how many movements does this form have?
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how many movements does this form have?
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little or big buddha palm?
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just average those two out
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there's 2? tell me the number of movements for both. I might learn this form at kung fu camp
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and also, forms like 16 hands, 18 elbows, 7 kicks, does the number stand for the number of movements in that form?
Always Learning
There's only one Buddha Palm that I know about. It is, however, usually taught in 2 parts. I've never counted the moves but the number in the name of a WL set is not the number of moves.
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In the early 90`s Master Chan had a seminar at Palm Island, Fla. The form being offered was Lok Lo, first section I believe. There were many Shifu`s there that had already learned LL, and I had learned LL at a seminar in New Hampshire. So he taught us a form he called "Little Budha Palm". There is a "Big Budha Palm", so looks to me like there is two BP forms in Wah Lum.
I am still a student practicing - Wang Jie Long
"Don`t Taze Me Bro"
Always Learning
Palm Island 1991. I was there. Sifus learned Buddha Palm and the rest of us learned Lok Low part one. I remember Terry telling me that it was a little different than how we do it now. I was thinking the usual minor differences that seem to occur over time, not an entirely different form.
Anyone (18elders?) have more info on this?
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Terry and I were indeed lucky that weekend. Guess it was LL #1, and we already knew it. So Master Chan was nice to let us learn Lil BP with the Shifu`s. This did not go over so well with them, we were not Teachers... oh well, I totally appreciated it. Tai Chi on the beach was fun!
I am still a student practicing - Wang Jie Long
"Don`t Taze Me Bro"
Always Learning
See anybody you know?
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I have a unique form called Big Buddha Palm. It was passed down through my line from my Sigung who would have learnt it in the 1920's or 30's in Canton. It is slow and soft with occasional fast movements and resembles Tai Chi in its fluidity and is wavelike with all palms, slaps, pokes and chops.
What does the Wah Lum version look like ? My version has 88 movements.
Cheers
Buddhapalm
"In heaven and earth no spot to hide;
Bliss belongs to one that knows that things
are empty and that man too is nothing.
Splendid indeed is the Mongol longsword
Slashing the spring wind like a flash of lightning !"
Monk Wu-hsueh Tsu-yuan - Reciting as the Mongol sabers slashed towards him. The Mongols spared him out of respect. For no ordinary man recites a poem facing death.
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is there a place to view wah lum forms videos?
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HuaLin,
The pic is not very clear but that looks like Andy in the far Left.
Yes? The pic is too blurry to identify anyone else. I'm only guessing Andy by body structure.
Always Learning
Looks like Andy (left), unknown, Steve?(18elders), Terry (center), Can't remember the guys name behind him, tall guy w/red shirt possible Jesse?, Jim (yu shan), Leroy. The picture is from the Palm Island Buddha Palm seminar in '91. Terry is doing a move out of the second part so it wasn't a shortened version of the form. I'll have to look into it more.
Shaolin Dude
The only way you'll see WL forms is from video of tournaments and performances and most of the time they're modified. Nothing on the 'net.
buddhapalm
Wah Lum Buddha Palm is fast and has some slow (dynamic tension) parts but not Tai Chi like at all. Very southern. Got any clips of yours?
Last edited by Hua Lin Laoshi; 04-21-2004 at 06:00 AM.
CLF Yut Gar
The pose in the picture looks a lot like the CLF Fut Gar Jeurng. Maybe this form came from Lee Koon Hung as he and Si Baat were blood brothers.
Without seeing the whole set it is just speculation of course, however buddha palm with praying mantis seems an odd combo. It was said earlier it had a southern flare, so who knows.
Peace.
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