Moi Fa Sup Fu Kuen

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"O"--my version has a jump inside crescent right before the bow.

ibuchannan--As far as the "Kneeling Strike" is conncerned, it can be used for many things.

1) the snap-off. this is used while evading/slipping the jab. The body snaps to the side (can also be 45 deg foward/back, etc) into an upright, higher stance gwai-ma. The hand position is basically the same as in the form. A right hammerfist to the liver. Train low, explode high.

2) If you see the opening movements as a combination, grab,punch, armbar(side horse bong-sao) into takedown (side horse into the double claws in bow stance-your front knee is buckling his leg as you apply the arm bar) the gwai-ma and down "block" is pulling the opponent off balance, while dropping your forearm down on his locked arm-breaking it-at the same time dropping your knee onto his achillies tendon. Finish off with the "block" as a foream or hammerfist into the jaw/head/neck.

3) the dropping into that position can also be an arm drag takedown.

4) it can be done higher again, as in the snap-off, against a front kick. in which case, you can scoop the leg and apply a lock and/or takedown.

in my opinion, crouching low to make yourself a smaller target is a recipe for disaster. By assuming this position, you are not allowing yourself to develop the foward momentum to attack your opponent. Try it and you will see that your partner can bowl you over.
However, if you are already downed and your opponent comes in for the football kick, it can be used to shield, deflect and counter.

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trying to compile the names for all movements in mui fa kyun

"Thunder God Cleves the Rock" might be something like Leui gung po sek 雷公破石

any other suggestions, guys?

i have also found this name:

http://www.hungkyun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13

posture 9:"fierce tiger crouches to the ground" (maang fu fuk dei)

[JPC]

沉香劈山 Chen Xiang Cleaves the Mountain Cham Heung pek saan

In legend, Chen Xiang, to free his imprisoned mother, split Hua Shan (Flower Mountain) with his axe.

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cool, i never heard it before! does it come directly from your mui fa kyun, or from somewhere else? thnx a lot!

btw. we have a move called daan pek Wa saan, "split a Fa saan mountain with a single chop" - regular diagonal inside palm chop, or similar chop eg. with a sabre

[JPC]

No not from our Mui Fa, though there is a descending cutting palm in the set.

Can't remember exactly where I saw it first, I think Wong Kiew Kit uses the poem somewhere, other than that I'd be guessing?

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Xiaobian: i got a question for you - how did you perform diu geuk ma and lok gwai ma (suspended leg stance, kneeling stance) on the poles, ie. how did you modify the set so it could be practiced on the poles? thnx!

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