Eagle Claw: Xiao Mian Zhang (Small Palm)

 
I never learned this Eagle Claw form when I trained with Ernest Rothrock. I spent a year learning the form Hon Kuen with him. That form is consisted of 10 rows of techniques covering the entire Eagle Claw vocabulary. As a result I know each of the techniques in Small Palm intimately.

Eagle Claw: Xiao Mian Zhang (Small Palm) 

鷹爪翻子門: 小綿掌

 
The small palm contains a variety of eagle claw techniques, such as grabbing, hitting, grappling, and holding. It can be said that there is nowhere to go. The key is to avoid rigidity and use softness, so that the boxing method is continuous, and the palm is continuous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBDdgxXsqK4

 Then several other Eagle Claw forms. As I recall there are about 75 Empty Hand forms, a number of Eagle Claw 2 person sets, and about 75 Eagle Claw weapons forms. Needing decades of study to obtain the entire system. Then there are numerous other studies in the system.

 

 Eagle Claw: Da Mian Zhang (Large Palm)

 鷹爪翻子門: 大綿掌
 

It is one of the fist gloves of the eagle claw flip boxing, the eagle claw flip fist is the kung fu of the eagle claw fist into the flip boxing, it is specialized in grabbing and grabbing, dividing the muscles and bones, flashing and moving, squeezing and sealing, turning and shrinking and jumping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX5HfLUD8zs

Eagle Claw: Ba Bu Lain Huan Quan

 (Eight Steps Consequence Punch) 

鷹爪翻子門: 八步連環拳

Eight steps refer to eight sets of serial techniques, including double dragons going to sea, left and right chain punches, squeezing steps and locking throats, swing step grappling, and three hammers of Gaima. It is an entry routine for the eagle claw flip door. The routines are concise and bright, laying the foundation for learning eagle claw martial arts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFqYcz6kO2Y&t=7s

 

Eagle Claw: Si Liu Quan (Shaolin Punch) 

鷹爪翻子門: 少林捶 

Shaolin hammer belongs to the primary boxing gloves of the eagle claw flip door, which is based on the characteristics of Shaolin boxing, with the method of punching as its main program, and then fused with the grasping and grappling techniques of the eagle claw and compiled a set of boxing routines; Therefore; The technique of this fist has the persistence of the Shaolin boxing system in the land of punching and lying cow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXDwuyTOn60

 

 

A version of the Eagle Claw form Hong Kuen which I studied for comparison purposes.

Eagle Claw Fist – Ying Zhao Pai Hong Quan

Leuong Wo Wong

This is a long and advanced set requiring a lot of energy and good fundamentals. Ir is top develop your stamina and strengthen your skills.

It uses  a variety of special kicking techniques including two very specialized kicks of Eagle Claw: the low groin kick and the reverse into low bow kick.

 1st section

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8iHmQwZ-xY&index=26&list=PLuEsQ5yd4Ao2L0NOcKqWgfDpc8meGM0BE

 

I am only showing the first row, the other 9 rows can be found on YouTube.

 

Yes, the form was quite challenging. At my best I would take me about 6 minutes to do the whole thing. Ernest told me the correct speed should take about 3 minutes.