Fang Qiniang Shou Fa Mi Sa Form

This, the Master Taolu 套路 (Form) of the White Crane Research Institute 白鶴拳功夫武術研究中心. This comes to us from the Southern Shaolin Sui Lam Gongfu system. It has been handed down from Lau Sze Cung to Lau Yuen Shing (Choy Mok) and onwards. It contains a great variation of hand forms and techniques that embody the elaborate or “Mystifying Hands” of White Crane Boxing.



It revolves around the principle of Noi Chi or the “Intrinsic energy obtainable from breathing” as an energy gathering form. It utilizes the breathing methods of “Collecting the breath” “Exalting the breath”, “Sinking the breath” and “Holding up the breath”. It also utilizes several different form of Jin/Ging or “Fighting Power/Energy Expression.

As this form concentrates on the hands the requirements of Hand movements are that the practitioner must lower the shoulders and keep his elbows at both flanks. The full length of the arm is divided into three sections, which are regarded as: the “root” (the shoulder), the “branch” (the elbow) and the “leaf (the hand). All these three sections can launch energy with each joint acting in cooperation and changing flexibility. A White Crane Boxer must always keep his/her hands flexible. The hand movements are extremely fluid and embody the essence of the White Crane.



The Form 套路:

1/. Opening Sequence
Double Low Crane Wings Left Hand Leading Blocks Horse Stance
Right Dropping Back-Fist Horse Stance.
Step Right Palm Up Block (“Tian Kung / Heavens Work)
Low Block (Hidden Finger Jab ribs) (“Looking for Fish in Water” / Lau-Da – Sneaking Attack)
Double Single Wing Flying (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
Metal Hands Twice (Saam Yin Sau)
Triple Single Wings Flying (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
Inside Circular Lower Knife Hand Strike (Pek Cheung - Chopping Palm)
Low Earth Hand Block (“White Crane Covering the Arm”)
Whipping Back-Hand Strike (Saam Yin Sau)

2/. Left Palm Up Block (Tian Kung / Heavens Work)
Low Block (Hidden Finger Jab ribs) (Looking for Fish in Water / Lau-Da – Sneaking Attack)
Double Single Wing Flying (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
Metal Hands Twice (Saam Yin Sau)
Triple Single Wings Flying (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
Inside Circular Lower Knife Hand Strike (Pek Cheung - Chopping Palm)
Low Earth Hand Block (“White Crane Covering the Arm”)
Whipping Back-Hand Strike (Saam Yin Sau)

3/. Step Right Palm Up Hand (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Lion Rotates the Ball Sequence Stepping forward right, left, right feet (Series of Thrusting Fingers Strikes)
Double High Palm Up Blocks (Sheung Tian Kung / Heavens Work)
Double Low Hands (Sheung Dap-Sau – Doubling Clasping Hands)
Double Cross Hands (Ha Cha-Sau)
Palm Up Block (“Tian Kung / Heavens Work)
Double Wing Blocks (Gai)
Downward Wing Flapping (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
Inside Hammer-Fist.

4/. Step left Palm Up Block (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Low Block (Hidden Finger Jab ribs) (Looking for Fish in Water / Lau-Da – Sneaking Attack)
Palm Up Block (Tian Kung / Heavens Work)
Double Wing Blocks (Gai)
Downward Wing Flapping (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
Inside Hammer-Fist
Double High Palm Up Blocks (“Sheung Tian Kung / Heavens Work)
Double Low Hands (Sheung Dap-Sau – Doubling Clasping Hands)
Double Cross Hands (Ha Cha-Sau)

5/. Inside Flowers Hidden in Sleeves in to Rolling Right High Back-Hand Strike Right Hand (Saam Yin Sau)
Double Palm Up Blocks (Sheung Tian Kung / Heavens Work)
Double Low Hands (Sheung Dap-Sau – Doubling Clasping Hands)
Double Cross Hands (Ha Cha-Sau)
Front Kick (Tek Tiu)
Turn Front Kick Left, Front Kick Right (Tek Tiu)
Double High Palm Up Blocks (Sheung Tian Kung / Heavens Work)
Double Low Hands (Sheung Dap-Sau – Doubling Clasping Hands)
Double Cross Hands (Ha Cha-Sau)
Stepping through Inside, Outside, Inside Wing Blocks
Palm Up Block (Left) (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Low Wing Block (Hidden Finger Jab ribs) (Looking for Fish in Water / Lau-Da – Sneaking Attack)
Pushing Palm Strike (Ling-Yui Jiu-Bok – Twisting the Waist & Turning the Shoulders)
Outside Metal Hand "(Saam Yin Sau White Crane Twines the Neck)
Low Wing Block (Looking for Fish in Water / Lau-Da – Sneaking Attack)
Downward Wing Flapping (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
Downward Wing Flapping (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
High Whipping Back-Hand Strike (Saam Yin Sau)

6/. Palm Up Block (Right) (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Low Wing Block (Hidden Finger Jab ribs) (Looking for Fish in Water / Lau-Da – Sneaking Attack)
Pushing Palm Strike (Ling-Yui Jiu-Bok – Twisting the Waist & Turning the Shoulders)
Outside Metal Hand (Saam Yin Sau)
Low Wing Block (Looking for Fish in Water / Lau-Da – Sneaking Attack)
Downward Wing Flapping (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
Downward Wing Flapping (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)
High Whipping Back-Hand Strike (Saam Yin Sau)

7/. Palm Up Block (Left) (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Change into Pushing Palm (Slow) (Ling-Yui Jiu-Bok – Twisting the Waist & Turning the Shoulders)

8/. Palm Up Block (Right) (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Change into Pushing Palm (Slow) (Ling-Yui Jiu-Bok – Twisting the Waist & Turning the Shoulders)

9/. Jumping Step, Palm Up Block (Left) (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Change into Pushing Palm (Fast) (Ling-Yui Jiu-Bok – Twisting the Waist & Turning the Shoulders)

10/. Jumping Step, Palm Up Block (Right) (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Change into Pushing Palm (Fast) (Ling-Yui Jiu-Bok – Twisting the Waist & Turning the Shoulders)

11/. Palm Up Block (Left) )(Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Change into Pushing Palm (Slow(Ling-Yui Jiu-Bok – Twisting the Waist & Turning the Shoulders)

12/. Palm Up Block (Right) (Fan-Sau Chap-Da – Overturned Thrusting -Fingers Strike)
Change into Pushing Palm (Slow) (Ling-Yui Jiu-Bok – Twisting the waist & Turning the Shoulders)

13/. Step Left Palm Up Block in to Single Downward Wing Flapping (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)

14/. Step Right Palm Up Block in to Single Downward Wing Flapping (Pok-Ming Cheung - Face Slapping Palm)

15/. Step Back Right Leg,
Double Cross Hands in to Returning Fist Punch Right Front Kick
Right Hand Dropping Back Fist in to Vertical Punch in to High Whipping Back Hand
Turn
Left high Whipping Back Hand Strike (Saam Yin Sau)
Turn to front, Left Palm Down, Right Palm Up Strike(Mor Cheung - Contacting Palm)
Step up to Horse Stance Double Forward Palm Strikes (bring Hands back behind body in to ….)
Double Side-Wards Palm Strikes Rib Level (head looks left then right) (Bai He Liang Sz) Raise arms up to side then down into Double Low Front Palm Block/Strike Raise in to Double Rising Metal Hands Strike in to Double Forward Palm Strikes
16/. Double Low Crane Wings Left Hand Leading Blocks Horse stance
Right Dropping Back-Fist
Left Low inside Hammer Fist in to Uppercut Punch to throat (Ji -Yeung Sau – Waving the Sun Hands)
Right Low inside Hammer Fist in to Uppercut Punch to throat (Jiu-Yeung Sau – Waving the Sun Hands
Finish Form.

How to tie a Gongfu Sash (Yaodai)

Follow the link below to learn how to tie a Gongfu Yaodai (Sash):

http://www.ehow.com/video_4774781_tie-kung-fu-sash.html

It is important to know how to do this correctly.

Within many martial arts the belt or sash is worn to indicate one’s rank or status, but in Chinese Gongfu (Wushu) the sash serves a far more important purpose. In Chinese White Crane the purpose of the sash is to hold the stomach and internal organs in place while a student is practicing and perfecting their art.

The necessity of supporting the stomach and internal organs comes about because most Wushu styles generate power from the waist.

When power is generated by the waist, the waist must be jerked slightly ahead of the technique being executed. As this jerk occurs, the intestines and stomach undergo a sudden jolt. Eventually this jolt of the internal organs will cause pain or injury. For this reason an adequately snug and well fitting sash around the midsection is necessary to support the stomach and internal organs.

In Chinese White Crane the sash also enables the practitioner to centre and experience their Chi/Qi or vital internal energy. This generation of Chi/Qi is vital to the correct performance and execution of the art.

Wearing the Sash

In traditional White Crane, males wear the sash tied on the left hand side, females wear the sash tied to the right hand side and the master wears the sash tied in the centre.

Our Link to China

The WCRI White Crane has been accepted and validated by the YongChun YiYun Wushu Society. It’s aim along with that of the WCRI is to look at ALL White Crane Boxing as part of its rich martial arts heritage. It is a White Crane propagation/research society that gives recognition to our on-going research.



The White Crane style taught by Ron Goninan is based on that of Fujian province. Although our School is worldwide, our links back to China are strong. YongChun White Crane Kung Fu is the only White Crane style to have its origins in the Southern Shaolin temple. Our Chief Instructor Shifu Ron Goninan has been officially commissioned by the Fujian YongChun YiYun Wushu Society (China) to disseminate White Crane in Australia. The White Crane Research Institute is now accepted as original and from the same lineage by YongChun White Crane Wushu.

"He Quan, Quan Jue" - Crane Fist, Fist Poems

The Fist Poem for this illustration Reads:

“Zhao Yang

White Crane Technique #5

Both fists raise the hands,
Only they must be Zhao Yang.

No matter what posture he uses,
You can use this posture,

Slip past the Big Gate,
Enter straight into the little Gate.

With this posture, both hands are in front of the nose,

Blocking and cutting are like short teeth,

Guard against separating the lower spine when retreating backwards.”

Can you identify what it is talking about? What technique does it refer to? Email me at baihe@bigpond.com with your thoughts. Ours is is the complete system of White Crane (the tiger stance providing a strong base for the more flamboyant hand techniques of the crane).

More Fist Poems will be published in the future.

White Crane Gate Research Syllabus Guide Available Now!!!

The "White Crane Gate Research Syllabus Guide" is now available from the White Crane Research Institute. It is on CD-Rom in PDF Format and is 265 pages in length chock full of information about our unique White Crane Boxing including the full syllabus from White Sash to Golds Sash Level.



Copies can be ordered from the WCRI, 9 Short Street, Wellington. NSW. 2820. Australia. Email us at: baihe@bigpond.com for price and postage details and to order your copy now!

Award from China!

The New Year kicked off with a bang for 48 year old White Crane Kung Fu instructor Ron Goninan with a special award and appointment which he regards as the “pinnacle of his martial arts career.”

The award came from Master Su YingHan of the Yongchun YiYun Wushu Society in Fuzhou China, the birth place of Ron’s beloved White Crane Boxing and was given to Goninan for his unswerving dedication to the martial arts.



Ron and his unique White Crane Kung Fu Style the result of his life's work for almost the past forty years has officially been recognized in China by the masters of the art with Ron being appointed the Australian White Crane Dissemination Director by the Yongchun YiYun Wushu Society, the only Australian to awarded this very special honour.



As someone who has made unraveling the mysteries of Martial Arts Ron said that “This award represents the pinnacle of my martial arts involvement. This historically important award for the members and friends of the White Crane Research Institute has given us due recognition for our White Crane and our activities from China the birth place of our art and on an international scale!”

The award included two special gold plaques, a uniform, badges and rare DVD footage of White Crane Masters.

Ron also recently purchased special mats for San Shou (Free-Sparring) Mats making his private school one of the best equipped teaching/training facilities in the area.

The school features Government Accredited Martial Arts and San Shou (Chinese Fighting) Instructors.

The school has a monthly program of White Crane, San Shou Fighting, and weapons for the senior students as well as a “MARSTA” Class and also offers “Kung-Fu 4 Kids” training proving popular with the 5 to 10 year olds providing essential discipline that teaches vital life-skills not available through any other physical/mental practice.

New students are welcome for the new year and all enquires can be directed to 68452846.

New Black Sashes!

Photo: Ian Cochrane, Maurice Cenzato, Joshua Lowe & Shifu Ron Goninan

The New Year kicked off with a bang for students of the White Crane Boxing Kung Fu students succesfly testing for their coveted Black Sash Instructors level.

Longtime student Ian Cochrane and new comer Joshua Lowe were put through their paces over a period of several months culminating in a grading test at which they had to display their skill in techniques, White Crane forms, applications and Tuishou San Shou Continious Contact Sparring. The sparring was interesting as under Chinese San Shou rules throws, knees and push hands are permitted along with strikes, punches and kicks. Joshua was very quick with his kicks which were countered by Ian’s very quick hand strikes. Both students enjoyed their grading and learned a great deal.

Also tested was their level of stamina and their spirit (their focus and their ‘intent’) as they performed sometimes solo and sometimes in pairs with each student getting to work with each other.

Looking at each student in turn and one can something unique about all of them.

Ian Cochrane is a very dedicated and intelligent student and entered into discipleship under the watchful eye of his master, Ron Goninan. He is the senior of the two and is highly skilled in the area of technique, applications and understanding of energy. He assists in teaching at the local school.

Joshua Lowe is dedicated, turning up early for each practice session and is very quick in learning new skills and forms. He picks up new aspects with ease and has very good memory retention.

Other students that also graded for their 4th Ji Level Blue Sashes was Stacy Lowe, Nathan Tran and Les and Brenton Hayes.

Head Instructor Ron recently was the official Guest at the Kumiai Ryu National Championships and Grading held at Wallerawang and he along with Maurice Cenzato recently travelled to Port Macquarie to teach Kumiai Ryu Martial Arts System Instructors the arts of Tai chi and White Crane Kung Fu Methods.

The school features Government Accredited Martial Arts and San Shou (Chinese Fighting) Instructors and is also recognized internationally by the Chinese YongChun Yi Yun Wushu Society of China.