anyone know anything about Lung Ying kung fu?
Ryan
Badger
rm...@hotmail.com (Ryan) wrote:
> anyone?
>
Lung Ying usually refers to Southern Dragon Style kung fu. In many ways
it resembles White Eyebrow kung fu, and some people do suppose there are
connections between the two. Depends on who you talk to.
The stances are crouched, emphasis is on the use of a three-finger claw
hand, and forearms.
Badger
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Ryan
Hi Badger
Thanks for replying just a few more questions if you don't mind...
is it a "hard" or "soft" style?
is it an close-in fighting style?
is it taught in many schools (ie. is it hard to find a school which teaches
this style)?
Thanks again...
Ryan
Badger
> is it a "hard" or "soft" style?
I would classify it toward the harder end of the spectrum, although it
does have its own version of sticking hands (as do many kung fu styles).
> is it an close-in fighting style?
Yep.
> is it taught in many schools (ie. is it hard to find a school which
teaches
> this style)?
I don't know. The only one I know of is in New York.
Drun...@concentric.net
has a couple of videos available from www.espytv.com, and I train with one
of his si gung or Kung Fu Brother's school in Cleveland, OH. There is
another school in Hong Kong and I believe there is one in Taiwan , the other
being in Mainland China, I think, 5 schools total. Badger was dead on about
what he said, and there are a lot of internal aspects in addition to the
sticky hands. We do a healthy amount of Qigong (chi- kung Breathing). Almost
all of the power generation comes from the whip like turning of the waist,
which is drilled upon constantly. Firm stances are the other big power base.
It being a southern system, there are some low stances and a good base is a
must. The basic fist is used alot in the beginning. The 3 finger Dragon
Claw is only used in the higher level forms, and there are forms that
utilize biu jee(just like Wing Chun), crane beaks, and tiger claws as well.
It's considered an external system, but there is a heavy emphasis on
internal power. Before we can even start the actual Dragon forms, 2
northern shaolin forms must be perfected, King's Longfist( which is pretty
basic, but still demanding, and it has the Snake creeps down and Single Whip
Postures from Tai Chi but done a lot faster) and Tun Da ( Shaolin #6 which
is longer, pretty darn tough, and has a double sweep and a Tornado kick) The
reason behind this is that these forms get the practitioner flexible and
conditioned for the longer and more difficult Dragon style forms. It's a
good demanding style with great fighting applications, if one is willing to
put in the time to reap the benefits.
Anthony Holmes
It's a new style, and there seems to be very little knowledge of it in
the UK, and only one real training centre in London. Is Fei Lung a
worldwide-based variation, or just regional?