Monday, July 11, 2011

Friday, July 8, 2011

A LITTLE BIT OF MONKEY KUNG - FU HISTORY.

TAI SHING PEK KWAR MONKEY KUNG - FU IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL AND EFFECTIVE FIGHTING STYLES OF KUNG - FU. ITS DECEIVING AND UNORTHODOX TECHNIQUES MAKE IT AN "AWESOME AND STRANGE SIGHT TO BEHOLD! THE ART IS SET APART FORM ALL OTHER ANIMAL STYLES OF KUNG - FU, THE ART IS BASED ON THE "ANTICS OF THE MONKEYS. TAI SHING PEK KWAR MONKEY KUNG - FU IS ACTUALLY MADE UP OF THREE SEPERATE ARTS WHICH ARE: PEK KWAR (AX-FIST CHOPPING STYLE), TEI TONG (GRAND EARTH GROUND FIGHTING STYLE), AND TAI SHING ( MONKEY KUNG - FU STYLE, NAMED AFTER THE GREAT SAGE, MONKEY KING SUNG WU KUNG THE FAMOUS MONKEY KING). PEK KWAR IS THE FIRST ART ONE MUST MASTER DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS WHERE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ART LIES! THE NEXT IS THE TEI TONG STYLE, WHICH WHEN VIEWED BY THE "UNTRAINED" EYE ONE WOULD SWEAR THAT IT IS MONKEY KUNG STYLE, BUT, THIS IS NOT SO. IT DOES LOOK A LOT LIKE MONKEY DUE TO ALL OF THE GROUND ROLLING, PUNCHES, KICKS, ETC. IT CONSISTS OF. THE LAST IS THE TAI SHING MONKEY ART ITSELF! THE MONKEY ART CONSISTS OF FIVE MONKEY STYLES WHICH ARE THE "LOST MONKEY", THE "TALL MONKEY". THE "WOODEN MONKEY", THE "STONE MONKEY", AND THE "DRUNKEN MONKEY". TO MASTER MONKEY KUNG - FU ONE "MUST BECOME" THE MONKEY, RATHER THAN JUST IMITATING IT! ONE MUST ALSO SPEND MANY YEARS LEARNING THE "TAOIST YOGA" AND "CHI - KUNG" STRECTHES AND BREATHING TECHIQUES REQUIERED!  IT TAKES MANY YEARS OF TRAINING AND HARD WORK TO MASTER THIS ART.

PEACE !
GRANDMASTER JIM MUSE FURTADO : )

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

GREETINGS FRIENDS, MY NAME IS GRANDMASTER JIM MUSE FURTADO AND I AM A KUNG - FU, TAOIST YOGA / CHI KUNG  ARTIST. I AM NEW TO BLOGGER AND I HOPE TO SOON SHARE GREAT WRITINGS ON THE BEAUTIFUL ARTS OF "TRADITIONAL"KUNG - FU. HAVE TO GO FOR NOW, BUT, WILL BE BACK SOON! PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO YOU : )