Mandarin Duck Circling Step Fist

Rao Bu Quan or The Circling Step Boxing is the first routine of Mandarin Duck Boxing. Rao implies steps that move in winding patterns like ducks flying. Besides the common hand strikes of throw, strike, chop, smash and bump, there are distinctive leg techniques such as wrap kick, scissor kick, sweep and heel kick. Legs are employed more than is usual in many Kung Fu styles. Circling Step Fist is the basic routine of Mandarin Duck Boxing. It contains all of the key elements of this style. Master Tieyun Guang was born in Hebei Province in 1950. He won the Individual Excellent Award from the National Wushu compilation in 1984. He is now an an associate professor and a national wushu judge. Mandarin Duck, now a relatively rare style, appears at first as a combination of Tong Bei or Pi Gua and Shaolin. Decidedly Northern its long, fluid moves are beautiful to watch and exceedingly graceful. Also resembling Cha Chuan it adds the distinctive actions of Mandarin Duck(which, we hope, everyone knows pair bond and