Learn Real Shaolin Fast!
There is nothing wrong with being a big put together if the system works, and, believe me, Shaolin does work. I am concerned, however with another factor. I am concerned with the length of time it takes for Shaolin to become useful.
The reason a system is a put together is because every instructor adds to it. After a while, the the thing become top heavy, the art becomes huge and unwieldy, and the whole thing becomes too much to absorb. Then it takes too long to learn, and when you do learn it, it is not always practical for real combat.
So, how do we rework Shaolin so that it retains its spirit, but is ten times easier and faster to learn? The method, which I call Matrixing, is very simple. You simply use logic.
The way to demonstrate this concept of Matrixing is to take one item of the system and make it logical. In this article I’m going to use the concept of footwork. Inside one of the obscure Shaolin forms I found a type of footwork which is quick, logical, only six steps, and yet covers every potential of motion. This footwork illustrates side to side, forward, back, and diagonal.
In developing this Shaolin method I took this footwork and began analyzing the potentials of arm motion. Left right, up, down, forward, back, either arm. Then I put the footwork together with thepotentials of arm motion, and, voila, fast and easy–and true to the art–Shaolin.
It was not as easy to make this art work as it is to read these words. Go through your own systems and look for the magic combination of logic and footwork that I have described. When you realize how daunting this task is, you will understand how valuable Matrixing is.
I named the system the Shaolin Butterfly. It is quick and easy to learn, and it is fast and powerful to use. The motions are light and flitting and ‘kung fu-ish,’ and, of course–big grin–one just has to know that the butterfly is the deadliest of all kung fu animals.
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