VCD#1501 Second Row 
VCD#1502 Strange Step
VCD#1503
VCD#1504
VCD#67 Mandarin
Duck Style 
VCD#68 Mandarin
Duck Style 
VCD#69 Mandarin
Duck Style 
VCD#254 Mandarin
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Guan Tie Yun (born 1950) is an associate professor and a national
WuShu judge in mainland China. He is the 6th generation inheritor
of Mandarin Duck Boxing. He was born in WanPing country, HeBei province.
He is a limber, refined practitioner who has obviously practiced
for many years. Click on pictures to see larger versions. |
Er Tang Di Guan. This entire new series of Mandarin Duck Style (not to be confused with Duck Boxing) emphasizes applications, yet with a difference. These are based on forms in the MDB system but the forms are not "taught", no demonstration of the whole form is given. This introduces more hand combinations than the following which mainly emphasize the legs as one might expect from such a system. Gui's hands are fast and educated. |
Many kicking attacks. There is an old saying in Kung Fu, "The arms are windows, the legs are doors." When you have a leg art style the "steps" will naturally be "strange". The main emphasis here is on kicks but the hands have to link not only with each other, which is relatively easy, but with the lower limbs too. Ground up kicks, scissors, some aerial turning applied. We translated this earlier as "Deceptive Step and Continuous Hands" so we thought we'd try another rendition but it is the same form. |
As you can see from #68 below, the short staff is a main weapon in Mandarin Duck style. Here is the breakdown of movements roughly corresponding to those within the form. The "whip" is short enough to be employed by one or two hands. Numerous angle changes. |
One might indeed assume that "Mandarin Duck" style would employ leaping and jumping techniques. This is a VCD of applications from this essentially leg oriented style. Many of these are universal Kung Fu leg arts which might explain movements in, say, Tan Tui and other Long Arm forms. As many of these later VCD's are doing there is a form shown but only in the selection of movements, not as instruction. A hands on presentation. A double VCD. |
This set retains the "flavor" of the style by its emphasis on long movements and unusual foot changes. This style is one of those particularly suited to saber work. |
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This is a bian or "short staff" (less than eyebrow length). But the movements are long and the postures not only pleasing but extended. Range of motion is a key here. This staff also perfectly retains the flavor of the style. |
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This form: Chi Bu Lien Shou lives up to its name suggesting "Deceptive Step and Continuous Hands". Mandarin Duck, now a relatively rare style, appears at first as a combination of Tong Bei or Pi Gua and Shaolin. Contains APPLICATIONS. |
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Rao Bu Quan or The Circling Step Boxing is the first routine of Mandarin Duck Boxing. Rao implies steps that move in winding patterns like ducks flying. Besides the common hand strikes of throw, strike, chop, smash and bump, there are distinctive leg techniques such as wrap kick, scissor kick, sweep and heel kick. Legs are employed more than is usual in many Kung Fu styles. Circling Step Fist is the basic routine of Mandarin Duck Boxing. It contains all of the key elements of this style. |
