David Chin

Contents

Chapter I
History
Religion as an influential factor in Kung-Fu's development
Taoism and the southern hands
Buddhism and the northern hands
Tibetan vajrayana, the basis for lama kung-fu
An art of specialization
Political reform and the secret society
Hop-Gar, martial art of the tibetan lama priests
Chapter II
The lama fist
The kick hand
The Chin-na hand
Back of hand
The forearm
The single-finger
The palm
The crane's beak
The crane hand
The snake hand
The dragon's head
The twin draagons fighting for the pearl
The eye of the phoenix
The twelve lama stances-The horse riding stance; The bow and arrow stance; The back bow stance; The single splits stance; The shooting stance; The ape stance; The kneeling stance; The crane stance; The Hang stance; The floating stance; The single leg stance; The cross over stance
The four lama on-guard positions-The Buddha leading on-guard position; The crane on-guard position; The ape on-guard position; The tiger on-guard position
Chapter III
The straight punch
The up-swing punch
The backhand punch
The overhead punch
The stretch punch
The whip punch
The wipe punch
The chop punch
The hook punch
The crossover punch
The shovel punch
The lion punch
The cutting hand
The spoon hand
The kick hand
The spring hand
The short hooking hand
The slicing hand
The pushing hand
The crane hand
The sinking hand
The pressing hand
The forcing hand
The snake hand
Chapter IV
Introduction
Blocking from the inside
Blocking from the outside
The leg block
The leg block back-up
Striking surfaces of your kicking leg
The knee strike
The back-arcing kick
The back kick to the midsection
Tiger tail kick to the head
The jump kick
The take-down… (mere)