The foundation of the entire Yang Mian System! Base Power training teaches students correct techniques, that condition and change the body at a cellular level, improve the students overall health & wellbeing, and have “real-world” applications in a fighting situation. Training starts with basic techniques, then evolves into linked base power and finally “reflex” base power.

 

The bases of all the elbow systems within the Yang Mian System. The Calligraphy Elbow System teaches students to link techniques in a free-flowing, continuous application, that achieves mind-blowing speed and power. Training starts with base elbow techniques that flow, then later incorporating Dragon Elbow, Tornado Elbow and Lightening Elbow training. Students learn to link base-power techniques together in a “freestyle” manner that has real-world applications in fighting situations. At the highest level of this freestyle training, students may learn to develop “Reflex Mind” and “Ghost Hands.”

 

At the core of the Yang Mian System, lies its health benefits, Students may come to learn Kung Fu, but they training conditions the body in a way that promotes health and wellbeing, Training over-oxygenates the body, whilst strengthening & conditioning it from within. The training changes you at a cellular level, as the practitioner gains a deeper understanding of how the human body functions. At its highest level, this knowledge allows you to heal ailments in yourself and others, through understanding the mechanics of how our bodies function.

 

The literal translation is Qi (air, gas, or breath) and Gong (cultivation, work, or practice). Qigong (Qi Gong, Chi Kung, Chi ‘Ung, or Chi Gung) is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation, used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial-arts training. Traditionally viewed as a practice to cultivate and balance Qi (pronounced “Chee”) it typically involves moving meditation, coordinating slow-flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm meditative state of mind.

g of how our bodies function. Students learn to recognise and generate internal energy, then project it outward. At its highest level, this energy can be used for healing.

 

Sometimes pronounced Nei Kung, Neigung, or Nae Gong, refers to any of a set of Chinese breathing, meditation, and spiritual practice disciplines associated with Daoism and Chinese martial arts. More advanced than Qigong, Neigong emphasises training the coordination of body with breath, known as “the harmonisation of the inner and outer energy.” Neigong exercises cultivate physical stillness and or deliberate movement, for the fundamental purpose of developing a high level of coordination, concentration and technical skill, known as Neijin. The ultimate purpose of this practice is for the individual to become at one with heaven or the “Dao.” Students learn to recognise and generate energy, control its flow and at its highest level, strive to achieve the “mind, body, spirit” link.

 

Combining internal with external, this is truly “Yang” style training (where Yang is hard forms mixed with external conditioning). Training uses blood flow, oxygen, and Qi energy to harden the practitioner’s body and limbs for attack and defense. At its highest level, students learn to break stones, bricks, and rocks with bare hands, absorb intense external trauma to the body without injury, and achieve “Reflex Steel Body,” where the body reacts instinctually in fighting situations for attack and defense. Throughout their training, students learn to condition the body, hands, fingers, arms and (in advanced training) the head.

 

Chin-Na is the facet of Kung-Fu which involves grappling, joint locks, pressure points, take-downs, and throws for immobilising an attacker. Techniques are derived from animal attributes such as the Praying Mantis (hooking) or the Eagle (claws). Through basic training, students’ bodies become strong and supple; further tendon conditioning and joint flexibility techniques are then incorporated when Chin Na training commences.

 

Sometimes known as Fajin, Fajing, or Fa Jing, this refers to the release (Fa) of energy or explosive power (Jin). It is a specialised method of creating power or energy that explodes through your body and into your opponent during an attack, by using internal body components (mind and control of Qi energy); unlike external force that is generated purely through muscle.

 

Through practices such as “sticking hands and legs,” students learn to “feel” their opponent’s intentions through body posturing & movement, so they can instinctually react. This tangible energy is cultivated through touch, so students can react to changes in an opponents movements whilst blindfolded. Practice also creates an internal “heaviness” in strikes and blocks applied from the hands, forearms, elbows, body and legs, with smooth, circular actions.

 

Conditioning students legs and body through deep stances that transition from one to another. Not only does this training strengthen the legs, but it also ties directly into Qigong training and Qi transfer, with practical applications to leg trapping and sweeping. Basic stances and stepping for conditioning then lead to “triangle foot, short foot, jump foot, five star – Qigong stances, and Shoalin seven star” techniques for flexibility and flowing movement.

 

As with most traditional Chinese Martial Arts, Yang Mian employs basic kicking techniques that seldom move above the waist. Kicks are executed quickly in a snapping motion, and generally in conjunction with grappling or other hand techniques, where the practitioner has some type of hold or contact with the opponent, or is lunging towards their opponent in order to reduce distance. Basic techniques include “donkey kick, front kick, tiger tail, and stomping kick.”