Genie and the Bear

--by Derrick Ho

The genie holds up double lan sau.  The bear raises his paws.  The genie practices sim fa while the bear practices june ma.

Sim fa is for evasion and can make your opponent’s punch glance your body instead of impacting it head on.

June ma is for attacking.  It can give your power and reach.

Sim fa and june ma visually look identical.  The difference is in their application.

The bear will try to palm strike the lan sau and make the genie step back.  The genie will try to sim fa to make the bear miss or glance the genie.  If the bear threw a committed palm strike the bear would stumble forward.

The Game:

The goal of the game is to get your opponent off balance; it is not about tagging the genie’s elbows.

level 1

• The bear may use his right hand to palm the genie’s right elbow.
• The bear may use his left hand to palm the genie’s left elbow.

level 2

• The bear may use his right hand to palm the genie’s right elbow.
• The bear may use his left hand to palm the genie’s left elbow.
• The bear may palm the wrists of the genie with either hand.

level 3

• The bear may use his right hand to palm the genie’s right elbow.
• The bear may use his left hand to palm the genie’s left elbow.
• The bear may palm the wrists of the genie with either hand.
• The bear may use his right hand to palm the genie’s left elbow.
• The bear may use his left hand to palm the genie’s right elbow.

Implications

• The cutting punch, jaum sau, or the fook sau can be used as extensions of the sim fa. (i.e. use these hands simultaneously with the sim fa).
• Teaches you to read your opponent
• Teaches you not to telegraph
• sim fa and june ma are vital to make an application work.