Learn Kung Fu and Chinese Mandarin

[Shaolin monks 13 style]

On the weekend of March 18th and 19th I will be hosting a little get together in Tampa.
I will be using the form Shaolin Luohan's 18 Hands to illustrate and explain the concept of continous flow.
This will be taught alongside the keywords advancing, retreating, false and real,

"Within advancing and retreating exists the false and real. The midst of false and real has advancing and retreating."

In the case of the words false and real they also mean empty and full. This might be an odd pair of words to understand becuase while in English there is a difference between the two terms false and empty, in Chinese it wouldn't be too far fetched to say that the character xu simultaneusly embodies both the meaning of false and of empty. I will lead the training to sharpen and refine this understanding in terms of contact with the opponent. I mean a lot of non stop contact.

About advancing and retreating:
To understand advancing and retreating is to apply them at the right moment.
To understand false and real is to give way and to take advantage of the situation at the right moment. This method of training emphasizes taking advantage of the opponent's lack of ability to be IN the moment. Or you can say we take advantage of the opponent's inability to know where the energy is and isn't.

This can be said to be a part of the internal family of boxing(nei jia chuen).
The last seminar explored the wai jia aspects of Mantis Boxing. This time we will explore the nei jia aspects of Mantis Boxing. And we will do it thru a wai jia form. Don't worry if it is odd to do a wai jia form with nei jia sensitivity. I assure you it is not against the rules.