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Post by Shifu Tolson on Jan 24, 2016 11:37:58 GMT -5
Dividing the Body into Eight Sections, Road One
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Post by Shifu Tolson on Jan 27, 2016 15:06:06 GMT -5
These are the fist songs for the first section of Fen Shen Ba Zhou that we use at Mantis Masters Academy in North Canton, Ohio:
左 臂 肩 腆 肘
Left Arm & Shoulder Protruding Elbow
仰 膈 肘
Upward Diaphragm Elbow
右 采 左 压 肘
Right Pluck & Left Pressing Elbow
左 架 右 打
Left Block & Right Strike
左 采 右 扑 肘
Left Pluck, Right Rushing Elbow
左 右 二 臂 肘
Left & Right Two Forearm Elbows
左 右 围 回 臂 肘
Left & Right Encircling Arm Elbows
右 钻 挑 抱 肘
Right Enter, Lift & Embrace Elbow
右 封 左 插 肘
Right Seal, Left Piercing Elbow
左 右 雙 盘 肘
Left & Right Double Coiling Elbows
左 外 右 里 雙 圈 肘
Left Outside Right Inside Double Circle Elbow
右 格 右 栽 肘
Right Fend, Right Falling Elbow
左 偷 捶 右 頓 肘
Left Steal Strike, Right Stamping Elbow
右 补 肘
Right Filling Elbow
雙 封 雙 扑 肘
Double Seal, Double Pouncing Elbows
左 插 掌
Left Piercing Palm
右 打 滾 龙 肘
Right Strike Rolling Dragon Elbow
左 盘 肘
Left Coiling Elbow
右 腆 肘
Right Protruding Elbow
左 右 雙 封 肘
Left & Right Double Seal Elbows
收 勢
Gather Power
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Post by Shifu Tolson on Jan 27, 2016 15:09:11 GMT -5
Introduction to the Form
According to tradition, fen shen ba zhou is one of the original forms created by the founder of tanglangquan, Wang Lang. It contains one of the the oldest and the highest skills of Praying Mantis Fist, short striking power. Thus, the form is usually reserved for the most advanced practitioners.
The term 分 身 八 肘 - "fēn shēn bā zhǒu" refers to dividing the body into eight sections of short striking weapons. The short striking weapons are: the head, shoulders, elbows, knees and hips.
The first emphasis of the form is 寸 力 - cùn lì - "inch power". It is an explosive, short striking force that is generated by the whole body.
The second emphasis of the form are the eight keys: 陰 陽 - yīn yáng (passive-active), 虛 實 - xū shí (void-solid/false-real), 剛 柔 - gāng róu (hard-soft) and 進 退 - jìn tuì (advance-retreat).
The "ba" or "eight" has significance in Chinese numerology: the eight keys times the eight trigrams equal the sixty-four methods of short striking.
Ba zhou is typically divided into four sections.
The phrase is pronounced like the English words: fun shun bah joe.
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