Written by Jeremy Louie

Ng Lun Choy is the second form in the Choy Lee Fut (CLF) System. It progresses from the focus on stancework in Ng Lun Ma incorporating the hand techniques. This form teaches stancework, punching, kicking and joint lock and grappling techniques also known as “Kum Na”.

Most grappling within the Choy Lee fut system starts with “Chern”. Chern is a tiger claw block which uses the arch of the wrist\forearm (kiel sou) and hand to block an incoming punch. This is then followed by laap kiel which translates to grab the bridging hands or forearm and pulling into the waist. The Chern is used to check a punch and the laap kiel to grab the wrist of the attacker. These two techniques used in conjunction form the basis of grappling in Ng Lun Choy.

La Sou Loy Yum

The first grappling technique learnt in Ng lun choy is “La sou loy yum”.
La sou uses the back hand to laap kiel an enclosing punch grabbing with the tiger claw (fu jiao). The front hand archs up to the ear and changes to a fist and attacks the head. Both hands work together using opposite power with the back hand grabbing and the front hand attacking the target.

Chin See Ma Look Kiel Haap Sou Chaan Jeung

Chin See Ma
The aim of “chin see ma” is to move off the centreline and out of the way of an attacker. This is completed by moving the front heel out on 45 degree angle then pivotting on the foot till it goes to 90 degrees. The back leg drags with the ball of the foot grounded and the back heel up ending in a cross legged stance. This means that the CLF practitioner is on a 45 degree angle from the attacker. This stance is used as an evasive footwork technique.

Look Kiel
Whilst pivotting on the foot and moving off centre, the front hand uses the “laap kiel” technique, grabbing and pulling into the waist. The front hand also twists the arm keeping it straight forming an arm bar. The back hand tightens the armbar by rolling the kiel sau over the tricep, rolling the arm and shoulder over disabling the third gate. It s also important that your elbow is placed in a position on the scapula(shoulder blade) to prevent the opponent retaliating with a Dart choy technique.

Haap Sou Chaan Jeung
The practitioner steps forward behind the attackers legs in sei peng ma “horse stance”. Th qi is used by to develop power by letting go of both hands crossing them over into the chest and breathing in, then breathing out using explosive power, extending the hands out with a powerful palm strike to the head.

Dip Jeung

Dip jeung uses double tiger claws to pull an attacker into the body using an elbow lock. The front uses the laap kiel technique to intercept the punch forming an armbar and twisting the elbow up. The back hand grabs the inside of the elbow joint pulling the arm into an upside-down L-shape, pulling into the practitioner’s torso. Both hands\grabs focus on locking up the forearm keeping it parallel with the torso whilst keeping the upperarm (elbow to shoulder), horizontally level with the shoulder. This in turn causes the attacker to bend over forcing the elbow lock.

During Ng Lun Choy, the submission hold Dip Jeung is followed up by kong jeung (plam strike to the chin), jong saat (knee strike to the sternum), da num (slice to the body) or seun twui (double tiger claw push to the body).

Larp Jup Sau Geuk Dart Choy

Larp Jup
The CLF practitioner blocks a punch to the head with the front hand using a chern larp kiel technique, rolling to a straight armbar. This is followed by the CLF practitioner turning the waist and using the second foearm to jam the third gate (the tricep), rolling the arm and shoulder over to further decrease the arm movement of the attacker and stop the attacker from turning.

Sau Geuk Dart Choy
Once this hold is engaged, the back leg sweeps the archilles to the calves out with a sweeping kick. Simultaneously the forearm that was on the shoulder moves to the inside of the attacker, hand transitions to a fist, and back fists the attacker to the face. This all happens while the wrist is held to the waist.

The result is an armbar with a leg sweep and back fist to the head. The attacker being hit on the inside and outside.

Laap Kiel Fu Jiao

The first step is the larp kiel technique with the front hand pulling to the waist. Whilst turning the waist the second hand counter attacks with the fu jiao (tiger claw) using the butt of the palm to attack the face.

These basic techniques are all learnt within the second form of the Choy Lee Fut system introducing the CLF practitioner to a basic understanding of the Choy Lee fut System of grappling.