Drunken Monkey Kung Fu

Master the three basic stances—bow and arrow (front), light monkey, and low monkey—in Drunken Monkey Kung Fu, focusing on weight distribution, guard, and stepping with pivoting drills.

Master Tai Shing iron hand training in 30 day iron palm course, using mung beans or a bag, progressing to sand and iron shot with controlled breath and finger focus.

Master qigong fundamentals by aligning the body, breathing with movement, and cultivating internal energy from the dantian. Practice mindful, slow transitions to build proprioception and controlled strikes.

Master basic qigong drills that link breath to movement from wuji to cloud hands, emphasizing mindful posture and the choice between natural breath and tai xing style.

Cultivate mindfulness and awareness through tai shing meditation: cupped hands, nasal breathing, a steady gaze, and wuji guiding you toward intention.

Master monkey hands in a two-man drill that builds distance control, reactivity, and timing while refining guard stance and countering punches.

Build reactivity with monkey hands drills four to six, practicing poke punch, gua choy, and front kick with a partner or solo. Refine stance, distance, timing, and blocking through drills.

Learn Taitung, the first earth form of drunken monkey kung fu, a low, rooted, powerful, and quick technique taught through sectional practice emphasizing mechanics and sinking.

Adopt the drunken mindset for Drunken Monkey, embracing a meditative, relaxed demeanor rather than aggression. Practice the long, slow form with deflecting blocks, and stay groggy and de-stressed.

Drunken monkey kung fu outlines the 18 Tai Xing blocks, teaching correct stances, 60/40 weight distribution, and dynamic, angled blocks moving from Wuji with hip harmony.

Drunken Monkey Kung Fu teaches the 18 Tai Xing strikes, emphasizing stance and harmonies before delivering hammer fists, choy variations, and specialty strikes like iron needle and phoenix eye.

Practice the drunken monkey form part one, featuring right and left blocks, high blocks, kicks, and the drunken monkey stance with palm, cup, kidney, and elbow techniques.

Practice the drunken monkey form part one with a fluid, relaxed movement, deflect rather than block, and let the whole body carry the motion; repeat each section three times.

Combine parts three and four of the drunken monkey form into a fluid sequence, linking rolls, kicks, cups, crawls, and precise footwork with relaxed control.

Explore the drunken monkey form with mindset, delivering fast, fluid, relaxed movements—soft, striking and rolling techniques that flow from one move to the next, pulling the opponent into you.

Drunken monkey line drills fuse fluidity with deflection over circular stepping, teaching relaxed guard, hip-shoulder rotation, and 60/40 weight distribution to connect strikes and blocks.

Practice drunken monkey hands drill to train soft, circular deflection and fluid movement, building stance stability and developing timing and distance control through both partner and solo practice.

Learn the drunken monkey hammer fist by deflecting punches rather than blocking and guiding attacks into chest strikes, with relaxed wrists for powerful back fists.

Drunken monkey ghost hands trains relaxed deflecting over hard blocks, guiding momentum to strike key areas like the three sun, solar plexus, ribs, and neck.

Drunken monkey fighting teaches soft, mindful defense that deflects strikes, uses sweeps, throws, elbows, and low kicks to control an opponent, even as you cut angles and read aggression.

Drunken monkey kung fu offers practical self defense against grabs and chokes, using locks, strikes, and kicks, with emphasis on distance, escape, and legal safety.

Condition shins for kicking in Tai Shing by gently tapping with a wooden dowel along the shin, then rub to condition the shin and nerves while avoiding bruising.