My Kung Fu Master Is 200 Years Of Age

OK lloyd irvin, if youre reading my articles regularly sponsors, you realize that I love learning new martial arts styles. Mostly Ive centered on the Northern Chinese designs, those based around Wudang Mountain. I learned the classical Snake Style Kung Fu as an alteration up from jiu jutsu, and then learned somewhat about the Southern (or contemporary) Snake Style that was created by Master Leung Tin Chu at the turn of the 20th century. Master Leung blended lots of Shao Lin Kung Fu stances hits with Wing Chun style fluid movements to create his Snake Style, and it got my curiosity piqued about Shao Lin style Kung Fu, when I learned more about it.

Like the northern types, Shao Lin Kung Fu is just a mixture of philosophical practices, and spiritualism with hard exercise supposed to focus the mind and tone the human body. Unlike the northern types, Shao Lin procedures concentrate far more on the real character of it. Not to the exact same extent that Tae Kwon Do or Karate do, mind, but a lot more so than the Wudang inner schools do.

Anyway, after learning about the Shao Lin influences, I had to go find a more thorough source to see the thing that was up. I found a school that I can visit as students, and watched for some time, studying the variations in stances Shao Lin stances really are a lot more open and straight theres less of the lion crouch included, and more of a focus on using the arms and hands to block in place of direct from what Id realized. Plenty of it is because the Shao Lin Kung Fu styles are made across the presumption of a gun being in the professionals hand, frequently a staff, and than I was used to that requires a far more vertical position. After when going through the activities, having originate from jiu jutsu, it thought VERY odd having my center of gravity up so large.

There are less of these than there are in the Northern styles, while there are knee braces and pull-me/push you maneuvers in Shao Lin styles. Theres also less of a focus on defenses. Compared to the northern types, the blocks are a lot more fundamental, and less water. Shao Lin Kung Fu, much more so compared to the Southern snake style, emphasizes many different punches, and torso work.

One of the really interesting things about the college that I found, taught by Master Jung, was how warm he was. He appeared to be in his 60s or 70s, type of stout, and thick round the center. Yet there he was going guys twice his size and young enough to be his grand young ones through types, punches and throws. Hard to believe, I am talking about, yes, fighting techinques films always have The Old Master who sends the Young Pupil out to complete things, but this is the very first time Id seen it in an industrial dojo. Jung appeared as if he was in a position to keep up the pace, and was excellent at showing different stances Tiger Stance, Crane Stance, Snake Stance and Bear Stance are the ones that stuck out within my head.

Regrettably, his school was too far away for me to go to regularly at the least, not without breaking commitments to my own personal school, wherever Im an assistant teacher. But nonetheless, what I learned there is very impressive. If youre looking for a far more action oriented style than old-fashioned Kung Fu, or Wing Chun, Shao Lin schools are well worth looking in to!

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