TigerCrane

For a beginner, I would strongly recommend the staff. It's a good prerequisite for lots of other weapons.

Sadly, frauds like these obscure the true aspects of Chinese Martial Arts.

What I was trying to say is that I've been taught to look towards the direction where my palm/hand/punch is executed. If you do that, then you'll naturally be looking in the direction of your target.

I've always been taught that my eyes should follow my hands.

Nice link! Everyone should take a look at this.

Heh, let's see how his bench-fighting techniques fare against my Tiger Crane style! LoL... he could probably beat the crap out of me.

I think the staff is the easiest and most basic to learn. I have heard that the Kwan Do is one of the hardest weapons to learn.

Isn't it a classic?? Packed with tons of action scenes, comical sound effects, and twists within the great plot it is definitely on top of my favorite movies list. Does anyone else know anything about the Centipede, Scorpion, and Lizard styles?

Has anyone seen or heard of the Kung Fu film "Five Deadly Venoms" before? If so, do the Centipede, Scorpion, and Lizard styles exist in Chinese Martial Arts?

It can be thought of as "Bioelectricity" as well. It is best to learn the Chi Gung exercises and see for yourself, as different people will provide different explanations and theories behind it.

Favorite form for combat? Hmmm... I'll have to think about that. But my favorite form is the Iron Thread Form... I was lucky to see my Sifu perform it.

From what i've heard, you can badly damage your nerves and end up with too much calcium deposit in your hand(s) if you don't do it right. Being curious here... for those who are training or haved trained the Iron Palm technique, did you all start off with a thick phonebook?

Trying to practice the early stages of it... but due to my recent lack of disciplline it will take a little while for me to master most of it. Hmmm, I think I should pick it up again and practice regularly.

Yup, Chi can be transferred through non-flexible weapons as well. As for the gim bending through gaps in armor... that's something interesting that I've never heard of before. Are you talking about the flexible gim? I have a sturdy Tai Chi gim that is slightly - only slightly - flexible.

The idea is that there is a transfer of Chi between the practitioner and the weapon - any weapon. The flexible weapons weren't made solely for this purpose, but the idea is that even though they may seem more fragile compared to swords, they are reinforced by Chi. Let me ephasize that this is strictly a theory, and depending on how much and what you believe with regard to Qi Gong, you may or may not endorse this theory.