[QUOTE=iron_leg_dave;925083]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8g5w9V6S-s[/QUOTE]
that looks almost nothing like the lin bu i learned.
where is it from?
A chinese laundry mat owner in central Ohio named Mo Ying. It is part of a longfist curriculum.
Two things I do differently than the way I learned it. The first thing is instead of cover and strike, I use the parry and strike from later forms and in one technique, I replace that cover and strike with a side palm to the waist. The reason for that is that I saw someone else do it, and realized it fits into the sequence without taking anything away.
its a nice form.your stances are “wide/broad” in some movments: have you pratice japanese MA before?
cheers
[QUOTE=Ravenshaw;729799]The version I know has one step to the left in the beginning, then we step back to the starting point before turning and going in a line… so I guess it’s more of an L shape than a T, though the foot of the L is very short.
This is more or less how I do it. I always thought this set was so jerky compared to the other sets in the BSL curriculum, even the 18 Techniques. Seems like single technique followed by single technique with only a few real combinations.[/QUOTE]
the lin bu i learned was similar to that, but not actually like that.
The BSL I learned came from Sifu Ma in Alberta Canada. He taught my teacher. I believe he has passed now, but he was in the same lines as wing lam, just a generation previous, maybe two.
[QUOTE=sunwukon;925895]its a nice form.your stances are “wide/broad” in some movments: have you pratice japanese MA before?
cheers[/QUOTE]
Me?
No. Well, Judo and when I was little my parents did jiu jitsu and would play with me. Not in the form of katas or any kind of stancework though.
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BAK SIL LUM’s Lien Bu Chan:Which one is the real one?
Hey guys,what’s up?
I was watching some kung fu videos and found out that the taiwanese lien bu chuan is considerably longer and more complex than the version taught in most schools in the west,even considering variations.
Would guys know which one is the orginal one? The simpler version or the taiwanese more complex version?
[QUOTE=Zui Quan;1301284]Hey guys,what’s up?
I was watching some kung fu videos and found out that the taiwanese lien bu chuan is considerably longer and more complex than the version taught in most schools in the west,even considering variations.
Would guys know which one is the orginal one? The simpler version or the taiwanese more complex version?[/QUOTE]
Probably so! Most schools teach a wushu standardized version instead of the pre-1960 'classical" longer form. Even with the ‘classical form’ variations are still minimal compared to the no present nandu point scoring version. Even when I did changquan in the 1980s as part of competition (just, and still an amateur), they started to incorporated and re-engineer changquan (and nanquan) are the current version of things to come:D
Though I use the term ‘classical’ etc. which ever one shows application. utility, purpose, etc, then I would label said form to be more information than just the repetition of a classical empty form devoid of function.
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