As can be seen from the following training itinerary(lower on this page), there is a very defined progression for the practitioner to follow in order to insure the comprehensiveness of their training.  No style, nor instructor is any better than the students they produce.  This art has survived for now more than 357 generations to co-exist with humanity literally for thousands of years.  It has done so by investing in each generation an awe-inspiring gratitude for the benifits and wisdom brought by the instruction. 

It is true that as a fighting style it is and can be extremely brutal.  It is because of extensive study of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Psychology etc...  This is not an easy art to learn due to its comprehensiveness. 

Most importantly the Strength of the Art itself comes from the understanding that the human is the strongest of all other animals because we are most adaptable throughout the most ranges of possible expressions.  It is not in our specializations that we overcome obstacles; it is in our ability to learn new and different tactics.  You see Wu Chi Chaun refines this ability in its students. We learn the principles and adapt to the necessary form as it is required in the moment. 

If you were an experienced martial artist and were to happen upon a Wu Chi Chuan school you would most likely mistake it for a different school.  Depending on the day or level of students we were training, it might look like Karate-do, and on another day Jui Jitsu or Tai Chi.  Wu Chi Chuan is frequently accused, even by those who know of its traditions, as an art that will practice other arts within its own curriculum. While on the suface this is true, it is not for the purpose of incorporating a variety of different styles into Wu Chi Chuan itself. It is to better comprehend the principles as they are taught by showing how they can manifest in other styles.  Wu Chi Chuan is, by its very nature, inclusive.  No thing is not included.  Get it?  All manefestation is sacred! 

Defensive strategies: "1 is 2, 2 is 5, 5 is 10, 10 is 10,000" Wuchi Chuan has a highly developed multiple attaker defense strategy. 

Wu Chi Chuan is a Non-agressive art. 

Multiple opponent oriented training includes all ranges of techniques which also includes grappling and ground fighting.  The difference is that for a Wu Chi Chuan practitioner there is no difference in whether the fight is standing or on the ground.  Our techniques can be brutal and devastating because in a multiple opponent scenario one does not wish to exhaust themselves by being tied up with one individual.  If that happens, the fight is conclusively over because the other opponents can easily smash in any one of your vital areas.  Tying up in a grappleing match is simply a poor strategy and nothing more.  Therefore, dispite the mixed martial art craze occuring in the early 21st century, it is a bad idea.  And for a Wu Chi Chaun practitioner a fatal strategic mistake.

       Wu Chi Chuan-fa (kung fu)      

         無極拳法功夫

Levels, Stages, Cycles of Training

Levels

Wai Gong, then Chi Gong, then Nei gong, then Wai Gong!

外家拳氣功拳内家拳外家拳

Coordinate Body, then coordinate breath and vital energy(Chi), then coordinate mind intent(Yi), then integrate all as one! 

I.                    Wu Chi – basic stretches, exercises, skills and basic breathing

II.                 One step – single expression martial technique and centering exercises

III.               Three step – Blue Dragon, combined single expression martial technique

IV.              Multi-step – forms: Gold Dragon, elbow, knee and blocking forms

V.                 Wu Chi – completion of first cycle, begin meditation, intro to staff

VI.              One step interactive- Black Dragon, defense moves against an attack

VII.            Three step interactive – Green Dragon, grappling and ground fighting

VIII.         Multi-step interactive – sparring and sparring drills

IX.              Wu Chi – chi kung, advanced alignment and intro to animals

X.                 One step one center – blending with an attack, weapons single expression

 1^st stage instructor  Wu Chi Tai Chi

XI.              Three step one center – animal counters animal, (move,counter,move,resolve) weapons training

XII.            Multistep one center – push hands, Red dragon, weapons sparring

XIII.         Wu Chi – restriction of external senses, blind sparring, nei kung

XIV.         One step no center – Yellow Dragon, spontaneous single response

XV.           Three step no center – multiple attackers

XVI.         No step no center – White Dragon

XVII.      Wu Chi – meditation as primary practice

 2^nd stage instructor Wu Chi Chuan-fa

XVIII.    Wu Chi Tai Chi blends into Wu Chi Chaun-fa; Formlessness Wu Ai

             3^rd stage instructor Wu Chi Chuan-fa

"form precedes function,

 function predicates form,

neither form nor function”

                                            禮

Training Stages

I –IX = stage one, yang à yin = Shi

IX – XVII = stage two, yin à yang = Li

XVIII = stage three, formlessness = Wu Ai

Training cycles

1^st cycle = I – V: establishes center from which movement generates – neti neti, (not this)-failure

2^nd cycle = VI – IX: establishes interaction modes for two centers – yeti yeti, (yes this) success

3^rd cycle = X – XIII: blends two centers into one center – neti neti, (not this, not that) failure

4^th cycle = XIV – XVII: relinquishes all centers, becomes no center – yeti yeti, (yes this) success

5^th cycle = XVIII – 00 : takes vow to pass art on to next generation – recreation of all levels

6^th cycle = O|O : completion of cycles, entrance into the void

Life is Movement

&

Movement is Life