Hi, I was thinking of getting into Kung Fu, and was looking for a style with a lot of joint locks. What styles out there have a lot of them? Thanks.
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Hi, I was thinking of getting into Kung Fu, and was looking for a style with a lot of joint locks. What styles out there have a lot of them? Thanks.
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Eagle claw.
Don't get too caught up in what you want, before you know whats available. You don't want your wish list to keep you from training in any martial art.
I remember as a kid I wanted to learn 5 animals style, but there was only praying mantis available, so I studied nothing. 15 years latter half the country away what am I studding? Mantis. Think of all that time I wasted.
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Haoli
really? mantis? must have missed you saying that somewhere. from who? Austin? Kung Fu Connection? Fog?
"George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."
"If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"
"Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"
It's simpler than you think.
I could be completely wrong"
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Well i dont know if it's ALOT (im still new) but 8Step Praying Mantis definantly has joint locks, and it's very effective in how it puts you in them. They have alot of similar locks to Nihon Goshin Aikido (which is basically 90%joint locks) i know because i take them both. Mantis is a very good style, hence why everyone practices it. And i think it may offer what you're looking for, i do however agree with SanHeChuan
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a lot of kung fu styles have joint locks. some are more famous then others. ie eagle claw. shaolin has joint locks, mantis. hung gar i dont know about but probably has some.
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what eagle claw calls joint locks are pretty stupid imo
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Truer words have never been spoken.Mantis is a very good style, hence why everyone practices it.
I quit after getting my first black belt because the school I was a part of was in the process of lowering their standards A painfully honest KC Elbows
The crap that many schools do is not the crap I was taught or train in or teach.
Dam nit... it made sense when it was running through my head.
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Eagle claw is only as is as effective as the practioner, as is any art or system.
The joint locking in eagle claw is very effective, but agin only by those that know how to use eagle claw properly
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what kind of kung fu schools are near you? that way you can more easily determine which one focuses most on joint locking. i mean an eagle claw school might be a moot point if the nearest one is like 500 miles away form you. just a thought.
Troll Slayer
joint locks?
why "blunt fu" of course
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friggin potheads...
Shaolin Chin Na has plenty o lockage.
Kung Fu is good for you.
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Well everyone has already said it, but will re-iterata Eagle Claw and Mantis. Also ALL KF styles incorporate Chin Na into their training. I have not seen a style yet that doesn't. Even Taiji has Chin Na in it. Of course Chin Na and Shuia Chiao.
For other Asian arts, you have JiuJitSu, Aikido, Aiki-Jitsu, Arnis, HwaRangDo, KukSulWon are all heavy into joint locks and throws.
Only art I have known that does not concentrate on this is TaeKwonDo and Savate. Not saying they don't use it. Oddly both are primarily kicking.
Last edited by xcakid; 04-03-2007 at 10:08 AM.
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