SHUN style Boxing

Demonstrator/Teacher: Hu Chun Guang is the fifth generation inheritor of Yue Shun Family Boxing.

This is a composite style developed during the Qing Dynasty, in Hebei province. It was created by Feng Wan He and passed to Tang Shan stylist Wang Rong Chang. The word "Shun" means convenient, to follow, comfortable and smooth. It is often used to connoted "flowing". This style is said to use the word as a guide such "Shun" at it's core with "Shun Qi", Shun form and Shun force generation. The main branches are taken from the names of more famous styles and exemplify important actions and concepts but not necessarily resemble their "parent" styles. So for hardness, for instance, Shun uses Mei Hua style, for softness Bagua: but not the circle walking Bagua we associated with the name. Overall the style is quite graceful. The sets are complex and many of them have won first place in national competitions.

NOTE: We are suggesting that, since this style is fairly rare, to buy the survey first and see what you think. We have selected some representative forms which we can rapidly special order but those in blue we will keep on stock as best we can. We consider these "best of breed".

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VCD#1701 Shun style White Ape Mother Child Staff
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VCD#1702 Shun style Bagua Palm #2
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A rather complex and longish form in the classic Long Fist tradition and not necessarily a Bagua Zhang set ("Bagua" may just refer to the 8 directions). More emphasis here on complexity of movements, angles and some issuance of power and less on poses, stretches and twirling. A wider differentiation of fast and slow with some sections resembling Tai Chi as much as anything. Double handed strikes and some tightly twisted but explosive actions.

VCD#1704 Shun style Bagua Palm #1
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First, don’t assume that “Bagua” refers to the commonly understood style. Bagua, meaning basically Eight Directions, is a name used for forms in many styles such as Choy lai Fut, Xing Yi and others long before the style was created. In the Shun style we have THREE “Bagua” sets. This first road is a long set with some truly amazing spins and full sit down into half lotus style positions. Definitely for a young, limber practitioner. Many beautiful poses. A few spins an hand spirals indeed representative of what most people think of as Bagua. The name of the style “Shun” may imply easy and graceful but there’s hard work in these long sets..

VCD#1705 Shun style Bagua Saber
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Interesting saber with emphasis on strong cuts. Much wrapping practice, hard jumps, a lot of spinning. A decent saber set with much appeal due to its continual motion. NOT performed in a circle. The most salient feature is that the spirit of the set is strong and tigerish, as saber should be. .

VCD#1706 Shun style 6 Harmonies Boxing
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Six Harmonies Boxing is a routine of the Yue-style Boxing. It is a core set of the Yue-style Boxing. What are called the Six Harmonies are essential concepts of all WuShu. The three outside harmonies include the hands corresponding with the feet, elbows with knees and shoulders with hips. The three inside conformities are that the mind conforms with the will, the will with Ch'i and your Ch'i with your a focused strength. Six Harmonies Boxing can be characterized as forceful, extensive, gracious and compact. Move like a swimming dragon, keep stable like a lying tiger, dodge quick like a sly rabbit, be flexible like a monkey, stay light like a crane and become heavy like Tai shan Mountain. This boxing has a lot of secret attack techniques. Each technique contains yet more skills hidden.

VCD#1707 Shun style Plum Blossom Spear
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Quick, medium length spear set. Some nice rolls, an unusual roll around the neck, jump overs, flips, tosses and more quick and crowd pleasing actions. A nice demonstration set but, ultimately, not overburdened with content.

VCD#1708 Shun style Mei Hua Boxing #1
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A huge, elaborate, ornate form that one moment resembles Cha, another Lost Track. Definitely Long Arm and not unreminiscent of Shaolin with particularly elegant sections, spinning, sitting in the half lotus drop, many twist stances, circle walks, reversals of position. A beautiful and long form with many passes and an unusual number of rare postures for a Long Fist set.

VCD#1713 Shun style Swallow Penetrates Forest
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This looks like an almost impossible to duplicate series of actions walking back and forth somewhat like following a circle. There are so many changes and hand striking movements but so many repetitions that you could go mad trying to learn this one. But we’ve figured it out for you. This is a Nine Palace form following the pattern of going from pole to pole in a series of basics constantly adjusting to each of nine positions.

VCD#1714 Shun style Moon Tooth Spade
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Without a doubt one of the most impressive demonstrations of this weapon and vastly superior to most of the Shaolin weapons presentations of similar instruments. The spade is a flat tool at one end and a crescent blade at the other. This balance allows beautiful fluid movement and easy rolling. A very long and involved master form for this weapon with gorgeous open postures, fluid passes and some excellent timing shown as hesitant and controlled steps.