snake fist

[kle1n]

i deleted my text because I was angry that day.sorry gilbert no offence intended.

[Gilbert]

its ok. believe or dont believe. those of you who care and want to hear about somethings, ill be glad to say. well first of all how have all of you been. ive been out, busy. sorry. i wont be here much. though for a while but, anyway...i said five major areas, not only areas. good legs meaning strong flexible legs. strong fingers(doing finger push ups),strong wrists (doing wrists push ups). strong fists(doing push ups on rocks.) ill try to write the form for the leg excercise one. start on a ready stance. this is by be completely straight. then put the right leg up to your stomach like praparing for a front kick. then place the right leg over to your right, like a right bow stance. then bring the other leg and switch over to a cat stance facing left. then squat down to a lotus stance. then from here go to a ready stance again and go to a left bow stance and then repeat, now on the second ready stance go to a cat stance, then to a scissors stance then do a scissors sit, then jump up to a horse stance and then to cat stance then to ready stance again. and repeat. then twist your body and face straight. that is excercise one.

[47MartialMan]

I missed you too Gilbert

[longarm25]

thanks for sharing gilbert

[47MartialMan]

Who wants to share Gilbert?

[MenteReligieuse]

What I have seen from fellow students doing snake style is that it uses finger strikes to attack soft spots, strikes from afar (as in striking while trying to stay out of reach, easier to do when you extend your fingers) and from below (crouching stances), "hypnotic fluidiity" or if you prefer snake like movements....and yeah thats it.

 

The most important thing to take into account when doing animal forms is the animal's state of mind, not necessarily the physical appearance. A snake tries to be quick, strike without warning (well actually it will hiss and flair and * if it is threatened, but once this is done they strike so quick you never know when he is gonna strike until too late) and be vicious.

[47MartialMan]

What I have seen from fellow students doing snake style is that it uses finger strikes to attack soft spots, strikes from afar (as in striking while trying to stay out of reach, easier to do when you extend your fingers) and from below (crouching stances), "hypnotic fluidiity" or if you prefer snake like movements....and yeah thats it.

 

Agreed

 

The most important thing to take into account when doing animal forms is the animal's state of mind, not necessarily the physical appearance. A snake tries to be quick, strike without warning (well actually it will hiss and flair and * if it is threatened, but once this is done they strike so quick you never know when he is gonna strike until too late) and be vicious.

Yes, a big mistake is trying to mimick the animal entirely.

 

In CMA, some animal kung fu actually have other methods descriptive of other animals apart from the actual practice-name.

 

In other words, there are movements/methods emulating animals apart from the actual art practiced