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 Thaing Shaolin Kung Fu-Chin Na Background: 少林 功夫
This style currently originates from the remote and harsh regions of Southeast Asia near the border of China.
This style has direct lineage roots to the Shaolin Kung Fu that is taught at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, China. The primary difference from the modern day Shaolin Art is that Thaing Shaolin Kung Fu-Chin Na fighting and training techniques are far more aggressive, plus additional specialized fighting movements were added and incorporated into the art that makes it very different and highly unique in comparison to its Chinese Shaolin cousin. The specialized combative techniques used in this fighting system mimic the actions of the python and other deadly snakes and animals that live so readily in the jungles of Southeast Asia, thus making this art so unique, practical, and powerful. To this day, Thaing
Shaolin Kung Fu - Chin Na is a very secretive and exclusive
martial art that remains very hidden from the rest of the world. The word "Thaing" translates to "the deadly art".
General fighting and defense principals: - Thaing Shao Lin Kung Fu-Chin Na focuses on close combat utilizing all aspects of the human body (fist-feet-knee-elbow strikes, throws, joint locks-manipulations-breaks, grappling, pressure point strikes), and trains the student to adhere to the enemies body like a python, wrapping and crushing its prey. These python movements allows the martial artist to gain optimal control over the opponent in order to destabilize, disable, and damage them. These python techniques can be seen especially in their Chin Na techniques (art of seizing and control) with strong suffocating grabs, holds, locks, and joint manipulations that are applied to any part of the body resulting in serious bodily harm, if performed correctly.
- Fast lightening like speed is required in this art (like a cobra), plus strong hands and legs. Speed, power, and precise targeting is very important in this style. This allows martial artist to effectively strike pressure points to shock, paralyze, or seriously injure the opponent. These pressure point strikes are generally mixed in and performed in a simultaneous action with other fighting strikes or Chin Na movements.
- This fighting art has a strong focus on short range combat techniques, but also utilizes medium and long range attack and defense options. This system is designed for defense against single and multi-attacking opponents.
- This system of martial arts also utilizes various weapons: sword, staff, and knife.
- Sifu Cosmo Zimik has taken the core of this art and modernized into a fashion that can be utilized for most fighting circumstances that occur in real life defense situations, military and law enforcement environments, and in professional competitive hand to hand combat sports.
Muay Thai Boxing:มวยไทย Location:
History and development: - Muay Thai evolved from its ancestor Muay Boran ("ancient boxing"), an unarmed combat used by the Siamese soldiers in conjunction with Krabi Krabong. Besides a practical fighting technique for use in actual warfare, Muay Thai became a sport in which the opponents fought in front of spectators who went to watch for entertainment.
General fighting and defense principals: - Muay Thai is referred to as "The Art of Eight Limbs", as the hands, shins, , and are all used extensively in this art. A practitioner of Muay Thai ("nak muay") thus has the ability to execute using eight "points of contact," as opposed to "two points" (fists) in Western boxing and "four points" (fists, feet) used in the primarily sport-oriented forms of martial arts.
- To strike and bind the opponent for both offensive and defensive purposes, small amounts of stand up grappling are used: the clinch. Formal Muay Thai techniques are divided into two groups: Mae Mai or major techniques and Luk Mai or minor techniques. Muay Thai is often a art of attrition, where opponents exchange blows with one another.
- Muay Thai fighters compete against fighters of other styles (and if the rules permit it), they almost invariably emphasize elbow (sok) and knee (kao) techniques to gain a distinct advantage in fighting. Almost all techniques in Muay Thai use the entire body movement, rotating the hip with each kick, punch, elbow and block. The rotation of the hips in Muay Thai techniques, and intensive focus on "core muscles" (such as abdominal muscles and surrounding muscles) is very distinctive and is what sets Muay Thai apart from other styles of martial arts.
- Sifu Cosmo Zimik was a professional Muay Thai fighter for over 5 years, competing throughout Asia and Europe.
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