NSL Lui Ho Chuan-Six Combination Fist

[NorthernShaolin]

NSL Liu Ho style has 10 sets and this is the first set in the series. YSW learnt Liu Ho originally from Wan Li Sheng before learning from KYC. KYC added he last section (about #40) of the set and taught his student Lui Ho Chuan.

Liu Ho style belong to the Wei To style which is classified under NSL. Therefore the full name of the style is Northern Shaolin Wei To Liu Ho but people refer it as Liu Ho Chuan or Six Combination Fist.

Liu Ho Chuan-Six Combination Fist

1. Start
2. Roll Hands Like A Flower
3. Crouching Tiger
4. Step Up With A Pair Of Fist
5. Shake Foot, Soar Against the Heaven's Fire
6. Step Up With Raise Yin Punch
7. Place Elbow Through the Center of Head
8. Monkey Slaps His Foot
9. Go Through The Heart With Right Kick
10. Combine Three Consective Punches
11. Black Dragon Searches The Sea
12. Spike The Ground
13. Carry In The Hand, Jolt Kick
14. Spike The Ground
15. Revolve Like The Wind Kick (Tornado Kick)
16. Wrap Hands Insert Ch'ui Punch
17. Turn The Body And Suspend Side Kick
18. White Crane's Bright Wings Are Spread
19. Swallow Seizes The Water
20. Three Rings Harness the Moon (Right and Left)
21. Reverse Sweep
22. Slap The Ground, Throw Sand
23. Double Raise Kick
24. Shake Foot, Soar Against Heaven's Fire
25. With Bow Step, Strike With Frame Block (Strike Below The Breast Like A Metal Ball On A Chain)
26. Spike The Ground
27. Turn Against Like A Ch'ui (A Metal Ball On A Chain)
28. Combine Three Consective Punches
29. Twist Hand, Raise Yin Kick
30. Step Up And Strike With Frame Block (Pa'o Fist)
31. Retreat A Step - Conceal A Sword
32. Twist The Horse, Revolve The Hands
33. Step Up And Strike With Frame Block
34. Whirl The Palms, Go Through The Palms
35. Yellow Dragon Turns Its Body And Strikes (With Frame Block)
36. Spike The Ground
37. Whirl The Palms. Go Through The Palms….
38. White Snake Spits Arsonic (Posion)
39. Turn The Body, Plough The Earth Like An Iron Ox
40. Fierce Tiger Comes Out Of Cave
41. Combine Three Consective Punches
42. Immortals Enter With Divided Hands
43. Instantly, Pierce And Soar Like Fire
44. Turn Back The Body, Press Down On Top Of Mt. Tai (Tai Shan)
45. Sit On Horse, Pair Of Fist Presses Down
46. Twist Horse, Complete Coverage With Hands
47. Steal A Horse, Jade Belt Encloses Wrist To Cover Palms
48. Retreat A Step, Pull The Bow To Shoot The Tiger
49. Spike The Ground
50. Roll The Hands into Hang Pounding (Kua Ch'ui)
51. Exchange The Steps, Soar The Fist
52. Assult The Kick With Palm Pressing Down
53. After Step, Turn Back With Hang Pounding (Kua Ch'ui)
54. From Underneath, Raise Yin Pounding Fist
55. Sustain Step, Strike Tiger
56. Retreat A Step, Go Through The Palms, Close Form

[GeneChing]

Sifu Wing Lam refers to it as Lok Hop (cantonese.) He had the hand form, but didn't keep it, so I never learned it from him. I learned the lok hop broadsword though - in fact, that and cane were my main competition sets for years. I don't have lyrics for these sets. When Sifu Lam and I were doing the videos, he didn't have lyrics either.

If this is the lok hop, do you have the broadsword?

If it isn't, well, nevermind

[NorthernShaolin]

gene,

Yes it is the same set. And I do have the lyrics for the saber. I was going to post it this weekend.

However I do not have the lyrics for the Cane set otherwise known as Dragon Head Cane. I was hoping that you had it.

[GeneChing]

I posted the whole list of what I had when we began this exchange. I'm posting the cane now. Look forward to the broadsword - I love that set!

[NorthernShaolin]

This style is also known as Harmonious Fist.

[GeneChing]

How would you compare the hand form with the sword form. I really love that sword form and asked my Sifu to learn the hand form long ago, but he said he had forgotten it.

[NorthernShaolin]

Gene,

The hand set is a little longer than NSL #8 and the techniques are similar to NSL. The movements are fluid like NSL but the flavor is different. When I learned the Liu Ho Saber it had a different feeling than the NSL saber. That feeling or flavor was the same feeling that I got when I learnt the Liu Ho hand set. Most people who learn the hand set stated in the beginning that the set really felt awkward, like a right handed person trying to do something for a left handed person. But after practicing it for awhile, the set starts to feel very natural. In other words, both the saber and hand set have obviously the same unique flavor and is different from NSL.

In fact I really like this hand set.