Obscure Kung Fu Animals

[The Xia]

Anyone know any animals that are not so often seen in most Kung Fu styles? I know of some styles that have animals that aren't really seen as much as others. I have also heard brief mention of animals that I have not heard much about anywhere. Like lion kung fu. Anyone know of any obscure animals and how they are played?

[xcakid]

Dog, apparently lots of low attacks and ground fighting.

Elephant, dunno much about it but saw it in a documentary about various martial arts. It was said that this was basically a southern style.

[bodhitree]

I keep hearing stuff about lamas

'symbol crash'

[BruceSteveRoy]

hung fut has 10 animals, snake, crane, dragon, tiger, leopard, eagle (not eagle claw), horse, monkey, elephant, and lion. horse techs do downward blocking, like you are defending your flanks, elephant are strikes that come from the top down in an arcing manner, as for lion i am not actually sure which part of my forms are lions. i asked once and the only one that was pointed out was butterfly palms which are like a lions jaw. these are just some simple examples.

[The Xia]

Dog, apparently lots of low attacks and ground fighting.

Fujianese Dog boxing. Rare style from what I gather

Elephant, dunno much about it but saw it in a documentary about various martial arts. It was said that this was basically a southern style.

I have heard of elephant Kung Fu as well. I have no idea what style it was, but a very long time ago I saw a guy in a magazine or book (don't remember which) showing a hand/arm position that was labeled "elephant trunk".

hung fut has 10 animals, snake, crane, dragon, tiger, leopard, eagle (not eagle claw), horse, monkey, elephant, and lion. horse techs do downward blocking, like you are defending your flanks, elephant are strikes that come from the top down in an arcing manner, as for lion i am not actually sure which part of my forms are lions. i asked once and the only one that was pointed out was butterfly palms which are like a lions jaw. these are just some simple examples.

I've always been fascinated with Hung Fut. Interesting information. What do you know about Hung Fut's eagle and monkey?

I keep hearing stuff about lamas

lol!
That conjured up images of some sort of Sim City cheat involving a different kind of Lama Kung Fu (old school PC gamers may know what I'm talking about).

[David Jamieson]

rare: deer, bear, terrapin(turtle) and horse

[GeneChing]

Check out my old articles (a two-parter): The Martial Menagerie: Exotic Animal Styles of Kung Fu - part 1 in 1999 October; part 2 in 1999 November.

[neilhytholt]

Mongoose. It seems to appear only in an old CMA movie and in Shou Shu.

[FuXnDajenariht]

i've heard of the duck and scorpion. those must look awesome.

[Shaolinlueb]

i saw toad kung fu. i was like wtf, kung fu hustle?

[xcakid]

i've heard of the duck

As in AFLLLAAAAACCCC. That makes me hungry. I think I will have some roast duck and yang chow fried rice for dinner.

[neilhytholt]

i saw toad kung fu. i was like wtf, kung fu hustle?

Actually, I came across a video from China of Toad Kung Fu the other day. I think it was posted on here maybe.

[SevenStar]

chicken and sparrowhawk.

[Fu-Pow]

Choy Lay Fut has the 5 shaolin animals forms:

Tiger, Leopard, Snake, Crane and Dragon

And supposedly:

Lion, Horse, Monkey, Deer and Elephant

[MasterKiller]

don't forget Fetus style (it's real).