White Ape Tong Bei Applications

At this level the applications demonstrated by teacher Zhang on his students are mostly control moves often with takedowns. He goes through not only the mechanics of entering, one of the toughest aspects of this type of technique, but also some instruction on points and angles. Straight forward but good and easy to understand. Shizhan Shuaifa About Performer: Master Guizeng Zhang, born in 1909, is 4th generation successor of White Ape Fist. He was a national wushu umpire. One of the numerous styles in the TongBei or Through-the-Back family of Kung Fu. This branch is known as White Ape, one of Tong Bei’s earliest aliases. Though the demonstrator is old, many of these traditional movements are examples of TongBei, a famous fist. When he was small Zhang Gui Zeng studied from Tong Bei master, Wang Yu Kun, 王玉昆. Later he studied under Wang Yong Feng, 王永风. At present Mr. Zhang is a high offficial in a number of Wushu organizations including those devoted to Tong B