Finally Started CLF!!!..... any Tips

“	Originally Posted By: CLF Devil Do horse stance for as long as you can while watching TV also. Or reading a book. Or whatever else you can think of.	”

Hey I was gonna say that

Another piece of advice. If you're gonna spar people don't spar other guys that are also green. It doesn't help you one bit at all, just turns into a brawling match with no technique. Spar with more advanced guys, take it easy at first, and get your techniques down!!!

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“	Originally Posted By: KungFuMan I also learned a praying mantis fist style from watching the actual insect itself. This was before I actually learned some seven star mantis.	”

“	Originally Posted By: aaradia I am going to mention the other side of the coin, since everyone else is giving workout tips. Be smart about building up your strength. It is so easy to go gung ho, but don't overdue it and injure yourself. Nothing dampens enthusiasm for a new endeavor like injury. Work out hard, work out often, but don't think you are going to match the advanced students right away. Listen to your body if it says it needs rest for a day. In your gut, you know the difference between feeling lazy for a day and needing rest to recuperate. Allow yourself the recuperation if needed. Make sure you know the difference between working through soreness and feeling the twinges of injury that needs to heal. As I mentioned in another thread, my first instructor used to tell me "martial spirit, not martial stupid." Hey, the CLF contingent grows on DL yet again. We're slowly taking over!	”

Lol, and very good advice...

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“	Originally Posted By: bobblehead Balance a broomstick across your thighs and eat breakfast in horse.	”

Vicious... but true.

Make sure the broomstick is on the TOP of your thighs say near your knee, not at the joint of the hip. That's cheating.

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“	Originally Posted By: clfsean Vicious... but true. Make sure the broomstick is on the TOP of your thighs say near your knee, not at the joint of the hip. That's cheating.	”

Yeah, no pinching it with your gut etc.
A Pak Hok Sifu showed me that one. She said it is good because you have to stay relaxed in your upper body as you eat and chew...
After you can handle that you might even think about Lion dance too, that is a great workout.

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The lion is a ***** of a work out. Good for the cardio & fu though.

Another one I like more than doing static stuff is picking a set ... Siu Sap Ji or Siu Moi Fa, let's say. Instead of blasting through X number of times, I'd do it once... at 30 to 45 seconds a posture. It beats static stance work & I remember being told the SF Hung Sing school started that out here in the states because Lau Bun thought the static training was bad for you & built bad habits. I know we do static stances to warm our legs, but then will do a level "X" set that takes 10 to 15 minutes depending on the length of it.

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Also very good, i use three breaths per posture with about 6 sec. each inhale/exhale, so 36 secs? Guess we're on the same page..

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“	Originally Posted By: bobblehead Yeah, no pinching it with your gut etc. A Pak Hok Sifu showed me that one. She said it is good because you have to stay relaxed in your upper body as you eat and chew... After you can handle that you might even think about Lion dance too, that is a great workout.	”

When do we break out the teacups? I hear beginners are allowed to use plastic teacups at first. All that china breaking is bound to cost a lot of money.

today we did horse stance, from stance, cross stance and cat stance with punches to all of them I for got the names there in chinese. so please bare with me lol

I still forget the names some times

Poor spelling i'm sure but we use gwa, sau, pek, pau, loy yum, tsop and cher naan for the ba gua hands.

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probably spelled it better than me

From The Hung Kuen side of things but should translate to CLF too on a real basic level.
CLF does have other stances but I don't know the translations for those

4 level horse- Sei Ping Ma
Forward or bow and Arrow stance- Ji Ng Ma
Cat Stance-Dui Ma
Cross Stance-Kei Lun Bo

“	Originally Posted By: banditshaw From The Hung Kuen side of things but should translate to CLF too on a real basic level. CLF does have other stances but I don't know the translations for those 4 level horse- Sei Ping Ma Forward or bow and Arrow stance- Ji Ng Ma Cat Stance-Dui Ma Cross Stance-Kei Lun Bo	”

CLF (Jiangmen translation anyway)

4 Level Horse - Sei Ping Ma
Twisted Horse (Bow & Arrow) - Ding Ji Ma
Cat Horse - Diu Ma
Forward Steal Step Horse (Cross) - Tau Ma
Rear Steal Step Horse (Cross) - Nau Ma
Bent Knee Horse - Lok Gwai Ma
Crane Horse - Hok Ma
Snake Horse - Sei Ma

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Hey that looks like a great school, aren't you a luck duck.