I’m wondering if someone could recommend a good Shaolin Five Animals instructor…
Jason C. Diederich
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5 animals
I know that Doc Fai Wong has a unique 5 animal form.
Also the Choy Li Fut style has 10 differnet animals that they teach.
Hung Ga also is an exponenet of the 5 animals.
I don’t know but I’m sure that any of the modern shaolin monks from china know a 5 animal set as well. 
Five animals teachers
Too bad Ark Wong is gone. If you can contact Richard Vera in Los Angeles area, I’m sure he can help. I just don’t have a recent number for him. He learned Ark’s complete system and his Iron Palm is the best I have ever seen.Ã
How about Wing Lam and Hay Say Fu 5 animals…you could even see if you like it via tapes first.
Black Fist,
Can you tell me where I can get a copy of the Ha Say Fu 5 animal videos? Thanks.
I realize you addressed this to someone else but I thought I’d answer.
You can get the tapes at
www.wle.com
They sell the tapes seperate for about 39.95 and 49.95 ea. or they have a package deal for $199.99 for all 5 animals seperate (panther,tiger,snake,crane dragon) and the 5 animals set (hung gar) where all 5 animals are together in one set.
“There are many who talk of the Way, but few who walk the Way.”
5 Animals - form names
Does anyone know where I might find a list of forms used in the curriculums of 5 animal shaolin styles ?
Hi John-
Shaolin Five animals is taught in a few different ways.
The five animals being /tiger/crane/leopard/snake/dragon.
In Hung Gar, the five animals are taught in a form called Ng Ying Kuen or “five animals fist”
In old hung gar, the forms are taught seperately.
tiger=foo
crane=hok
leopard=pao (“pow”)
snake=she/se
dragon=Lung (leung or loong)
in other systems, especially those of shaolin origin, each of the qualities and attributes of these animals are incorporated into sets. while the sets may have different names or only emphasize a part of an animals characteristics in combat, the essence of the animal form is still there.
virtually all styles of kung fu that have their origins in Shaolin have a touch of the animal flavours in them.
Check out this site further (beyond the forums) and you will find tapes for watching regarding animal styles as well as associated weapons, books et al.
good luck
peace
Thanks for the information! I was mainly trying to find a list of the names of the forms. The reason being, I’m trying to locate information about a form someone taught me. They said it was one of the basic or introductory “shaolin 5 animal” forms, and I’m trying to find out more about it. Unfortunately, I’m not in contact with the person who taught me. All I know is that in English, the name of the form roughly translates to “four pillar”, “four directions”, or “four gates”…something similar to that anyway.
I don’t believe it was Hung Gar based - it didn’t quite have that look to it. It had a slightly more “Northern” feel to it. But who knows, I could be wrong. My experience in Shaolin is very limited.
5 animals
John
Sounds like you have the Hunan or northern Shaolin form.
4 Gates is right. 5 animals 4 gates. Tiger, Crane, Leopard, Snake guard or protect the gates. The Dragon protects the middle or the inner circle. Do you know what system it was your teacher was in because alot of animal forms out there are not true. People change them or add and subtract things from them to create or satisfy thier own system. Hope I can help you in anyway.
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I’m guessing it was a Vietnamese style. I say that because the guy knew the names of the forms in English and Vietnamese, but not in Chinese. The same style also had another form called “Stone Lion”, if that helps out in any way.
Thanks,
John
Stone Lion is a Bak Mei/Lung Ying form done by some lineages (it’s a version of Sup Ji Kuen). There’s a form from the same lineage called Say Moon Ba Gwa , or 4 doors 8 diagrams. Could that be the one?
The only northern 5 animals form I know personally is Wu Xing Ba Fa (5 animals 8 ways), a fairly basic Shaolin set.
That’s the closest guess I’ve heard of yet. Are there any websites or videos that may show those forms ? That way I can see for sure if it’s the same one.
You’re probably best off talking to Mantis 108 on the soutern forum.
Five animals style kung fu
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.
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.
yes it’s what i study, and he is right it mixes moves of each animal
Fun!
Thanks for the input guys.
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.
Five Animals Fist
Does the five fists have fixed positions? I saw in the movie “Spirtual Kung Fu” done by Jackie Chan he uses the five fists to defeat the seven fists. i was wondered where all those moves fixed or can they be like more flauently done?