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 Yin Fu school program (2)

 

One generally chooses (or  is chosen for) to follow one of the two traditions, Cheng or Yin.  Sometimes someone follows  both. 
If he chooses the Yin tradition  besides the 12 kicks he performs 32 techniques on the circle. I will enumerate the first 16 for love of brevity: 1)CHONG ZHANGs ("Palm directly hitting") 2) KAIZHANG ("Opening palm ") 3) PULONG ZHANG 4)SANCHUAN ZHANG ("Three Penetrations") 5) SHANCHUAN ZHANG ("Three dodging penetrations ")

Shanchuan zhang

6) TIWAN ZHANG "to Kick the wrist") 7) SHUNSHI ZHANG ("to Follow the direction") 8) FANBEI CHUI ("Backfist") 9)FANSHEN ZHANGs ("Overturning body palms  ") 10) BEISHEN ZHANG ("Palm on the backside") (you see here under) 

Beishen zhang 1

Beishen zhang 2

11) GUNTUI ZHANG ("Kick toward the back") 12) JIESHOU ZHANG ("Intercepting Palms  ") 13) YANZHOU ZHANG ("Palms with the elbow that covers") 14) MOSHEN ZHANG ("Palms rubbing the body") 15) FANQIE ZHANG ("Palm with inverted cut") 16) YE ZHANG ("Palm downward") (this last is the characteristic mark of this style)

Zhang Jingxuan in Ye Zhang (16 gennaio 1994)(a picture he sent me)

After the 32 techniques (that in the years  have shown various changes) there are two / three forms that unite them and they include elements of Dajia and Xiaojia. 
If the student follows the whole program, the scheme is: 
DINGSHI BAZHANG 
YING (YIN PAI) ZHANG BASHI 
ROU (CHENG PAI) ZHANG BA ZHANG 
24 SHIs ZHANG 
There are then three taolus for beginners and three advanced taolus (these last ones classified as traditional),  all together 6. These taolus generally mix in equal parts the Cheng school  with the Yin school  (in the "traditional" this last seems to be prevailing). Among the weapons we have the dao or broadsword, the double crescent swords, the spear, the two head spear, the  "wind-fire" circles and the "the judge's brushes" (Panguan bi) also called "brushes of the Hanlin academy ." 

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