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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 04:30:22 No.749712 View Reply Report Delete

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Why is animal kung fu not taught
I live in the UK ,London and have been looking for a gym to teach me but it seems that animal kung fu just doesn't exist , I see a lot of wing chug and tai chi and basic kung fu but apart from that nothing else is animal kung fu looked down upon or is it too special
I would love to learn monkey kung fu but there are no good books

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 04:34:51 No.749713 Report Delete

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You're not missing anything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 04:49:24 No.749716 Report Delete

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>>749712

There are many Kung Fu styles that include Animal forms or techqniques, i.e. Choy Lay Fut (sometimes written "Choy Lee Fut") or Hung Gar have a "Five Animal Form".

Generally the differnt animal represent differnt fighting tactics/movements/mindsets, which is very Kung Fu specific way of training. So wether or not they are called animal forms, many Kung Fu styles contain differnt fighting strategies. Jsut check some school near you and ask the coach or read teh curriculum.

Oh yeah, and since this is /asp/: no, you won't get a UFC fighter by training Kung Fu. And it's good if they have a sparring group.

But Kung Fu is fun as fuck, so as long as you don't plan to be the next World Champ, go for it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 04:55:03 No.749717 Report Delete

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>>749716
>so as long as you don't plan to learn anything of value, go for it.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 05:31:34 No.749723 Report Delete

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>>749717

Say that to my face not online..

Wu-style Tai Chi Chuan

Wu-style Tai Chi Chuan Thu 22 Oct 2015 05:36:03 No.749724 Report Delete

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>>749712
Never been to London, but animal Gong Fu is rare abroad. I advise something like Emei style overturning fist, or "Shaolin attack from heavens" style. Those I've found in the States so there's probably some in the UK.

>>749716
Wrong. Hung Gar is not focused on representing the animal. And sparring isn't that important to understand the principles.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 05:48:37 No.749729 Report Delete

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>>749724

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 06:30:06 No.749734 Report Delete

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Because it sucks

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 07:03:24 No.749738 Report Delete

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Look for "shaolin kung fu, "but don't confuse it with "shaolin-do."

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 07:04:47 No.749739 Report Delete

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>>749738
It doesn't matter which he looks for as they're both circus schools.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 07:06:39 No.749740 Report Delete

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>>749738
edit shaolin animal kung fu

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 07:11:56 No.749742 Report Delete

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>>749724

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cQPglRJycg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cohau1CXbg

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 08:18:31 No.749749 Report Delete

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>>749712

Instead of wasting your time and money.

Try Judo
http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/find-a-club?postcode=E1+4ET&radius=25

Try Boxing
http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/clubs/club-finder/

I'm sure searches for Muay Thai and BJJ would be equally fruitful.

Why would you voluntarily be weak and useless?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 08:31:40 No.749753 Report Delete

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>>749742

See, OP, you could do the alarmingly spastic shit in seen in this post.

Or you could do this kind of stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1RQWDLujDY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcalyqN1pis

You can be better than animal chop sockey.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 09:34:29 No.749764 Report Delete

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>>749712

Hey ! where's boxing ?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 00:44:36 No.750050 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>750061 >>752650

OP here: THIS WHOLE FUCKING TIME i didn't have my auto-refresh page on

and i do professional boxing i was just thinking i would like to learn or try something diffrent

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 01:58:45 No.750061 Report Delete

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>>750050
Kung fu can be pretty fun. It has a different perspective on some things, and it's a neat mind bender. Can't say anything about practicality, as that varies from teacher to teacher and school to school, but don't worry about the haters in this thread, you do you.

Like someone earlier said, Hung Gar includes different animal forms, but what you're looking for sounds more like distinct animal styles, like "southern mantis" and "fuijan(sp?) white crane". Honestly, most kung fu studios won't call themselves "Tom's White Crane Fighting" or whatever, so you kinda have to just hit a bunch of studios and ask them what style(s) of kung fu they do. And as someone else said, try to find a place that spars, they tend to be less "the holy text!" about form and more practical in application. Sparring types just have their head on a little better, 'cause they spend more time trying to keep it from being knocked off.

Good luck though, it's out there. Have fun man, (or chick, whatever)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 15:37:12 No.752636 Report Delete

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>>749749
>>749753
>plebs playing sports
how cute

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 16:22:02 No.752650 Report Delete

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>>750050
>dem disgusting chicken legs

Jesus Christ do some squats

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 12:37:36 No.753281 Report Delete

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>>749712

Go Xingyi brah it's got like 12 animals you'll be like 'why can't I hold all these animals'. Also for long complicated animal routines you'll want Shanxi style Xingyi.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:44:27 No.753308 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>753313 >>753322 >>753324 >>753412

according to legend/wikipedia, wing chun is based on a fight between a snake and a crane, and is sometimes called snake and crane style

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:02:55 No.753311 Report Delete

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>>752650
>i only like muscular girls because it satisfies my homolust while technically being straight because they're "girls"

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:05:06 No.753313 Report Delete

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>>753308
>wrestlers learned their techniques from watching bears and apes fight for dominance
>chunners learned from watching a bird and a snake flail at one another
Oh it shows

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:12:30 No.753322 Report Delete

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>>753308
>Learn to box from two animals that have no arms.
Sounds about right.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:21:32 No.753324 Report Delete

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>>753322
>>753313
>>753308

https://youtu.be/ymcF8uB57fQ?t=764

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 17:04:39 No.753377 Report Delete

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>>753324
That's a movie, anon, it's all choreographed

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 17:56:50 No.753405 Report Delete

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>>749742
If he put as much fucking time into sparring and fighting as he does working on his intense facial expressions he would probably be a good fighter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 17:59:33 No.753407 Report Delete

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>>753322
>>753313
Fucking burnt to a crisp.

>>753324
>Posts a movie in response to Wing Chun getting BTFO.

That's about what I expected.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 18:22:59 No.753412 Report Delete

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>>753308
>>753313
>>753322
>>753324
>>753377

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf-tVeQiKnY

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 20:09:35 No.753482 Report Delete

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>>749712
wrestling/bjj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwobcJOOF-A

muay thai/kickboxing+bjj/submission wrestling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwXINuTp1vg

judo/wrestling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBcREFZKUn4

boxing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U11DgbefmQQ

Pomf

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Pomf Tue 27 Oct 2015 21:27:09 No.753499 Report Delete

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Animal kung fu are specialisation. You need to learn basic kung fu first.
>>753377
Actually, since the final fight was on TV they recreated all moves the same.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 23:40:36 No.753540 Report Delete

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>>753499
>the final fight was on TV
Why shitpost?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 20:47:24 No.753834 Report Delete

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I was at my parents' place last weekend, and I saw the dogs fighting.

I've just taken up BJJ and MMA. I saw one dog bite the other's leg (they've got thin as hell legs remember) as a form of takedown, then instantly jump on top of it, applying weight on the chest as it went for the neck.

They didn't injure eachother or anything, but I was surprised at similarities.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 22:06:07 No.753846 Report Delete

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>>753499
Could you pull up that live video of the final fight for us? in the meantime here's something you'll really enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAN-ZKQlucg

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 00:15:37 No.753880 Report Delete

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>>753846
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InJHbcb6pN8

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 06:40:23 No.753946 Report Delete

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>>749712
LONDON HAS A SHAOLIN TEMPLE DUDE. THEY TEACH IT THERE. FUARK

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 18:59:30 No.754064 Report Delete

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>>749712
>>753946
You get an awful lot of McDojo's with a martial art so associated with Hollywood as Kung Fu. There is a decent Shaolin place in London that's pretty unique as it incorporates a crazy conditioning regimen (I think you're required to be a certain level of fit to be allowed to take part in the acrobatics classes).

Ignore the naysayers. Sure, Kung Fu may not be as good as Brazilian Meme Jitsu in a controlled MMA environment, but most fights you'll get into IRL wont be 1-on-1 against a trained professional on a padded floor, cultivationg pretty much any physical discipline will give you an almost infinite advantage against a clueless drunken arm-swinger.

For the record, I found Kung Fu more fun and physically fulfilling than the Judo I did as a kid, although the latter did stop me getting my ass beat by way bigger guys several times later in life. To each their own I suppose.

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