Originally Posted by
WinterPalm
I don't know much about Eagle Claw but the Five Animal forms that my Sifu does have the second claw in your post as the Crane hand formation. Whereas in the Black Tiger Vs. Crane form, the Crane is the beak formation. I think it really comes down to the lineage and the ideology behind what the creators or subsequent practioners and Sifu were trying to express.
Hmmmm
That's very interesting ,i've never seen the second used as a crane technique ,although i have seen it used as a eagle claw technique to grasp the wrist and such.
jeff
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