The crab model
Shove with power.
蟹 形 xie xing
Circle-walking in crab structure
Hold both arms in front of the shoulders with the palms out. The arms are bent, but with an extending power. Turn the body to face into the centre of the circle, keeping the arms in the same position relative to the body. Do not put force into the arms. You want to wonder – is it the arms protecting the body or the body protecting the arms.
Crab circle-walking develops skill in zhuangzhang – the special technique of the Ma Gui syste
On the external level, it develops the wrists and upper arms. Someone weak in the upper arms and wrists, then, should walk in the crab shape.
The eight mother palms of the crab
1. Enter and zhuangzhang 蟹形進身撞掌法 xie xing jin shen zhuang zhang fa
I don’t know this change.
2. Return From A Distance To Zhuang 撩回進身撞掌法 liao hui jin shen zhuang zhang fa
I don’t know this change, but it trains koubu and baibu with the zhuang.
3. Retreat And Zhuang 蟹形退身撞掌法 xie xing tui shen zhuang zhang fa
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4. Back And Forth Zhuang 蟹形左右互換撞掌法 xie xing zuo you hu huan zhuang zhang fa
I don’t know this change.
5. Following Zhuang 蟹形順式撞掌法 xie xing shun shi zhuang zhang fa
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6. Zhuang To Front And Rear 蟹形前後互迎撞掌法 xie xing qian hou hu ying zhuang zhang fa
I don’t know this change.
7. Five Element Linking Zhuang 蟹形五形連環撞掌法 xie xing wu xing lian huan zhuang zhang fa
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8.
I am not sure that there is an eighth change for crab.