Shaolin big Eastward Kung Fu (guandong quan)

instructor: monk De Ci
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combat strategy:

this style, teaches "feinting" tactics. opening opponent's guard is not only possible with the brute force of opening moves, but there are subtle tactics to do it not or barely moving and without force:

tactic 21 - 'eye feint':
"point at the mulberry, but curse the locust (指桑骂槐)" – look somewhere while your move goes somewhere else.

tactic 22 - 'move feint':
"beat the grass to startle the snake (打草惊蛇)" – feint by shaking a limb to startle the opponent and disrupt his position, whether defensive or offensive.

tactic 23 - 'direction feint':
"feint eastward, attack westward (打关东闯关西 or 声东击西)" – feint to a direction, but attack the opposite. feint leftward, attack rightward, feint downward, attack upward, etc.

tactic 24 - 'multiple feints':
"make something out of nothing (无中生有)" – if the opponent reacts to a move, let it be a feint, if he doesn't react, make it a real attack. so there may be multiple feints before an actual attack.

these involve abrupt moves and changing directions by various parts of the body. in this style, every move abruptly changes direction or is followed by another limb which moves abruptly in another direction, which with the eyes straying around, make it impossible for the opponent to distinguish between real and fake, teaching you how to open opponent's guard effortlessly without a real move in any situation.
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history:

Song dynasty (960-1279):
Zhao Kuangyin (赵匡胤), the first emperor of the Song dynasty, had given Shaolin temple a series of notes on the combat styles that he practiced. Shaolin monks developed 'guandong quan' based on one of his styles.
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note: there are various other forms and styles named 'guandong' or 'guangdong quan' in Chinese kung fu, and they are historically and technically different from Shaolin guandong quan. these are just different styles with similar names.
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