This is the final Luo Han form performed by third Duan black belts and above. This is a form focussed predominantly on hand techniques, but also requires balance. There is a powerful hand combination involving strong hammer strikes and a 180 degree hammer strike turn. There are also sharp open hand blade attacks, again involving […]
Luo Han 5 is practised by 2nd Duan black belts and above. It is a difficult form with varied textures. The first part of the form introduces the phoenix eye attack in different contexts. The back kick requires balance and recovery and then the tone of the form changes, leading to a complex set of […]
This is the fourth Luo Han form practised by 2nd Duan black belts. This is a form which requires compactness and mobility. The first move introduces the strong bear claw attack. The form also includes a technical mirror hand and wrist attack hand combination. This was the first of the forms created by Grandmaster Loke, […]
The third Luo Han form is practised by 2nd Duan black belts. This is a form which has strong hand combinations. Two of them involve the delivery of two hand techniques with the same hand, both with closed fist and open hand. This requires long range, and then the delivery of short range power speedily […]
This is the second Luo Han form practised by 1st Duan black belts. It is a long and varied form. The form introduces the throat strike and claw attack, requiring particular attention to the elbow. There are a variety of kicks, including challenging backward evasion followed directly by a simultaneous eye attack and front kick. […]
Luo Han 1 is the first of the advanced set of forms. The advanced Luo Han forms are longer and more challenging than the intermediate Yi Chuan forms. The form has fast changes of pace, introducing the inside to outside block kick as a dynamic first move which then moves into a slow open hand […]
This is the third kicking form which is learnt by black belt grades. This is a short form, but a high energy form with little recovery time between moves. It is technical and challenging, requiring in-depth awareness of how to deliver kicking power and how to control it.
This is the second kicking form that is taught to red belts 1st Ji. This is a very technical form which incorporates the difficult stomp kick and twist kick combination. There are changes in tempo in this form, including fast knee attacks which are held and from which are executed slow kicks. There is also […]
This is the first kicking form introduced to 2nd ji blue belts. This is a form which can only be performed well by a student who has trained regularly for a number of years. It incorporates many different kicking skills; fast kicking, slow kicking, floor kicks and held kicks. It also involves the student changing […]
This form is studied by 2nd ji blue belts for their 1st ji red belt. This is a complex form with difficult combinations which require hip strength and flexibility. The form introduces the challenging front twist kick together with short range technical hand combinations. The form covers a large area as it involves evasion at […]
