The Five Animal Shaolin Kung Fu

[Zaine]

Well those are good points but dont you think that it would be better to learn other systems to further your knowledge?

[ja]

I agree with learning other systems, including animal systems...However, I think there is value in achieving a certain level of profiency in one system before working on another. Adding on other styles can only be benificial if your adding on...but if all your doing is jumbling up one not yet mastered skill with another it can make for one confused sloppy style. Of course this is all just my opinion.

In other areas of life you here the phrase "Jack of all trades, Master of none."

In the same breath I think if you are in a system you don't like, or doesn't work for you then try another...I don't think that is what your talking about here though.

[Zaine]

weell yeah but its smart to wait till you have a higher rank in something but still...if you start another system when your a higer rank, then it would be smart to start another one cause that would further your fighting abilitys, right?

[unknownstyle]

i agree with waitingtill a high rank to cross train

[Kajukenbopr]

I agree with learning other systems, including animal systems...However, I think there is value in achieving a certain level of profiency in one system before working on another. Adding on other styles can only be benificial if your adding on...but if all your doing is jumbling up one not yet mastered skill with another it can make for one confused sloppy style. Of course this is all just my opinion.

In other areas of life you here the phrase "Jack of all trades, Master of none."

In the same breath I think if you are in a system you don't like, or doesn't work for you then try another...I don't think that is what your talking about here though.

I agree with "JA". reach a high rank in a style before you train in another or you will be bad at a lot of styles

I recommend reaching black belt before the change to another martial art.

[Zaine]

yeah i know but, id rather take it when i have a good solid understanding of what i am doing and i do, and, all i asked is what yall recommend i take

[Zaine]

Animal kung fu styles are very specific, and different body types will excel at certain animals better. Take me, for instance. Stocky, large chest and shoulders, and good upper body strength. Tiger and Ape styles would work very well for me. My friend, however, is smaller and more agile. He has great control and quick reflexes. He is more suited for snake or monkey. If you could tell us a bit about your size and shape, we could help a bit more.

Im tall and skinny, medium build, i am probally best for white crane, snake, or monkey, like your friend, but, i learn white crane stuff later on in my shorin ryu training so

[fallen_milkman]

Look around for videos of those styles, and look at them to see what you like. Then you can see if anyone in your area teaches those. I personally love monkey for both performance purposes and strange rarely seen fighting tactics.

[Zaine]

Alright ill look in to it

[Ali]

Boxing has strength behind it. The fundamental problem with animal styles is that they base them on other animals... not people. People don't move like a praying mantis or a bird. Things like boxing, however, teach you to maximize the force in each strike.

Yes,

Human style is also a style....

Jogging, running & some kind of natural movement

can be a way of attack & defence.

Some movement are even more strange for coming from

natural movement of monks, like action when worshipping the Buddist

& etc

But this style only taught to Monks before long ago

& a little bit to people who do many charity to temple

Being a Chinese and sick of knowing "Newly composed" story,

I never believe that this sort of things or legend before.

But this exists.

I am still begging my friend to teach me

some stance from it.

P.S. My friend also does not know the whole system.