Northern and Southern, (where is there common link)

[dre_doggX]

My teacher said that Northern kungfu expresses the elongated version of southern, and that southern kungfu is just a shorten version he seems to favor the southern rages, and fighting, but says northern kungfu teaches you where that movement comes from, and south is just more practical and deadly since it deals with killing range?

anyone have any take on this??

[TenTigers]

I beg to differ, there are some real close in Northern forms, such as Ba Ji Ch'uan, Northern Praying Mantis has real southern attitude when it comes to hands-Hsing-Yi is in your face, as is Ba-Kua, but I also heard it was originally Southern that emigrated North. Long arm doesn't mean long range. In Hung-Ga, we use full long arm techniques, but we are knee to knee when we use them. Some said that after the burning of the Northern Temple, they fled South and refined their technique. Well, that's great for all us Southern guys, but I also heard that the Northern Temple was never burned down, the Southern was. So that is that.?

[cerebus]

The TRUE link between Northern and Southern styles is "Ego_Extrodinaire". He does Northern Kung Fu (rather, he CLAIMS to) but he really wishes someone would teach him Southern style since it's so much more effective.

[Shaolinlueb]

i see more kicking and more elongation in northern , the southern i have seen is more compact. is that better in a fight? maybe, might nto work for you. the art is only as good at the practitioner