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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
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Level 1
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Shaolin Exercise Fist
Set
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Dragon Walking Set
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Dragon Chi Kung Set
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Basic Blocking Set
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Dragon Blocking Set
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Two Man Kicking Set
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Basic Chinese Acrobatics
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Level 2
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Five Wheel Fist Set
(Stance)
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Five Wheel Fist Set
(Fist)
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Shaolin Two Man Fist Set
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Basic Sticky Palm
training
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Basic Sticky leg
training
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Nim Chuin Ging Training
(Sticky reeling)
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Level 3
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Seven Star Set
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Lo Han Fist Set
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Basic Staff Set
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Basic Staff Two Man Set
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Golc Ging Training
(Enlightened Ging)
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Level 4
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Lo Han Tiger Fist Set
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Lau Gar Poison Fist Set
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Basic Broadsword Set
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Lo Han v Lau Gar Set
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Wall Bag Set
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Level 5
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Shooting Tiger Set
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Small Level Hands Sets
(2)
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Shooting Tiger v Level
Hand Set
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Basic Long Sword Set
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Level 6
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White Flower Set
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Dragon Cross Pattern Set
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Basic Spear Set
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Basic Broadsword Two Man
Set
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White Flower v Dragon
Two Man Set
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Level 7
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Small Plum
Blossom Sets (2)
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Butterfly Palm Set
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Cross Pattern v Plum
Blossom Two Man Set #1
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Three Section Staff Set
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Basic Long Sword Two Man
Set
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Level 8
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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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Staff Set #2
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Cross Pattern v Plum
Blossom Two Man Set #2
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Level 9
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Large Plum
Blossom Set
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Black Tiger Sets (2)
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Long Sword Set #2
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Wooden Dummy Techniques
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Level 10
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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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Black Tiger v Buddha
Palm Set
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Butterfly Knife 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 Drunken Monkey Sets (3)
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Drunken
Immortal Gods Sets (10)
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This completes the Ga Mo Faat Syllabus
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Further Weapon Sets
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These are some of the other weapons taught…
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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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