Silat/Tai Chi/Chin Na Advanced Level (Year 3-5)

Training Guide

Chin Na – Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

Two types of Coiling to Drill:

Inner Elbow Coiling to elbow hole (elbow sealed up):

1. Large Python Turns Its Body
2. Lion Worships the Buddha or Large Elbow Wrap

Outer Elbow Coiling to outer elbow:

1. Hands Prop Up A Large Beam – straight elbow
2. Heaven King Supports The Pagoda – bent elbow

Chin Na

Transition from Neck Zero Pressure or Chin Na to outer elbow:

• Arm Wraps Around The Dragon’s Neck – wrapping can go around the front or rear neck

Transition from large roll back:

• Old Man Promoted To General (armpit on elbow plus knee to the ground)

Attack the inner elbow (remember rolling elbows):

• Sparrow Hawk Shakes Its Wings or Backward Upward Turning

From any low wrist grab:

• Small Wrap Hand

From same side wrist grab or part the curtain plus outer elbow/wrist coiling:

• Push the Boat to Follow The Stream (wrist)
• Lion Shakes Its Head (elbow)

From low attack or low knife attack (remember first forearm block in Enam Matjan) – outside entry ward-off

• Low Outward Wrist Press

From outside entry/part the curtain

• Small Elbow Wrap – seal elbow hole up with your elbow to setup elbow to liver or backslap to groin or control
• One Post to Support the Heavens – last technique Enam Matjan – can enter from small elbow wrap or outer elbow coiling

Zero Pressures

1. Shoulder – rear shoulder hole plus elbow (Lanka 1 lock)
2. Shoulder 2 – rear shoulder hole plus wrist (Bizet Dalem – step in front)
3. Neck – rear neck hole plus elbow (Lanka 1 sweep or Sapu Dalem)
4. Neck 2 – anterior neck hole (slap ear) plus wrist (Bizet Dalem – step behind)

Basic Hands

1. Dog Slaps or Whips also known as strike left or right – attacking slaps where second slap comes from ear chamber (best slap for ripping backfist in Kilap Hands #2)
2. Clearing or Sweeping Slap plus Join (Orlando) where join comes from elbow chamber
3. Destructive Slap plus Extended Join Towards Opponents Face – join also comes from elbow chamber (think Rise and Fall or Play the Guitar from Tai Chi form)

Kilap Hand/Elbow Flow Drills

1. Kilap 1 – attacks face
   • Left
   • Right
2. Kilap 2 – attacks ribs
   • Left
   • Left Rip – strike left plus horizontal ripping backfist
   • Right
3. Kilap Elbow
   • Basic Method – right and left
   • Basic Method plus hacksaw
   • Inside Rolling Elbow (uses Backward Upward Turning Chin Na and Cloud Hands)

Kilap Arm Flow Drill

1. Bicep Destruction – outside entry #3 with punch or slap to chin or bicep gunting to top rip to right punch
2. Top Rip – uses outside entry #4 to top rip to right punch
3. Cloud Hands – slap left, join to elbow break to Backward Upward Turning (opponent’s right) to cloud hands backslap (R) to right punch

Kilap Hands – Inside Sets

Kilap Hand #8 Strike Left

1. Slap left (R) to strike left (L)
2. Backslap groin (R)
3. Backslap arm (L), press outward
4. Punch chin (R)

Kilap Hands – Inside Sets

Kilap Hand #9 Five Swords – coming soon

Capture the Limb –

1. Slap Left (R) Join (L) Hacksaw (R)
2. Horizontal Elbow (R) (Collapse)
3. Feed Arm
4. Palm Chin (L) Capture from Above (R)
5. Break Arm (L)
6. Reverse Elbow (R)
7. Lanka 2 (R)

Capture the Limb – Cloud Hands

1. Opponent Grabs from Behind (R)
2. Spin Right Cloud Hands
3. Gather from Above (R)
4. Lever Around with Body (L)
5. Recapture Elbow Hole (L)
6. Clothesline (R)

Latihan Jurus

Outside Entries – against right punch

1. Slap Right (L) then Punch to Chin (R) (over opponent’s arm)
2. Slap Right (L) then Punch/Join to Chin (Join to opponent’s arm)
3. Simultaneously Slap Right (L) and Punch to Chin (under opponent’s arm)
4. Simultaneously Slap Right (L) and Punch to Ribs (under opponent’s arm)
5. Simultaneously Slap Right (L) and Punch to Pelvic Hole or Groin (under opponent’s arm)

Inside Entries – against right punch

1. The Dive: Dive or Part Curtain to opponent’s right shoulder (against a curved punch where center line is open)
2. The Dive with Slap: Slap Left (R) then Dive or Part Curtain to opponent’s right shoulder (against a straight punch)
3. Cover and Hit: Part Curtain/Join to Wrist (L Knife Hand) then Punch to Chin (R)
4. Cover and Hit With Parry or Slap: Slap Left (R)/Join To Wrist (L) then Punch to Chin (R)
5. Slap Left(R) then Punch Chin/Join (L) then Cover and Hit (#3)

Lankas – Leg Maneuvers

(Paul and Willem de Thouars)

(Paul and Willem de Thouars)

1. Lanka 3 – A, B, C
2. Lanka 4 – A, B, C

Drills

1. 4 Count Elbow
2. 3 Count Elbow
3. Punch/Elbow Drill
4. Bong Sau/Jut Sau Drill
5. Bui Jee Elbow Sequence
6. Cloud Hands
7. Following Neutralization or “Wiping” (counters elbow control)
8. Wrapping Neutralization (Roll Back)
9. Bon Lop Dau (trains bong sau, wu sau)
10. Dan Chi Sau
11. Tan Sau (Slap/Join) Press Punch Drill

Elbow Form – 1st Sequence

(7 Count Elbow Drill)

1. Slap left (R), strike left (L)
2. Step forward (R), punch/vertical elbow (R)
3. Backfist to hand (R), back to vertical elbow (R)
4. Horizontal elbow (L)
5. Horizontal elbow (R)
6. Up elbow (R)
7. Forward elbow (R)
8. Cover cloud hands right – (right arm high)
9. Step forward (L), punch/vertical elbow (L), repeat steps 3-8 on opposite side
10. Repeat

Elbow Form – 2nd Sequence

(Bui Jee Elbow Sequence)

1. Horse stance
2. Finger jab (Bui Jee) to throat (R), Jut Sau (R)
3. Horizontal elbow (L), ripping backfist (L)
4. Jut Sau (R), Jut Sau (L)
5. Bui Jee (L), Jut Sau (L)
6. Horizontal elbow (R), ripping backfist (R)
7. Jut Sau (L), Jut Sau (R)
8. Repeat

Serak Jurus – Willem de Thouars

• #1 – Part curtain to fist destruction to horizontal elbow to double wipe eyebrows/punch left (WPL) to double wipe/punch right (WPR)
• #2 – Cover right fist to straight punch right to WPL to WPR
• #3 – #1 plus up palm strike and rip to groin
• #4 – #2 to neutralizing elbow (left) to elbow upper cut to chin
• #5 – #1 to forearm to elbow hole to elbow uppercut to chin or forearm to throat
• #6 – #1 to ward-off to straight punch right to repeat WPL and WPR
• #7 – #2 to double head sweep to punch right to repeat WPL and WPR
• #8 – #1 to a)elbow to elbow upper cut to chin ward-off, b)outside ward-off to punch right, c) WPL and WPR d) inside wipe groin grab right, e) step, groin grab left
• #9 – #1 to left wu sau against right forearm to hammer fist to hand/right knee to straight right punch to WPL and WPR
• #10 – #1 to neutralizing elbow (right) to step left and right horizontal elbow to step forward and right groin grab to WPL and WPR

Serak Jurus – Paul de Thouars

• 8 Jurus

Forms

• Enam Matjan – Willem de Thouars
• Elbow Form – Willem de Thouars
• Yang Tai Chi Rocking Sets – Richard Clear
• Yang Tai Chi 48 – Richard Clear
• Chi Kung Primary Set – Dr. Yang, Richard Clear

Push Hands

• Practice “push out” against resisting opponent to tune perfect structure/alignment when advancing
• Body waving to open joints – practice daily
• Train 4 types of push hands – 1) Torso with hands between neck and waist, 2) Double wrist hold, 3) Alternate wrist hold, 4) Chin Na – practice against different chin na to push out or “lock” different joints in opponent – wrist, elbow, shoulder, neck, waist/hip, ankles, feet.

Sifu Clear Session – 10/21/2015

• When performing jurus and forms maintain execution throughout full range of motions – “suck and spit”. Practice with different ranges and jings and with continuous fullness and power. Practice flow slowly and at speed.
• Practice “push out” against resisting opponent to tune perfect structure when advancing – sink/root then replace space with your body weight, maintain body alignment when advancing, especially lower back area. Develop bag and or wall drill to develop skill. Practice this alignment in all forms – silat and tai chi. Refine in push hands.
• Practice kicks, punches, destructions, and strikes to “fall” with full body weight into opponent.
• Body waving daily to develop looseness and control/health of all joints and ranges of motion. Continue to focus on problem areas (SR) – sternum, diaphragm, cervical spine, lumbar spine, rhomboids, and trapezius Train this “waving” in push hands and against punching from opponent. Eventually work into sparring. Review systema.
• Train 4 types of push hands – 1) Torso with hands between neck and waist, 2) Double wrist hold, 3) Alternate wrist hold, 4) Chin Na – practice against different china na to push out or “lock” different joints in opponent – wrist, elbow, shoulder, neck, waist/hip, ankles, feet.