What you’ll learn
- The complete San Zhan form, taught from multiple angles
- Structural alignment and stance development
- Breath coordination and internal mechanics
- The development of Jin through tension and release
- Practical application and testing methods
- The deeper internal layer of the DaMo San Shan
About this course
This course offers direct transmission of the San Zhan form from the Chee Kim Thong lineage of Five Ancestors Kung Fu, taught by Yap Boh Heong.
San Zhan — Three Battles — is a foundational form of Southern Shaolin, and anything but simple. It is a method for developing structure, breath, rooted power, and internal connection, and it can take a lifetime to refine. In the Chee Kim Thong lineage inherited by Master Yap, each of the Five Ancestors preserves its own San Zhan: Tai Zu, Luohan, White Crane, Monkey, and DaMo. This course teaches the San Zhan of DaMo, the Fifth Ancestor — the form that carries the internal dimension of the art and is regarded as the highest within the system. It is attributed to Bodhidharma, the Great Patriarch and founder of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
In Shaolin it is said that you begin with San Zhan and never finish learning it. First comes the choreography; then the martial expression; and ultimately the internal cultivation. This course guides the practitioner through all three layers.
Though rooted in Southern Shaolin, San Zhan has influenced martial systems well beyond it, including several styles of Karate — a reach that reflects how much the form contains. It encodes structure, breath, tension and release, internal power, and combative efficiency into a single sequence. It is not merely choreography but a method of transformation.
Course content
8 sections · 35 lessons · 5h 25min
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Student reviews
11 reviews
“Buen curso y muy buenas explicaciones. Ha sido estupendo y muy didáctico, será extraordinario acudir a uno de sus talleres el próximo año, una vez que asimile todo lo aprendido. Gracias. Agradecer también toda la labor que está haciendo Themartialman por difundir las distintas técnicas y disciplinas de la Artes Marciales en diferentes idiomas. Seguiré trabajando.”
“Master Yap Boh Heong is an amazing teacher. With his teachings, you can develop internal qi in a very fast way. Of course, it takes regular (at best daily) practice to develop it but it is worth the effort. Combine this course with Yan Shou Gong and you will supercharge your development.”
“Very interesting and full of useful martial and energy knowledge course! Nice detailed descriptions by Master make secrets of San Zhan available to understand and make practice more consiencious. Thank You so much!”
“I loved martial arts since I seen Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, and David Caradine, plus my teachers Rickson Gracie, Ron Balicki, and Eddie Mapula.”
