5 animal style kung fu. What would be in a typical class?

Just asking, I'm going to join a 5 animal style Kung Fu class soon..

5 animal style kung fu. What would be in a typical class?
Kung Fu is not at all standardized, so you will find a great variety of animal styles as you research.





Tiger


Crain


Mantis


Snake


Monkey


Dragon





Are all pretty common. Then you start encountering the more exotic styles like


Leopard


Bear


Mongoose





And one of my personal favorites Hamster.
Reply:There could be anything. I used to train 5 pattern hung kuen. As a beginner you may just learn simple techniques and do lots of conditioning exercises.





You may learn basic techniques from all the animal forms, before actually learning one animal. Depends really on the instructor and how they like to teach.





Give it a go. Good luck!
Reply:every school is different but this is general:


warm up and stretching


arm conditioning (banging your arm against somebody else's)


kicking and punching


doing forms (like tai chi)


sitting in horse stance (squatting) and other stances





James H: hamster style? i gotta learn that.
Reply:there are two main types of 5 animal style..Shaolin 5 animals is a northen Chinese style which consists of Dragon, Snake, Tiger , Leopard and Crane and you would be lucky to find a traditional 5 animal sifu anywhere ( because most shaolin 5 animals these days is actually wushu)


then there are the southern styles which are more traditional, the style I study ( southern Lung Ying-Dragon style)the 5 animals included in the style are Dragon, tiger, Eagle, Panther , and Snake..and is one of the biggest systems in traditional kung fu today





most classes consist of learning techniques, forms, body conditioning, man to man combat skills to name but a few
Reply:You will be tought the Animal Styles of Shaolin or Southern Gong Fu. But I will say that many people hear rumors of styles that are in existence. Bear style is no longer a style anymore and if there is a Hamster Style I dought its a very good style. If you want rare animal styles I suggest Locust, Duck, Chicken, Eagle Claw, Turtle, and Frog. Drunken Boxing is included as being an imitation style too.

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