Basic Kung Fu footwork The first thing to say is that, once the basic techniques have been thoroughly tested and trained, your body will choose instantly and automatically: how, when, why, what to adopt. If this does not happen, you are very far from being ready for a fight and even for sparring (read The […]
The core concepts of combat mobility After having understood the importance of balance, you have to start to learn how to connect it to the spatial movement in the combat scenario. Before passing to the specific types of footwork of our style, let’s start from a few simple but fundamental concepts. Effectiveness Balance – Each […]
Without balance, there is no Kung Fu A note by Master Kongling – This is only an introduction to the notions related to rooting, in the next chapters of this course we will deepen the topic (also trough concepts and principles from Tai Chi and other styles, that for now, are too complicated). In Kung […]
Lesson 2 – Basic Kung Fu stances How to learn the 5 basic Kung Fu stances After understanding what stances are and what is their meaning in the context of Kung Fu (read Lesson 9.1), let’s see the main ones (inherent to our style). A note by Master Kongling – In term of training, all […]
Lesson 1 – The stances of Kung Fu The different stances of Kung Fu In this chapter, we are going to discuss the fundamentals of standing, mobility and balance: let’s start with the fundamental stances. The basic stances of Kung Fu (in most cases) are very similar between the various styles that we can see […]