Shaolin Kung Fu Combat Styles: 16. big Buddha form (大罗汉拳: da luohan quan)

instructor: monk Xing Sen __________________ - combat strategy: the Buddha style, with a pair of small and big forms, imitates the ’luohan’ (’Arhat’ in Sanskrit), the ones who have reached enlightenment. this precious style teaches “camouflage“. its main tactics are: tactic 25 - “beauty tactic (美人计)“: mask your moves with inoffensive usual postures like walking, turning, sitting, etc. tactic 26 - “borrow the knife to kill (借刀杀人)“: use elements of the environment as weapon. a handful of soil can blind the opponent, a stone, a key, anything that has the potential of harming. tactic 27 - “conceal the knife behind a smile (笑里藏刀)“: mask your attacking limb with another limb. the opponent cannot recognize and react properly to a masked attack. tactic 28 - “golden cicada molts shell (金蝉脱壳)“: when