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Tai Chi Chuan

T’ai-Chi Chuan (太极拳 / tàijíquán) is an internal Chinese martial art 武術 practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits.  Tai Chi Chuan was one a great fighting art–unfortunately most only know how to use it for health.

However, Flowing Combat maintains the full combat viable art of Taijiquan within it.

Taught from Taijiquan are numerous two person drills, several versions of push hands  along with the slow smooth movements, and explosive “fajing” self-defense methods, sparring, and adrenal stress response reality based drills.  All movements are taught with combat viable applications.

Xing Yi Quan

Xing Yi Quan ( 形意拳; Hsing I Ch’üan) is classified as one of the Wudang styles of Chinese martial arts. The name of the art translates approximately to “Form-Intention Fist”, or “Shape-Will Fist”.

Xing Yi is characterized by aggressive, seemingly linear movements and explosive power that’s often applied from a short range. A practitioner of Xing Yi uses coordinated movements to generate bursts of power intended to overwhelm the opponent, simultaneously attacking and defending.

Xing Yi from multiple world class instructors are included in Flowing Combat.

Bagua Zhang

Bāguà Zhǎng (八卦掌) literally means “eight trigram palm,” referring to the trigrams of the I Ching (Yijing), one of the canons of Taoism.  Bagua Zhang is a brutal martial system the employs circles, spirals, throws, strikes, and is likened to “Aikido with more teeth”.

Flowing Combat includes the system of Gao Style Baguazhang (高氏八卦掌).  Gao Bagua is the style of Baguazhang descended from Gao Yisheng (高義盛), a student of Cheng Tinghua.  Gao style is one of the most widely practiced Baguazhang styles in the West; there are also many practitioners in Tianjin and Taiwan.

Military / LEO Combat

Military combat teaches weapons use, retention, and disarming.  It also incorporates hand-to-hand, throwing, joint manipulation / breaks, and improvised weapon methods.

Domestic Law Enforcement Officers:  De-escalation and arrest methods which result in minimal possible harm to all parties are taught in accordance with the law. (Gary holds a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Loyola Law School)

Adrenal stress response training is included with all methods.

Military, LEO, and Civilian ROE covered and differentiated for applicable students and jurisdictions.