Méishān Bāguàzhǎng 梅山八卦掌 梅山八卦掌形似游龙、动如飞凤，不仅姿势稳健，运转轻灵圆活，且招招式式非打即防，攻防技击的意识很强，常练习此功法能达到集养生、技击于一体，溶气功、武术于一炉的目的。 Meishan Baguazhang resembles a swimming dragon and moves like a flying phoenix. Not only are the postures stable and the movements light and agile, but every move is either striking or defending. It has a strong sense of offensive and defensive combat. Regular practice of this technique can achieve the goal…

Méishān gōng fǎ 梅山功法 (Basics & Conditioning) 梅山派武术一向讲究基本功的训练，有拳言讲“四十天打三十夜桩”，就是说练四十天的拳术，就要站三十夜桩，所以梅派各种桩势和基本功的练法对于我们都很重要，认真观摩习练此功法，必能使你修炼其他武术时事半功. Meishan martial arts has always emphasized the training of basic skills. There is a saying in the boxing world: “Forty days of boxing practice, thirty nights of standing in stances.” This means that after practicing boxing for forty days, you should stand in stances for thirty nights….

Méishān [jīn jiān] yǔ méishān Bà 梅山[金间]与梅山耙 (Rod & Trident) To see a Southern Boxer performing a double straight sword is not an every day thing. Art is second here to strong movements. This is definitely not a tournament performance. It is too organic with little emphasis on rolling the swords and all emphasis on…

Shuāng zhū liàn cáo 双猪恋槽 Double Pig Loves the Trough 是典型的南派拳术，无跌扑滚翻动作，腿法少，手法多，拳、掌、肘并用，攻防兼备，善于近身短打。本碟对双猪恋槽的套路做了详细的分解。 It is a typical Southern style of martial arts, lacking tumbling and rolling movements, with fewer leg techniques but more hand techniques, utilizing fists, palms, and elbows in combination, combining offense and defense, and excelling in close-quarters combat. This disc provides a detailed breakdown…

Làn cǎo chán má 烂草缠麻 Rotten grass wrapped in hemp (Staff) A classic southern boxing staff. It’s shape inspires the designation of “Snake’s Head” staff (one end thick, one thin). The poses are powerful, the movements controlled and strong. Most of the performance is yin/yin or both palms down holding position. Additional forms like the…

Méishān Tiě Chǐ 梅山铁尺 (Sai) Though we now know that Okinawan Karate was highly influenced by Southern Style Kung Fu there are few examples more convincing that the Sais. And this is probably the most involved and complex Sai set we have ever seen. Solid movements but a wide range of variations. Even a few…

Méishān yāntǒng 梅山烟筒 Long (Opium) Pipe This weapon is more common among Southern Chinese due to the “guest city” status of the English held area. How important was the Opium trade. Recent research estimates that 70 % of the Victorian era was financed by the great circle of England to India to China with the…

Huàméi tiào zhī 画眉跳枝 Thrushes leaping on branches The shape of the Mei Shan saber is very different from the standard. Thicker with less taper, and wider body it is definitely a hacking weapon. The set demonstrated is mostly like a standard saber with some moves peculiar to this weapon. Generally speaking this would require…

Méishān Hǔ Quán 梅山虎拳 Meishan Tiger Boxing 梅山虎拳是梅山祖先根据猛虎的形态、动作创编出来的一套象形拳术，本套路仿其形揣其意将虎威、虎勇、虎争、虎斗、虎形、虎态、虎神、虎韵、表现得淋漓尽致… 附加资料可能由生产商、供应商或第三者提供，并可能只有原文内容。 Meishan Tiger Fist is a set of imitative boxing techniques created by the ancestors of Meishan based on the form and movements of a fierce tiger. This routine imitates the tiger’s form and conveys its essence, vividly expressing the tiger’s might, courage, struggle, fighting, form, posture,…

Méishān Bǎndèng 梅山板凳 Bench A true Southern style bench form and not a bad one. Mostly thrusting and sweeping moves with very little of the extraneous movements you sometimes see. Very learnable. Good actions and a reasonable area for performance. Bench forms are like being in one of those wonderful restaurant fights that was a…

Méishān shuāng dāo 梅山双刀 (Double Broadsword) A true Southern style bench form and not a bad one. Mostly thrusting and sweeping moves with very little of the extraneous movements you sometimes see. Very learnable. Good actions and a reasonable area for performance. Bench forms are like being in one of those wonderful restaurant fights that…