The Southern Five Animal system most of us are familiar with utilizes the dragon, tiger, snake, leopard, and crane. However, has anyone heard of a Five Animal system that uses a dragon, snake, wolf, monkey, and bat?
I have a vague memory of seeing a "five animals kung fu" belt buckle advertised in the April 1982 issue of Inside Kung Fu (Paulie Zink on the cover). It was a rectangular Western-style stamped metal buckle and appeared to depict a dragon in the center, and what looked like a monkey in the upper-left corner, what looked like a wolf or dog in the lower-left, a snake in the lower-right, and what looked like a bat in the upper-right (keep in mind I'm going on 28 years worth of memory here!)
Any idea what this "five animals" style might have been? It's possible the "wolf" and "bat" were simply a poorly-illustrated tiger and crane. I recall the seller was in Paramount, California, or one of the surrounding neighborhoods, and I know the Southern Five Animal style was well represented in that region of Los Angeles due to Ark Wong. By any chance could someone scan a photo of this ad? I believe it was located towards the center of the magazine on a left-facing page.
Thanks in advance!