Power Fist Form
...Gung Li Chuan
20 Methods Figthing Form
Er
Shi Fa Chuan
20 Methods Fighting Form was created by the late Grandmaster, Wang Zi Ping. This routine, also called Er Shr Fa Chuan, is complete in teaching hand and foot, throwing, and chin na techniques. It's movements are based in the Cha Family system.
20 Methods is taught in single movements, single two man applications for each technique, a single man form linking the 20 techniques together, and finally a two man form, linking the 20 individual applications together.
This form is still being passed on by Grandmaster Wang Jurong, the only child of Wang Zi Ping, and her daughters, Grace Wu-Monat and Helen Wu.
We at China Hand Kung Fu Academy are grateful this information was passed down from Grandmaster Peter Kwok so me may do our part in carrying on the tradition.
...for more information about Wang Zi Ping, Wang Jurong, and 20 Methods click on the links below:
Translation from Wang Zi Pings writings on 20 Methods....
..."I started to write the
twenty techniques of Chinese boxing forty years ago. However, it was
during the second world war at that time, most of the martial artists
could not concentrate their attention on researching because life force,
I am no exception. Although I used to composite it, but it lacked of
collecting, so it could not be published. After Taiwan was recovered,
martial art developed and boomed very quickly and a lot of books about
martial art were published because it was advocated by the local
government. So I re-edited my book and contribute to the readers who
loved martial art. I hope this book can obtain reviews and suggestions
from you.
The title of this suit of boxing technique was selected and compiled in
accordance with a series traditional boxing techniques, such as Cha,
Hua, Hong, Pao, Tan and Baji, etc. Although there are many types of
martial art in China, but the basic principle are similar. Once you can
grasp the basic techniques very well, you can grasp all kinds of skills
easily. So these twenty techniques are the basic skills. There are eight
elementary parts in human's body can be used to attack opponents, they
are palm, fist, elbow, shoulder, waist, hip, knee, foot. All the skills
which will use these eight parts are collected into the twenty
techniques. Abstract names of these techniques will not be used anymore
and they will be replaced with some names which can be understood and
remembered easily. We call fist as hit, call foot as kick. Some complex
technique will be described with vivid names.
The main purpose of this book is to make these twenty techniques can be
practiced separately, means movement by movement (in short, it will be
called separately in the following texts) or practiced consistently,
means connect all the movements to a complete series. (In short, it will
be called consistently in the following texts). The twenty techniques
can also be practiced alone or in pairs; they are not only the
comprehensive physical exercise, but also are basic boxing training. You
need to familiar with each movement when you practice separately and
apply the basic movement and main points. Practicing consistently will
increase the interest of the players and the posture is more beautiful.
If you want to obtain a good result, you have to practice step by step.
If you want to obtain a further achievement, you need to grasp each
technique very well. Each one of these twenty techniques will be
practiced alternately, so that the player can develop in balance, not
lay particular stress on left hand and foot or right hand and foot. You
can decide the forward steps in accordance with the size of the yard. If
the yard is not large enough, you can turn around and continue the
forward steps.
The twenty techniques can be taught one to one or one to many. The
titles of main movements of each technique need to be listed, so that
they can be remembered easily by teachers and students. Each movement
can be divided into level 1, 2 or level 1,2,3 in accordance with the
difficulty. The twenty techniques can be separated to four units: Unit
one is about practicing separately and alone; unit two is about
practicing consistently and alone; unit three is about practicing
separately and in pairs; unit four is about practicing consistently and
in pairs. Now I change it to two units to make it easier to be used in
the teaching process: Unit one is about practicing alone (include
separately and consistently) ; Unit two is about practicing in pairs
(include separately and consistently). In unit one, the consistent
movement practice pay more attention to explain how to connect the
movements. The same movement with the separately practice will be simply
indicated with names only. Readers can make movement of the separately
as the reference. It is similar in unit two.
A lot of movements in these twenty techniques are unique skills and
there is no crack method at all. However, to make the practice in pairs
successfully, I attach some crack methods; please apply them flexibly in
the real practice condition.
Practice alone pays more attention to physical exercise. Each movement
among the twenty techniques is a process of studying and works as the
base of pairs practice. For example, for a wrestler, it is impossible to
grasp the skill of "kick flying foot" without the practice of "kick the
poles", and at the same time, "kick flying foot" should be able to be
used separately by each foot, otherwise you will loss good opportunity
in the real match. So if you want to grasp the twenty techniques very
well, you have to pay more attention to the practice of separate
movement first.
You need to pay attention to six kinds of cooperation while practice
each movement. Six cooperation can be divided into three outside
cooperation and three inside cooperation. The outside cooperation
includes cooperation between hand and foot, elbow and knee, shoulder and
hip; the inside cooperation includes cooperation between brain and mind,
mind and qi(air), Qi and power. You need to pay attention to the
matching of these six cooperation when you practice any technique. After
you are skillful, your physical condition will be strengthened.
You should practice step by step, study consistent movements after you
grasp the separate movements, and need to grasp the changes and pay
attention to the requirement of six cooperation. It will benefit to the
development of all kinds of functions in your body and will establish a
good foundation for your martial art practice. With the help of this
foundation, you can make further progress in your body building and
martial art skills.
The twenty techniques are suitable for all kinds of martial art lovers,
no matter what ages and genders they are. Learners can make a personal
plan in accordance with their detail age and physical condition. For the
old, they can keep the posture a little bit higher, practice the
technique gently and slowly. For the young, they can keep the posture a
little bit lower, practice the technique violently and quickly. There
are five forward practices and five backward practices, so, to practice
the twenty techniques, you just need a very limited space. Usually, an
ordinary playground can satisfy forty to fifty people to practice at the
same time.
Each movement of separate practice in unit one is summarized for a short
sentence with eight Chinese characters. They are the title of each
movement as well. I will never make a detail explanation when we meet
the same movements in the following units. Just mark it with those eight
words. However, for those situations that some movements are same but
the connection movements are different, I will attach an extra
explanation.
All the starting and ending posture of separate movement are to standby
and hold both elbows. When you end the posture, both hands should come
back close to the waist and hold both elbows, close both legs together.
The dotted line in the illustration is used to show the process to next
movement; it is a supplement of the texts. All the illustrations are
drawn from frontage. Some movements which can hardly be seen clearly
will be shown with back and side illustrations for learners."...
Wang Zi Ping doing his Green Dragon Form