Steel Tiger
Senior Master
As many of you may have noticed, I have recently been thoroughly examining the most fundamental form in the style of bagua I study and teach. I have been noticing some things that I hadn't noticed before and focussing on somethings I already knew about.
In this form, Eight Thunders Serpent Palm, there are a number of instances in which the practitioner lifts one foot off the ground. This is not an uncommon action in CMA forms but my teacher gave me a new perspective on this motion. He has never described it as an avoidance of some low attack, even though it can clearly be used this way, rather he talks of hidden low kicks. Thus, wherever a foot is lifted there is a kick, usually to the knee or lower leg (we call these kicks Monkey kicks).
I have wondered if any other people have encountered this interpretation of this form element? What about in other arts - Karate, TKD, and the like?
In this form, Eight Thunders Serpent Palm, there are a number of instances in which the practitioner lifts one foot off the ground. This is not an uncommon action in CMA forms but my teacher gave me a new perspective on this motion. He has never described it as an avoidance of some low attack, even though it can clearly be used this way, rather he talks of hidden low kicks. Thus, wherever a foot is lifted there is a kick, usually to the knee or lower leg (we call these kicks Monkey kicks).
I have wondered if any other people have encountered this interpretation of this form element? What about in other arts - Karate, TKD, and the like?