Both the Tiger and Leopard (Pak Mei). The strength of a tiger, And the speed of the leopard seem to complement each other quite nicely.
someone truly in balance would love them equally.. for they all serve a specific need and where developed to address different strikes.. I love them all because they all have their place. in nature and martial arts.
Same for me but I like the Snake and the Monkey Styles alot. Have you guys heard of the Elephant Style of Shaolin.
Welcome to the forum WFH. Elephant Style? No, tell us more please! Presumably there are lot's of exercises for the trunk, and a good memory is important?
We'll I'm just asking if you guys know about the style but I don't know neither.I was just seeing if anyone knows this style because I never heard or seen the style in action YET. Oh yeah just to tell you guys I dont know any type og Martial Arts yet. But by the end of this month I MIGHT go and learn Shaolin.
Good luck to you WFH. 'Shaolin' covers a heck of a lot of different systems. Where in the world are you, and what schools have you been looking into?
In the world , ok I'm in The U.S. and since I was small I have been intrested in Shaolin and the monks alot. Since I grew up a little bit more I have learned about the monks history and their martial arts.
Gotcha. I believe the 'Wheel of Life' people have been spreading licensed Shaolin schools all over the world. I'll see if I can find the link for you and pass it on. I know some guys who trained with these guys, and they're very good. Also check out the photo gallery here. Ghostsuits photo gallery has pictures of them, and he got to meet some of them too. Where in the US are you. You're member profile is blank you see.
I live in Florida, I have seen this movie called "Wheel of Life," its about Shaolin. Its is pretty cool.
That's the guys I was talking about. It'll be tough for someone your age to start up, but not impossible. I had a colleague who went over to China and trained with these guys, and more recently ther was a seminar in the UK some of my mates attended.
My age ,I'm 12 years old but you probaly need Alot of money to train with those guys.It would be cool but I wouldn't be able to anyways. The only way is like to win the lottery. lol .
I'll try to name most of the Shaolin animals: -Tiger -Dragon -Panther -Snake -Jaguar -Horse -Elephant -Monkey -Crane -Lion There are more than those 10 animals of Shaolin I think.
My favorite animal. Mine would be the Monkey although i do like Tiger and Snake very much.If you don't know Monkey it is very hard to fight against.Monkey is very tricky and powerful and usually underestimated as a style. jeff
ummm ok, i actually take ninpo and im bored and compleatly dumbfounded by this, sooooo, bye! jedimasterchris, u do relize that kenshin and inuyasha r not only japaneese but that kenshin is a samuri which has nothing to do with china right?
What about the idea that any animal done right doesn't need 'balancing out' any more than the animals themselves need to pretend to be other animals to defend themselves in their niche? Understand your specialism deeply and pay attention to how the others do it, I say. You have to be able to face another 'animal' and WANT them to use their animal's nature on you because you've already decided how to deal with it. Easier said than done? Good! rgds, David
Hi david. I think deciding how your gonna deal with any situation b4 it hapens is a bad idea.I mean i wold personaly try to get moves as instic rather than decide to use a certain move, which may turn out to be bad for that situation.
Currently enjoying the power of beer I mean that a goat should use all it's goatness when fighting a tiger because there's nothing else it can do. A goat excels at being a goat and if it can make the tiger play that game then the goat wins. The goat should aspire to be goat enough to take the meanest tiger whilst humming a happy little song to itself. Asking people which is their favourite animal will usually get the response "I study x so x is my fave" and then it's "well y beats x" etc. Each animal contains the others, I think so there's nothing alien about encountering another - it's just a matter of the degree to which you understand and can implement it, the greater the understanding (even if only at a level of recognition) then the less likely you are to be phased by or psyched-out by this new beast. rgds, David
