Splashing Hands Kung Fu
According to legend Splashing Hands was developed in the 17th Century to teach the guards of the Shaolin Temple to learn fast, powerful fighting skills quickly. Those who knew how effective the system is were reluctant teach this knowledge openly, teaching only a few select students. For this reason the system was never very well known.
Master Humei Lefiti was the first to openly teach the system in the 1960s. Of his many students, very few attained black belt status. One of them is Sifu James McNeil who taught the complete system of Splashing Hands to Sifu Chris Lomas.
It utilises relaxed, whip-like strikes in fast combinations alongside rapid yet rooted footwork to overcome the opponent. This intensive, no-nonsense method focuses on heavy repetition of a few techniques and highly practical fighting combinations until they become second nature.
51 videos • 170 mins
Introduces the key concepts and essential movements of the style, as well as the first 3 ‘Browns’ which are short combinations of Splashing Hands techniques.
23 videos • 85 mins
Teaches additional footwork, kicks and the rest of the Browns (#4-10), as well as the first essential Splashing Hands form: The Four Corners.
41 videos • 43 mins
The Advances take the concepts learnt in the Browns but build on them. They assume you are fighting a more competent opponent and will take you Splashing Hands to a higher level.
5 chaptered videos • 311 mins
The animal forms (Butterfly, Snake, Tiger, Dragon and Crane) are typically only taught to advanced Splashing Hands practitioners and build on the foundational techniques taught in Splashing Hands Volumes 1-4.