Found some interesting clips while d1cking around this afternoon after a little nap after work this morning. The Hakka forms have a lot of the same "essence" as our forms....just ours have more of a stereotypically northern footwork pattern, I think. Some of 'em aren't Hakka. Just related......thought SD guys might enjoy 'em. Haters 'll just laugh.....
Reminds me, shorlty, of our 3 brown belt bird forms....you'll see why....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE1SE...elated&search=
Okay, some of the movements are a little different, but it has the same feel as our San He Chien, especially towards the end:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7cG_...elated&search=
I've seen every one of these moves so far....before black belt.
I'm thinking between White Monkey Steals the Peach, our short forms...china hands....just, mismatched/rehashed....same cadence, rhythm, essence, though....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfhExcU_ltc&NR
36 Seconds in...again that trademark bird (All 3 Shaolin birds) retreat into a broken leg stance....which I haven't really seen much in kung-fu except in these clips.....(addend: it appears in some Bak Mei forms in a less "flashy" fashion...only they don't seem to put the broken leg's heel flat to the floor [also in 1st/3rd crane]).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONezK...elated&search=
1:50 in.....a Chinese guy using Sai? Say it ain't so!!!
Different form, some shared movements with SD's sai's, but many differences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnA32...elated&search=
******!!! I posted the wrong link.....just another one of that bird/broken leg retreat.....think he's doing a mantis form...not really sure......Hakka forms kind of blend together after a while.....or maybe I just don't have the eye for it.
Well, I gotta go to class now....enough web fu this week.