Five animals style kung fu

[netfreak]

Does anyone know about a certain "Five animal style" kung fu? I know that there were five animals that kung fu evolved around of (snake, crane, tiger,leopard,dragon), but isn't each a separate style of kung fu? Or is it just one complete system? Thanks in advanced.

[ghthomason]

Both.

A five-animal style mixes the moves from those animals throughout it's forms, so that a single form may have moves from tiger, leopard, crane etc.

Other systems use only Tiger, or Crane, etc.

[sct82abn]

yes it's what i study, and he is right it mixes moves of each animal
Fun!:D

[netfreak]

Thanks for the input guys.

[Scythe]

Five animal gung fu is all one style, The snake, tiger, leopard, crane and dragon though not practiced this way in all systems are a series of grips and grip releases. The archetypal five animal form is Rokushu (Tensho in Japanese karate) All of which can be appplied in Saamchin based pushing hands.

[bodhitree]

Does anyone know a 5 animals form nian shou chaun and is it any different than lian huan chaun, it looks like some of you have experiance in the art.


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