1 Quick Change to Improve the Look of Your Form

There is one very easy way to improve the look of your form. As you perform, your body gets used to executing the techniques at a particular height. One very quick way to impact the look of your form is to lower the stances slightly from your normal height. Practice at the new height and over time your form will sink to that height. When showing the form, it is easier to remember to stay low than to remember all the little points that you need to fix in the form so this is one of the quickest changes you can make for immediate results.

The Circles in Sup Bat Lohan (18 Arhats) Form

Students of Leung Tin Chiu's version of Fut Gar Kung Fu are likely to learn the Sup Bat Lohan form as part of their early training. Our school teaches this form at the first level of training in our system. The form begins with a series of circles with your arms (White Crane Spreading Wings) and looks like a balance technique with little martial arts value. The technique definitely has a purpose. The purpose of the technique is for breaking of a grab to the upper body (arm, shoulder, neck). By continuing the circles in the techniques, the opponent is forced to let go of their grab. The important points are to keep your elbows bent through the technique for leverage and keep your palms facing down throughout the technique. All techniques in Kung Fu have a purpose. Students should make sure they have a good understanding of these techniques as they progress in their training.

Our School's Newest Instructor

The National Fut Gar Kung Fu Training Centre and I would like to announce that we have named our newest instructor, Steve Moore. Steve has been training with me for many years with several extended breaks due to non-kung fu reasons such as school and life in general. I doubted his dedication when he would not make a mere 5 hour drive to attend classes. Here are some parts of the ceremony where he received his belt and his certificate.




One thing that Steve did not know when we were filming this video of him demonstrating the Fut Gar form called Lung Fu Seung Voy (Dragon Tiger Meeting) is that it would be his very last form as a non-instructor. He was going at a slower pace as I told him I was recording it for the benefit of one of the other students.