China Hand Kung Fu

About

Dwen (Duan) Chuan, or Short Hit (Range) Boxing, is centuries. The Mianzhang style of short fighting and boxing was recorded in Tang Shunzhi’s “On Martial Arts,” Qi Jiguang’s “A New Essay on Wushu Arts,” and He Liangchen’s “Chronicles of Chen,” all of which are more than 400 years old. The major features of Dwen (Duan) Chuan are its short and compact routines which usually consist of 3 to 5 steps and and dozen moves, and its use of low stances and small but quick movements. It is very popluar in Baoding and Gaoyang of Hebei province.

This form is called Northern Shaolin Chuan Fighting In Close Quarters Boxing/Short Hit Boxing/Duan Da Quan/Tuan Ta Quan is an intermediate level form. It is used to connect the basic forms with the advanced Hua Quan forms. This form is broken down into 6 lines or roads Each line is broken down movement by movement. Then each line is demonstrated in a continuous flow. The features of this form allow for walking, hitting the feet with the palm, and jumping in the air.

Opening Movement

Ready Position/Ready Stance

Section 1

Tiger Ride
Hooking with the feet close together
Lifting up the palm
Buffeting forward in advance position
Raising the leg and lifting the palm
Crooking the elbow in a horse riding position
Buffeting forward in a horse riding position
Protecting the head and buffeting foward
Swinging single arm in tiger stance
Raising the leg and moving one palm through the other one
Crooking the elbow in a horse riding position
Buffeting forward in advance position left
Buffeting forward in advance position right
Standing on the ground in a rooster stance

Section 2

Buffeting forward iwth palm in advance position
Toe kick
Crooking the elbow in horse riding position
Buffeting with the left fist in advance position 1
Buffeting with the right fist in advance position 2
Buffeting with the left fist in advance position 3
Buffeting with the right fist in advance position 4
Stadning on the ground in a rooster stance

Section 3

Pusing one palm forward with the other holding the knee
Pushing the left palm with the tip of the left for touching the ground
Raise the knee and protecting the groin
Buffeting the palm in advance position
Skip stepping and kicking
Standing on the ground in a rooster stance

Section 4

Swinging the arm through circles
Raising the knee and thrusting the fist upward with elbow crooked
Crooking the elbow in horse riding position
Buffeting forward with the left fist in advance position
Buffeting forward with the rigft fistin in advance position
Lifting the fist and raising the knee
Pusing the palms and jumping forward
Buffeting forward with the palm in advance position
Skip stepping forward and kicking
Protecting the chest with the palms
Raising the leg and swinging the hand
Pushing the palm in advance position
Standing on the ground in a rooster stance

Section 5

Buffeting foward and protecting the head
Buffeting forward in tiger stance
Hitting with the elbow in horse riding position
Holing the elbow with the palm in horse riding position
Swing the elbows in horse position
Standing with the feet together and dropping the fist
Waving the fist in horse riding position
Buffeting forward with the left fist
Buffeting forward with the right fist in advance position
Buffeting forward with left fist in advance position
Turn around and buffet to the right advance position
Raising the leg and lifting up the fist
Jumping to turn around raising the leg

Section 6

Holding the knee and buffeting to the left
String tiger position
Recover to original/step back and close

Ready stance/Ready position