The Secret of the Butterfly!

by Al Case

[I:http://coringa.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/AlCase5.jpg]I'm totally addicted to Gung Fu. I've studied Wing Chun and Tai Chi, Pa Kua and Northern Shaolin, Southern Shaolin and...there is no way I can stop this addiction. This is not a bad thing, of course, for the clarity of mind and the health benefits are absolutely fantastic. There is one problem, however, that has always confounded me concerning the martial arts.

It can take three or four years to become proficient in a system of Kung Fu. It can take a dozen years to master a martial art. The problem is that this is just too long.

The way I solved this problem was to concentrate on isolating the main concept--and motion--behind a system of Gung Fu, and concentrate upon that concept. I didn't want to learn by trying to remember series of tricks, you see, I wanted to find the underlying secret. I wanted to find out what was behind any system I studied.

The problem was that every system I studied seemed to have a different concept. The Mantis hooked and pulled and Wing Chun slipped and struck. Tai Chi absorbed and guided and pa kua circled and deflected.

None of the systems seemed related! But, I reasoned, fighting is, at heart, fighting! There had to be a simple concept that tied them all together.

There had to be some simple thing that was common to each fighting system, no matter how different the fighting system seemed to be! There had to be an underlying principle that I was missing. And, in the end, I found it.

No matter what type of Kung Fu you are studying, the body is the common denominator. Kung fu, flower arranging, dance, taking a walk...they all need a body. And the body is constructed the same, for the most part, from person to person.

Thus, I dissected and analyzed all the systems of Gung fu I could, and I found that there is a concept of body motion, relating to and coming from the body, that is the same for virtually all types of Gung Fu. And all the styles of Gung Fu I was studying suddenly made sense, and I could see how they were connected. I had found the underlying secret to it all!

Eventually, I formed my own system of Gung Fu, and it is based on this common concept of body structure, and the only potentials of motion that a body can do. I call this system of Gung Fu the Shaolin Butterfly, and the glory of it is that is includes virtually all potentials of body motion from all other systems of Gung Fu. Oh, and one other thing about this style of Gung Fu--it can be learned in a matter of months.

About the Author:

Al Case has been practicing Kung Fu for over more than 40 plus years. You can find out more about the Shaolin Gung Fu at Monster Martial Arts. This and other unique content 'Shaolin' articles are available with free reprint rights.

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