Five Animals Eight Methods

[m_s_ifland]

Does anyone know this form? If so can you tell me about it and how close is it to hung gar?
Thanks

[doc]

We have a video of it, and a thread, in the Elite Members section. it's a great form, have not learned it yet, but I intend to .

[Inevitable]

hey doc would you be able to dig up the link to that vid file, or is it elite members only?

[doc]

It's in the Elite section now. Along with a whole bunch of other videos, that are "on the way". Got about forty or fifty more, in process.

[m_s_ifland]

Great glad to here that.
Thanks for making my mouth water. Would really like to see it or know about it. Origins, history. Can we access this video and thread. Can it be brought to this section.

Thank you for the info.

[doc]

http://www.russbo.com/russbocorp/elite.htm

Don't do anything yet. We have a lot to add to this section. Didn't want to get into a subscription based anything, but, bandwith and server costs have been "significant" over the years. And we do spend a lot of money on a regular basis just getting access to this video stuff. Quite frankly, economically, I have trouble doing it by myself now.

[m_s_ifland]

cool, thanks for the helpful info.

[Inevitable]

hey good luck, to you damn wish my credit card was't maxed out

[doc]

Hey. It's TWO lap dances.

Considering all the time and effort that goes into all of this, from many people's perspectives, not much, when you look at it THAT way.

[Inevitable]

shiat nevermind the lap dances, i'll get you the full deal!!

[jopol]

this form is weird

Most forms presented by different masters look the same, with only marginal differences. But with this form its like every master has its own version. The only similarity seems to be in the beginning of the form, the first third of it. The rest from what iv'e seen so far by shi de cheng, shi de yang, the one I learned, and various versions in documentaries look completely different from eachother. They are all Wu xing ba fa, or Wu Xing Quan, from shaolin and still so different. Ive also seen a longer version on vcd that has most of the techniques presented in the different versions, but each version has different techniques from that longer form. And of course some of the techniques are not in that longer form either.
Even my master told me that his gongfu brother did it differently even though they learned it from the same source.

Whats up with that? comments anyone?

peace.

[tetsumaru]

"Even my master told me that his gongfu brother did it differently even though they learned it from the same source."

It a sign of a good teacher. Not everyone is exactly the same. So a good teacher will teach a form to fit an individual's strengths and weaknesses. So a form may have similarities but the exact movements might be different...i'll have more on this later

[jopol]

"Even my master told me that his gongfu brother did it differently even though they learned it from the same source."

It a sign of a good teacher. Not everyone is exactly the same. So a good teacher will teach a form to fit an individual's strengths and weaknesses. So a form may have similarities but the exact movements might be different...i'll have more on this later

The suspence is killing me

[Maestro]

i dont know why techniques would be missing from the same form, but masters or whatever people always do forms differently, as long as the energy is there it doesnt matter, but missing techniques etc is wierd for the 'same' form

[tetsumaru]

missing techniques? I meant there's are focus on movements that enhance the practioner's gong fu. More emphasis on movements that hold techniques that are more effective for that person. Big people fat people sknny people short people round people square people slow people fast people strong people weak people