Chinese Martial Arts Series: Martial Poetry: Repulse Monkey

This is the 14th episode in the Martial Poetry video series. In this episode we cover the movement “repulse monkey” from the style Taijiquan. The poetry of this movement teaches deeper principles of Taijiquan.
We’ve covered plenty of movements in previous episodes among a wide range of styles and systems. You can check them out under this playlist here: • Chinese Martial Arts S...
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[@MG-bi6mq]

I was thinking about working this move tomorrow. What a coincidence!
Thanks.

[@frederickbehar]

what is the martial application of your movement?

[@redjademartialartsofmchenry]

depends on the situation. Could be striking as retreating, could be a wrist lock to an arm break, could be a shoulder throw.
After the 15th episode in this series there will be another applications video to follow up which will include this movement.
Though generally when I do this movement I think of it as attacking while retreating, cutting over their attacks with my own.

[@laurencefrese1]

@@redjademartialartsofmchenry I thought it was a Major Outside Displacement, similar to Judo's O'Soto Makikomi.

[@redjademartialartsofmchenry]

@@laurencefrese1 infinite possible applications. Only limit is the imagination