Sadly, it seems most Northern styles mutated when they got to Hong Kong; they all lost the openness and liveliness flavor and became more upright and stiff.
Sadly, it seems most Northern styles mutated when they got to Hong Kong; they all lost the openness and liveliness flavor and became more upright and stiff.
Jamieson, how so? I am seeing a Northern style being played by a Southern stylist without understanding the Northern flavor or worst basics.
Here is a Bak Sil Lum set called plum flower:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA1q8nVU4ng
Here is the Pek Kwar sets again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTuGLxjTbqA
You don't see similarity in these?
fwiw, I am not 100% certain, but I am somewhat certain that our southern shaolin broadsword set comes from Pek Kwar.
Kung Fu is good for you.
Of course they are all similar, and probably got even more so when it was all being taught in the same area by people who all know eachother
TCMA in an incestuous cluster fuck, always has been and continues to be
siu lam/shaolin is tossed about for things that never were shaolin in the first place. And even the stuff that was IN shaolin mostly originated outside it anyway, apparently Gene's book "Shaolin Trips" talks about this, but I haven't gotten a copy yet
maybe he will LINK to the product now
Don't worry; I'll search for them. I know I have first form, and one our dear buddies has the second form on video.
LoL, indeed...
tcma is not alone in it's incetuous clusterhumping.
boxing, mma, wrestling, karate, tkd etc etc.
mma is getting really ****genous now.
boxing has been for a while. It's the totally unorthodox boxers that seem to get something going on at the start, but it gets checked when the others bump hip.
Kung Fu is good for you.