monkey kungfu

[Son Goku the monkeyking]

what type of things do people do in monkey kungfu, I once heard that you learn to clime things like a monkey like clime up a pole or staff and stay up there without it falling down with you on it

 

doese anyone here do it or know anything about it

 

PEACE

[ProjectJanus]

Yes, I at least know that you are taught to climb a spear and be able to sit on the top with out it falling over. I have a video I bought of shaolin martial arts as a theater performance called Wheel Of Life. There are no words, just awesome Shaolin martial arts, including a monkey style segment.

[Ali]

Shaolin again?

 

I dont want to say anything about this,

 

traditionally, Shaolin do have Monkey style.

 

But now, many animal style in Shaolin is newly

 

composited with many nonesense movement

 

and have no relation with real combat.

 

For example, Eagle Boxing for that type may have

 

two arm up to pretend the eagle wing.

 

Real Eagle boxing is kind of boxing involve

 

capturing skill. But that stance seem like to

 

be captured

 

Real monkey boxing exist in many different schools,

 

But usually may involve ground fighting,

 

scissor leg and etc.

[ovine king]

and again, the shaolin wheel of life is not shaolin kung fu.

 

it is modern wushu performance.

[PLayfull]

what type of things do people do in monkey kungfu, I once heard that you learn to clime things like a monkey like clime up a pole or staff and stay up there without it falling down with you on it

 

doese anyone here do it or know anything about it

 

PEACE

 

Hi folks, i was looking for some monkey stuff on the internet. And found this topic. Let me clear up some myths here, How Chuen, or Monkeykungfu DOES NOT involve any climbing as far as i know.

 

It's a southern style kungfu.

 

It relies on fast movements, it likes to imitate other animals(like tiger, or crane or dragon)but because it's not comfortable with that it mostly returns to it's own patterns. It's mostly quick and playfull movements.

 

Fast kicks, fast work with your hands. and everything is really short range. But in case that we have to defend ourselfs in an open field we rely on Dragon movements wich the monkey imitates.

 

There are people who teach some kind of monkeykungfu like paulie zink in the USA. I don't know what's original, my Sifu says that the way he teaches us is the original style. i'm only practicing for a year now. Anyways, we don't have much rolling over the ground, actually, i've got green belt and never saw one rolling over the ground. But there are many different styles out there, and it could be that there is a "small monkey" and a "big monkey". I once heard him talk about it. But than again, i have MUCH to learn so it could be that there is some rolling involved somehow. I hope i could've answered some questions for you.

[PLayfull]

http://www.monkeykungfu.com/

 

The site wich involves the "paulie" style of monkeykungfu

[SifuAbel]

http://home.earthlink.net/~sifuabel/concretemonkey.wmv

 

some non paulie monkey.

 

http://home.earthlink.net/~filearchivesa/LKH94.wmv

[Davison]

I think monkey kungfu rocks!

[dingyuan]

I think monkey is a really great style but seriously I have never seen it in real sparring actions, how does it really works and is it really effective?

[Iron Arahat]

Some interesting information on monkey kung fu in the USA:

 

http://www.TSPK.com/english/fake_monkey_kungfu.htm

 

Also some good information:

 

http://www.TSPK.com

 

Small boy with staff demonstrating Monkey style in photos:

 

http://www.shaolinwushu.ca/calgary.html