BSL Lyrics: Shaolin #8 (Shuffling)

[dshanahaewon]

Dear practitioners,

Are there lyrics to bot bo (NSL #8) posted anywhere on this site? As a matter of fact, lyrics for the nine-province staff and the broadsword vs. spear set, if they exist, would be a godsend. If you have any of these, especially the first, could you please share?

dshanahaewon

[SaekSan]

Hello dshanahaewon,

Go to the FuRagz site and all of the BSL handsets lyrics are posted there.

www.fu-ragz.com

[David Jamieson]

plonk...from this site:

BOT BO: SHAOLIN #8 (Shuffling)
1. Immortal steps forward, flicking his clothes, double punch.
2. Grabbing hand, corner step, right palm strike.
3. Lift up right leg, face right, palm strike.
4. Right leg back step, thrusting palm.
5. Upper block, forward step, horse stance, blocking and punching pose.
6. Stomp the foot, grab tightly, forward step, pushing palm.
7. Wiping clear the hand, palm strike, horse stance.
8. Back sweep, slap the ground to raise dust.
9. Double kick, stand straight, blocking and punching pose.
10. Turn around, swing like a willow in the wind, elbow thrust to the heart.
11. Block down, left kick, bow stance, blocking and punching pose.
12. Forward step, upper thrusting palm.
13. Stomp the foot in the ground, punch down.
14. Tornado kick.
15. Stealing a step, Immortal sprinkles her flowers.
16. Green dragon turns around, horse stance, blocking and punching pose.
17. Hammer fist to face.
18. Continuous flying kick, land, double palm push.
19. Back sweep, hawk grabs the shoulder, blocking and punching pose.
20. Right, left thrusting hand, single leg pose.
21. Turn around, left outside crescent kick.
22. Land, double wind goes through the ears.
23. Twist stance, panther-movement fist.
24. Lifting hand, left heel strike, right toe kick, double push.
25. Back ground sweep.
26. Slap the ground to raise dust.
27. Double kick.
28. Land, bow stance, blocking and punching pose.
29. Stealing a step, clear the hand grip, blocking and punching pose.
30. Turn around, horse stance, blocking and punching pose.
31. Foot stomp, wrist grab, forward step, pushing strike.
32. Double hook, kick to face.
33. Double arm swing, flying kick, land backward, double palm push.
34. Turning around, low twist stance, palm slapping ground.
35. Turn around, arm grab, straight punching.
36. Right kick, "crossed" character kick.
37. Left, right side punch, bow stance.
38. Tornado kick.
39. Draw the bow, shoot the tiger, blocking and punching pose.
40. Hero single leg stance, striking the tiger pose.
41. Back step, penetrating palm, finish form.

[GeneChing]

BSL lyrics: Bot Bo - the original source, often imitated, never duplicated

[David Jamieson]

tried the search, it didn't work. the search fu is ...wanting.

so, i had it close at hand on my pooter, copy paste and plonk.

now that may be round about, but it is forum fu.

[GeneChing]

The search engine just isn't the same, ever since our big move. You got to do it the old fashioned way. It's like using a card catalog in the library. Man, I miss those...

I keep thinking I should merge down all the related threads someday. It would be a lot of work, but it would distill a lot too. Sadly, it's so far back on the back burner, it'll probably never happen.

[dshanahaewon]

Thanks one and all for the quick and kind response. The vivid and image-rich verses are clearly a useful mnemonic device if you can first connect the motion to the image. I'm wondering if these are the lyrics passed down by Gu Ru Zhang. The start of our #8, after the salute, is like this (in my description, not the lyrics):

1. Bend kness and cross palms in front of kness.
2. Wide C-step to left leading with heel as palms raise up as if carrying two pie plates.
3. Wide C-step to right, leading with heel. Palms stay in position.
4. Step together and double chop the sides.
5. Brush knees and double temple strike with fists.
6. Cross right arm over left, turn waist and look to the left back corner.
7. Impuse off of right foot and step left in that direction shooting a left palm from the energy of the step.
8. Step with right in the same line and right palm strike.
9. Pull back into right cat and grab with right. Chamber left hand to right shoulder.
10. Rise up into right crane and left chop to neck. Right elbow strike behind.

And so on.

From what you can tell from my personal description, does it conform to the lyrics you provided?

Dshanahaewon