MCC - 030 Hooking Fist

Hooking Fist.

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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.

Hooking Fist was created by Sifu Allen Abad for his 5th Degree Kenpo (Kajukenpo) test (he is now a recognized Master). It was actually compiled for his own teacher, Master James Ibrao. Per Sifu Abad, it is based on the Hung Gar tradition, and is intentionally simple and easy to learn, preparing the student for the related Tiger and Crane forms. Professor Abad shared it at the first Gathering of the Eagles (February 1999 in Las Vegas), and encouraged that it be further shared and incorporated into interested systems. In part, that's what we're doing here. For our purposes, Hooking Fist incorporates complex dynamic movement, over a structure of breathing oriented around the "chi belt", in a context which works balance, strength, limberness and dexterity, in a controlled format. All that, and a typical student can learn it in an hour (That's how long it took Professor Abad to teach it to us).

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