The 5 Deadly Venoms..do those esoteric animal styles really exist?
What a movie!! One of the first kung fu movies..I've ever seen and it STILL get's better every time I see it!! I've heard of animal styles such as the Elephant,Sparrow,Ape and Falcon(Hawk) but I was always curious if the animals from the movie(Centipede,Snake(ok-we KNOW there is a snake),Scorpion,Lizard and Toad) really exist? Anyone care to comment?
Clarification of previous post
OK-DUH!! I KNOW they exist in real life..what I mean is..are there really kung fu styles patterned after these animals?
Thanks! I have another question
You mention the Venom movies.. Are any of them with the same actors yet the story line is a continuation of the same previous script?
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The Kung Fu from Five Deadly Venoms do not all have forms, they are skill practices.-Ernie Moore Jr.
It is worth distinguishing Snake: Striking Snake might be close looking to Wu-Shu snake, but the movie had a Snake Head one hand-Snake tail the other, this I have seen in a book of Hung Kuen Five Pattern Kung Fu.-Ernie Moore Jr.
The Toad and Lizard I have seen in a book titled Unseen Mind Force of Kung Fu. The Toad is staged conditioning practice it seems. Lizard (House of Lizard Kung) requires moving to condition-conditioning the elbows and heels of the feet, as these are the parts in contact with the ground at first, then a concave wall alternating bricks, one transfers from walking along the ground on back-elbows and heels to wall.-Ernie Moore Jr.
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Squirrel's Scorpion Strike Kicks
I attempted to make a Kung-Fu--Ernie Moore Jr.'s Kung-Fu (attempt), Squirrel. It is perhaps or includes a collection of exercises. One exercise I made uses the name scorpion strike kicks--Ernie Moore Jr.'s Kung-Fu (attempt), Squirrel's Scorpion Strike Kicks. The video keeps the framework of Squirrel and mentions a principle of keeping balance--that one might accept losing balance to gain balance--in Squirrel, the concept is, that by the moment one chases balance the balance shifted and one cannot easily catch-up to gain balance...Yet if one accepts the loss of balance, since it shifts, then one can be present when the balance comes back to where it got lost and waiting there, one can better catch or regain balance.-Ernie Moore Jr. Also, have a concept of where the foot should be to sent the kick--where the mind touches in space by conceptualization, the foot tip has been sent-ish.-Ernie Moore Jr. No_Know
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You should read the article I posted above.
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A lot of people will post about the TCM 5 poisons in reference to this, but literate martial artists know that it stems more from 72-Consummate-Arts-Secrets-of-the-Shaolin-Temple.