Monkey Monkey Kung Fu, or Monkey Fist (猴拳), is a Chinese martial art which utilizes ape or monkey-like movements as part of its technique. The monkey kung fu found in the tiger kung fu family is based upon combat between an ape and a tiger, nevertheless, the leaping, scratching, biting and screaming common to the animal are employed in full measure. Low stances are the rule. Fluid motion and blinding speed are also characteristic. Monkey and leopard are especially useful at night, when the blinding hand and foot movements are invisible. Movement is accomplished far faster than the eye can compensate for in reduced light. Monkey techniques are extremely powerful. The strikes, the grabs are all meant to do damage. You should be able to feel the power of the move. The Monkey is forever moving like the flickering of a flame. You have to practice going from your defensive stance into full attack mode quickly and with deadly force. Your strategy should employ palm slaps, finger gouges, claw hands and hammerfists. You must also practice targeting precise strike points in the lower, middle and upper zones of the body in disorderly progressions. Once he commits to a strike, you snap into action in a split second using the unpredictability character trait. A monkey retreats when attacked and lashes back only when there is nowhere left to run. You must adopt this technique in a passive aggressive strategy to weaken an opponent. Monkey relates to the Fire Element, the season of summer and the Heart and Small Intestine. It relates to the emotion joy and its main function is to govern and circulate. Shen is used to indicate the entire sphere of mental and spiritual aspects of a human being and therefore encompasses Hun, Zhi, Yi and Corporeal Soul (Po).
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:59:48 +0000
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