Erle Montaigue’s Mother Applications To The Small San-sau Peter Jones

Erle Montaigue’s Mother Applications To The Small San-sau

A Brief Introduction

Peter Jones

We are going to have a brief look at the last two of Erle's Mother Applications from the small san-sau Number's 11 & 12.

Always learn the small San-sau as it's meant to be done. We have now come to the end of the mother applications and it has been great going over them briefly, hopefully you have enjoyed them and maybe it has sparked some interest into Erle's mother applications. There is a lot more to learn about them which I know you'll enjoy discovering. When you are learning the small San-sau, take your time and enjoy learning it, there is so much in the small San-sau, so spend some time going over it as there is a lot to learn, not just "Look at me I can do the kata". Yes, it’s always great when you can do the San-sau from start to finish and remembering where everything goes, but this is where we start to really learn about the small San-sau, and what it has to offer. If you look at the points that you are striking, then learn about them in both their healing and martial aspects, which will lead you to a great system, the same goes for Erle's mother applications. Now when you look at the small San-sau and the mother applications - "What a complete system”!

In this issue I have attempted to draw the postures as I can't get together with my training partner to take the photos, due to the Corona virus lockdown. So, I hope the drawings will be ok. It's just something to go by.

Eleventh Mother Application

Some of the points used:

Stomach 5 [ST 1], Governor Vessel 20 [GV22]

This method begins from the arm lock of the small San-sau.

We start this one with a strike to the side of the neck with your left palm and at the same time you strike your partners fore head with your right palm [Illustration 1].

Immediately grab your partners head or ears, pulling him down violently onto your knee which is coming to meet the head or neck, [Illustration 2].

Finally, with your right elbow, strike your partner’s head upwards [from the front of his head to the rear] into GV20, [Illustration 3].

Illustration 1

Illustration 2

Twelfth Mother Application

Illustration 3

Some of the points used:

Triple Heater 12 [TH12], Small Intestine 16 [SI16], Gallbladder 21 [GB21]

We start this one just after the single whip posture of the small San-sau.

This starts with you striking your partner’s arm with your right forearm, [Illustration 4].

Then you strike straight into the side of your partner’s neck with your right palm, [Illustration 5].

Illustration 4

Now using your right palm you grab the top of your partner’s shoulder and pull him back at the same time you kick the back of your his left leg, [Illustration 6, overleaf].

As your partner is falling back you strike again using your right palm into the side of the neck, [Illustration 7, overleaf].

Illustration 5

Illustration 6

Illustration 7

I hope you have enjoyed going over all 12 of Erle's mother Applications in Lift Hands magazine.

Whether you already know them and even if you don't, hopefully I have given you an insight into these applications to the small San-sau as either a refresher, or as a future development in your training .

As I have constantly repeated throughout the months… enjoy your training and the path you are on.