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The Secret to Real Kung Fu Power

The Secret to Real Kung Fu Power

Unlock the Hidden Force Behind Kung Fu—Master Internal Training

Kung Fu is not just about speed and strength—it’s about power that comes from within. Many beginners make the mistake of focusing on external movements while neglecting internal training (內功訓練), the foundation of explosive strikes, endurance, and resilience.

🔥 What You’ll Discover in This Guide:

  • ✔ Why brute strength fails in real combat and how breath control (氣功) unlocks true power
  • ✔ Tendon training secrets (易筋經) that give Kung Fu masters their legendary force—even at old age
  • ✔ How softness (柔) generates greater striking power than muscle tension
  • ✔ Iron Body and Cotton Body training to absorb strikes and redirect force effortlessly
  • ✔ The combat advantages of internal training: fight longer, hit harder, and become untouchable

💭 Ever wondered how Kung Fu masters can hit with bone-crushing force yet stay completely relaxed? The answer lies in internal training.

Internal Training in Kung Fu: The Key to Real Power

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Joint Locking (Qin Na Seize & Control) Catalog course

Joint Locking (Qin Na Seize & Control) Catalog

36 Different Qin Na (Seize and Control) Joint locking techniques from the Ma Family Drunken Fist. Each lock is demonstrated and explained succinctly by Shifu Neil Ripski on a cold day at the Red Jade Martial Arts School in 2016. Included are methods from all four types of Qin Na: Tear the Muscles, Break the Bones, Seal the Breath, Seal the Blood 36 Methods include: General accepts promotion, Crow flips its body, Lesson from Iron Mountain, Break the Monkeys Tail, Bind the Leopard, Woodcutter binds the Wood, Eagle seizes the fish, Bind the thief, Eagle seizes the waist, and more. Also inclided is a Tea Table Talk about being a good training partner called "Moments in Time" regarding nurturing and not damaging ones partners. Especially important for dangerous techniques like 擒拿 Qin Na.

•Beginner
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The Drunken Boxing Project: Semester 1 course

The Drunken Boxing Project: Semester 1

The foundations of the Drunken Fist style (_Zuiquan_). This ten week semester covers the eight secret power generation exercises of the style (_Fu Zhu Gong Fa_) in depth. The first Drunken fist form is also covered including applications over the course of ten classes. - Drunken Hand Form One - The Eight Secret Exercises - Wash the Barrel - Roll the Barrel - Snake Body - Shake the Body - Spitting Wine - Three Cannons - Lotus Stepping - Lotus Palms

•Beginner
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The Drunken Boxing Project: Semester 2 course

The Drunken Boxing Project: Semester 2

These ten weeks are devoted to two training methods. A second secret section of the Drunken form taught only to disciples of Ma Qinglong. The form is a study of the eight secret exercises with combative applications and Qigong. In an effort to preserve the entire style this is being shared publicly for the first time. Secondly the internal Iron Palm system Daoist Heavy Hands is taught with detail. The system is not a typical body hardening type of iron palm but a method for releasing the bodies own weight through the hands. No toughening of the hands is done. The system includes three methods: 12 posture qigong, Light-as-air exercises, and the Five Elements Iron Palm (bean) bag striking. This qigong helps to build the intangible heavy force of Drunken boxing

•Intermediate
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