Gongli-quan

Order DVDs at www.kungfuloung.com.tw. English subtitles now available. Zhou Baofu (Porf Jou) performs Gongli-quan, a basic Longfist/Northern Shaolin form created at the Nanjing intitute to teach the essential basics of Longfist. Not to be confused with the system of the same name.

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[front131]

That's really well contained isn't it? Energy and symmetry, the simplest things can be the most difficult do well. A question though, technically, should his rear heel come off the ground when changing stance, sometimes it does, sometimes not (I don't know the style so have no idea if it's an issue, it is in Hung Kuen, I stress technically speaking)? Either way it looks a very useful form.

Thanks for the upload.

[onyomi]

It's not a problem in Longfist because in actual use the longer bow stance/mountain climbing (dengshan) stance will naturally be smaller, with the rear heel coming off the ground slightly.

[macacoraivoso]

Gongliquan means the power training sequence... where's your power?

[onyomi]

The power in Longfist comes from the waist while the upper body remains very relaxed. If you do something like Karate or Hung Ga which use more upper body tension it may look weak, but it's just a different kind of power generation.

[macacoraivoso]

I do long fist. I think your stances are pretty good, but I just don't feel your power (which I believe should be coming from your legs through your waist, not from the waist). I think your form will be 10 times better if your manifest your power more clearly.

[onyomi]

The power comes from coordinated movement of the legs, hips, waist and shoulders. However, the arms themselves use minimal tension. I think you can see this pretty clearly if you look closely.

[hockchong108]

This form is done nicely, however- if you are concentrating on hip power movement the finish result of each movement with an elastic wave generated from the hips and finishing with an electric shock at the fingertips always the end result rite.

[wudang23]

this is the basic sequence its gives you power on the tendons

[PBIKungfu]

the movement at 0:32 is called Hands around the Moon. Both arms do a vertical circling affect...akin to downward L. backfist followed by downward R. strike followed by an overhead then downward L strike again with a upwards backfist. This move can be used many ways: as I described or as a means to envelope the person and throw them.... and obviously many other techniques....

[Nowekian]

@TheFoxClaw Hopefully someone more confident in their knowledge of such things will correct me if i'm wrong, but i've heard it reffered to as "three rings circling the moon" it includes the swinging right and left arms, and the extention left and right.

[TheFoxClaw]

What's the original chinese name of the technique at 0:32? (when spread arms left and right)??

[wolfram49]

Gongliquan the form itself is older than the Nanjing Kuoshu Institute. It was taught at the original Shanghai Jingmo/Chingwoo school. The system that the Gongliquan form itself comes from is not widely practiced anymore, but the form is such a useful training tool that it's been widely adopted into other long-arm/long fist systems.

[front131]

Actually make that many many thanks! I've just suffered a vid of some 'Sifu''s abortionate idea of Hung Kuen, they don't understood it at all. It makes me angry and sad I don't have the health anymore.

People like you do more good than perhaps you realise.

[front131]

Many thanks for the quick reply!