[I:http://sportsrealm.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/AlCase29.jpg]This secret trick is actually inside karate fighting systems, as well as kung fu fighting systems, or just about any martial art. This is because it is based on a basic motion of the arms. This basic motion, once one sees how it works, will give rise to virtually all the techniques of the martial arts.
Assume a natural stance, feet shoulder width and extend the arms straight out to the front. Bend the arms slightly and make circles with the arms in a clockwise manner. The circles should be about three feet wide, and should overlap each other slightly.
As you make these circles you will see a series of blocks. At one point your right arm will do a high block and your left arm will do a low block. As you continue the clockwise circle of the limbs your right arm will go through an inverted low block (back of the wrist protecting the groin) and your left arm will go through a palm block (protecting the face).
Anybody who comes at you will run into one of these blocks, or enter into the swirling motion of your arms. You can angle the blocking motion and cause all types of manipulations simply by adjusting foot movement. Take a step, pivot the hips, turn, all will alter the angle of the circles, and you will find other types of blocks.
If you hold the distance and focus the circles you can perform hard and bruising blocks. If you step into a person and circle the attacking limb it will change into a lever and a joint manipulation or a throw, as you might find in Gracie Jujitsu schools. Tighten it up and go at a person and you will do the basic Bruce Lee blasting technique.
As I said, this circling of the arms is part of any martial style, and most students will play with it at some time during their training. Unfortunately, most people don’t explore it to the degree that they can use the basic concept. Yet, a few tens of years into the art, a serious student will invariably realize the basic utility of the arm circles.
I realized this move in the style of Pan Gai Noon. The wa-uke circling block is an example of this basic motion. It wasn’t long before I perceived it in the kung fu fighting systems, and then the karate fighting systems. I was quick to make it a basic of my own Shaolin Butterfly system.
In closing, let me say that this arm motion opens the door to countless fighting techniques. If you reverse the direction of the circles, or reverse the direction of one of the circles, you will find virtually every martial arts technique in existence. Try it, examine your martial arts forms, and you will find that this little concept is at the heart of every martial system, and not just Shaolin Kung Fu Fighting Systems.
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