| TONG BEI CHUAN TONG BEI or Through-the-Back Boxing has many branches. It is also an extremely influential style throughout the Kung Fu world. One might even say that Tong-Bei Jin (Through Back Energy) is an attribute of each and every style of Kung Fu - just like Reeling Silk Energy. This is another branch of this family. Please remember, though, it is almost impossible at this time to know which is the "authentic" or "original" style. What is important, though, is that Tong Bei has much to offer to any interested WuShu practitioner. All the demonstrations are by Zhao Jian-Guo, student of Zhang Ce one of Tong Bei's top teachers. Learn more about Tong Bei Quan Click on pictures to see larger versions. |
) VCD#428 Tong-Bei style Basic Training About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese Only **OUT OF STOCK! Please place me on your WANT LIST for this item. Ji-Ben Gong . An excellent series of basic warm up and loosening exercises based on swinging and circular actions. There are large arm swings, footwork and leg swinging routines. A wide variety of movements that could as easily be used for almost any Long Fist studies. Most easy and the progression is logical but also some challenging movements. Guaranteed to loosen and maintain joint flexibility. |
) VCD#429 Tong-Bei style Iron Palm Drills About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese Only **OUT OF STOCK! Please place me on your WANT LIST for this item. Pai-Da Cao-Fa. Many patterns for bag training with single and double palms. As in Pigua the training of the striking limbs is essential to get the specific characteristics of the style. Applications of the different strikes are also shown. This work is level one, not really iron palm but an excellent training for that . |
) VCD#430 Tong-Bei style Pole Drills About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese OnlyCao-Zhuang Fa. This is a series of actions against any upright pole, such the tree trunk used for the exercise. Pole ( or as it is often translated "pile") work can be very useful because there are body strikes impossible to practice on the table top level one might use for Iron Palm. Like boxing bag work (which can easily substitute for some of the exercises) pole work allows a whole new series of strikes and skills. |
) VCD#431 Tong-Bei style Opening the Fist About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese Only Chai Quan. A Tong Bei set with alternating hands and sections of Jin Bu interspersed with stationary sections. A good beginning fist from the Tong Bei repertoire but not an easy fist. Loose, fast, with many changes . |
) VCD#432 Tong-Bei style Small Linking About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese Only Xiao Lian-Huan. A very nice set of intermediate length. How to describe Tong Bei? It is definitely a Northern Style with wide ranging arms and loose, almost elegant delivery. Also, in this set, there are just open running sequences where the practitioner covers a whole lot of ground. Probably the best description of the flavor would be a cross between Mantis and PiGua is you can imagine that. If you can't you need to expose yourself to more styles and more information. |
) VCD#433 Tong-Bei style Big Linking About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese Only Da Lian-Huan. A major set from this branch of Tong Bei. Loose, powerful, fast, covering ground like a horse in its corral. A nice set to our eyes with difficult and flexible moves and truly representative of Long Fist energy. |
) VCD#434 Tong-Bei style Welcome the Enemy About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese Only **OUT OF STOCK! Please place me on your WANT LIST for this item. Ying-Di Shi-Er Lian-Quan. This VCD is solely applications with no form. Tong Bei, traditionally, is a style with a lot of fighting applications. As we see with Tzu Ran, Cjuo Jiao, Pi Gua and others there are actually a lot of style mantaining their fighting usage. These are mostly fist arts with emphasis on downward and upward cutting strike and combinations that can only be called "trapping" where the strike leads to a control or check and another strike. Single practices are also given. |
) VCD#435 Tong-Bei style 12 Grasps About 1 Hour, VCD pricing, Chinese Only Po-Men Shi-Er Qin-Zhuo. More applications shown from the Tong Bei system. This VCD has a little more emphasis on capturing the opponent's hand while entering the combination. Individual practice given too. This VCD could be a source of many classical combinations, enough to keep an instructor teaching his classes for many months. There are a number of good combinations that show the military background of WuShu where strategy and tactic are intermixed . |
) VCD#436 Tong-Bei style 32 Palms Method Double VCDs , VCD pricing, Chinese Only Po-Men San-Shi-Er Zhang-Fa. This VCD really lives up to its name. It is Tong Bei's specific training on Breaking open the door and entering with palm actions. Each movement is done as a separate series of actions often almost at a run. These attacking patterns accomplish two things at least, the first is that they engage the opponent and the second is that enter his door before laying down a strike (generally a palm action). This would be an excellent disk for partners to use as a practice structure . This is a Double VCD |
) VCD#437 Tong-Bei style 18 Battle Methods Double VCDs , VCD pricing, Chinese Only Qun-Zhan Shi-Ba Fa. A more advanced level of "basics" with combinations of arms and leg movements, mostly based on large circles and snapping strikes centering around multiple opponents. Each series is broken down. To our mind these intermediate exercises are essential to the understanding of a particular style. Those long sequences we now know as "forms" were probably developed from stringing together such sequences. This is a Double VCD |
) VCD#438 Tong-Bei style Xin-Yi 68 Arts Four-Disk SET, VCD pricing, Chinese Only Xin-YiLiu-Shi-Ba Fa. Four VCDs all dedicated to the application of the Tong Bei style. Many gambits here. Even more than some of the demonstrations, this VCD shows Tong Bei's particular use of Yin and Yang. Almost a platitude when describing all Chinese Martial Arts this series of examples beautifully shows the idea of "one hand clear and one hidden" with many and varied changes penetrating but utilizing the Yin/Yang of both hands changing one after the other and straight mixed with round. Practice versions are also shown for group and individual practice. Tong Bei's most highly guarded set for this branch. This is a 4 VCD set. |
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