karate and white crane kung fu

[martialartsresearcher]

hi guys i was wondering? what kind of karate styles are heavily derived from white crane kung fu?thanks guys and gals.

[kempocos]

Many of the Okinawian styles have. TUITE is veyr close to CHIN NA.

[Gyte]

Yes, most Okinawan styles are influenced by white crane kung fu. A better question would be which kata are based on the white crane. Typical white crane kata are Hakutsuru, Nipaipo, Happoren, Hakucho, Haufa, Hakkaku and Shinpa. There are also other kata that have some crane flavour in them like chinto, rohai, wanshu and others. Karate styles that practise these kata are off course the most influenced by the white crane.

[equaninimus]

Get John Sell's book "Unante," and begin reading that. Also you might wish to subscribe to "Classical Fighting Arts," and "Journal of Asian Martial Arts." Both of these pubs are far more usefult than the pretty picture magazines like Black Belt.

 

There was an article in "Dragon Times (the precurser to CFA)" on the relationship between Goju and Fujian White Crane, and on the possible form taken by Higoanna's karate. It isn't one of those available online from their website, so you may have to order the back issues, or find them in a library. Depending on where you are in Va., I know that GW and Georgetown's libraries subscribe, and I think UVA does as well.

 

This article on the Bubishi by Cook is pretty typical of the high standard of scholarship of this publication.

 

http://dragon-tsunami.org/Dtimes/Pages/article17.htm.

 

THere was also a two part series in JAMA in 2002 on Kiyoda, Juhatsu of To'on Ryu that was quite good.

 

You also might want to look at

 

http://www.e-budo.com, they tend to be devoted to the more classical arts, and have a research forum. In addition, Pat McCarthy, Harry Cook, John Sells, Robert Dorenwend (sp?), and Joseph Svinth frequently post there.

 

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[martialartsresearcher]

thanks ya all. see ya. 8 )