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Welcome
to
Taiwan
Paihemen
Shihequan
Association
Feeding
Crane
Boxing
Headquarters
SHOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING SHIHEQUAN, PLEASE CONTACT
SHIFU LIU ( in CHINESE ):
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Taiwan Shihequan
Headquarters: WU-YANG-KUAN
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The Headmaster: LIU, CHIN LONG SHIFU
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Tel No:
+ 886 06 698 5485
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Address:
No. 567 CHUNG-CHENG RD., LIU-JIA TOWN, TAINAN COUNTY 734, TWIWAN
English
inquiry:
kyokuden@gmail.com
ALL FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN
WRITTEN BY ME (PAUL WOLLOS) AND BASE ON THE BOOK ''PAIHEMEN SHIHEQUAN'' OF
LIU, YIN-SHAN SHIFU, AND TRANSLATED BY MY WIFE AND STUDENTS.
THIS WEBSITE'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE THE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUE INHERITOR OF FEEDING CRANE BOXING, MY TEACHER:
LIU, CHIN-LONG SHIFU
IN MY PRIVATE CLASSES I TEACH FEEDING
CRANE BOXING ONLY TO MY ADVANCED STUDENTS.
The Characteristics of Paihemen Shihequan
~
"Inside
soft, outside hard".
Pai
(Bai) = White
He
= Crane
Men
= Gates, School, System
Shi
= Feeding
He
= Crane
Quan
(Chuan) = Fist, Boxing
The
school of Feeding Crane looks hard from outside, but when a student learns it's
inner secrets, this style presents the elements of softness and gentleness.
 
Hard:
The
power comes from relaxation, real strength comes from softness.
Applying
interchanging theory of soft - hard breathing can bring most astonishing results
in form of defeating against a great threat. The soft breath can take power from
the enemy and reverse it against him, in a form of attack with hard breath, or
hard power (Gong).
Shihequan's
breathing methods used in forms are in total harmony and balance. When exhaling
crane creates special sound, which is not forced, but comes from the natural
breath power. This specific point is only used in Shihequan. No other style has
such method.
Some
people think that Northern Styles (Beipai) of Chinese Quanshu
are powerful styles, while Southern Styles (Nanpai)
have not much power. Others think that Beipai
use speed and Nanpai use power. The
truth is that in Nanpai (Southern
Styles) the power is used in two ways: Dead Force and Alive Force. Dead Force is
hard, stiff, straight, tense, with lack of changes. Active power is the Alive
Force, which is flexible, and rich in changes, so Hard-Soft Power (Gong-Rou)
is stiffen yet always changing.
When
Shihequan attacks it uses mainly active power, because from a short distance to
attack with passive force will bring no results. In other words using
Shihequan's Alive Force only, can result in specific body shock, and Dead Force
alone cannot achieve that result.
From
self-defence point of view Beipai Quanshu
use mostly all power of Yin and Yang, with a lot of distraction tactics in order to defend. Equally,
Shihequan uses External Force (Waigong) changing
to Yin-Yang
in order to create distraction in particular situation. If one wishes to use
Internal Force (Neigong) alone in
self-defence, one must spend maybe a whole lifetime of practice. However, if you
practice External Strength (Waigong)
and use herbal medicine, in relatively short time you may strengthen the weak
points of your body through practice. The way of incredible defence tactics has
extraordinary methods to attack the enemy.
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In
Shihequan there is a special scale used:
³
Weak can overcome the strong (Ssiliam bo
chienchin) ~ attacking the enemy with little use of power
³ To absorb power
(Yili jioli)
~ using
enemy's power against him
³
To absorb style (Yimen jiomen)
~ to
attack the enemy in his own style, follow his action and find the weak points to
attack (observing his movements will show you his weakness)
Shihequan
also includes soft Quanfa, and one can
practice it despite age or sex.
Additionally, this art's movements are small, therefore one can easily practice
it at home.
"Feed
the soldier for one thousand days to use him just once".
 
ALL
ABOVE PHOTOS: GRANDMASTER LIU,GU DEMONSTRATING APPLICATIONS OF SHIHEQUAN
LAST
PHOTO: LIU,CHIN-LONG APPLYING SHIHEQUAN
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LIU,YIN-SHAN
demonstrating on KOUCHI
YUJI
LIU,SONG-SHAN demonstrating on PAUL WOLLOS
   
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
LIU,CHIN-LONG SHIFU, LIU,SONG-SHAN SHIFU, LIU,YIN-SHAN
SHIFU, LIU,GU SHIFU
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