads Net 06:18 12. Shrinking Monkey 06:56 13. Straight Kick 07:27 14. Spread Net¹¹ 08:06 15. Fierce Tiger Crouches 08:30 16. Lion Opens Mouth 08:59 17. Clouds Cover the 7 Stars 09:47 18. Heavenly Officer Pulls out Whip 10:14 19. Shrinking Monkey⁵ 11:00 20. Looking into Mirror⁷ 11:30 21. Crescent Kick 11:58 22. Soaring Cannon 12:43 23. Scorpion Swings Tail 13:21 24. Leaning Dragon⁶ 14:06 25. Looking into Mirror⁷ 14:29 26. Leaning Dragon⁸ 14:56 27. Crane on one Leg⁹ 15:19 28. Slap Kick 15:46 29. Phoenix Twines Wings 16:28 30. Shrinking Monkey¹² 17:06 31. Straight Kick¹³ 17:37 32. Phoenix Wings²⁹ 18:22 33. Crouching Tiger¹⁵ 18:48 34. Lion Mouth¹⁶ 19:13 35. 7 Stars¹⁷ 20:01 36. Pull Whip¹⁸ 20:28 37. Shrinking Monkey¹⁹ 21:15 38. Rhinoceros Gazes at the Moon 21:46 39. Slap Kick 22:08 40. 3 x Leaning Dragon 23:56 41. Slap Kick 24:21 42. 3 x Leaning Dragon 26:02 43. Tiger Pounces on Prey 26:56 44. Deep-Sea Cannon 27:16 45. Old Monk Carries Basket 27:45 46. Hidden Meteor Chases 7 Stars 28:43 47. Shrinking Monkey⁵ 29:10 48. Leaning Dragon⁶ 29:52 49. Cloud Around the Peak & Heaven Guardian Pounds Mortar 30:24 50a. Wind Shakes Willow Leaves 30:43 50. Among Dancing Flowers, Sit on Mountain 31:22 Salute __________________ "defense" strategy: safety first; defense is the most important factor in a fight. in Shaolin kung fu, defense comes out of active covering moves rather than static guards: tactic 2 - 'covering': "cover up from the sky to cross the sea (瞒天过海)" – cover your body and limbs that get into opponent's range while attacking and defending, advancing and retreating. open hands cover a wider area, and a shrunk body is easier to cover, so lower your body when moving close to the opponent. tactic 3 - 'suppressive cover': "mud water to catch fish (混水摸鱼)" – overwhelm the opponent with covering moves to lower his chance against your defenses and attacks. tactic 4 - 'aggressive cover': "pilfer a goat on the way (顺手牵羊)" – seize opportunities to use covering moves as attacks whenever possible. these involve a continuous flood of covering moves of the arms and the legs around your body. in this style, each and every move is closely accompanied by the preceding and superseding covers of the same and other limbs, teaching you how to keep cover in almost any situation. big hong quan is tactically more aggressive than small hong quan. after you learn this style, you see that luohan 18 hands moves have been bare-bones and open so that your body was recklessly exposed to the opponent. __________________ history: Song dynasty (960-1279): Zhao Kuangyin (赵匡胤), the first emperor of the Song dynasty, had given Shaolin temple a series of notes on the combat styles that he practiced. Shaolin monks developed the 'big hong quan' based on one of his styles. Jin dynasty (1115-1234): in the last few years of the Jin dynasty, monk Jue Yuan (觉远) took permission of chief monk Hong Wen (洪温) to travel across the country and collect new information. he invited master Li Sou (李叟) and his son from Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province, and master Bai Yufeng (白玉峰) from Luoyang city to Shaolin temple. Li Sou and his son were masters of a local hong quan style. they had a long hong quan form, which is still practiced at some areas around Shaolin under its original name big hong quan or as old-frame hong quan. during their stay at Shaolin, they made a smaller version of this form by combining their style with internal and external styles of Shaolin temple, and this form was called the 'small hong quan'. __________________ note: there are various other forms and styles named small or big 'hong quan' in Chinese kung fu, and they are historically and technically different from Shaolin hong quan. these are just different styles with similar names. __________________ Shaolin Kung Fu tutorial: bodybuilding:    • SHAOLIN KUNG FU: Body building   techniques:    • SHAOLIN KUNG FU: Combat Techniques   styles:    • SHAOLIN KUNG FU: Combat Strategies   weapons:    • SHAOLIN KUNG FU: Weapons