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Ga Mo Faat Kuen
 This system of martial arts
has its roots back in the original Shaolin
temple in Huo Nan province China. The style is taught in a
purely traditional manner - all students receive the same quality and level
of instruction as their counterparts in the Far East.
Ga
Mo Faat Kuen is a Northern system of Kung-Fu. The term Kung-Fu is a
greatly misinterpreted label for Chinese martial arts. It is a general term
for anyone who exceeds in what they do. The correct term is Wu Su (Martial Art). The
Chinese have a saying about Northern Kung-Fu systems - loosely translated,
it states: "Two hands are like two doors, and it takes footwork to
open those doors". In other words, the opponent's hands can close most
avenues of attack, but good footwork can penetrate or "open"
these doors, allowing access to the opponent.
Kung-Fu
of Northern
China traditionally relies on active footwork,
moving in all directions, to penetrate or break through an opponent's
defences. In Southern China, footwork is
not so active. The Southerners use their hands, called "iron bridge" and strong
solid stances to repel oncoming attacks.
As a rule, Northern
systems teach soft movements and soft power first, slowly advancing to
harder more external
techniques, and ending with a necessary mixture of both
hard and soft. In the South, where many systems developed from the need for
quickly-learned revolutionary fighting tactics, hard is learned first. Soft
internal strength is the next stage and the end result is the same as with the
Northern styles, a blending of hard and soft.
In some martial
systems the practitioners will usually wear coloured belts to indicate
their rank or status, but in Chinese Wu Su the
belt serves a different purpose: The purpose of the belt is to hold the stomach
and intestines in place. When power is generated
by the waist, the waist must be jerked slightly ahead of a punch. As the
jerk occurs, the intestines and stomach receive a violent jolt. Eventually
the jolt of the internal organs will cause pain or injury. Therefore an
adequately snug belt around the midsection is necessary to hold them
firmly.
In Chinese Wu Su the belt also
differs from the belts used for rank or status in its physical design. The belt
in Wu Su is usually six inches wide and about ten feet long. To put the
belt on, the student uses his navel as the rough centre. Once the belt is
in place, it wraps around the waist so that it is about eight inches wide
and exerts firm, but not tight, pressure around the midsection. When the
belt reaches the end, it is tied in a knot at the side of the waist.
Although
the belt in traditional Wu Su is not used to indicate rank or status, some
Kung-Fu schools are now imitating other styles and giving coloured belts to
their students. While the motives of these schools are good, the results
are less than desirable. The giving of belts usually make a student feel
that once he gets the highest possible colour rank, there is little more he
can learn - the student gets a false feeling of pride in his rank. By
abolishing a system of rank, the student can learn at his own pace and be
motivated by the knowledge
he gains, not by the colour of his belt.
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Ga Mo Faat Kung Fu Syllabus:
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Beginners Syllabus
- Hand Form
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Dragon Walking Set
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Dragon Chi Kung Set
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Shaolin Exercise Fist
Set
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Five Wheel Fist Set
(Stance)
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Five Wheel Fist Set
(Fist)
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Seven Star Set
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Lo Han Fist Set
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Lo Han Tiger Fist Set
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Lau Gar Poison Fist Set
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Shooting Tiger Set
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Small Level Hands Sets
(2)
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White Flower Set
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Dragon Cross Pattern Set
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Small Plum
Blossom Sets (2)
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Butterfly Pal Set
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Subduing the Tiger Set
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Large Level Hands Set
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Large Cross Pattern Set
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Large Plum
Blossum Set
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Black Tiger Sets (2)
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Buddha’s Palm Set
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Ga Mo Pa Kwa Sets (3)
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Bhudda’s Changing
Tendons Hand Set
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Continuous Duel Kicking
Set
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Intermediate Syllabus – Animal Sets
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Snake Sets (3)
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Crane
Sets (3)
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Leopard
Sets (3)
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Dragon
Sets (3)
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Tiger
Sets (3)
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Monkey
Set
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Tiger
& Leopard Set
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Dragon
& Tiger Set
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Tiger
& Crane Set
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Snake
& Crane Set
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Dragon
& Crane Set
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Crane
& Dragon Set
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Leopard
& Dragon Set
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Dragon,
Snake & Crane Set
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Tiger,
Leopard & Dragon Set
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Five
Animal Sets (2)
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Ten
Animal Sets (2)
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Advanced Syllabus
(Closed Door Students only)
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Bai San White Drinken Monkey Sets (3)
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Drunken
Immortal Gods Sets (10)
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Two Man Sets
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Shaolin
Fist Sets
Cross Pattern v Plum Blossom Sets (2)
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Lo
Han v Lau Gar Set
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Shooting
Tiger v Level Hand Set
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White
Flower v Dragon Set
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Black
Tiger v Buddha Palm Set
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Other
sets to follow…
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This completes the Ga Mo Faat Syllabus
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Weapon Sets
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These are some of the weapons taught.
Others will follow…
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Spear
Sets (5)
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Long
Sword Sets Sets (5)
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Broadsword
Sets (5)
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9-Section
Whip Sets (3)
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3-Section
Staff Sets (3)
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Staff
long Sets (2)
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Staff
Short Sets (2)
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Axe
Sets (3)
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Kwon
Dao Set
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Horse
bayonet Sets (2)
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Dagger
Sets (2)
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Butterfly
Knives (3)
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Hand
Fans Sets (4)
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Nine
Ring Sword Set
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Trident
Set
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Double
Hook Axes
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Rattan
Shield Set
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Training Dummy Sets
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Sand
Bag Dummy Sets
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Wooden
Dummy Sets (Still)
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Wooden
Dummy Sets (Spinning)
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Leg
and Kick Dummy Sets
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Weapons
Dummy Sets
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Bamboo
Forrest Dummy Sets
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More
sets to follow…
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Stance Training
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Pole
Log Standing (Short) Walking Form
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Pole
Log Standing (6ft) High Walking form
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Walking
Rice Paper Set
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Walking
on Balls Walking Form
(to
learn great balance and control)
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Walking
on Walls Sets
(if
narrow ledge walking)
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"One
can know the world without going outside. One can see the Way of heaven
without looking out the window. The further one goes the less one knows.
Therefore the wise know without going about, understand without seeing, and
accomplish without acting." - Lao zu
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