MCC - 026 Sleeping Dragon

Sleeping Dragon demonstrated.

DISCLAIMER:
These clips are for entertainment and general informational purposes only. We are not instructing you, or encouraging you to do or to believe anything, except to view, enjoy, and think. Never forget that martial arts, like any rigorous course of physical activity, presents the risk of injury, sometimes serious, disabling, or even fatal. Actual techniques should only be practiced in a controlled environment emphasizing safety, under the direct supervision of a Black Belt instructor (in whom you have trust and confidence), and only after you have been cleared by your personal physician.

Sleeping Dragon combines the "Thirteen Movements" of traditional Chinese martial arts. This form comes to us from my studies in Taiji Chuan with Sifu Lily Qin. The animal movement of Gun Fu has long incorporated these concepts into the foundation skills. This sequence provides opportunity to focus only on the essential thirteen, and therein lies its value,.

In China, it is taught and believed to this very day these movements represent the true integral nature of all movement. These moves parallel the evolution of Chinese culture, and its myriad fighting arts. They are immediately recognizable in arts such as Taiji Chuan, Xing Yi and Ba Gua. Elsewhere, their influence resonates just the same, whether recognized and understood, or not. Herein lie the roots of everything internal. When these movements are understood, all doors are open.

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• gun fu
• animal fighting styles
• self defense
• tai chi