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I'm addicted to the martial arts. I've studied Southern Shaolin and Northern Shaolin and Wing Chun and Tai Chi and Pa Kua and...I can't stop. This is not bad, of course, for the health benefits and the clarity of mind are absolutely phenomenal. There is one problem, however, that I wish to address here, concerning the martial arts.
It can take three or four years to become proficient in a system of Kung Fu. It can take a dozen years to master a martial art. The problem is that this is just too long.
The way I solved this problem was to concentrate on isolating the main concept--and motion--behind a system of Gung Fu, and concentrate upon that concept. I didn't want to learn by trying to remember series of tricks, you see, I wanted to find the underlying secret. I wanted to find out what was behind any system I studied.
The problem was that every system I studied seemed to have a different concept. The Mantis hooked and pulled and Wing Chun slipped and struck. Tai Chi absorbed and guided and pa kua circled and deflected.
None of the systems I was studying seemed related! But, I knew, fighting is, at the heart of it all, fighting! There had to be a simple and obvious concept that tied them all together.
There had to be some simple thing that was common to each system of Kung Fu, no matter how different the fighting system seemed to be! There had to be an underlying concept that I was missing. And, eventually, I found it.
No matter what type of Kung Fu you are studying, the body is the common denominator. Kung fu, flower arranging, dance, taking a walk...they all need a body. And the body is constructed the same, for the most part, from person to person.
Thus, I dissected and analyzed all the systems of Gung fu I could, and I found that there is a concept of body motion, relating to and coming from the body, that is the same for virtually all types of Gung Fu. And all the styles of Gung Fu I was studying suddenly made sense, and I could see how they were connected. I had found the underlying secret to it all!
Eventually, I formed my own system of Kung Fu, and it is based on this common principle of body structure, and the only potentials of motion that a body is capable of. I call this system of Kung fu the Shaolin Butterfly, and the true glory of it is that is includes virtually all potentials of body motion from all other systems of Kung Fu. Oh, and one other thing about this system--it can be learned in a couple of months.
It can take three or four years to become proficient in a system of Kung Fu. It can take a dozen years to master a martial art. The problem is that this is just too long.
The way I solved this problem was to concentrate on isolating the main concept--and motion--behind a system of Gung Fu, and concentrate upon that concept. I didn't want to learn by trying to remember series of tricks, you see, I wanted to find the underlying secret. I wanted to find out what was behind any system I studied.
The problem was that every system I studied seemed to have a different concept. The Mantis hooked and pulled and Wing Chun slipped and struck. Tai Chi absorbed and guided and pa kua circled and deflected.
None of the systems I was studying seemed related! But, I knew, fighting is, at the heart of it all, fighting! There had to be a simple and obvious concept that tied them all together.
There had to be some simple thing that was common to each system of Kung Fu, no matter how different the fighting system seemed to be! There had to be an underlying concept that I was missing. And, eventually, I found it.
No matter what type of Kung Fu you are studying, the body is the common denominator. Kung fu, flower arranging, dance, taking a walk...they all need a body. And the body is constructed the same, for the most part, from person to person.
Thus, I dissected and analyzed all the systems of Gung fu I could, and I found that there is a concept of body motion, relating to and coming from the body, that is the same for virtually all types of Gung Fu. And all the styles of Gung Fu I was studying suddenly made sense, and I could see how they were connected. I had found the underlying secret to it all!
Eventually, I formed my own system of Kung Fu, and it is based on this common principle of body structure, and the only potentials of motion that a body is capable of. I call this system of Kung fu the Shaolin Butterfly, and the true glory of it is that is includes virtually all potentials of body motion from all other systems of Kung Fu. Oh, and one other thing about this system--it can be learned in a couple of months.
About the Author:
Al Case has been practicing Kung Fu for more than 40 plus+ years. You can find out more about the Butterfly Kung Fu at Monster Martial Arts. You are welcome to reprint this article - but get your own unique content version here.
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