Your favorite animal style and why?

[David]

That's monkey style, but I have a feeling it was done in a film.

 

Duck, bee, horse, fish, elephant, ape and more styles are out there.

 

Rgds,

 

David

[1kickKO]

Well, that is in a form, but probably not "running up it" like you think of, there's one where they'll stick it in the ground the kind of climb onto it and balance on it, then come out with a kick then grab it and strike down..but I don't think "running up it" as like actually running up the staff.

[krzychicano]

Nothing beats the dragon!

[Taku-Shimazu]

I agree, Dragon style is probably the best although I do like mantis.

[ovine king]

how about you guys answer the why part as well?

 

makes for more interesting reading than just putting down an animal.

[Scand]

Snake and monkey look like fun. Especially the latter.

 

I haven't ever had a chance to chat with practitioners of these styles (or whatever they should be called) and as far as I know you could only practice monkey as a system/style/art in my country. Some clubs just might teach snake forms.

 

Snake looks interesting - or sounds, I haven't seen any - mainly because the idea in it is totally different from my past martial arts experience. And quite naturally, snakes are cool.

 

Monkey just looks hilarious, so why shouldn't it interest me? I saw this video once where a guy imitates an ape to the limit; scratching his hair and eating his finger nails. Then when a mr. assistant engages him, this ape-man just runs away four-legged, performs a sudden-turnaround, rushes the assistant and launches a barrage of hits and kicks only to reassume his original place some seconds later. The best of all is that the guy continues imitating a monkey and completely ignores his opponent (the assistant) and just continues the I-am-scratching-my-* operation.

 

Very interesting style. A monkey isn't the image of a fierce fighter that I'm used to have afterall.