LEVELS 1 - 8 Material Guide

by SiFu Kogen www.hollowboneskungfu.com Level One Material - BEGINNER

STANCES LONG FORM 1 QI GONG • Horse (50/50) Sou Chu Quan • Breathing through nose: • Bow (70/30) foundation of practice • Cat (90/10) TAN TAI • Breathing into tan tien • Twisted (50/50) 1, 2 • Basic Awareness of Upper, • Crane (100) Middle & Lower breathing • Tiger (80/20) • Wu Qi posture • Monkey (50/50) FIGHT SET • Triangle Breathing 1 • Basic understanding of HAND POSITIONS Chinese energysystems • Vertical Fist KICKS • Horizontal Fist • Toe • Knife Edge • Heel • Ridge Hand • Side • Palm Strike • Side Heel • Crane’s Beak • Outside Crescent • Forearm Strike • Inside Crescent • Back Arm Strike/ Block • Jumping Toe • Elbow Strike ENURANCE BLOCKS 1 minute horse stance • Mantis Hook, Inside • Mantis Hook, Outside • Fist Block, Inside • Fist Block, Outside

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KICKS LONG FORM 1a QI GONG • Toe, with block Sou Chu Quan • Wu Qi visualizations: • Heel, with punch * sand flowing into stone • Side, with take down LONG FORM 2 * 2 Columns of Qi • Side Heel, with take down Ah Ka Kwon • Fire Breathing • Horse • Long Breathing • Spinning Crescent • Triangle Breathing with pulse • Axe TAN TAI • Awareness of energy centers • Front Sweep 3, 4 • Awareness of feet & hands • Awareness of emotional energy BLOCKS FIGHT SET • Flat palm kick block 2 • Elbow Block SHAOLIN 8-FOLD • Hook Block ENURANCE BROCADE 2 minute horse stance 1-8 HAND POSTIONS • Single Knuckle Fist • Back fist • Hammer Fist

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KICKS LONG FORM 3 QI GONG Tornado Kick Gue Woo Kwon • Understanding of how yin and Spinning Hook, face yang flow in body TAN TAI • Hard qi gong vs. soft qi gong • Basic manipulation of yin SWEEP 5, 6 and yang energies in body Floor Sweep • Reverse Breathing FIGHT SET WEAPON - STAFF 3 1. Upward Spin 2. Downward Spin HAND POSITIONS 3. Upward to Downward • Tiger Claw transition • Eagle Claw 4. In front spin • Panther Fist 5. Overhead spin to behind back 6. Behind back spinning turn ENDURANCE 2 minute horse stance

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KICKS LONG FORM 4 QI GONG Dragon Leg O Hwa Kwon • Chen style breathing, heavy body WEAPON - STAFF TAN TAI • Chen style breathing, light body 1-4 7, 8

ENDURANCE FIGHT SET 2 minute horse stance 4

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KICKS LONG FORM 5 QI GONG Spinning hook, body Sou Ho Yeon • Fire hands • Iron Body basics WEAPON - STAFF TAN TAI • Iron Palm basics 1-8 1-8, continuous

ENDURANCE FIGHT SET 2 minute horse stance 5

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WEAPON LONG FORM 6 QI GONG Broad Sword (short) Gue Ro Kwon • Combat Qi, attack and defense breathing FIGHT SET • Iron Body and Palm Intermediate 6

ENDURANCE 2:30 minute horse stance 40 continuous push-ups

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WEAPON LONG FORM 7 QI GONG Straight sword Jin Gang Kwon • Mental manipulation of chi

FIGHT SET 7

ENDURANCE 3 minute horse stance 50 continuous push-ups

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WEAPON LONG FORM 8 QI GONG Staff Fight Set O Ho Kwon • advanced Iron Body / Attack side advanced Iron Palm FIGHT SET PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING 8 Combat training ENDURANCE 3 minute horse stance 50 continuous push-ups

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