CLFDisciple

Choy Lay Fut is good in all ranges. its a complete style like Baji Quan and Hung gar. Most people think we're all long range cause they see alot of the sweeping punches in many of our forms (etg. Sau Choi, Biu Jong, and Gwa Choi, [and my personal favorate combo Gwa Sau]) But we learn things like knees and elbows just like most traditional schools do, which makes CLF HG and BQ so badass. the reason we learn these close range techniques is because all fights usually end up in the clinch and then on the ground. You can't have a practical style without close range techniques. I was wondering though, doesn't hung gar have similar sweeping punches because i've seen some hung gar techniques and theyre very similar to choy lay fut

no. there is no limit to what anyone can do. i just favor the crane techniques cause theyre very practical. the fact of it is that, if you practice the five animals system (crane, snake, panther, tiger, dragon) you should learn them all and use them all harmoniously at the same time (i mean when the technique is needed). theres a five animal kung fu style i beleive but also there are styles like choy lay fut that teach a five animals form that uses the same concepts. but then again there are styles that focus on singular animals. (white crane kung fu, emei snake fist kung fu, eagle claw kung fu, monkey kung fu, black tiger kung fu, seven star mantis) also theres styles that combine two animals (wing chun [snake and crane], hung gar [tiger and crane])

are we gonna talk about bagua or are we gonna keep jerkin off over the pronunciation or what the word means... i for one am terribly interested in this art and would like to learn something about it. can someone who knows something about speak up. i heard somewhere it was based off of an eight sided figure, sort of like a math equation that was developed by a shaolin monk that cuts off angles can ANYONE WHO REALLY KNOWS SOMETHING VERIFY PLEASE.. it would be very much appreciated

yeah but guns are for pansies

knives any size any time i've been practicing with them since i was 12 which now has been about 7 years. i've always had faith in knives before i started choy lay fut and even now as a current practioner of the art. which has only increased my skill and offered new techniques. theres just soooooo much you can do with a knife

Choy Lay Fut has a drunken boxing form in it that i believe is based off of the 8 immortals (the real concept, not from drunken master) but it is a very advanced form and to my understand takes a crazy good base to pull off. i never asked my sifu about it because i always figured that when the time is right i would learn it from him. Its a very rare form to my understanding as well.

Choy lay Fut is a pretty effective style and the concepts aren't as difficult to learn as wing chun. the only thing is that the branch i do which is Hung sing choy lay fut involves strong and mobile stances which are painful to train but a key element to the style. you have to be willing to commit to alot of stance training. theres also lots of forms to learn which you learn and within those forms are thousands of combinations and key concepts that you have to be able to examine as you go through each form. it takes time but things just start coming to you. when you see it and when you do it and if you (regretibly) have to use it. you know its effective. but then again so is wing chun and hung gar or any traditional chinese style. remember that anything is useful in the hands of the right person. ITS NOT IN THE STYLE, ITS IN THE INDIVIDUAL

I' have to say i found that i have an affinity for the crane movements although the rest of the five animals in choy lay fut (panther, dragon,snake and tiger) are all effective and they fit my body type. I just find the crane to be very graceful as well as very effective. But its the combination of all five that make them truely effective