Moi Fa Kuen-techniques and usage

[TenTigers]

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[PM]

yes, that is what i mean, right leg right hand forward - most of the mui fa kyun is in this mode

[Xiaobian]

So right hand forward is southpaw, and left hand forward is orthodox? I have always been more comfortable fighting with my right hand forward, since I am right-handed. Does that make it southpaw? Or is it relative to whichever is your dominant hand?

[PM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southpaw_stance

[abiraghi]

I am a symmetric freak, so I "mirror" train Mui Fa Kuen. It's a great exercise. Usually I practice it four times, two ortodox and two "mirror".

[PM]

cool!

sidenote: i personaly believe that Grandmaster Chan Honjung was the person who has promoted mui fa kyun more than anybody else.

[abiraghi]

Master Chan was really keen of Mui Fa Kuen. Obviously it has been my first kuen in Hon Chung Gymnasium, but Master Chan insisted on it as a warming up tool also after I had learned the advanced forms. He conisdered Mui fa Kuen as the foundations, where the rest of the Hung Kuen was the building. I still practice it frequently in different ways: mirrored, with wrist and ankles extra weights, in the four directions, fast and powerful, slow and... "titsinkuened". It's a great form and every movement is worth a long study and meditation. I love the Mui fa Kuen.

[TenTigers]

most of our basic fighting techniques are drawn from Moi Fa Kuen-except for element punches. MFK has trapping, sensitivity/reaction drills,bridging, jointlocking,counter trapping, escapes,attacks, etc.
Some may see it as a simple beginner's form, but that is only because they have not taken the time to really examine this valuble set.
-and this is coming from a TF guy!

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