The Master’s Manual: Chuan Fa Kenpo Close Combat Maneuvers

By Edward Orem

For instructors of non-sport martial training, this Master’s Manual details 340 duan chuan fa or “Short Fist” extremely aggressive and terminal close range fighting techniques, maneuvers and strategies against specific aggressions. As this is oriented toward seasoned instructors, no photos are included, nor are they necessary with the detailed written directions. This is not “self defense” material: that is not its genesis and it is patently inappropriate for those who do not train seriously.The techniques present combinations of throws, locks, breaks, holds, chops, kicks, punches and other strikes arranged in 11 levels of belt ranks up to 5th Black, as presently used in the Chuan Fa Kenpo system. Each technique will easily suggest 10 optional and equally effective maneuvers, i.e. these are “seeds” for dynamic, adaptive responses. There has been a deliberate attempt in the Manual’s layout to allow room for you to leave tracks as you modify these seminal maneuvers.

The methods function at all angles and primary distances; however due to its striking methodology, maximum power is reached through short-range attacks.

The first four levels (White, Blue, 2nd Degree Green, 1st Degree Green) concentrate on dealing with how to deal with holds and locks, and leave the assailant down-and-out in the process. Although some time is spent on defending against fist and leg attacks, not until the following two levels (3rd Brown and 2nd Brown) will such challenges be studied.
The seventh and eighth belt levels (1st Brown and 1st Degree Black) then concentrate almost exclusively on resolving multiple opponent and weapon attacks. And finally, the defense curriculum of the last three belts (2nd through 4th Black) elicits longer and more complex responses, drawing on the incremented training of the previous levels.
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Edward Orem
• Release date: Jan 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524275631

Edward Orem

Edward Orem’s mind-body studies began in 1964 and have included such diverse disciplines as Burmese kick-boxing, Shaolin Boxing, Hatha yoga, Kuang Ping T’ai-chi Ch’uan, Hsing-I Ch’uan, Kundalini Yoga, Pa Kua Chang, Chuan Fa, Tao Gah Chi Kung. His qualifications include B.A. in English, 8th Degree Black Belt (Zen Kempo-jitsu), 10th Degree Black Sash (Ch'uan Fa Kenpo), Certifications include Instructor of Tai-chi Chuan and Wu Shu Kung Fu. He was appointed to the Board of Directors, International Chinese Boxing Association, 2006-2011. He has studied at American University, Georgetown University, California State University (Arcata), Nyingma Institute of Tibetan Studies, Chi-Kung Institute, and with 10 martial arts masters. Mr. Orem has taught privately in Wash., DC, Senegal, Guatemala, British Columbia, San Francisco, and Costa Rica, as well as through health and education service organizations. He has written, produced and performed in 30 training videos in the fields of natural health and fitness, martial arts, and has written several training manuals, as well as feature articles for a popular on-line martial arts magazine. He was a regular consultant in stress reduction and instructor in exercise therapies with the Pitt River Indian Health Service, in northern California and has been Guest Lecturer at a community hospital, as well as Instructor at Central Oregon Community College. Workshops in various disciplines have been given in California, Oregon, and Florida. Mr. Orem offers private consultation in longevity arts, and teaches T’ai-chi Ch’uan, N. Long Fist, and Chi Kung through CenterPoint Integral Mind-Body Training, Costa Rica. Contact Mr. Orem through his website http://mindbodyimperative.strikingly.com  Special attention and training: Golden Phoenix Rising (for mature athletes). Check it out.

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Table of Contents

The Master’s Manual | Chuan Fa Kenpo Close Combat Maneuvers | 340 Arts of Chuan Fa Kenpo | to 5th Degree Black Belt | Edward Orem

Getting On-Board with this Manual

Origins: the 4,000-year genesis

WHITE BELT

BLUE BELT:

2º GREEN BELT:

1º GREEN BELT:

3º BROWN BELT:

2º BROWN BELT:

1º BROWN BELT:

1º BLACK BELT:

2º BLACK BELT:

3º BLACK BELT:

4º BLACK BELT:

A Word to the Wise

Suck It Up

An Overview of Chuan Fa Kenpo

About the Author

The Master’s Manual

Chuan Fa Kenpo Close Combat Maneuvers

340 Arts of Chuan Fa Kenpo

to 5th Degree Black Belt

Edward Orem

The Master's Manual: Chuan Fa Kenpo Close Combat

by Edward Orem

Copyright 2013 Edward Orem

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DISCLAIMER:

Note that the publisher/author of this instructional book is/are NOT RESPONSIBLE in any manner whatsoever for any injury which may occur by reading and/or following the instructions herein.

It is essential that before following any of the activities, physical or otherwise, herein described, the reader(s) should first consult his/her physician for advice on whether or not the reader(s) should embark on the physical activity described herein. Since these activities may be too sophisticated in nature, it is essential that a physician be consulted.

Also by Edward Orem

• Written works:

The Master’s Manual: Chuan Fa Kenpo Close Combat (ebook and paperback)

Root and Branch – Slip-Slidin’ Down Gold Mountain (historical fiction, set in 1850’s California, ebook and paperback)

Esoteric Martial Arts of Zen: Training Methods from the Patriarch (ebook and paperback)

The Old World Order – The New America (ebook and paperback)

• And 30 training DVDs in areas of health, longevity, integral training systems, education and martial arts., including Chi-Kung, T’ai-chi Ch’uan, Rou Chuan, Hsing-I Chuan, Chuan Fa Kenpo, Shaolin Chuan. Available through the URL given at the end of this manual.

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DEDICATION

To my father, E.J. Orem, Major, USMC (RET.)

and

To my sons, Leif, Eric and Forrest:

Words fail me.

Getting On-Board with this Manual

For instructors of non-sport martial training, this Master’s Manual offers a seed repository of 340 duanda chuan fa or Short Fist techniques against specific aggressions.

The thinking instructor will appreciate the possibilities of this well-organized curriculum. Extremely aggressive and terminal techniques are presented step-by-step with detailed written instructions. No photos. This is not self defense material: that is not its genesis and it is patently inappropriate for those who do not train seriously.

These maneuvers insist on development of the capacity for fluid adaptation according to circumstance, practitioner, and opponent. Adaptability and resourcefulness are sought, not robotic responses.The idea here is to place the onus of responsibility directly on the practitioner—where it belongs. Each technique will easily suggest 10 optional and equally effective maneuvers. That’s what I mean by saying these are seeds.

The techniques present combinations of throws, locks, breaks, holds, chops, kicks, punches and other strikes arranged in 11 levels of belt ranks up to 5th Black, as presently used in the  close combatives component of Chuan Fa Kenpo.

The first four levels (White, Blue, 2nd Degree Green, 1st Degree Green) concentrate on dealing with how to deal with holds and locks, and leave the assailant down-and-out in the process. Although some time is spent on defending against fist and leg attacks, not until the following two levels (3rd Brown and 2nd Brown) will such challenges be studied.

The seventh and eighth belt levels (1st Brown and 1st Degree Black) then concentrate almost exclusively on resolving multiple opponent and weapon attacks. And finally, the defense curriculum of the last three belts (2nd through 4th Black) elicits longer and more complex responses, drawing on the incremented training of the previous levels.

This manual is meant to be revised and notated as you dig in. Some guys print it out to scribble notes as they go.

In setting up the combat situation for your research, the letters  "OA" refer to the incoming "Offensive Attack, while CA" details your "Counter Attack."

The word "same" in a technique description is used in two contexts. It may refer to the extremity or limb last mentioned in a previous stage of the maneuver. For example:

"Rear elbow delivers lateral smash to his temple.

Same hand reverse chops his throat."

Or "same can refer to how you and your attacker face-off, as in the following example: You both have the same foot forward"means that you both have your right feet as the leading edge in your stances.

Conversely, Your stance mirrors his stance merely says that your right foot and his left foot (or vice-versa) are forward, as in a mirror image.

In the practice arena or on the street, two maxims for effective combat hold true:  1. It’s better to respond before the attack takes place, or at least as soon as it’s initiated, and not after the fact of the enemy’s advantage. 2. Options exist at any stage in responding to an attack.

You will notice the rather quaint, antiquated titles attached to many of the maneuvers. What’s in a name? Well, in this case, the names will enable you to distinguish and memorize the techniques easier. The names themselves are holdovers from a time when men (and even a few women) depended on hand-to-hand combat skills to save their hides. The nomenclature reflects the heritage of Ch’uan Fa, AKA Chinese Kenpo.

Origins: the 4,000-year genesis

There exists historical trace of systematic exercise in China dating back to 2205 BC. This system, made popular by Emperor Yu of Chin Kingdom, was righteously focused on improving the health of his subjects. Though no sign of a fighting system (in written form) has survived from those early times, we can make a reasonable deduction by considering this logical proposition: Having ample leisure to develop and implement exercise therapies suggests that defensive systems of hand-to-hand combat were already being practiced.

Apparently the first written evidence treating martial arts in China was set forth circa 200 AD by the Yellow Turbans, a sect that helped bring the Han Dynasty to an end. Officially, they fought unarmed because no commoners were allowed to carry weapons at this time. Nonetheless, in the Yellow Turbans’ treatise called Han Shu I Wen Chih or Handbook of the Arts, 200 pages were devoted to defensive and offensive strategies using skilled hand, foot, and weaponry techniques.

During the first century AD, merchants were instrumental in creating arteries between China and India in order to sell silk. Many Chinese and foreign people alike entered and left China along these silk routes. Body guards and security personnel were needed to protect the merchants from murdering highway robbers. Significant numbers of Chinese uprooted by constant war migrated, and this, too, made wu shu skills further develop.

Eventually, Buddhist monks from India meandered along the routes and introduced the religious philosophy into China. The travelling monks and nuns also found they needed protection. Some of these Indian Buddhist monks came out of the ruling caste and therefore had knowledge of martial techniques and methods, called Thunderbolt Hands (Vajramukti, in Sanskrit), which they passed on to the Chinese monks. The Chinese called the methods Tung Shih Yu Hsu Chuan (`Eastern Lion`s Art of Closed Hand Fighting`) to differentiate it from skills of Chinese origin. Another technique introduced into China was called Po Fu (`Tiger Striking`) and involved striking the vital points of the body to cause physical changes in the opponent.—still a major consideration in modern Chuan Fa.

The duanda chuan fa short-fist style was made into something distinctly Chinese from about the 4th Century AD, and began to be systematized from the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD to 1644 AD).

Contrary to popular belief, neither Kenpo nor the boxing genre known as Shaolin began in the Buddhist Shaolin Temple in Henan Province in northern China. And Da Mo (Bodhidharma) was not the founding father of either system. To make the claim of one man being the progenitor of a fighting art is the same as saying one person invented a language: No serious student of history can ignore cultural influences upon the individual. We’re looking at a continuous process here. To segment a time period without recognizing the influences and contributions of previous centuries is not a trait of matured judgment.

By the time Da Mo arrived at Shaolin Temple in the Fifth Century AD, unarmed combatives were