Re: Tibetan Kung Fu Styles
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Originally posted by Firebird
Who has infos about tibetan kung fu styles ?
no Hop Gar, Lama Pai or tibetan white crane ; i thing there are more than these styles
According to my understanding, the only reason we know of these styles is they made thier way to china 2-300 years ago; & it would be rare to find pure tibet gf outside of these, because the tibet gf suppossedly was for high level lamas, & with the chinese cultural revolution most of them were wiped out...& i dont think like say thier was a tibet toad gungfu or something. I dont think if sometrhing like that exists/existed, I doubt it made its way to china.
So, IMU...only reason we know of shaolin gungfu is because the manchu tok over and this forced everyday chinese to pick up say hungga...wheras the chinese took tibet in 1940-60, plus in the age of the gun= I Assume most TibetGF is Extinct or Seceret!.
Hope that Helps!?.
LAma Pai sword book from hk
Intelligent
Swordplay of
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Thought this might interest people who study lama pai
http://www.plumpub.com/sales/kungfu/lamasword.htm
Lama Style
Kung Fu
Lo Wai-Keung &
Yan Sang
74 pages, softbound
Printed in Hong Kong this neat little book is EN FACE,
that is, both Chinese and English versions are
represented. Not only a nice set with clear illustrations
but a good book for thos wanting to improve their martial
translation skills.
This is a straight sword set AND a short hand set from the
famous Lama School. Lama is a Tibetan form of Kung Fu
with various other names and associations such as Hop
Gar and Tibetan White Crane. The Lama school is a beautiful
Long Fist style with some rather different theories of body
relationships. Clear photography. Probably a little too sparse to learn
the set for most people but a good basic representation of the school.