sounds and animals in choy lay fut

[RAIN]

is true that the five sounds in clf belong to the five animals ?

sit ( phanter )
wah ( tiger )
wok ( crane )

what's the matter with ha , dik and yik ?

why " ha " is the more used in forms ?

[Ben Gash]

No, in short. For starters the actual sounds used can vary from school to school. In all schools Dik is used for kicking and kicking only and therefore unrelated to any animal. However where Wah is used it is usually in conjunction with a tiger claw.

[extrajoseph]

The five sounds made in CLF are a form of sound qigong, that is using the vibration of sound waves to cultivate the 3 internal aspects of jing, qi and shen (the 3 treasures of man) as well as the 2 external aspects of strength and stability.

The original sounds would have been passed down by Chan Heung but due to time, the tyranny of distance and difference in dialects, the knowledge is either lost or got misinterpreted. We now got to the point where each branch have different sounds for diferent reasons and the books you read contradict each other. I can understand your confusion.

If you are interested in researching the subject, Chan Heung's grandson, Chan Yiu-Chi wrote some notes on the subject (this would be the earliest written reference) and you can find a translation of it in clfma.com forum:

http://clfma.com/viewtopic.php?topic=79&forum=1