Da Gui Na PDF

GHOST HAND KUNG FU
(Dao Gui Na)

TRAINING MANUAL
LEVEL
1-3
By Sifu Joel Gunderson

Copyright © Joel Gunderson 2011
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The Dao Gui Na Training
Manual Level 1-3 is intended for the
student that will mastered each
level separately. This book is
sectioned into 3 separate levels to
make it easier for a the student to
learn.
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Dao Gui Na Training Manual
Level 1
CONTENTS
The Art 7
Founder of Dao Gui Na 10
The Root 13
The Walk 17
Hand Positions 23
Air Exercises 27
Qigong and Meditation 49
Single Person Exercises 54
Leg Form 58
The Set 65
Partner Exercises 75
Arm Conditioning 84
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Level 2
CONTENTS
Iron Leg Root Exercise 94

Level Two Walking 98
Leg Form with Hands 106
The Set – Level two 120
Single Person Exercise 133
Falls 146
Wrist escapes 1&2 151
Combat Form 161
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Level 3
CONTENTS
Qigong Exercise 172

Walking Hands Form 180
Fall and roll 196
The Set – Level Three 202
Wrist Escapes 3&4 218
Combat Form 3&4 228
Two Person Exercise 247
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Level 1-3
THE ART
The art of Dao Gui Na (dow gway

nah) is a mixture of various martial art
styles, mostly from China. It is built
upon the root of Chuka Southern
Praying Mantis Kung Fu as taught by
Sifu Tony Blum under Sigong Sammy
Wong.
The name Dao Gui Na means a

series of sneaky attacks and control.
This art is also known as Ghost Hand
Kung Fu.
Dao: a series of attacks

Gui: ghost-like or sneaky
Na: control, derived from the art of Chin
Na, which means seize and control
What systems are used in Dao Gui

Na? Dao Gui Na consists of many
styles. Here is a list of styles,
incorporated in the system of Dao Gui
Na.
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Southern Praying Mantis
Fukian White Crane
Bak Mei
Shaolin Long Fist
Wing Chun
Bagua Zhang
Chin na
Dim mak
Ninjutsu
Qigong
Dao Gui Na is a short-armed

method, where the arms are kept close to
the body. It gives one the ability to
execute fast, multiple strikes with deadly
accuracy to an opponent’s vital points.
The art stresses breath work and being
able to separately use and control the
internal opening and closing movements
of each and every joint on the body. It
allows one to fight and counter
according to the opponent’s pressure,
rather than fighting from sight. Dao Gui
Na also incorporates joint locks, throws,
and low kicks mostly from the waist
down, attacking legs, knees, and feet.
There is a lot of qigong work within Dao
Gui Na forms, making it a true
internal/external martial art.
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Founder of Dao Gui Na
Sifu Joel Gunderson has been involved in
martial arts
most of his life.
As a child he
was introduced
to Budo Aikido
and was a
successful
competitive
wrestler. As a
teenager, he
achieved his
black belts in
Tae Kwon Do
and Hapkido.
After wining
several
competitions, he
extended his
quest searching
for an art that
would work in
the real world
and wasn’t
primarily for
sport. He took
Miyama Ryu Jujutsu and dabbled in
Chung Moo Quan. This journey then
led him to the internal art of Bagua
Zhang. Being opened up to deep
Chinese arts, Gunderson’s quest brought
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him further. He wanted to train
something that was both internal and
external. He wanted the fighting to be
faster and have less thought involved;
something that could be learned and
become second nature, where he could
overcome his opponent efficiently. Joel
started training Jook Lum Southern
Praying Mantis Kung Fu. After training
this style for a short time, a door was
opened through a series of events and
connections. A group had been training
behind closed doors right under his nose.
Once Joel discovered this, he was invited
in through a family relationship, to train
with them. He then trained Chuka
Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu for
over eight years before reaching
instructor level. This was a great honor
to be a part of an art that had been
exclusive to the royal family of China in
the Ming dynasty. Gunderson then
cofounded a school called South Mantis
Combat Science and instructed for two
years. In 2007, he started a group called
Warrior Arts Fight Club, where they
trained Sifu Gunderson’s mixed kung fu
teachings. Joel finally put a name on
what he had been teaching them. Ghost
Hand Kung Fu (Dao Gui Na) was born.
Joel keeps his mind open and continues
his training in the Southern Mantis as
well as other martial arts. Joel has now
gone public with his system. He has
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been teaching and running seminars for
all ages in different locations and enjoys
watching these students as he guides
them on this life changing journey.
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Level 1
THE ROOT
The system of Dao Gui Na all starts with

the root. The two major aspects to good
root, are stance and air (breath). We use
the stance of the Southern Praying
Mantis system. The mantis stance is like
a golf swing. There are many things to
think about and master but, when you
get it right, you will be rooted like an old
oak.
You start by standing with your
right foot forward left foot back, toes on
both feet pointed straight in front of you.
Feet should be shoulder-width and a half
apart. For correct front to back spacing,
draw an imaginary line from the back of
your right heel straight across to your left
foot. The imaginary line should contact
the front of your left foot. The reasoning
for standing with one foot further
forward than the other is balance. If you
stand with your feet side by side then
you will be easily pushed over. Now, in
this foot position you want to curl your
toes down like claws gripping the
ground, knees bent with equal weight on
each leg. The knees are going to pull in
with slight tension. The old wise teacher
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would tell you to squeeze in like riding a
horse. Horseback riding is not as
common today, so I explain it as if you
were opening the door to your house for
a guest and the dog tries to get out by
running through your legs. Then not to
let the animal by you squeeze your knees
in slightly to trap them. After that, we
move up from the legs to the position of
the pelvis. When rooting in this stance
you need to tilt the pelvis forward
pushing your heels down through the
earth. Lastly, you take in air low in the
don tien (lower abdomen). You always
want to breathe from the belly, keeping
your air low. This will aid in your root
and overall fighting. If the air comes
into your chest high in the lungs, you
will be top heavy and a high center of
gravity will exist. This is not good for
balance or fighting. Put all these things
together for rock solid rooting. This is
the key to build great kung fu.
Since this stance is so important,
we have used the two person exercise
from the southern mantis to practice it.
This exercise is called ton toe pushing.
You get in to your mantis stance and
face your partner. You are standing at
half arms length away from each other.
Put your right palm on each others
center chest or neck. Your left hand will
rest on your partner’s right elbow. It is
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there just to guide their arm so it doesn’t
bend when you push each other. Once
in the position, one of you will tap the
other’s elbow signaling to start the
exercise. At this time, you both will
bend (sink) down taking your air in your
lower abdomen (don tien). After that
you will rise back up with your air
releasing and pushing each other away.
You will notice that one or both of you
will fall back. Usually there are three
possibilities that could cause this. One
could be that your air was in your chest
instead of your belly. Another could be
that you let out all your air, instead of
keeping a quarter of it in your belly for
root. And lastly you just didn’t follow the
correct stance form that was talked about
in this chapter. It takes a lot practice to
feel confident in this area.
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Level 1
THE WALK
In Dao Gui Na we move short distances

at a time but, when we move, we move
fast. There are essentially five different
stepping techniques. Straight step, circle
step, chop step, retreat step, and 3 step
arrow. I am going to explain four of
these stepping techniques now and cover
the other in a later level.
I will start talking about straight
step. All of the Dao Gui Na steps are
taken in short distances. Usually we
move about six to twelve inches at a
time. You get into your mantis stance
with your hands on your hips, your hand
position will change later. Step forward
with your right foot then slide your left
foot up to match the distance of the right
foot step. You’re not going to step your
left foot past your right, so you will
always be in your right-foot-forward
mantis stance. We keep our steps close
to the ground, kind of like a shuffle.
There is no dancing around or jump
kicks. Unlike boxing, Tae Kwon Do, or
other systems with a lot of leg
movement, we root ourselves to the
ground and move very little. In Dao Gui
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Na we stand rooted, and deflect the
opponents power or suck it in and send it
back at them.
Now, circle step is very similar.

The only difference is instead of moving
your feet directly forward, you will circle
your right foot in to meet your centerline
and back out and forward. Essentially
you make a half circle with your right
foot. Now that your right foot has
moved forward, bring your left foot
straight forward to match the distance,
returning to mantis stance. This
technique is used for stepping around an
obstacle or opponent’s leg.
circle step circle step
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Like circle step, chop step is also
similar to straight. In this step you will
bring your right knee up across your
body towards your left hip and then set it
down about six to twelve inches further
forward than you started. Then slide the
left foot forward to match the distance
that you moved with your right foot.
Now you should be back in mantis
stance.
chop step
straight view side view
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To get that
chop step right,
you should feel
like your right
knee is
attached to a
string pulling it
over your left
shoulder. This
makes sure you
have the perfect
forty-five
degree angle as
you pull your
knee up towards your left hip. Chop step
is used for blocking the lower gate,
whether moving out of the way of a kick
or blocking your groin. Using your
lower gate to protect your lower gate is
most efficient, which means using legs to
block low and arms to block high.
I have covered straight, circle, and
chop steps, but what about when you
have to step backwards? The back step
is not just doing it in reverse. Just like
Southern Mantis, we take away the first
target in front of the opponent. The
front leg is closest, so we slide the front
(right) foot back first. We move it about
six inches and then the back (left) foot
moves back to match the distance of the
right foot. The rest of the step is in
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reverse. The circle and the chop are still
done, but in reverse. These steps should
be practiced at the beginning of every
training session. Straight step, forward
and back. Circle step, forward and back.
Chop step, forward and back.
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Level 1
HAND POSITION
There are two basic hand positions

we teach for fighting in the system of
Dao Gui Na. The first is called beggar
hand and the second I call wedge
hand.
Let’s talk about beggar hand
first. This comes from Southern Praying
Mantis Kung Fu. This is a wide position
that basically drives the opponent down
the middle to attack you. When they
come down the center for their attack, we
squeeze in with one hand blocking, the
other watching for the next strike. This
sucks them in while blocking. Then we
strike them multiple times, sending them
back out and keeping them off balance
at all times. This promotes a technique
called come, keep, go, send.
Straight view Side view
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To properly execute beggar hand,
you get into your mantis stance and your
right arm extends about seventy-five
percent out in front of your body, elbow
bent slightly with your palm up. This
hand is usually about eye level to start.
The left arm is also palm up but lower
and the elbow is bent more. We say that
the right arm is up and out, and the left
arm is down and in. Rarely do we have
both limbs out at the same time. This
would cause bad balance.
Now let’s touch
on wedge hand.
This hand position
drives the opponent to
the outside. This is
used to cut the angle
on them and work
around their body.
We can then execute
multiple strikes
working around their
body to the back,
where the most vitals
are.
In this stance,
your hand position is
still one up and out
and the other down and in. Your left this
time is up and out, but on your
centerline. Your right will be down and
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in, underneath your left on your
centerline. Both hands palm facing out
at opponent.
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Level 1
AIR EXERCISES
Dao Gui Na is a true

internal/external martial art. So
essentially, we deal with qigong and a
variety of other air exercises. The
exercises I will talk about first are for
fighting. I will cover other exercises later
for health and healing. These air
exercises now are going to train you to
move your body properly with your
breathing. This allows you to exhale
correctly for working short power attacks
and also to inhale proper to protect you
internally.
During all the air exercises for
fighting you will be breathing in through
the nose with your teeth closed and
tongue on the roof of your mouth. For
the fighting this is your natural mouth
guard and helps to avoid jaw or tongue
injury. For the qigong health breathing
there are two reasons for the tongue to be
on the upper palate: The first one is that
it generates saliva, which prevents the
mouth or throat from drying out.
According to Daoism, saliva is the body’s
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“longevity liquor.” The second reason is
that the body’s major yang meridian
ends at the upper palate while the yin
meridian starts at the tip of the tongue.
By touching these points together, an
important energy circuit is closed,
allowing the qi to circulate with a
stronger current. A stronger current
means more energy and vitality.
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Gin Geng
The first exercise is called gin
geng (gin gang). As a warm up, it
loosens the neck and warms things up in
that area. For fighting purposes, it
teaches you to bring your air in to protect
as your neck moves. This exercise has
two parts: the first part is up and down
and the second part is left and right. You
start out with your feet shoulder-width
apart, knees bent and weight distribution
fifty/fifty. Put your hands on your hips
and inhale The breathing method will be
the same as talked
about in the
previous exercise.
At the same time
tighten your neck
muscles as you lift
your head and look
up. Then you
exhale as you bring
your head back
down to neutral or
straight position.
To finish the up and
down section of the exercise, you now
repeat the procedure except, this time
you bring your head down instead of up.
Once you have done one up and one
down, you have done a single interval.
The second part to this exercise is left
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and right, using same stance and
breathing method.
1 2
3 4
This time you will loosely turn

your head to the left and continue rolling
it back around the right side (picture 1).
Then you will snap it to the left, taking
your air in (picture 2). Then turn to the
right and continue rolling it back around
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to the left side (picture 3). Then you will
snap it to the right (picture 4). This is
one interval. With these exercises, you
would like to build up to ten intervals of
each variation.
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Gin Yu
Gin yu (gin you) is for twisting
torso power. This will teach you to twist
with your air for extreme power.
For this
exercise you will
move into your
mantis stance.
Bring your
hands into your
chest, palms
down, fingers
extended on
each hand with
fingertips from opposite hands almost
touching.
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Elbows should be straight out to the
sides. Take your air in while you draw
back your right side by twisting at the
torso (picture 2). Then exhale and thrust
your torso the other direction bringing
your right elbow strike past neutral close
to your centerline (picture 3). Then your
body resets to neutral start position
(picture 1) and you repeat on other side.
That will make one interval. You want to
build this to ten intervals.
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Fu Fu Kung
Fu fu kung (foo foo kong) is a
scooping push-up done on the finger
tips. This exercise teaches two different
breathing methods, while building
strength in the finger tips and arms.
This push-up position is a little
different. You start in downward dog
yoga position. If you are unfamiliar with
that, get in a regular push-up starting
position and at the top walk your feet a
little closer to your hands. Your butt
should be sticking up. Now you should
be on your finger tips. If at any time you
feel like your fingers are weak or going to
give out just drop to your hands. Better
to do the exercise on your hands than to
be injured.
In this position you should have

your wrists turned, bringing your elbows
next to your body. We want parallel
arms to the body for this push up.
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Now we start with scooping head first

down, forward, and up. Then we go
backward down and push up to original
position. I mentioned earlier that there
were two different breathing methods to
this exercise. First we practice normal
inhale on the way down and exhale on
the way up. Then after a while of
training this way we change it up. The
second way is reverse breathing. This
is not to be confused with qi gong
reverse breathing. This means exhale on
the way down and inhale on the way up.
You should build this exercise to a set of
ten.
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Syung Jung Ha
Syung jung ha (sung jung ha)
means middle, upper, and lower gates.
We do these in the order from top to
bottom. These exercises will develop
muscle memory, aiding in matching air
with exacting techniques.
You start in mantis stance with
your hands extended up to the sky and
out like a “V”. This is for the upper gate.
In this exercise you will pull from the
end of your hands all the way in to your
dontein (lower abdomen). At the same
time you will be pulling from the ground
through your feet up to your dontein.
Now that your position is set, you will
start to inhale as you slowly curl the
hands into a fu non (phoenix eye) fist.
The air keeps
coming in and then
the arms squeeze
into center with
elbows touching.
While all that is
happening, the
lower body should
rise up on your toes,
bringing the knees
in slightly, pulling
from the ground to
your center.
Then exhale and
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reverse back to starting position. This is
one interval of the upper gate.
1 2
You build this to ten and then do middle,

and lower gates. The difference is just
arm position. Middle gate you start with
hands out and pull in.
Middle gate
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In the lower gate you start with your
hands pointed down and you turn them
in and roll up into elbow touching
finished position and back out.
Lower gate
During these exercises you must match

breathing with movement exactly. So
when the breathing stops the movement
stops, or when the movement stops the
breathing has to stop. This prevents
injury and bad habits.
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Ton Toe
Ton toe is an exercise that trains
you to block in such a way that you suck
your opponent into you, taking them off
balance.
We start
this exercise in
mantis stance
with beggar
hands. You
inhale and
bring your right
hand into your
center and
down to block.
The left hand at
the same time
will come to the
center but up
and out. Your
position now
will look a lot
like wedge
hands. The
only difference
is that when
you brought
your right hand
in to block, you
also sucked in
your stomach.
This creates a
further target for your opponent to strike
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causing them to fall toward you off
balance. Then the exercise has you
release and exhale. You then repeat this
with the left hand blocking, still coming
from beggar hand position, everything
else reversed. This would be one
interval. You want to build this to ten.
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Ton Toe Bic Bo Fu Non
This exercise takes ton toe to the
next level, ending with a strike coming
out of your block. You sucked your
opponent off balance and now you need
to send them away with a strike. This
technique will keep your opponent trying
to find balance as they are manipulated
every which way.
Bic bo fu non is a circular
punching technique coming from the
Southern Mantis. You keep your elbows
in, blocking with the left, opening the
way for the right to circle through and
strike. The words Fu Non stands for
phoenix eye. This is the type of fist you
will be using in this technique.
Ton toe bic bo fu non exercise
starts out in mantis stance using beggar
hand position. On this one you will go
ahead and ton toe, except after you block
and take your air in, you will lock it in
your don tein and take a straight step.
After you step, you will exhale and bic
bo fu non (circle punch with right hand,
using phoenix eye). This is one interval.
You will build this to five forward, five
back. When you are going backward,
you will ton toe and lock your air. You
will straight step backwards. Once you
are rooted, you will bic bo fu non.
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1 2
3 4
This is the first time you will be

practicing a technique in the system
known as come, keep, go, send. Your
opponent goes to strike you (come).
You suck them in with your block
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(keep). You strike with bic bo fu non
(go). You keep striking them (send).
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Level 1
QIGONG AND MEDITATION
We start out with two simple exercises.

The first one is our opening called hoi
jong. It is like our bow or greeting. The
second one is a slow breathing
technique, used for focusing before
training or to lead into your qigong
meditation session.
The first one is called hoi jong
(opening), because it starts just like the
beginning of the Dao Gui Na form. You
will stand in a comfortable stance about
shoulder-width apart with your feet
parallel. Your hands will come to your
side as your right leg slides over to your
left bringing your feet together. At the
same time your air comes in your nose
filling your don tien. Your hands will
slide up your side and turn into a fist.
Once they reach chest level you will lock
your air. Now you will push your hands
in front of you making a triangle shape in
front of your chest with your hands and
arms while exhaling. As your hands
were pushing out you want to open the
left and have it almost touching the right
fist. (See photo 2) These represent the
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sun and the moon, standing for the Ming
Dynasty. This symbolizes where the
majority of the Kung Fu in Dao Gui Na
came from. After this position you will
inhale and reverse the motions bringing
your hands in and down, pushing your
air out as you end with stepping your
right foot back out to your starting
stance. This is one interval. You will
build this up to nine.
1 2
3 4
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FLOATING HANDS
The second exercise I call
floating hands. You will stand in a
comfortable stance about shoulder-width
apart with your feet parallel. Your knees
will be slightly bent like you’re sitting on
a large ball. Your arms will be bent and
away from your sides and in front of you
as if there were a medium size ball under
each arm. With loose hands you will
inhale through your nose and lift your
hands up higher than your head, still
keeping your hands in front of you.
Then exhale slowly dropping your hands
with your fingers out as if they were
flowing through water. Then repeat. In
and out nine times slowly, then we hold
our hand position at the bottom and
slowly breathe for an undetermined
amount of time. This is our time to
focus before training, or even starting
our day. The qigong gets more in depth
later, as you progress in the system.
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Level 1
SINGLE PERSON EXERCISES

BLOCKS
In level one, we only have one single
man exercise called on ton chum biel.
On, ton, and chum are the first three
blocks that you learn. Biel is actually a
strike with the fingers.
On block uses the outside of the
hand right next to the palm. When a
strike is coming in, you will bring your
hand down and pivot at the wrist
pushing at your opponent. It is
important that you keep the elbow bent
and below your hand as you drive it into
your opponent, keeping it in front of you
instead of letting your elbow flare out.
This will not only control your opponents
strike coming in, but actually cut the
angle redirecting their power.
Ton block uses the top of the hand
back next to the wrist. When a strike is
coming in from the outside, you bring
your hand up in the spear position
bending the wrist to make contact.
Pivoting the wrist will send their strike
way off-course and open up the inside for
your counter attack. It is important to
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direct your pressure at the opponent in
stead of pushing to the side away from
the attack. You are ultimately trying to
get to the source of the attack, and
disarm it. Also just like on block you
want to keep your elbows in and lower
than your hands. This will give you the
best control.
Chum block uses the palm of the
hand. This is for an attack in your lower
gate. You will drop the hand down in a
loose but heavy fashion, letting all the
blood gravitate to the end of your hand,
for a wrecking ball effect on the
opponent’s attack. Again keeping your
elbow in and pivoting the palm down
when executing the block.
Biel is a finger thrust. This is an
attack at the neck or face with your palm
facing down. Fingers pointed straight
out and elbow is still tucked in. This
strike comes straight from your center.
On block
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Ton block
Chum block
Biel strike
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ON TON CHUM BIEL
In this single man exercise you will
be shadowing the blocks. You will stand
in mantis stance beggar hand position.
Then start with your left hand first doing
on ton chum biel. Then your right hand
will do on ton chum biel. The number of
sets is decided by the instructor present.
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Level 1
LEGS FORM
The legs form is called Si liu ma,

which means leg form. This is an
exercise to condition your legs while
perfecting your stances for good root. In
level one it is only leg positions. Later,
we add hand movements to the form.
Follow along with the pictures as I take
you through the order.
You start in our opening position
or greeting if you will. Then you will
step your right foot out into horse stance.
At this time your hands will go onto your
hips. They will stay there the rest of the
time until hand movements are learned.
Next, you will turn your left foot out to
the side and slide your right foot in and
then forward into cat stance. At this time
all your weight is on your back leg. You
will then pick up your right leg and
execute a front snap kick, setting that
foot down into front stance. From front
stance you will retract your right foot
back and in, next to your left. Then your
right foot will slide back out to the side
into horse stance. Keeping that flow
moving to the right, you will step your
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left foot over in front of your right into
nei gei ma. Then take your right foot
from behind and swing it around in front
for opposite foot nei gei ma. Then the
left foot will come out from behind and
move to the left back into your original
horse stance. That is the left side. Then
you reverse this procedure on the right
making one set. You want to build this
to four sets, usually holding each stance
for one minute on the first set. Then you
will finish the remaining three sets at full
speed.
The opening 1 and 2

1 2
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Horse stance 3 Cat stance 4
Front stance 5 Horse stance 6
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Nei gei ma 7 Nei gei ma 8
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Horse stance 15 Close 16
Bow 17
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Level 1
THE SET
This is the Dao Gui Na form used

to practice and remember techniques. In
this system you learn a little of the form
at a time. As you advance, it gets longer
and harder.
I am going to give you the step by
step order of the Dao Gui Na level one
set. First I will list the order, then I will
explain the movements.
Hoi Jong --picture 1-5
Signature –picture 6-7
Beggar hand –picture 8-9
Ton toe – picture 10
Straight step – picture 10 to11
Bic bo fu non – picture 11-12
Straight step – picture 12 to 13
Bic bo fu non – picture 13-14
Syung jung – picture 15
Gau choy – picture 16
Close – picture 17-18
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I will start with Hoi Jong, which
means the opening to the set. You will
stand in a comfortable stance about
shoulder width apart with your feet
parallel. Your hands will come to your
side as your right leg slides over to your
left bringing your feet together. At the
same time your air came in filling your
don tein. Your hands will slide up your
side and turn into a fist. Once they reach
chest level you will lock your air. Now
you will push your hands in front of you
exhaling your breath ending up making
a triangle shape in front of your chest
with your hands and arms. As your
hands were pushing out you want to
open the left and have it almost touching
the right fist. From here you inhale as
you step your right foot forward turning
your toes out. While this is happening,
the hands move down to the right hip,
right hand will still be in a fist, left hand
open. Next, you will step your left foot
out in front moving into cat stance. As
that left foot moves out, your hands
move from your side to in front of you.
Your palms will be turned out, right
hand still in a fist. After this, you will
step your feet back to where you started
first, left then right. During this your
hands fall to your side. Then as you
slide your left leg back to get into mantis
stance, flare your fists out both in
phoenix eye fists. This is the signature.
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After this you will move into beggar
hand position. Then you do ton toe
breathing in and locking air as you
straight step with bic bo fu non. You
then continue with another straight
step followed by bic bo fu non. Then
comes an elbow strike called syung
jung (suing jung). We visualize this
strike being blocked. To overcome this
block we extend a back fist called gau
choy (gow choy). Then you close.
Closing is a lot like the first part of the
opening. Your right foot will slide over
to your left, as your hands fall to your
side. At the same time your air came in
filling your don tein. Your hands will
slide up your side and turn into a fist.
Once they reach chest level you will lock
your air. Now you will push your hands
in front of you exhaling your breath
ending up making a triangle shape in
front of your chest with your hands and
arms. As your hands were pushing out
you want to open the left and have it
almost touching the right fist. That is
the level one Dao Gui Na form.
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Set 1 Set 2
Set3 Set 4
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Set 5 Set 6
Set 7 Set 8
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Set 9 Set 10a front view
Set 10b side view Set 11
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Set 12a side view Set 12b front view
Set 13 Set 14
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Set 15 Set 16
Set 17 Set 18
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Level 1
PARTNER EXERCISES
There are basically two exercises I

will talk about: Block Control Hit
(BCH), and bic bo fu non. After
practicing these two exercises, we put
them together as a training loop.
I will start with block control hit.
I teach this exercise one step at a time.
This technique can be used in multiple
applications. In level one, I break it
down in the simplest form.
Face your partner and get into
mantis stance. Your partner will throw a
right punch, and you will block it by
bringing your right hand to your center
twisting your fist as you connect with
your partner’s inner forearm. Freeze in
this position. This is the block part of
BCH. After this we need to control. To
do this, you will take your left hand and
connect it underneath your right elbow,
sliding it towards your partner’s forearm.
As it arrives to control, your right fist
starts to move to the left and back to
your body in a circular motion.
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After it returns the circle keeps going.
Make sure that both hands are moving at
the same time on opposite sides of this
circle. This is called yin yang hands.
Now let’s finish the technique with the
hit. After your fist returned, it shot back
out to punch. At the same time your left
hand which was controlling, slides back
toward you but still keeping a connection
with partners arm. Refer to the photos
for perfect posture and technique.
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BCH 1
BCH 2
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BCH 3
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The second technique, bic bo fu
non, I have already explained earlier in
the book. Now I will teach it as a
partner exercise. You face your partner
and get into mantis stance. Your partner
will throw a right punch and you will
counter with a left hand on block. In
this situation, your on block will drive
your partners arm down. Since we use
yin yang hands, your right fist will
automatically come up and over the
other arms striking your partner. This
makes a full circle. At this time your
partner will block with a left handed on,
and then strike the same way. This is an
on going loop. Refer to the photos for
perfect posture and technique.
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Bic Bo Fu Non 1
Bic Bo Fu Non 2
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Bic Bo Fu Non 3
Bic Bo Fu Non 4
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Bic Bo Fu Non 5
Bic Bo Fu Non 6
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Now that you know these two
techniques, we will loop them into a
synergetic partner exercise. You face
your partner in mantis stance. Your
partner throws a punch and you block
control hit (BCH). This ends with your
fist going toward your partner. They
counter this with a left-handed on block.
As your fist is pushed down by this on
block, you will keep it going and
complete the circle with bic bo fu non.
Your part ends with your fist going
toward your partner. This continues by
your partner now doing the same
techniques you just did. This loops over
and over. Refer to the photos of (bch)
and bic bo fu non for perfect posture and
technique.
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Level 1
ARM CONDITIONING
In this art we use our arms more

than any other limb on the body.
Naturally they take a beating. This is
why we condition them first. I am going
to teach you two arm conditioning
techniques that will be done with a
partner or fixed post.
The first one is called scrapping
arms. This exercise is done facing your
partner or a post in mantis stance. You
will punch with your right fist towards
your partner’s face. They will also punch
at the same time with their right fist.
You will connect each other on the
outside of your arms and scrap through
moving towards their face. Then retract
them and punch again with the same fist
as before but this time you will punch
down low. As you connect with the
outside of the arm you will scrap through
again. This makes one set. You want to
build this to ten sets. Make sure to
condition both arms.
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Scrapping Arms 1
Scrapping Arms 2
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Scrapping Arms 3
Scrapping Arms 4
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The second exercise is called
three strikes. This technique is done
facing your partner or a post. You will
face your partner and get into your
mantis stance. You will be connecting
with a series of three blocks. When
doing this with a partner you will be
mirroring each other exactly. First you
will swing your right arm in for a forearm
block on the inside of each other’s arms.
Then you will pull the arm back in and
swing it, fists down, for a forearm block
on the outside of each other’s arms.
After that, you will finish with swinging
it up and connecting forearms again on
the outside of the arm. That is one set.
You want to build this to ten sets. Make
sure to condition both arms.
3 strikes 1
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3 strikes 2
3 strikes 3
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3 strikes 4
NOTES
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NOTES
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NOTES
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Level 2
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Level 2
IRON LEG ROOT EXERCISE
The system of Dao Gui Na all starts with

the root. The two major aspects to good
root are stance and air (breath). This is
an exercise that will test your rooting
ability while practicing the leg sweep. If
you are not sure how to properly fall
without getting hurt, read the section on
falls before executing this exercise.
Get into mantis stance, hooking
your right leg with your partner. Then
put your right hand on your partner’s
chest or neck while placing your left
hand onto your partner’s right elbow and
vise versa. At this time you will decide
who is rooting and who will be sweeping.
The person rooting will give a hand tap
with their left hand on their partner’s
right elbow when ready. Then the
sweeper will pop their knee back into the
rooter’s leg, while pushing them with
their right hand. If the rooter is still
standing they have a good stance. If the
rooter gets swept to the floor they need
to go back and work on their stance and
keeping their air low. Good root is key to
successful Kung Fu.
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Level 2
LEVEL 2 WALKING
In Dao Gui Na we move short distances

at a time but, when we move, we move
fast. There are essentially five different
stepping techniques. Straight step, circle
step, chop step, retreat step, and 3 step
arrow. I have explained three of these
stepping techniques in level one manual.
We will talk about the other two now.
I will start talking about retreat
step. All of the Dao Gui Na steps are
taken in short distances except retreat
step. This step is designed to quickly
evade a lower attack by moving
backward. Retreat step is also the only
step that you will have both feet in the air
at the same time. Usually we keep one
foot on the ground at all times and
almost never jump.
You get into your mantis stance
with your hands in beggar position. You
now will execute a backward chop step
but instead of chopping and setting your
right foot down you will pick it up and
before you set it down, your left foot
hops back. Then you proceed to set that
right foot down. After that the left plants
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so that you will end in your proper
mantis stance. 1 2
3 4
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Next we will cover three step
arrow. This drill teaches turning and
side stepping. In this system, moving to
the side is of great importance. We don’t
want to take the opponents power
straight on, so we move and cut the
angles to divert the energy of the
opponent.
The way we execute this drill in
the system of Dao Gui Na is using three
partners as hitting dummies. You could
also build an apparatus to simulate the
same thing. The three partners are
going to position themselves in a triangle
formation.
They will
hold their
right hand up
palm facing
out. This
will be the
striking
surface for
the drill. You
will start on
one of the
three sides of the triangle in mantis
stance, striking out simultaneously with
both hands using ton block. You will be
connecting to the two partners on either
side of you. Then straight step forward
executing bic bo fu non into your
partner’s palm in front of you. You have
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just completed one of the three sides of
the triangle. Next you will need to turn.
We take our right foot twist it as we plant
it to the left in front of our right foot. It
turns out looking like an opposite cat
stance. After that your left foot will move
over to the left and rotate so that you are
in mantis stance facing the next point in
the triangle. At this point you should be
in the same position you started in but
one person over. Then you continue to
ton both hands out again striking your
partner’s palms on either side of you.
Then step forward striking with bic bo fu
non. This is your second side of the
triangle.
1 2
3 4
stop
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1 2
3a 3b
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7 8
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To complete the drill, continue
until all three sides have been executed.
At this time we switch partners to give
someone else the chance to practice. As
for the three people acting as dummies
they get the chance to get their palms
conditioned by the strikes. Make sure
that the dummy partners switch off left
and right palms between exercises to
condition both hands.
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Level 2
LEG FORM WITH HANDS
The leg form is called Si liu ma.

This is an exercise to condition your legs
while perfecting your stances for good
root. In level one it is only leg positions.
In level two we add hand movements to
the form. I will review the leg form
without hands first then we will add the
hand movements to the corresponding
stances. Follow along with the pictures
as I take you through the order.
You start in our opening position
or greeting if you will. Then you will
step your right foot out into horse stance.
At this time your hands will go onto your
hips. They will stay there the rest of the
time until hand movements are learned.
Next, you will turn your left foot out to
the side and slide your right foot in and
then forward into cat stance. At this time
all your weight is on your back leg. You
will then pick up your right leg and
execute a front snap kick, setting that
foot down into front stance. From front
stance you will retract your right foot
back and in, next to your left. Then your
right foot will slide back out to the side
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into horse stance. Keeping that flow
moving to the right, you will step your
left foot over in front of your right into
nei gei ma. Then take your right foot
from behind and swing it around in front
for opposite foot nei gei ma. Then the
left foot will come out from behind and
move to the left back into your original
horse stance. That is the left side. Then
you reverse this procedure on the right
making one set. You want to build this
to four sets, usually holding each stance
for one minute on the first set. Then you
speed.
The opening 1 and 2
1 2
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Horse stance 15 Close 16
Bow 17
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Now we will add the hand
movements to the corresponding
stances. When you step out into your
first horse stance you will be throwing
three strikes; a right twisting fu non, then
a left twisting fu non, and another right
twisting fu non. The twisting fu non
strike is essentially a corkscrew phoenix
eye strike. Then as you move into cat
stance you will strike with a spear hand
to the lower gate while the left hand is
above it in the opposite circle position.
After the strike, the right hand changes
to fu non (phoenix eye) fist and makes a
horizontal full circle in. This brings us to
our kick going into front stance. After
your right foot is planted in front stance
you execute a low gate punch with your
right hand. Then your right hand
punches up and clears back down with a
circle around to a right handed back fist.
Then the form will continue moving
back into horse stance with both arms
shooting out beside the body simulating
a bear hug break. Your hand will be in fu
non position for this. As you step into
nei gei ma, your right hand comes across
to check and the left hand circles
through to block. This happens in a
vertical circle to the left side as you step
right. Then it reverses when you step to
the other direction: the left hand comes
across to check and the right hand
circles through to block. Next you
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return to horse stance and repeat on the
opposite side. You want to build this to
four sets, usually holding each stance for
one minute on the first set. Then you
speed.
Right twisting fu non Left twisting fu non 1a

1 2
left twisting fu non 1b Right twisting fu non

3 4
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Spear hand down Start to circle with fu non
5 6
Circle in Circle through

7 8
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Kick and punch Punch up
9 10
Punch down Roll fu non in

11 12
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Roll fist around Back fist down
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Bring fists in Shoot fu non fists out

15 16
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Right hand check Left hand blocks 1a
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Left hand blocks 1b Left hand check

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Right hand blocks and left pulls back
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Then you return to horse stance and

repeat on the opposite side, starting with
twisting fu non. When you are finished
with all your sets, then close with your
bow.
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Level 2
THE SET

and harder.
I am going to give you the step-by-
step order of the Dao Gui Na level two
section of the set. First I will list the
order, then I will explain the movements.
Right hand Cha que-picture 1

Combo hands 1 lower gate-picture 2
Combo hands 2 upper left-picture 3
Combo hands 3 upper right-picture 4-5
Left on block-picture 6
Left ton block-picture 7
Left chum block-picture 8
Left biel strike-picture 9
Left jot moon-picture 10-12
Right jot moon-picture 13-15
Left ton jung-picture 16-17
Right ton jung-picture 18-20
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Right on block-picture 21
Right ton block-picture 22
Right chum block-picture 23
Right biel strike-picture 24
Close-picture 25-27
We left off at Gau choy in the level one

section of the form. We will continue
from there. Your fist is in phoenix eye
and is still out, after striking. Then you
circle it to the right and down twisting
your fist for a Cha Que block striking
your opponent’s forearm with your pinky
knuckle as your air comes in. You are
looking to strike vital areas of the arm
with this block. Next you will execute
combination hands. In this technique
you will jam your left palm into your
opponent’s right. This connection is
made right above the elbow. Then you
strike to the opponent’s right (our left)
lower abdomen with your right hand.
That is the first of three strikes in
combination hands. Next you jam with
your left again, the same way as before
but now you bring your right hand close
to your body and up to strike your
opponent’s right side (our left) neck.
This is done with an open knife hand
position. This is the second of three
strikes in combination hands. Next you
will prepare for a block coming towards
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your last strike. When your opponent
comes with their left hand or arm to
block your right hand attack, you will
bring your left arm starting at your right
elbow towards their blocking arm and
clear it to the left. As you execute this,
your right knife hand will circle around
and attack the other side of the neck.
Make sure you are breathing in for
blocks and out for strikes. This finishes
the three step combination hands
technique.
Then we straight step back executing on

block with our left hand. This is
followed by ton, chum and biel all left
hand with their own straight step
backward one at a time. The breathing
for this is in for on, out for ton. Then
breathe in for chum and out for biel.
Next you will execute left jot moon and
right jot moon. This is done by flexing
your right wrist pointing fingers down
clearing from left to right and then back
to yourself with ton block position. You
do this as you step your left foot forward
into an opposite leg mantis stance. The
air comes during this part. Then after
you have planted your left foot and are
rooted, your right palm strikes across
towards your center. Your air is exhaling
for the strike. This is called left jot
moon because you are stepping left.
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After this you will drop your fingers
down again and clear from left to right
with your ton block, but this time you
will step your right foot forward bringing
yourself into mantis stance. The air
again will come in during this
movement. Then after you are rooted,
you will strike with your left palm across
your center, while exhaling finishing
right jot moon technique. Next is left
ton jung and right ton jung. To
execute this you will pull your hands
back to your center in a wrist to wrist
open palm position while breathing in.
Then step left foot forward into an
opposite leg mantis stance. As you step,
your hands shoot out right over left in a
butterfly open palm position keeping
your elbows in and exhaling. This is left
ton jung. Then you pull your palms
back in and rotate your hands so that left
is over right while you breathe in. Then
proceed to step your right foot forward
into mantis stance. As you step, your
hands shoot out left over right in a
butterfly open palm position keeping
your elbows in and exhaling with your
strike. This is right ton jung. Then you
will straight-step back executing on
block with your right hand. This is
followed by ton, chum and biel all right
hand with their own straight-step
backward one at a time. The breathing
for this is: in for on, out for ton. Then
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breathe in for chum and out for biel.
After you have executed all the
movements you know in the set. You
always close it properly to show respect.
That is the extent of the level two section
of the Dao Gui Na set.
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1 2
3 4
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5 6
7 8
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9 10
11 12
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13 14
15 16
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19 20
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23 24
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27
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Level 2
SINGLE PERSON EXERCISES
At the beginning of a training

session in Dao Gui Na, there is a specific
regimen that we adhere to. It starts with
Qigong and goes into the level one air
exercises. Then there are a series of
three exercises we shadow alone.
Double hand on, ton, chum, biel is
the first exercise followed by five power
punch and twisting fu non.
I will talk about them in the order
that they are executed. First double
hand on, ton, chum, biel. In level one
you learned the single hand on, ton,
chum, biel exercise. Now you will train
both hands to work at the same time.
This is a circular system in which we use
yin yang hands. This means that your
hands will be in opposite positions most
of the time. This will accomplish great
hand balance like you learned in level
one. These movements can be
confusing, so I put together a memory
method to get you started in the right
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direction. Get into beggar hand stance.
Start with your left hand on block. When
the left does on block the right hand will
be one step ahead. So, in the order of on,
ton, chum, biel, the next movement
would be ton. Therefore the right hand
would be doing ton block
simultaneously. Next the left hand
moves forward in the order, and executes
ton block. Naturally the right hand then
moves to chum block. After that the left
does chum and the right is doing biel
strike. Last but not least, the left hand
does biel strike while the right pulls back
into the center. Then continue to do the
right side, keeping the movements
proper and making sure the right and left
hands are moving together at the same
time for balance. You want to build this
to ten repetitions on each side
alternating. I have included a chart to
follow these steps correctly.
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LEFT SIDE FIRST
Air Left hand - Right hand
in On - Ton
out Ton - Chum
in Chum - Biel
out Biel - Pulls back
RIGHT SIDE SECOND

Air Left hand - Right hand
in Ton - On
out Chum - Ton
in Biel - Chum
out Pulls back - Biel
Left side On block
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Left side Ton block
Left side Chum block
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Left side Biel strike
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The second exercise is called
five power punch. This
technique is first shadowed, then
in later levels developed. You will
execute this two different ways.
The first way, you will inhale once
and exhale five times, one for each
strike. The second way you will
inhale twice with the five strikes. I
will talk about the first way and
then the second. Get into mantis
stance and pull your left hand in as
you inhale with your palm facing
down. Then striking with your
finger tips of your left hand you
exhale a little. Then strike again
with your second knuckles, again
exhaling a small amount. We call
this hand position leopard paw.
After this you will strike again, this
time with your closed fist, twisting
so that your thumb is on top. The
next position is striking with ton.
Your thumb is still on top and you
are still exhaling with each strike.
The last one is a palm strike.
From ton you will arc your hand
up and in a fluid manner bend the
wrist in the opposite direction
pushing your palm to strike. Then
execute this on the right hand.
Build this to repetitions of ten.
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1
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4
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The second way is done the
same but instead of inhaling once
you will inhale twice and take a
step. Basically you will execute all
four movements and on the fifth
and final movement you will inhale
again and step into the palm
strike. Also do this on each side
building repetitions to ten.
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The third exercise is called twisting fu
non. This technique uses the twisting
power of the hand and arm to maneuver
around an opponent’s attack while
striking them
with phoenix
eye fist at the
same time. As
a strike
approaches,
you will shoot
your fu non fist
out and around
their attack
towards the
temple,
twisting like a
cork screw. To shadow this drill, you
will start in mantis stance. As you step
forward you will shoot your right phoenix
eye fist out finishing your strike once you
are rooted in your stance after your step.
Next you will step forward again using
straight-step with your right foot in front
at all times. This time you will shoot the
left out in the same manner. As the left
shoots out it goes right under your right
arm following the bridge. When the left
is going out the right comes back in.
This is our yin yang hands in affect
again. You alternate right and left
building this exercise to ten forward and
ten backward, stepping rooting and
striking.
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1 Right twisting fu non
2 Left follows under right
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3 Left twisting fu non
4 Right twisting fu non
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Level 2
FALLS
Knowing how to correctly fall can save

you many broken bones and head
injuries. There are two falls we teach in
the Dao Gui Na level two: the back fall
and the side fall. We will start with the
back fall. When first learning any falls
we start low to the ground, so we don’t
cause injury if executed wrong.
Find a soft surface to practice on
and get into a squat. Bring your arms
and hands into your center. You’re
going to start to fall, hopping a bit extra.
If you just fall back, you will land on your
tail bone and injure yourself. This extra
hop gets you to rotate past your tail bone
before making connection to the ground.
This is the most important part of the
back fall. Next we will talk about hand
and head position. The arms will spring
out to your sides making contact with
the ground at the exact time as your
back. The part of the arm that makes
the contact is from your elbow to your
palm. Keeping this area completely flat
is the important part, so your bones are
not broken. It doesn’t stop it from
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hurting but you will not have a broken
wrist, as you would if you had put your
hands behind you as you fall. The last
part is the head. We want to prevent our
head from bouncing off the ground. The
key is to look at your belt. Whether you
have a belt on or not, keep looking down
to that area as you fall. It keeps your
chin down and
tightens the neck
muscles. This
way your head
will stay up and
away from the
ground. Build
this technique so
that you are
comfortable
falling into it from
standing.
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The side fall is essentially the same
movement but to one side. Using a soft
surface, get into a squat and kick your
right foot straight out. This will make
you fall to your right side. You always
want to fall more on your upper side and
shoulder rather than landing on your hip.
Whenever you are falling, your hands
start from your center. In this first side
fall you are falling to your right, so your
left hand stays in and your right comes
out. Your right hand will make contact
with the ground at the same time as your
body. The right arm will be extended
out with your palm down. This way your
elbow will not strike the ground in a
manner that will break it. Last of all your
head needs to be looking at your belt,
chin tucked in so your head doesn’t
strike the
ground.
Build this
technique so
that you are
comfortable
executing it
from a
standing
position.
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NOTES
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NOTES
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Level 2
WRIST ESCAPE
In the art of Dao Gui Na, we are always

cutting angles and clearing hands out of
our way. This helps us have a clear shot
in striking the opponent. This is the
same for others grabbing us. We have a
series of grip-breaking techniques we
call “wrist escapes”. I will teach you
both of the level two wrist escapes. We
are going to focus on grabs to the right
hand. This is our primary striking hand
and we need it open and available at all
times.
You start by facing your partner. They
grab your right wrist with their left hand.
When your right hand is restricted it
sends a sense of panic through you. This
tells us to react and do it quickly. At this
time you bring your left arm across
towards your right and your left hand will
make contact with the top of your right
upper forearm. In the middle of this
transition your left hand closes into
phoenix eye fist. Now you follow your
bridge to your opponent. Your bridge is
the pathway that connects you to your
opponent. To do this properly, you will
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slide your left fist straight down your
right arm till it meets with the top of your
opponent’s hand. At the exact moment
of connection you will pull your right
hand back. This creates a head on
collision between your hands making it
nearly impossible for your opponent to
hold on. Further more, since your left
hand was in a phoenix eye fist and struck
the bones on the top of the opponent’s
hand, breaking them, they will not be
able to hold on. Now to finish the
technique, your right hand that you
pulled back will now shoot out striking
with phoenix eye fist to the opponent’s
face. This completes a modified bic bo
fu non technique, also known as “wrist
escape number one”.
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Now let’s talk about wrist escape
number two. In this technique the
opponent is grabbing your right wrist
with their right hand. You will take a
slight step to your right, moving your
right foot first then left. This brings you
around your opponent and gets you into
your mantis stance. As you execute this
step, you want to circle your right hand
around your opponent’s gripping hand.
The key to this hand technique is to keep
your hand low. If you lift your arm and
try to circle your hand around, your
technique will be defeated by them
maneuvering their arm. Once you have
stepped, and circled the wrist their grip
might still have some connection to you.
This is when you use bic bo fu non
technique. Because you have circled
around your opponent’s wrist, it has
twisted their arm exposing their elbow to
you. This allows you to block down with
your left palm on your opponent’s right
elbow either breaking their grip or their
arm. To complete this technique, you
just finish the bic bo fu non circle punch
by pulling the right hand away and bring
the strike around to you opponent’s right
temple.
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Level 2
COMBAT FORM
In the art of Dao Gui Na we take the

three step arrow movement and apply a
combative two person form to it. We call
this combat form. In level two we
teach the first two movements of the
combat form. In this drill you will be in
the center of the triangle that you use for
your three step arrow footwork. You will
have a partner attacking you straight on
from the top of the triangle. Then you
will be attacked from the right rear
bottom corner of the triangle. This
teaches you to fight in a circular pattern
instead of just forward and back. This
also starts to equip you to fight multiple
attackers.
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You start with your first opponent
attacking from the front with a right
punch to the face. At this time you
defend with a right-handed cha que
block to their forearm. As your block
twists in with your air, you then twist
back out exhaling and striking your
opponent in the neck with a knife hand
position. At the same time your left hand
slid down your opponent’s right arm for
control in the on position. As your
opponent starts to fall back you straight-
step forward, inhaling, and execute a
right upper elbow cut through their neck
to their chin exhaling. That finishes
combat form one. At this time a right
punch comes at you from your right rear
towards your right ear. Then you
execute a three-step arrow turn with your
right arm extended for a block while
inhaling. As your arm connects to your
opponent’s, wrap your hand around it
causing their arm to turn. Then with a
double pulsed exhale, execute bic bo fu
non, striking the back of their elbow with
your left and circling the right phoenix
eye fist or open palm strike to your
opponent’s back or neck. This
completes combat form two and level
two section of combat form.
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Level 3
QIGONG
The system of Dao Gui Na incorporates

many air exercises, some for fighting and
some for health and healing. The
Qigong exercises are for health and
healing.
In level one we talked about two
exercises, hoi jong and floating
hands. The third qigong exercise we
practice is called orbit hands. You
continue to this exercise right after
floating hands. As your hands drop
down you will circle the right hand on
top and the left hand will match it in the
opposite position on the bottom. You
will be inhaling during this movement.
After every inhale you will hold your air
and press on your chi bubble. Then after
this is complete, you will hold this hand
position while your torso turns to the left
keeping your feet straight. During this
move, you will be exhaling. Then you
will inhale and rotate the hands so that
the left hand is on top and right on the
bottom. Press on your chi bubble while
holding your air. This time when you
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turn your torso, it will be all the way to
your right side with an exhale. This is
one interval. In qigong we build the
exercise up to nine. These movements
are slow and controlled. You can start
with a seven second inhale and seven
second exhale to pace your movements.
I will include two intervals of pictures, so
you can see the flow of the movement.
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Level 3
WALKING HANDS FORM
In the walking hands form we

take the walking steps of the art and put
them into a sequence with hand
techniques. This helps the practitioner
to connect their leg movements to their
hand techniques. After learning the
Walking Hands Form, you will take that
same sequence to the practicing dummy
and then to a two person fighting form.
This is a very important form in the art of
Dao Gui Na, because it teaches the
execution of several techniques, and
brings it all the way to the hand to hand
pressure reading, with the two person
application. This will come in level four.
First you start with the opening
bow, followed by pushing your left leg
back and scooping your hands through
into beggar hand position. This
maneuver is the exact same as the
beginning of the set. Next you will start
your walk. The first step is straight step.
After the step you will execute three
techniques with your hands. The first is
right hand chum block and punch with
same hand. The second technique is
right hand block control hit, followed
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by the third technique, right hand bic bo
fu non. Then circle step forward,
pushing your left arm under your right,
starting at the elbow like twisting fu non,
but with fingers straight out to poke the
eyes. Then the same movement with the
right arm. Next is chop step. After the
step you execute a right hand cha que
block. As your block twists in you
inhale, and then twist back out exhaling
with a back handed knife hand. This is
the same technique as the first part of
combat form step 1. The second hand
technique of this step moves into a right
hand back, bow an arrow position. At
this point you inhale, then collapse the
bow thrusting your right hand in a palm
strike, while exhaling. After this you
execute a retreat step backwards,
followed by combination hands. This
is the same hand technique from the Dao
Gui Na set. I will explain this again. In
this technique you will jam your left
palm into your opponent’s right. This
connection is made right above the
elbow. Then you strike to the
opponent’s right (our left) lower
abdomen with your right hand. That is
the first of three strikes in combination
hands. Next you jam with your left
again, the same way as before but now
you bring your right hand close to your
body and up to strike your opponent’s
right side (our left) neck. This is done
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with an open knife hand position. This
is the second of three strikes in
combination hands. Next you will
prepare for a block coming towards your
last strike. When your opponent comes
with their left hand or arm to block your
right hand attack, you will bring your left
arm starting at your right elbow towards
their blocking arm and clear it to the left.
As you execute this, your right knife
hand will circle around and attack the
other side of the neck. Make sure you
are breathing in for blocks and out for
strikes. This finishes the three step
combination hands technique. After this
you will siu till. This leg technique
starts just like chop step. You bring your
right leg up but instead of stepping
forward you set it back down. At the
same time as the leg coming up you will
pull your arms in with your air and then
arms come back out with your air as you
set your leg back down. At this time you
will swipe your right open hand down to
attack the abdomen. Simultaneously
your left will come up and out to cover.
Then you will pull your left down and
circle the right up for a punch. This is
just like bic bo fu non. As the circle
punch happens your feet will take a
straight step forward and the right. You
should end this step of the form facing 45
degrees to the right of your starting
direction. Then you will step left to 45
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degrees left of your original starting
direction and bring your right all the way
forward to mantis stance.
Simultaneously your left hand will cut
straight forward and the right hand will
circle up and around the head ending in
a downward palm strike. At this time the
form ends by pulling your right foot
back, and returning to your starting
direction. Then end with a closing bow.
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Level 3
Fall and Roll
In Dao Gui Na level 2, you learn

two falls. The back fall and the side
fall. Now you will learn the fall and
roll. It looks like just a roll, so why not
call it a forward roll? The reason, is
because you roll on a slight angle. This
fall is designed for when an opponent is
executing a take down with control of
one of your arms. This means when you
make contact with the ground it will
typically be one side of your body first,
instead of rolling straight ahead. The
way we learn and practice this roll is
from a crouch position on a mat. Then
you may work up to standing in the grass
and eventually you can jump into this on
the hard ground. You start with your left
knee down on the mat and your right
knee up. This is the one leg kneeling
position. Then you will put your right
arm out, twisting your wrist in so that
your thumb is pointed down toward the
mat. Then simultaneously your toes of
your left foot push up and forward as
your right arm curves down toward the
mat making a guard for your head. As
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you move forward you will roll across
your right shoulder as you tuck your
neck in. As your feet come around you
will keep them in the same position that
you started in. That means the left foot
will plant first, and then you will push off
the floor immediately. This will drive
you right off the mat and into a standing
position ready to fight. This is the side
that we execute in the set level three.
Now practice both sides.
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Level 3
THE SET

and harder.
I am going to give you the step-by-
step order of the Dao Gui Na level three
section of the set. First I will list the
order, then I will explain the movements.
Right hand kwot sau-picture 2

Right hand palm strike-picture 3
Right hand circles head strike-picture 4-5
Fall and roll right side-picture 6-7
Beggar hand-picture 10
Chen que fu non left and right 12-14
Five power punch-picture 16-23
Combat form three combo-picture 24-27
Biel ge tung ge-picture 28-30
Bic bo fu non twice-picture 31-33
Beggar hand -picture 35
close-picture 36-38
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We left off at right hand biel sau in
level 2 section of the form. We will
continue from there. Your right hand is
still out in biel sau position. Now you
will step 45 degrees to the left with your
left foot leading. At the same time your
right hand drops down executing a kwot
sau technique, circling
counterclockwise and then slipping
straight up your opponent’s center for a
palm strike to the chin. After that you
will step all the way forward with your
right foot leading, circling your right arm
over your head for a palm strike on the
other side. Make sure your left hand is
clearing things out of the way so your
right strike will connect to your
opponent. This is continued with a right
hand dropping down fall and roll right
side. You are still maintaining your 45
degree angle. After the roll you will
stand turn and assume mantis stance
with beggar hand. This turn
completed your angle down one leg of
the upside down triangle. Now you will
move forward on the bottom leg of the
triangle. Straight step with left over right
chen que fu non. Next you will
execute another straight step followed by
right over left chen que fu non. Then
one more straight step and double hand
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five power punch. Actually, you
execute the first four powers, and then
move forward with a circle step. At that
time you will finish the last power,
completing that move. Make sure that
you inhale once and exhale a little for
each of the four power strikes. Then
inhale again on circle step and exhale for
the fifth power strike. You have now
finished the bottom leg of the triangle
and are ready to come back to your
starting position. Take your right foot
and step out to the right assuming a
right footed cat stance. With this turning
step you will be blocking with the
outside of your right arm. As soon as
you contact your opponent in this
technique, you will bring your left foot
forward into mantis stance while you
drive your left arm forward from the
underneath of your right elbow. This
takes there pressure and sends it opening
you up to the inside of their hands. After
that left hand straightens out, the right
arm should be circling around the head
and dropping down with a fist through
the opponent’s left collar bone and chest.
This move continues smoothly into the
biel ge tung ge, as if it was one move
together. As the right hand finishes
dropping through the opponent’s chest it
will circle under towards your body and
shoot back out with straight fingers palm
up. This is a finger flick to distract the
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opponent. At the same time that the
hand is coming up and out you will pick
up your left leg and post it on your right.
At this time you will be executing a
leaning forward type posture, giving you
the maximum reach on your finger flick.
This is just the beginning of this
technique. That was a setup for the kick
that you will perform after. At this point
you are up on your right leg with your
right hand stretched out. Now you will
hop off your right foot, planting your left
down, so you can execute a low snap
kick. This is quickly followed by
planting your right foot and executing
bic bo fu non. Then straight step and
bic bo fu non again. What happened is
you brought the opponent’s attention up
with the finger flick and then brought
them down with the low kick. Then
right when they came down to block the
kick, you came back up with the circle
punches. These types of techniques are
critical in the art of Dao Gui Na and
come from the root of the system. After
the bic bo fu non punches, you will turn
to the right, stepping into mantis stance
with beggar hands. This finishes the
triangle and brings you to where the
form started. At this time you will end
with our closing bow. This is the end
of the Dao Gui Na level three form.
Always remember to breathe in for
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blocks and out for strikes through out
the set.
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Level 3
WRIST ESCAPE
In the art of Dao Gui Na, we are

always cutting angles and clearing hands
out of our way. This helps us have a
clear shot in striking the opponent. This
is the same for others grabbing us. We
have a series of grip-breaking techniques
we call “wrist escapes”. I will teach you
both of the level three wrist escapes.
These are known as wrist escape three
and four. We are going to focus on grabs
to the right hand. This is our primary
striking hand and we need it open and
available at all times.
Wrist escape three is our fanciest
escape. This one is designed to gain
control without inflicting too much
damage on our opponent. You start by
facing your partner. They grab your
right wrist with their left hand. When
your right hand is restricted it sends a
sense of panic through you. This tells us
to react and do it quickly. The first thing
you will do is ton your right wrist as you
raise it straight up in the air. This will
start to break the grip of the opponent.
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As your arm goes up you will step with
your left foot towards your opponent’s
left armpit, driving your left arm under
their arm close to their body. As you
move in your right arm needs to be high
enough for your head to slip underneath
it. This will bring you to a posture where
your left arm is going around there
shoulder towards their back and your
right arm holding their hand behind your
neck. Refer to the pictures to get this
posture correct. At this point you can
push your neck back as you pull your
right arm forward prying there hand off
yours. When this happens, you finish the
move by stepping right, around so that
you are facing their back. You should
still be controlling with the left as you
turn and strike on the back of the head or
neck with your right palm. Moving
behind someone puts you in a prime
place for controlling them.
Now let’s talk about wrist escape
number four. In this technique the
opponent is grabbing your right wrist
with their left hand. In this situation
they are pulling your hand, like there
trying to take you somewhere. You will
start to act like your going to go with
them. When you don’t resist, it usually
causes the opponent to lessen up on their
grip. The way we execute this is
stepping forward with your right foot as
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if we are going to follow. Then we step
back with our left foot, all the way to put
us in a sideways stance. As we step back
you will twist counterclockwise with your
right hand and pull it away from your
opponent. After pulling it away you will
clear down with your left hand and circle
the right around, up, and out for a back
fist to the opponent’s face. This
concludes wrist escape four.
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Level 3
COMBAT FORM
In the art of Dao Gui Na we take the

three step arrow movement and apply a
combative two person form to it. We call
this combat form. In level two we
explained the first two movements of the
combat form. Now I will teach you the
third and fourth movement. In this drill
you will be in the center of the triangle
that you use for your three step arrow
footwork. You will have a partner
attacking you. In level two you had
someone straight on from the top of the
triangle. Then you were attacked from
the right rear bottom corner of the
triangle.
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This time it continues, to the right. You
will be attacked next from the bottom left
of the triangle and then again from the
top starting position. This teaches you
to fight in a circular pattern instead of
just forward and back. This also starts to
equip you to fight multiple attackers. I
will review the first two movements and
then teach you the new ones. This way it
flows together without you having to flip
back and fourth between level two and
level three.
You start with your first opponent
attacking from the front with a right
punch to the face. At this time you
defend with a right-handed cha que
block to their forearm. As your block
twists in with your air, you then twist
back out exhaling and striking your
opponent in the neck with a knife hand
position. At the same time your left hand
slid down your opponent’s right arm for
control in the on position. As your
opponent starts to fall back you straight-
step forward, inhaling, and execute a
right upper elbow cut through their neck
to their chin exhaling. That finishes
combat form one. At this time a right
punch comes at you from your right rear
towards your right ear. Then you
execute a three-step arrow turn with your
right arm extended for a block while
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inhaling. As your arm connects to your
opponent’s, wrap your hand around it
causing their arm to turn. Then with a
double pulsed exhale, execute bic bo fu
non, striking the back of their elbow with
your left and circling the right phoenix
eye fist or open palm strike to your
opponent’s back or neck. This
completes combat form two and level
two section of combat form.
Now we move on to the new
movements for level three. After your
palm strike you will take on the next
opponent coming at you with a right
punch. You will now take your right foot
and step out to the right assuming a
right footed cat stance. With this turning
step you will be blocking with the
outside of your right arm. As soon as
you contact your opponent in this
technique, you will bring your left foot
forward into mantis stance while you
drive your left arm forward from the
underneath of your right elbow. This
takes their pressure and sends it opening
you up to the inside of their hands. After
that left hand straightens out, the right
arm should be circling around the head
and dropping down with a fist through
the opponent’s left collar bone and chest.
We continue this right fist down and
circling back in and around for a back
fist strike to the opponent’s face. That
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completes combat form three. Now you
have one last opponent attacking you.
They come at you with a right and then
left punch. On this movement you will
turn to the right, stepping with your right
foot. As you are turning you will put both
hands into a leopard paw position.
Refer to the pictures of five power
punch, in the single person exercise
section of level two for this. You will
block with the outside of your right arm.
As your arm swings through, you will
step with your left foot all the way
forward with a left leopard paw strike.
This strike will grind through and down
the opponent’s right temple area of the
head. Then they start to punch with
their left fist. Now you will reverse the
movement the other way. Step forward
slightly with your left as you block with
your left arm. Then step all the way
forward and around your opponent with
your right foot, as you strike with right
leopard paw. Again, this strike will grind
through and down the opponent’s left
temple area of the head. This movement
is called paw choy. This concludes
combat form.
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Level 3
PARTNER EXERCISE
Working with a partner is critical

in the art of Dao Gui Na. You have to
get used to physical contact and reading
the pressure off of someone else’s body.
The drill I am going to teach you will
help with your sticky hand control,
reading pressure, and the execution of
on, ton, chum, biel. This could get
confusing, so read through it and look at
the pictures to put it together.
The name of this drill is phoenix
chases dragon. This starts in a double
sticky hand sparring position. You will
have your hands on the outside and your
partner will be on the inside. You will
start the drill and your partner will react.
Your right hand will circle over and
down, cutting your hand to the inside of
your opponent’s for a low punch. This
move is called kwot sau. Then your
partner will react with a left on block,
followed by a mid punch. Then you will
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react with a right ton block, followed by
a mid punch. In return your partner will
block your punch with a chum
technique and strike with biel sau. At
this time you will execute bow and
arrow movement, blocking the biel
sau strike. Now that you have your
partner’s arms opened up you will
attempt a palm strike to the face. Your
partner will block this with a right
handed cha que and strike with a knife
hand towards the neck, just like the
beginning of combat form 1. You will
block your partner’s right elbow with
your left arm. At this time you will take
your left arm that blocked and kwot sau
to low punch with that hand. Notice the
pattern forming. This kwot sau will
start this process on the left side. You
just punched low with your left hand.
Then your partner will react with a right
on block, followed by a mid punch.
Then you will react with a left ton block,
followed by a mid punch. In return your
partner will block your punch with a
chum technique and strike with biel
sau. You will just react with a ton block
and then freeze. At this point you are
half way through the drill. You have
punched with your right hand and then
you have punched with your left. Now it
is your partner’s turn to do your part.
When you ended your ton block and
freeze, your partner’s right hand is now
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on the outside. This is just how you
started. Now your partner will right
hand kwot sau and low punch. Then
you will react with a left on block,
followed by a mid punch. Then your
partner will react with a right ton block,
followed by a mid punch. In return you
will block their punch with a chum
technique and strike with biel sau. At
this time your partner will execute bow
and arrow movement, blocking the
biel sau strike. Now that your partner
has your arms opened up they will
attempt a palm strike to your face. You
will block this with a right handed cha
que and strike with a knife hand
towards the neck, just like the beginning
of combat form 1. Your partner will
block your right elbow with their left
arm. At this time they will take your left
arm that blocked and kwot sau to low
punch with that hand. This kwot sau
will start this process on the left side for
your partner. They just punched low
with their left hand. Then you will react
with a right on block, followed by a mid
punch. Then your partner will react with
a left ton block, followed by a mid
punch. In return you will block your
punch with a chum technique and strike
with biel sau. Your partner will just
react with a ton block and then freeze.
This is one entire revolution. Train this
drill over and over.
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Level 1
Written by Sifu Joel Gunderson

Edited by August Gunderson
Photography by Simon, Caleb, Isaac, and
Joel
Appearing in training photos
Sifu Joel Gunderson

Instructor George Kakis
Students Simon and Eric
Special Thanks
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GHOST HAND KUNG FU

(Dao Gui Na)

By Sifu Joel Gunderson

Iron Leg Root Exercise 94

Qigong Exercise 172

The art of Dao Gui Na (dow gway

The name Dao Gui Na means a

Dao: a series of attacks

What systems are used in Dao Gui

Dao Gui Na is a short-armed

The system of Dao Gui Na all starts with

In Dao Gui Na we move short distances

Now, circle step is very similar.

circle step circle step

straight view side view

There are two basic hand positions

Dao Gui Na is a true

This time you will loosely turn

In this position you should have

Now we start with scooping head first

You build this to ten and then do middle,

During these exercises you must match

This is the first time you will be

QIGONG AND MEDITATION

We start out with two simple exercises.

SINGLE PERSON EXERCISES

The legs form is called Si liu ma,

The opening 1 and 2

Front stance 5 Horse stance 6

Horse stance 9 Cat stance 10

Nei gei ma 13 Nei gei ma 14

This is the Dao Gui Na form used

Set 10b side view Set 11

There are basically two exercises I

In this art we use our arms more

IRON LEG ROOT EXERCISE

The system of Dao Gui Na all starts with

In Dao Gui Na we move short distances

LEG FORM WITH HANDS

The leg form is called Si liu ma.

Front stance 5 Horse stance 6

Horse stance 9 Cat stance 10

Nei gei ma 13 Nei gei ma 14

Right twisting fu non Left twisting fu non 1a

left twisting fu non 1b Right twisting fu non

Circle in Circle through

Punch down Roll fu non in

Bring fists in Shoot fu non fists out

Left hand blocks 1b Left hand check

Then you return to horse stance and

This is the Dao Gui Na form used

Right hand Cha que-picture 1

We left off at Gau choy in the level one

Then we straight step back executing on

SINGLE PERSON EXERCISES

At the beginning of a training

RIGHT SIDE SECOND

Left side On block

Left side Chum block

2 Left follows under right

4 Right twisting fu non

Knowing how to correctly fall can save

In the art of Dao Gui Na, we are always