phoenix eye fist

[Atoweha]

looks like an angry man packing his bags haha

[w1ggy69]

i like this form. i study lau gar. my favourite form charp choi uses the phoenix eye. can i ask. what height are the majority of the strikes aimed. sternum, throat ect?????

[henrym3483]

strikes are aimed at the eyes, throat, 2inches below the ear where the jaw attaches, the temple, the bread basket or sternum or just under the rib cage.

some of the other ones are aimed at the pit on the inner part of the elbow and a the pit in deltoid where the arm meets the shoulder, these would be the second level strikes aimed at incapacitating the arm or to setup qin na

[awesomeirishmen123]

@henrym3483 whoa the footing and punches are almost exactly like wing chun

[phoenixifist]

there is a section of phoenix eye fist in the gulao form in wing chun (pien san or side body form)but not many knows it.

we strike like a bamboo swinging with the wind. "soft kung fu" but can be applied as "hard wing chun" as well.

noticed my sifu using it from day 1 of my lesson then later my senior brother told me what it is and what its for. really interesting to this day. learnt others as well like ginger fist, "chicken kidney" fist double knuckles/3knuckles fist etc...

respect..

[projayne369]

Thats more like Wing Chun...

My mom teaches Kung Fu and my Uncle teaches Wing Chun... :]

[vman996]

Fuck, Kung fu is lame...You can see how it just doesn`t work with the western body shape.

Try a Japanese art, much more suited to us westerners....

[kookahjoon]

hai all...! im the diciple of wushu phoenix eye fists under Grandmaster Leong [6th generation of this phoenix eye fists] in penang,Malaysia...this martial arts was invented by a nun in china...more than hundreds of years...i'm performing tiger fists in video...just type

Penang Chu ka

[shuriken86]

lol you strike almost as fast as a chinese boxer!!

[henrym3483]

haha, not really.ive met smaller guys who can hit harder and faster than me.when they strike its like dynamite going off.

[TheShaolinWhiteTiger]

You invented this form? It looks useful. I could imagine how one would use the content. I do have a question, if you don't mind, though, and it may sound a bit random. Do you know of any Pheonix-Eye-Fist Gung Fu (Chu Gar or Fong Ngan) citations where I might find out more about it? Thank you for sharing this.

[henrym3483]

yes, i built this form, from parts of my kung fu training in shaolin and southern kung fu.simply devoted to training phoenix fist rather than being a complete system, as in chu kua shaolin quan (malaysian chu gar phoenix fist) Donn draeger wrote a very good book on the phoenix eye fist(ie chu kua shaolin)with another by a chap named leong. i had a copy but gave it away to a friend whoe went to study wing chun.

[nhandanarutofan]

I think your stance is to high for this style, am I right?

[DexStanT]

also, apparently there are many times when the phoenix eye fighter will switch between strike ranges, eg. A series of high attack followed with a few low strikes and low kicks. Then again, perhapes this is just one kata from this man's Phoenix Eye Fist?

Nice one bro :)

[TruthWielder]

I'm sorry man but this is wing chun with about a gallon of silliness added in.

[henrym3483]

never studied wing chun is based on the shaolin longfist and southern systems ive studied ie five ancestors fist and hung kuen.

also the hsing yi ive studied is present ie the beng quan, regarding a gallon of silliness, ive used these techniques before and they work

[TruthWielder]

The maturity of your response to a less mature and thought out responnse shows me you know what youre talking about. Forgive me, upon looking further I begin to see practical application. Could you tell me what the double strike that you did at 45 degree angles on either side are for? Are they strikes?

[henrym3483]

the 45 degree angle are strikes to the temple and under the armpit, the right or left deflects a centre puch or jab whilst the hand follows onto the temple and the other under the armpit.

[pinkpawn]

You can be forgiven for thinking this in Wing Chun; because when broken down Wing Chun and Phoenix Eye actually share many of the same (physical) ideals. Both deal with close form fighting aimed at the centerline of the body.

I currently use them as a compliment to one another.

Using Phoenix Eye can be very beneficial if your targetting is precise. It works on the 'you can lie on a bed of nails, but one will pierce you' principle.

[cubgrumpz]

different to how we use phoenix eye! Interesting some of the techniques we have but the body mechanics is different. Whats this if you dont mind me asking?

[henrym3483]

this is a form i created myself with the specific intent of developing a good phoenix eye strike it has elements of the kung fu styles ive studied over the years.