Chen Style Tai Chi/ Taiji Quan

Sifu Kelly demonstrating the movements and some of the application to Mortal and Pestle, Crane spreads wings and Monkey grabs peaches with pong. Sorry for the background noise.

Chen Style Tai Chi/Taiji 48 postures (Chan Si Gong) Applications

Sifu Martin Kelly showing application for Chan Si Gong (coiling silk energy method) as a Chin Na or standing grappling. He shows the Gao fist (Cranes beak).

Chen Style Tai Chi/Taiji 48 postures (Old man strokes beard) Applications

Sifu Martin Kelly showing application for Old Man Strokes Beard as a Chin Na or standing grappling. These series of Chen Tai Chi/Taiji are all from the 48 posture form. When learning Tai Chi/Taiji, its important to know the martial application.

Sifu Martin Kelly is currently a senior student of Kenneth Cohen. Kenneth Cohen has said " Without the martial arts component, you don't have the entire art. You cant learn Tai Chi/Taiji without learning martial arts. Tai Chi/Taiji is a martial art. Even if you don't learn how to fight, you need to learn how the movements would be used, because the function gives you correct form. The movement skill in Tai Chi/Taiji as a martial art are exactly the same movement and energic skill that is needed to be practiced if you are doing it for healing."

Chen Style Tai Chi/Taiji 48 postures Applications

Sifu Martin Kelly showing application for 5 movements in the Chen Style Tai Chi/Taiji 48 posture. These series of Chen Tai Chi/Taiji are all from the 48 posture form. When learning Tai Chi/Taiji, its important to know the martial application.

Sifu Martin Kelly is currently a senior student of Kenneth Cohen. Kenneth Cohen has said " Without the martial arts component, you don't have the entire art. You cant learn Tai Chi/Taiji without learning martial arts. Tai Chi/Taiji is a martial art. Even if you don't learn how to fight, you need to learn how the movements would be used, because the function gives you correct form. The movement skill in Tai Chi/Taiji as a martial art are exactly the same movement and energic skill that is needed to be practiced if you are doing it for healing."

Chen Style Tai Chi/Taiji Cane

Sifu Martin Kelly showing application using a Cane. There is a Tai Chi Cane form, and a small section of that form is what is being shown.

Xing Yi Quan Monkey

Sifu Kelly demonstrating Xing Yi Monkey, one of the 12 Animals of XingYi Quan a health and martial art from China.

Xing Yi Quan Eagle and Bear

Sifu Kelly performs animal set from Xing Yi , an Internal Self-Care Art , that is internal /Nei jia art for health and self defense, similar to Taiji Quan/T’ai Chi Chuan, and Baquazhang.

Xing Yi Quan Metal Fist

Sifu Kelly demonstrates a Metal fist application.

Intro to Baguazhang

Sifu Kelly demonstrates basic bagua footwork, and Circle walking from BP Chan’s “8 Animal postures” while walking a circle (Which was taught to Sifu Kelly by Kenneth Cohen / Gao Han).

Baguazhang mobility with strikes and locks.

This is mobility drill called circle walking. ( Bagua circle is composed of 6 inches of pea gravel to challenge balance of practitioner). The point here is to continuously move entire body with balance and to defend strikes from training partner, who randomly strikes, as you defend, by wedging limbs while flowing with momentum into counter strikes, locks, and throws.

Baguazhang application

This is mobility drill called circle walking ( Bagua circle in the video is composed of 6 inches of pea gravel to challenge balance of practitioner). The point here is to continuously move entire body with balance and to defend strikes from training partner. Sifu Kelly shows an applications of Thunder palm (Bao Zhang (Embracing Palm)) in Bagua.

Baguazhang Circle Walking (Moving Yoga) around Pole

Sifu Kelly is walking the circle with a pole in the middle of the Circle. The Circle is made up of rocks to provide an unstable surface in-order to challenge ones balance and teaches you to adapt your footwork to the environment. Sifu Kelly shows various Lion, Phoenix and Bear applications on the pole.

Baguazhang Circle Walking (Moving Yoga) Lion Palm application from a grab by Sifu Kelly

Sifu Kelly is walking the circle with a pole in the middle of the circle as the center. The Circle is made up of rocks to provide an unstable surface in-order to challenge ones balance and teaches you to adapt your footwork to the environment. He demonstrates an application of Lion Palm from a grab. He also shows how the pole is in relation to a person in the center of the circle. He talks about softness in this video. This has a few meaning such as training techniques soft and slow (for motor memory), learn to use your whole body to execute the techniques and not rely on muscle.

Baguazhang, Lion Application by Sifu Kelly

Sifu Kelly demonstrates an application of Lion Palm. Sifu Kelly shows how to wedge incoming force from Dragon stance, and then transition to tiger stance to take someone's balance with whole body power. This is a drill called Tiger-Dragon shifting, which is used in a lot of Internal Marital Arts styles.

Baguazhang, Lion Application different view by Sifu Kelly

Sifu Kelly demonstrates an application of Lion Palm. Sifu Kelly shows how to wedge incoming force from Dragon stance, and then transition to tiger stance to take someone's balance with whole body power. This is a drill called Tiger-Dragon shifting, which is used in a lot of Internal Marital Arts styles.

Baguazhang, Lion Palm

Sifu Kelly demonstrates one of the many application of Lion Qin Na techniques.

Lion Palm Bagua

Sifu Kelly demonstrates one of the many application of Lion Palm and how it can lead to a throw.

Baguazhang, Phoenix stepping application by Sifu Kelly

Sifu Kelly demonstrates one of the many application of Phoenix stepping.

Baguazhang Circle Walking, Phoenix stepping by Sifu Kelly

Sifu Kelly is walking the circle demonstrating Phoenix stepping while circle walking. The Circle is made up of rocks to provide an unstable surface in-order to challenge ones balance and teaches you to adapt your footwork to the environment. In the next video he will show a basic application.

Basic Kali training

Kali offense and defense skills are taught as fundamental extension to empty hand techniques. These striking drills allow for safe introduction to contact weapons education (as seen in this video) including flexible and edged weapons.

Basic Wing Chun Applications

Sifu Kelly shows how to intercept a punch using foot work, whole body, trapping, and off balancing. He also shows how to close the gap and engage his opponent.

Basic Wing Chun Applications

Sifu Kelly shows how to intercept a punch using foot work, with whole body power. By using his footwork, he is able to get off of the line of attack (his partners attack with the right hand), which allows him to use both hands vs his partners one hand. This is an example of dominating and controlling the right with both hands so his partner only have his left hand to use.

Wing Chuns Chi Sao training pt 1

Sifu Kelly explains that Chi Sao is design for efferent nervous system conditioning off the point of contact. By breaking contact like in 0:08 it defeats the purpose of the drill. Chi Sao helps develop spontaneous reflex against an opponents attack off of the point of contact. Chi Sao is a adjunct to training, and we do not fight that way. Sensitivity is apart of Chi Sao and works off the point of contact. Sifu Kelly explains that with sensitivity you can tell when your opponents engaged and pushing (committed attack) or not really pushing (non-committed attack) or any other movements. When contact is lost 3:36 , you fill the void that is left by the loss of contact.

Wing Chuns Chi Sao training pt 2

This Video is a follow up from part 1. Sifu Kelly is showing an example on how Chi Sao training is suppose to be practiced, which should allow both partners to train and learning together. Chi Sao is a drill, and not a competition. Chi Sao is done slow and with palms in the beginning. The reason for this is so both partners can learn and apply their Wing Chun techniques fluidly, and spontaneously. Once this is hard wired in, then you can speed up as long as the techniques are not sloppy. When you have control you may use closed fist as well. At 2:10 Sifu Kelly lands a straight punch which stops short of the face mask. He touches the face mask just enough to let his partner know that he needs to keep his Wu sao up. Sifu Kelly makes a comment in the end of soft and sticky energy. Soft energy basically is not fighting force with force. Soft style martial arts like Wing Chun (Tai Chi, Bagua, Aikido etc..) tends to blend, evaded, neutralize, block, warded off, swallow and redirect force by avoiding clashing. Wing Chun is not about strength and muscle. Sticky energy is the Snake part of Wing Chun, which is adhering to a limb from a point of contact and then working your way to the target without the loss of contact, here are some short examples: 1:44 with Fook Sao, 1:55 with back hand, and 2:04

Wing Chuns defensive grappling (anti-grappling) Mid Gate

Sifu Kelly demonstrates how to use Wing Chun to deal with a take down attempt (at mid gate) using footwork. Sifu Kelly was not sure how his partner would attack at 0:12. Sifu Kelly maintains his center line to establish a point of contact at 0:14. The point of contact he has is his forearm on his partners neck, with both of his hands available for a head takedown (which is very dangerous to do, and is not demonstrated). At 0:39 Sifu Kelly crates space (to execute defensive grappling techniques) when his partner rushes in with using the same type of point of contact before. He explains possible applications that can be applied in take downs attempts.

Please note: Take downs have 3 levels, High (shoulders, head), Mid (mid section, waist) and Low (legs, ankle).

Please note the targets Neck, Ears, C-Spine, Temple, Throat, Groin are points of attack which is illegal in competition marital arts. Wing Chun is not meant for competition, but meant for self defense by disabling, or worst. These are just some of the targets students are taught to attack at our school.

Wing Chuns defensive grappling (anti-grappling) Low Gate

Sifu Kelly demonstrates how to use Wing Chun to deal with a take down attempt (at low gate), using footwork. The first attempt he executes a head takedown (very carefully) at speed. On the second attempt he executes a cross face lock for a submission. The movement he uses is from one of the Wing Chun forms for bridging the gap called Chum Kil which focuses on head control and takedown as well as attacking in angles, and closing distance.

Please note: Take downs have 3 levels, High (shoulders, head), Mid (mid section, waist) and Low (legs, ankle).

Please note the targets Neck, and Head are points of attack which is illegal in competition marital arts. Wing Chun is not meant for competition, but meant for self defense by disabling. These are just some of the targets students are taught to attack at our school.

Wing Chuns Butterfly's Sword

Sifu Kelly is showing cuts with the Butterfly sword (Bart Jarm) on his partner. This was to give us a better understanding of some basic applications of a single Butterfly sword going to the outside line. Attacks are from thrusting straight forward in this video.

Wing Chuns Butterfly's Sword

Sifu Kelly is showing cuts with the Butterfly sword (Bart Jarm) on his partner. This was to give us a better understanding of some basic applications of a single Butterfly sword on the inside line.

Fighting for Fitness

Sifu Kelly has a variety of fitness training mixed with martial arts, weights, aerobics and much more for getting in shape. Here is a sample video to show some of the martial aspects: mixed martial arts (MMA) fitness training.

Tomiki Aikido (Aiki Jiu jitsu)

Part 1 out of 4: Sensei Kelly demonstrates how to pin someone to the ground by using non-lethal force. He is using pain compliance (a person moves from pain, and can be steered into a preferred direction or position while in pain) to get his uke (partner) to submit. In Aikido pain compliance is used on a opponent who is not cooperating.

Tomiki Aikido (Aiki Jiu jitsu)

Part 2 out of 4: Sensei Kelly demonstrates how to pin someone to the ground by using non-lethal force. He is using pain compliance (a person moves from pain, and can be steered into a preferred direction or position while in pain) to get his uke (partner) to submit. In Aikido pain compliance is used on a opponent who is not cooperating.

Tomiki Aikido (Aiki Jiu jitsu)

Part 3 out of 4: Sensei Kelly demonstrates how to pin, and take someone to the ground by using non-lethal force. He is using pain compliance (a person moves from pain, and can be steered into a preferred direction or position while in pain) to get his uke (partner) to submit. In Aikido pain compliance is used on a opponent who is not cooperating.

Tomiki Aikido (Aiki Jiu jitsu)

Part 4 out of 4: Sensei Kelly demonstrates how to control someone who grabbed you by using non-lethal force. He is using pain compliance (a person moves from pain, and can be steered into a preferred direction or position while in pain) to get his uke (partner) to submit (He also used some techniques such as bil ji from Wing Chun for eyes). In Aikido pain compliance is used on a opponent who is not cooperating. Sorry for the wind interruptions.

Tomiki Aikido (Aiki Jiu jitsu) Weapon Disarm

Part 1: Sensei Kelly Shows blunt weapon disarm against low and mid round attacks using non-lethal force for Tomiki Aikido. The Aikido techniques he used in this video are Wakigatame, and Kotegaeshi at 0:31

Tomiki Aikido (Aiki Jiu jitsu) Weapon Disarm

Part 2: Sensei Kelly Shows blunt weapon disarm against a back hand swing using non-lethal force for Tomiki Aikido. The Aikido techniques he used in this video are Oshitaoshi, and Kotehineri.

Tomiki Aikido (Aiki Jiu jitsu) Weapon Disarm

Part 3: Sensei Kelly shows that it is important to understand a true knife attack is committed ( 2:07 ). Which means the person will apply force and try to plunge the knife deep inside you as much possible. Most knife videos that you see on the internet at times is a person trying to stab you by jabbing (sewing machine style 2:46 ) at you and is not a committed attack. Aikido and most other martial arts requires a person to be committed in their attack in order for it to work.

San Shou Kuai Jiao

(fast takedowns and ground fighting )

Part 1 out of 2: Shuai Jiao are fast takedowns from arts like T’ai Chi / Taiji quan, Xing Yi Quan, Baguazhang. There are a total of 36 fast takedowns. These takedowns are meant to be executed less than a few seconds, and these are non-committed (no draping a person over your body, not fighting for grips) throws that can lead to ground positioning of control. Which can be followed up with Jiu jitsu (ground fighting, for example BJJ). Sifu Kelly demonstrates the 1st Shuai Jiao (Chiao) technique, as well as an alternate.

Shuai jiao (take down) is used during close range combat situations where kicking and punching are not applicable or effective. This ( all 36 take downs) was taught to Sifu Kelly by Mr. Shou Yu Liang in 1997 at the World Kung Fu Championships. The form is name Xiaoyaoshuai. Xiaoyao means to be master of oneself and Shuai is short for take down applications.

San Shou Kuai Jiao

(fast takedowns and ground fighting )

Part 2 out of 2: Shuai Jiao are fast takedowns from arts like T’ai Chi / Taiji quan, Xing Yi Quan, Baguazhang. There are a total of 36 fast takedowns. These takedowns are meant to be executed less than a few seconds, and these are non-committed (no draping a person over your body, not fighting for grips) throws that can lead to ground positioning of control. Which can be followed up with Jiu jitsu (ground fighting, for example BJJ). Sifu Kelly demonstrates the 1st Shuai Jiao (Chiao) technique at normal speed.

San Shou Kuai Jiao

(fast takedowns and ground fighting )

Part 3 out of 3: We received a question about, "How dose this work if the guy throws more than one punch." In this video I try to show the 1st Shou Jiao throw. Sifu Kelly is narrating and filming the video. Our stand up fighting is Wing Chun, the deflectors Pak sao and Bil sao sometimes makes it easier to create an opening.

Black Panther

Sifu Kelly shows an application of Black Panther (Burmese Black Panther) from the Bondo system. This art is from Burma (Myanmar).

Southern Praying Mantis

Sifu Kelly shows an application of Southern Praying Mantis with a poke to the eye and a low kick to the leg.