Kungfu for Adults

 ADULT KUNG FU IS FOR STUDENTS AGED 16 AND OVER.

All the information needed by students is provided in the “Cruz del Sur Kung fu Workbook”

Cruz del Sur Curriculum includes; Stances and Stepping, Blocks, Punches & Kicks.

Cruz del Sur Curriculum

STANCES AND STEPPING:

  • Baseline 1: To left: Mabu, Gonbu, Xubu, Horse, to right: Mabu , Gongbu, Xubu, Horse, Standing.

  • Baseline 2: walking forward at 45 degrees: To left : Xubu, Mabu, Gongbu, turn 45d Right, repeat.

  • Baseline 3: To L: Mabu, Gongbu, Xubu, one leg, Reverse dragon, back cross, spin to Horse, repeat to right.

  • Baseline 4: horse, dragon, cat, one leg, snake, twist, jump180 dragon, Forw 45 kneeling stance, 45 one stance block, repeat to right side.

  • Baseline 5: one leg, cat, front cross, broken dragon, crouching, horse, dragon, repeat to R.

  • Square pattern (box)

  • Dragon pattern

  • Stance walking: straight line, 45 degrees, forward/backwards

  • Side stepping L & R

  • Chasing , forw/back, alternating. With partner and with focus pads.

  • Cross stepping (tiger claws), leaping tiger. Advancing (front foot moves first).

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  • Stances: Horse, Half horse, Dragon, Cat, Wide riding dragon, side dragon, Twisting, Crouching, One leg, Kneeling.

  • Front cross step

  • Back cross step

  • Foundation: 6 minutes. Baseline No 1 holding each stance 1 min (except cat 30 sec)

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Blocks:

  • Outside block,

  • Lower block,

  • Midsection block

  • Upper block,

  • Tiger inside/outside,

  • Gate block

  • Rising Gate block,

  • Outside palm block / Double outside palm block,

  • Square block

  • Double vertical,

  • Cross block upper/lower,

  • Scissor block

  • Block combinations eg, High outside/tiger under arm, Mid section/outside tiger,

  • Coil exercise,

  • Block system 1, 2.

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Punches:

  • Straight punch

  • Square fist

  • Continuous square fist Hook punch

  • Short uppercut/ long uppercut

  • Tiger claw

  • Leopard fist

  • Snake

  • Double Horizontal palms

  • Double vertical palms

  • Elbow strikes: lateral, low, hook, rising, pressing

  • Reverse fist, Double reverse.

  • Back fist Scrape punch

  • Cutting fist

  • 5 inch thrust Hammer punch

  • Ginger fist

  • System of punches: Straight, ginger fist, short uppercut, spin scrape punch, long reverse fist,

  • Stepping back cutting fist, back fist, spin hammer fist.

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Kicks:

  • Front kick

  • Side Kick, spinning side

  • Roundhouse kick Fake roundhouse.

  • Back kick

  • Crescent inside-outside

  • Axe kick inside-outside

  • Butterfly kick Leg sweeps

  • Jumping outside crescent kick

  • Tiger tail 180-360 degrees.

  • System of kicks 1, 2 and 3

  • Kicking on focus pads

  • Kicking on shields

  • Knee strikes

    Ways to perform the kicks:

    Stationary: guard up, kicking off back leg

    Walking straight line;

    Kcking off back leg > 45 degrees > Walking backwards > Combination of kicks > Jumping.

Barehand Forms:

Tiger 1 & Tiger 2

Elementary & Black Eagle

Iron wire

Tiger and Crane

Fu Hu Quan (Wudang Form)

Xuan Wu Quan (Wudang Form).

5 animal Qi Gong

Weapon Forms:

Gun-fa Forms

Broadsword Forms

Spear Forms

Sensitivity:

Tai Ji Push Hands.