Seven Form Fist. Leaning Strikes

Kao Chui. This is an interesting section of 16 techniques which are practiced like miniforms then performed with a partner as self defense cycles. What we mean by cycle is that the partner performs the opposite and facing side so he gets practice too. This is a distinctive feature of this system and only a few others systems have it though there is evidence that this form of Kung Fu udage practice was much more common before the Qing Dynasty. There are a number of Chinese martial styles in which Muslims excel. Thus the term Jiao Men or Muslim Style is not always a precise one. Generally, there are three styles where the Muslim presence has been so strong as to be identified with this triad. These are Liu He Xin Yi, Cha (Zha) Quan and the far lesser known Qi Shi Quan or Seven Form Fist. Here we have our first example of the Seven Form Fist. demonstrated by Shi ZhenGang, an inheritor of this style. It is not known who introduced this form. Some say that during the highest literary period of the