eagle claw for officers/xing yi for cannon fodder?

Hi Tom
Actually I train with Peter Fleig at Eastwood. He started with Sifu Li in the mid 70's. Peter Keelan was a student of Peter Scottney who also trained with Sifu Li for many years. Unfortunately sifu li's group never continued in a structured way after he left adelaide, and it splintered into separate entities with his ex students doing their own thing and holding their own small classes. I must say I find Peter Keelan's website a little over the top, but he is certainly passionate about it!

Fair comment about movement and power thing. My teacher is always telling me to relax, nothing in the shoulders, energy and mind in the fingertips, and to carry all the 'stress' in the legs, pushing it down to the footsoles, and posture, posture, posture, which without, the energy can't 'flow'.

I think both our styles come from the same origin, and its possible sifu li adapted it, or his master... I don't know but I'm sure they're linked in some way.

Do you practise long forms or patterns in your group? I think one day I'd very much like to have a look and join in if I'd be welcome!

Could you send me an address and class times and a contact phone number if I need to ring first?

Thanks
Lynton

I found out last night that Sifu Li was the student of a student of our Sifu's father and it would seem that he did adapt it.

Agreed about the website. I occasionally have another look to see what he's added...

What you describe sounds much like ours in terms of principles. I'd be interested to see how different your basic techniques are.

As far as long forms and patterns, they're way further on in our scheme of things. I'm at least a year or more away from learning the first fighting form - I'm only half way through the basics - and I've been at it hard for 18 months already. We focus purely on the basics for a long time.

I'll PM you with the details of class times soon. I'll have to ask one of the seniors first. It should be cool though. Maybe vice-versa? I'd be keen to have a look at yours some time.

Regards,
Tom

Hi Tom

Peter holds classes only on saturday afternoons at 2pm at Eastwood Community Centre (Glen Osmond Road). Its a very casual class with only half a dozen students. We wear flat soled shoes in training due to the amount of twisting involved. I'm sure you and Peter would have some interesting discussions! General routine is warm ups (twisting, blocking, spearing, punching, crane walk, crab walk (horse stance) and other simple drills) then onto slightly more complicated drills and patterns. We do short and long stick patterns once a month too! Isometrics at end with counting meditation.

Lynton

Eagle claw as taught by Yueh Fei was originally for military purposes, it contained only three forms, there was also a shortened and more condensed version taught to foor soliders.

It was only much later that the FaanTzi element was fused into it. Eagle claw in it's essence form pre faanzti is very aggressive and combat orientated

“	Originally Posted By: wonhunglho Eagle claw as taught by Yueh Fei was originally for military purposes, it contained only three forms, there was also a shortened and more condensed version taught to foor soliders. It was only much later that the FaanTzi element was fused into it. Eagle claw in it's essence form pre faanzti is very aggressive and combat orientated	”

good point...

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