This course contains all 5 of the Intermediate Tao Te Kung Fu unarmed Kung Fu modules
Tao Te Kung Fu is a complete system that incorporates the most efficient techniques with modern teaching methods.
Tao Te Kung Fu has been developed using techniques predominately from the Kung Fu style of Wing Chun. Unlike Traditional Wing Chun, in Tao Te Kung Fu the forms are easy to learn and incorporate the techniques in the way they will work in real life. “Tao Te” means the virtuous or powerful way, and refers to the development of the style within a modern context. There is always the danger that if one becomes entrenched in a tradition, eventually lessons look like some sort of historical re-enactment. Tao Te Kung Fu takes advantage of the most recent developments in the neuroscience of skill acquisition and includes influences from other traditions not available to earlier practitioners and is refreshed with decades of real-life experience in the security industry.
Because Tao Te Kung Fu was developed to enable a smaller, weaker fighter to overcome a larger and stronger opponent it is ideally suited to people of all sizes and ages. Not being dependent on vast strength, Tao Te Kung Fu puts an emphasis on efficient techniques, with functional biomechanics.
Bong Sao
The Bong Sao is a block often used for last-minute reactions, close-range attacks in which you may already have arm contact or as a low block to cover the opposite side of your body. The outside knife hand is a fast and effective strike used ideally when your arm is across your body and therefore links with the Bong Sao very well. It requires a good level of accuracy but is effective if used correctly. The double kick you’ll learn is superb for sending in an initial bluff kick, is great for quickly changing the height of your target or for hitting the same point twice in fast succession.
What You’ll Learn
- The Bong Sao, one of the secondary blocks of the system that enables a yielding defence and counter strike from an across guard attack
- The powerful round/side kick combination
- Use of yielding dynamics that deflect and absorb an opponent’s force to be returned with unbeatable speed
- How to deliver the outside knife hand strike
- Tactical targeting to end any confrontation with speed, reducing the risk to you
- Use of the yielding stance turn for close range combat
Kao Sao
The Kao Sao is a block that takes people by surprise. Your opponent can think they have a strike on its way into your middle, only to find that you have diverted it and hit them. It is perfect for when you are in very close and their hand may already in and past your initial guard. This is why it is learned in conjunction with the upper cut as this strike is perfect for very close work. If you can get a hand inside your opponent’s guard, the upper cut will finish a fight. Another fast double kick combination for you in this form and it really is quick. Don’t withdraw the knee between kicks, just roll the hips and you’ll soon get the hang of this one.
What You’ll Learn
- The Kao Sao, one of the secondary blocks of the system that enables a yielding defence and counter strike from an inside guard attack
- The powerful front/round kick combination
- Use of yielding dynamics that deflect and absorb an opponent’s force to be returned with unbeatable speed
- How to deliver the uppercut punch, a powerful, close-range and difficult to block attack
- Tactical targeting to end any confrontation with speed, reducing the risk to you
- Use of the yielding stance turn for close range combat
Paak Girk
Some styles teach you to block low fast kicks with your shin; don’t. That’s just a quick way to break your shin. We will teach you two low blocks using the bottom of your foot. This is one of these low blocks and is designed to work against a low kick from the opposite side to your leading foot. You’ll learn to do this in conjunction with a side kick that works beautifully as your opponent is on one foot and has lost balance with their kick being intercepted. The straight punch is for any target at elbow height or above, while the drop punch is for any target lower than the elbow
What You’ll Learn
- The Paak Girk, one of the two blocks of the system used to defend against fast, low kicks that arms could not reach or a step would not be sufficient
- The straight and drop punch techniques
- Use of the straight stance to advance or tactically retreat with speed and efficiency
- Tactical targeting to end any confrontation with speed, reducing the risk to you
- Overall strategy for understanding when to move in aggressively and when to keep defensively on the back foot for maximum advantage
Laan Sao
The Laan Sao is an important block used for defending against vertical downward attacks at the head and top of the shoulders. It is combined with the inside knife-hand in this form, an arcing strike used to attack the body and neck. You also learn how to use a front and side kick together to great effect.
What You’ll Learn
- The Laan Sao, one of the blocks of the system that enables a defence against a vertically downward attack
- The powerful front/side kick combination
- Use of yielding dynamics that deflect and absorb an opponent’s force to be returned with unbeatable speed
- How to deliver the inside knife hand, a powerful, arcing attack that allows precise strikes
- Tactical targeting to end any confrontation with speed, reducing the risk to you
Gaan Girk
This is the block for a low fast kick coming in from the same side of your leading foot that you’ve been waiting for. The front kick follows it perfectly as the body is set up for it and your opponent is on one leg & off balance. If that doesn’t finish them, the palm and ridge hand will. Take your time with the ridge hand, it’s a tricky strike but well worth learning. If your ridge hand catches your opponent under the jaw line they will drop. It’s a sneaky sort of strike that often catches people totally out of the blue.
What You’ll Learn
- The Gaan Girk, one of the two blocks of the system used to defend against fast, low kicks that arms could not reach or a step would not be sufficient
- The ridge hand, a far reaching and targeted strike
- Use of the straight stance to advance or tactically retreat with speed and efficiency
- Tactical targeting to end any confrontation with speed, reducing the risk to you
- Overall strategy for understanding when to move in aggressively and when to keep defensively on the back foot for maximum advantage
In this program, you will learn all 5 of the Intermediate Level forms.
During the Intermediate Level you will learn how to deliver many more strikes and kicks in devastating combinations as well more sophisticated blocks with yielding dynamics that turn an opponent’s force against him with precise knockout strikes.
Each 8-part form is short enough to be remembered easily (this is martial arts, not memory training), and practiced until it can be done without thinking. Each form is put together in a way that if any part of it were used automatically, in a violent confrontation, it would deliver a conflict winning combination.
The program is set out for you to train every day using several short videos. Adding to your skills in easy to follow steps, you will build a foundation of superb combat skills that will become second nature to you.
Some videos are called Repeat Drills, these are of simple techniques that you need to learn so that you can do them without thinking. Once you press play, they will simply repeat continuously until you hit stop. This will enable you to practice each movement many times with a constant visual reference to help you get it right. You don’t want to practice until you get it right, you want to practice until you can’t get it wrong.
It is tempting to rush ahead, but you will find that to learn these skills thoroughly, it is best that you master each part as you go even if that means repeating the same day several times. Excellence takes patience and determination. Remember “Kung Fu” means “mastery through discipline.”
