Mizong quan (yan qing quan) jin ji dou 1961

Zhen Wei Academy Mizong quan (yan qing quan), jin ji dou (Golden Roosters Fighting)
Two person set from the Mizong Quan system performed by Master Lu Zhenduo and Zhang Haichen in 1961. This form gets some stick from the those that are at a low or intermediate level in their martial arts journey or aren't familiar with traditional Chinese martial arts (believe me as a young Thai boxer of only 5 - 10 years experience I felt the same).

Mizong quan it's fair to say has some dance like qualities, this may be due to it being a fighting system not originated in the ring and having techniques adapted and shared with weapons combat (in this I mean that movement is often preferable to standing toe to toe, when dealing with multiple attackers and weapons, being able to move with lightness and then hit like a truck are some of the things that make Mizong such an interesting style to learn, and if you are going to move then moving with the agility of a dancer is a decent place to start). It may also be due to them wanting to have some form of display aspect to the taolu which is the case of this demo, this was done for display after all. Unfortunately a lot of people miss the techniques within the form and only see the skipping around because the techniques are being countered before they are completed, which is one of the aims of the 2 person sets, the ability to flow into a counter as soon as you feel the technique being applied (this is only one way of practicing it).

What a lot of people don’t know is that Lu Zhen duo (around 60 years old here) was well know for his combat ability being a Chinese Lei Tai champion and bodyguard and had a lot of fighting experience.
The truth is every move within the form has application, they are just difficult to see, and so a form like this will get lumped into the it doesn’t work, looks silly, it’s modern wushu bracket, which it certainly isn’t. Find out more at http://mizongkungfuandtaichi.weebly.com

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