Master SU Dong-Chen’s teaching is based on tree "Essence". Essence is used as essential substance of the discipline.
1 – total body exercises for the Hsing essence.
2 – body exercises in the spiral for the Pakua essence.
3 – fluent body exercises for the Taichi essence.
Thanks to these three types of exercises we obtain a system (IKKANGIHO) which allows us to link in harmony the three distances: long, medium and short.
Those three distances correspond with:
long distance = direct attacks
medium distance = indirect attacks
Short distance = discharges and dislocations.
Main Chinese Martial Arts
Xing Yi Quan. "The form and thought boxing".
This school of Martial Arts, created in the 17th century, is well known in the north of China for its simplicity and the efficiency of its techniques. That’s why most of the caravan escort men, in times when roads were not very safe, adopted it as their main mean of defence.
Mobility, limited number and sobriety of forms and powerful movements characterise this style.
Bagua Zhang. "The eight trigram boxing".
In China, this art is practised either by men or women. It is a efficient system of health preservation and an elaborated self-defence method.
Circular walk and movements in spiral make this system very original and pleasant to practice.
Tai Chi Chuan. "The supreme pinnacle"This Martial Art is based on Ying and Yang laws, conscious execution of uninterrupted, fluent and always changing movements. It allows one to reach a high mental concentration, increases thinking force and gives a deep knowledge of oneself.
Those three distances correspond with: