Shaolin Kung Fu: small Tong Bi Quan combat applications

Shaolin Kung Fu penetrating-arms style (通臂拳: tong bi quan)
by monk De Yang
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- combat strategy:

this style teaches penetrating opponent's guard. its main tactics are:

tactic 13 - "to catch thieves, catch their chief (擒贼擒王)": to be effective, target the most sensitive points. (7 most common sensitive points to hit in opponent's body are, from top to down: the eyes, nose, throat, diaphragm, testicles, fingers, shins.)

tactic 14 - "borrow a way to attack the city (假道伐虢)": open a way in opponent's guard to attack his sensitive points. 'hands open doors for the legs.' hands are faster and more accurate, but legs have more power and range and are also armored with the shoes. hands open opponent's guard, legs break him.

tactic 15 - "besiege enemy capital to relieve the city (围魏救赵)": another way to open opponent's guard is to overtly attack a sensitive point to force him shift his guard there and leave other positions open.

tactic 16 - "shut the door to catch the thief (关门捉贼)": catch the opponent and drag him towards your attack, to block his escape and to increase the impact power.

these involve opening, closing, and accurate penetrating moves of the arms and even the legs.
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- history:

Tang dynasty (618-907):
in the late periods of the dynasty, the tong bi style was formed.

Five dynasties period (907-960):
Han Tong (韩通), a high-rank army general, mastered the tong bi style.

Later Zhou dynasty (951-960):
the last inheritor of the dynasty was a child, and Zhao Kuangyin (赵匡胤), commander of the palace guard, took the throne, and Han Tong was killed by Zhao Kuangyin's army. he was a great martial arts master and Zhao Kuangyin ordered a grand funeral ceremony for him.

Song dynasty (960-1279):
after 961 AD, Zhao Kuangyin, as the first emperor of the new dynasty, commissioned chief monk Fuju (福居) to improve and standardize Shaolin kung fu styles. the army generals, along with Zhao Kuangyin's long style (taizu chang quan), introduced Han Tong's penetrating-arm style (tong bi quan) to the temple. this is the 'small tong bi quan'.

Yuan dynasty (1279-1368):
in the late years of the dynasty, monk Jinnaluo (紧那罗) and others combined the small tong bi quan techniques into the base of small and big hong quans and a monkey style and created Shaolin 'big tong bi quan'.

Qing dynasty (1644-1912):
tong bi quan took its final shape during this dynasty.
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- note: there are various other forms and styles named 'tong bi' or 'tong bei quan' in Chinese kung fu, and they are historically and technically different from Shaolin tong bi quan. these are just different styles with similar names.
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