What was I doing in my first kungfu class?
August 24, 2013 9:37 AM Subscribe
So I finally bit the bullet and went to a kungfu class. Things moved quickly and I struggled to keep up with the others, who are more experienced. I was determined to search on you tube when I got home and practice. The trouble is, I can't find what it is that I was doing.
So, we'd do this exaggerated step and, with a alternating hand, swing it around and, with the other hand, grab it on the wrist. It's hard to explain, and also I don't really even know much more. There were a few variations on this move.
A search on YouTube reveals loads of kungfu moves for the advanced learner, but nothing like this.
Are any mefites kungfu aficionados who can help me understand how I can practice this kind of move at home and/or point me towards some YouTube channel or app that can help me catch up? Tanks a lot!
So, we'd do this exaggerated step and, with a alternating hand, swing it around and, with the other hand, grab it on the wrist. It's hard to explain, and also I don't really even know much more. There were a few variations on this move.
A search on YouTube reveals loads of kungfu moves for the advanced learner, but nothing like this.
Are any mefites kungfu aficionados who can help me understand how I can practice this kind of move at home and/or point me towards some YouTube channel or app that can help me catch up? Tanks a lot!
What kind of kungfu?
posted by natteringnabob at 9:56 AM on August 24, 2013
posted by natteringnabob at 9:56 AM on August 24, 2013
It's generally not all that helpful to get third-party instruction on martial arts. Styles are different, and even within a style there are variations on how a movement is taught and performed. I know it always annoyed my instructors when an overzealous new student would run to the internet and diligently practice a whole lot of incorrect movements/learn the wrong vocabulary/generally confuse the shit out of themselves.
It's OK that you didn't pick it up immediately. No one does. But you're really going to be better off just sticking with one school and instructor for now, rather than trying to parse the infinite variations of the internet without any context for it.
posted by restless_nomad at 10:08 AM on August 24, 2013
It's OK that you didn't pick it up immediately. No one does. But you're really going to be better off just sticking with one school and instructor for now, rather than trying to parse the infinite variations of the internet without any context for it.
posted by restless_nomad at 10:08 AM on August 24, 2013
Best answer: How about this video: Liuhe Quan introduction
You may also get better result from youtube using the Chinese characters: 六合拳
posted by lucia_engel at 10:17 AM on August 24, 2013
You may also get better result from youtube using the Chinese characters: 六合拳
posted by lucia_engel at 10:17 AM on August 24, 2013
Best answer: lucia_engel> How about this video: Liuhe Quan introduction
As it happens, I practice liu he xin yi (the art demonstrated in that video), and I don't know of any movement in that art which involves grabbing one of your wrists with the other.
The "liu he" means six harmonies, and there are quite a few different Chinese martial arts that fall under this category. You may have to get a translator to figure out which exact art the instructor is teaching.
But anyway, the last part, where you grab the wrist of one hand with the other, may be a prelude to an elbow strike. The hand that grabs could be powering the strike and stabilizing the striking elbow on the other arm.
posted by UrineSoakedRube at 1:10 PM on August 24, 2013
As it happens, I practice liu he xin yi (the art demonstrated in that video), and I don't know of any movement in that art which involves grabbing one of your wrists with the other.
The "liu he" means six harmonies, and there are quite a few different Chinese martial arts that fall under this category. You may have to get a translator to figure out which exact art the instructor is teaching.
But anyway, the last part, where you grab the wrist of one hand with the other, may be a prelude to an elbow strike. The hand that grabs could be powering the strike and stabilizing the striking elbow on the other arm.
posted by UrineSoakedRube at 1:10 PM on August 24, 2013
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posted by mateuslee at 9:47 AM on August 24, 2013