
Sifu. Mark Ringer welcomes you and introduces the Intermediate course
This Chi Kung is a great way to tune into your mind and body every day before you start. Just follow Sifu. Ringer every day and you'll soon get the hang of it
Sifu. Mark Ringer and Sifu. William Bridgman introduce the Bong Sao form. The form is named ater the first move
Lets begin with the first four moves
Remember that repeat drills are where you move a learned movement into the part of the brain that controls unconcious movement
If you have a training partner or just a friend who will hold pads for you, this is a great way to practice
Here is the second half of the form
Sifu. William Bridgman walks through the part
When you get into a repeat drill, try to do it while having a conversation or just quoting the alphabet. This makes your unconscious mind take over the task
Some greater detail on how to do the first half of the form
If you have a training partner to hold pads, its a great way to practice
Here are more detail on how to do these kicks
Here is help on making these moves more fluid by having better economy of motion
Let's have a look at how to do this form with more speed
How to put more power into all our moves
A passion pursued with discipline and a discipline pursued with passion.
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 bio-mechanics.
In this program you will learn five forms of the system - the Intermediate Level
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.”