Wuzuquan: From "What the Hell...?" to "How the Hell...? 

Many thanks for watching and commenting. Yes, I have seen some schools that teach only attack (constant work on the pads and bags) but never teach defence. Defence is the more important skill.

Many thanks to you for watching and commenting! As far as I can see, in Chinese martial arts, people are not interested in any kind of training that is not going to look spectacular in a forms competition or a Sanda match. As one "Shaolin Temple" instructor in Spain said to me last year, after I explained to him how Wuzuquan *systematically* progresses from form to combat: "So you practise forms for application, not for exhibition." And he said it as if it were a novel concept to him.

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The “Five Ancestors” in “Five Ancestors Fist” does not refer to five people. It refers to the five “ancestral” systems on which Wuzuquan is based.

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Indeed, grounding (or "rooting"), is the basis of this ability.

Thanks for watching and commenting! I rarely practise anything other than the first four forms in our syllabus.

Molte grazie, Pasquale!

Baihequan is one of the five ancestral systems that Wuzu ("Five Ancestors") took its principles from.

Many thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

Indeed, Raulito. But the get the results, most of the time we are drilling the exercises and because they often don't look anything like "fighting", people think it is rubbish. So, it can be hard to promote this type of martial art. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Merci d'avoir regardé et commenté. À mon avis, ceux qui ne s'intéressent qu'au combat devraient pratiquer un sport de combat et ceux qui ne s'intéressent qu'à l'art devraient pratiquer le Wushu moderne, ou peut-être la danse. Je ne suis pas un combattant mais je crois que si vous pratiquez un art martial, vous devez avoir un minimum de capacité à appliquer cet art dans son but combatif. De plus, il ne faut pas avoir peur de la douleur ou des coups.

Thanks for watching and commenting, Dani. When Wuzuquan is done correctly, all our forms are Neigong. By coincidence, I met a Taijiquan instructor recently who commented on the firmness of my midriff (despite my ice-cream belly) and asked what Neigong I do. I told him that all our forms are Neigong. Anyway, all Neigong is fundamentally about developing connectivity. Thus, when we generate force, we generate from as much of the body as we can (rather than focusing on a few muscles) and transfer that force via the fascia. Conversely, when we absorb force, rather than absorbing it locally, we use the elasticity of the fascia to absorb it with as much of the body as we can. Stability is also a key factor and you can see in the video that an instructor tests the student's stability while the latter executes the form. I don't do any conditioning, by the way. All the best.

The Taiji Master Cheng Man Ching offer one of his students to hit his underarm against his. It did hurt a lot and the next day it turned black. He was also a doctor in chinese medicine and treated his underarm. This had nothing to do with conditioning.

Many thanks, Dave!