Shaolin Kung Fu 12 Tan Tui Series

Practicing Tan Tui is strongly advised for all beginners, as it forms a fundamental base and serves to lay the foundation for all the essential basic groundwork of *Gongfu practice. Mastering the Tan Tui style, one is able to master traditional Chinese *Gongfu in general, and to progress and learn many other styles and forms.

Tan Tui style builds up the body due to its strenuous demands for low body height, precise movements, and forceful execution. Teaching combat skills such as springing, kicking, stamping, sweeping, thrusting, grappling, punching, pushing, hooking and sticking, etc. Body mechanics are coordinated so that maximum force is issued with smooth effectiveness and efficiency.