IMPERIAL FALCON KUNG FU
隼式功夫
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Falcon Kung Fu is a combat level martial art taught at Imperial Combat Arts school in Denver Colorado. Falcon style Kung Fu is a sub-style of Imperial Eagle Claw Kung Fu. Falcon is favored by small build fighters that use more speed, evasion, striking, kicking, fast raking attacks, and painful Fen Chin, and not as much of the classic Eagle Claw Chin Na.
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If Eagle Claw is half Tiger/Crane in Taoist energies, then Falcon is half Leopard/Crane. Imperial Falcon also trains the complex patterns of controls and striking used in Leopard Kung Fu.
HISTORY OF FALCON KUNG FU
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Falconry itself has a long history in Chinese culture dating back to around 2000 years B.C.E. where men who would fly Falcons, Hawks, or Eagles had different titles. Eagles are the largest and most powerful birds, Hawks medium, and Falcons are the lightest and fastest. This idea of the three levels of Raptors would one day lead to the three styles taught under the Eagle Claw Kung Fu at Imperial Combat Arts.
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Eagle Claw Kung Fu was developed by the legendary General Yue Fei and Eagle Claw Kung Fu has long since been a favored military style and became a part of Imperial Combat Arts during the reign of the Great Ch'ing Dynasty 1644-1912c.e. in Beijing where it was still being taught by Imperial Instructors. Imperial Eagle Claw comes from a direct lineage of almost 900 years of military use and real combat, not a monastery or temple.
During the Ch'ing Dynasty Eagle Claw Masters began to see a distinct difference in Eagle Claw practitioners depending both on their size, and what techniques worked best on the varied size of their opponents. It was through this experience that Eagle Claw became the study of three raptor energies.
Falcon Kung Fu has been taught in our U.S. schools since the early 1960's.
During the Ch'ing Dynasty Eagle Claw Masters began to see a distinct difference in Eagle Claw practitioners depending both on their size, and what techniques worked best on the varied size of their opponents. It was through this experience that Eagle Claw became the study of three raptor energies.
- Eagle was the most powerful and largest style using its superior toughening and strength to dominate weaker or lesser trained opponents.
- Hawk embodies the techniques favored by medium build or equally matched fighters using equal parts striking, and chin na, as well as stealth and ambush.
- Falcon came to represent the lightest and fastest techniques used by the smallest fighters or when an opponent was significantly larger and more powerful. This style has focus on high speed evasive techniques, anti-grappling, and leaping attacks that use the weight of the full body to strike. The Peregrine Falcon itself is the fastest moving life form on the planet reaching speeds of up to 240mph behind their aerial attacks vs other birds.
Falcon Kung Fu has been taught in our U.S. schools since the early 1960's.
FALCON WEAPON TRAINING
Falcon Kung Fu trains with weapons that blend seamlessly with the techniques its mastered with the empty hand. These weapons are the lightest and fastest weapons of the arts often wielded by smaller people and include; dual short swords, dual knives, deer horn knives, iron rings, dual hatchets, dual clubs, as well as shorter spears and staves. These weapons, like the Falcon Kung Fu style, rely on speed, deception, patterns of movement, and maneuverability to fight against larger more powerful weapons. Enter Page> Weapon Mastery
TRAINING FALCON KUNG FU
To Master Falcon Style Kung Fu one must develop the highest levels of hand toughening, leg toughening, and body conditioning. There are numerous challenging exercises that develop the highest levels of speed, and the endurance to throw large numbers of fast strikes and kicks. In addition are also numerous sets trained for strikes, kicks, throws, and chin na, and of course matching.
FALCON TOUGHENING
Like a Falcon diving 240mph, the impact alone killing its prey, the toughening required to hit with a Falcon strike at full force, with the highest levels of speed, and full body weight behind the strike, demands Kung Fu Toughening. Masters at Imperial Combat Arts demonstrate the highest levels of hand toughening to meet the demands of true combat, far from wrapping the hands and wearing boxing gloves for sport. Unlike a technique, bone and joint toughening takes years to master, there is no rushing it, and if done improperly the hands or legs can be permanently damaged. Enter Page> Hand Toughening
FALCON SETS
There are a huge number of sets trained in Falcon Kung Fu these sets include; counter striking, kicks, kick counters, extensive Chin Na and Chin Na defense, throws, and weapons. Falcon Masters train their sets against other Eagle Claw practitioners and against all the other Imperial Animal Styles. This training gives Eagle Kung Fu Claw Masters the experience of training against all types of fighters will special focus on fighting the most powerful. Sets build the full speed reflexes and muscle memory needed for true combat.
FALCON STYLE CHIN NA
Falcon Chin Na uses Fen Chin Style, and some fast Ts'o Ku techniques, primarily to open opponents up for strikes. Falcon Style Chin Na shares many similarities to Fire Wu H'sing techniques, The Leopard Mouth, Viper Kung Fu, and The Canton Dog. This style of Chin Na focuses more on anti-grappling and works well to defeat opponents who are intent on grappling or delivering the fast powerful thrown strikes as seen in most modern sport fighting. Enter Page> Combat Chin Na
FALCON STYLE MATCHING
Matching is an important part of mastering the Falcon Aspect of Eagle Claw Kung Fu. Falcon Masters train almost strictly against opponents with a 50lbs advantage or more, and who have have trained extensive grappling or heavy martial styles such as Tiger Kung Fu. Blindfolded training in matching helps develop Falcon Masters other senses for positioning, striking defense, and ability to feel and counter opponents Chin Na techniques without sight.