Pan Gai Noon means half hard/ half soft. It is an old Chinese kung fu with a difficult to trace lineage. It resulted in the art of Uechi ryu, and has had impact on all Okinawan and Japanese styles of martial arts.

Pan Gai Noon consists of three specific forms. These forms are called Sanchin, Seisan, and Sanseirui. There is a specific reason for each form.

The Sanchin is a power form. A student is taught to hold his stance and walk, and perform three simple, yet difficult to understand movements. These three movements are the secret of the first form of Pan Gai Noon.

Thrusting the hands is simple, and yet necessary. There are two times, during the form, that thrusting is done, and the result is that the student learns to stand and generate an attack. The thrusting need not be done hard, it can be softened, as long as the student learns to concentrate his intention in the technique.

A circular blocking movement comprises the second movement. This movement is begun from a double, palm upwards, middle block position. Circle one hand in and then thrust the fingers out on an angle.

Youre going to find the third hand pattern at the end of the form . The side of the body is guarded by a pair of palm blocks. After the block the hands are circled vertically and then pushed to the front with lots of energy.

If you have been doing an older version of this form, one which hasnt been changed into a breathing exercise, then you can understand the essence of this form. There is a geometry here that is not usually explained. This geometry is a line through a sphere.

Thus, Sanchin, the beginning form in Pan Gai Noon, actually makes the three axis necessary for the construction of a globe. In the globe are the y axis, the x axis, and the z axis. This makes a globe of energy which can handle all attacks, and is yet set up to offer the stunning power of a concentrated finger thrust.

You will find tremendous power in the first form of PGN. This power is tapped by endlessly doing the form. This power is going to be able to be used in the techniques you will learn in later forms.

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