The 5 Animals Of Kung Fu
Also known as the Kung Fu fist forms, the 5 animals of Kung Fu are known all across the world, and are some of the deadliest martial arts you can study. There are other specific first styles in Kung Fu, although none of them are as powerful or as well-known as the 5 animal styles. As the name implies, these forms were derived from the animals from which they got their names.
The Dragon Claw
The Dragon Claw is very well known, with the Chinese believing that this style comes directly from the ancient dragon. This style uses an open hand technique that is used for controlling the opponent through grabbing and throwing. Using an open-hand technique, stylists may also use their fingers to poke as well. Dragon Claw is very fast, very hard to defend against – and nearly impossible to predict.
The Leopard Claw
The Leopard Claw style utilizes a half-opened fist. The ideal striking method with Leopard is the ridge of the hand, which is formed by folding the fingers towards the palm of the hand, with the palm being the backup or secondary striking method. Leopard Claw is very fast as well, and very lethal if the stylist has enough technique and power behind his strikes.
The Tiger Claw
Tiger Claw uses an open hand movement that is used for tearing and grabbing. Tiger Claw is the most well-known of the 5 animal systems, and also one of the most well-known forms of Kung Fu as well. It isn’t affected by simply grabbing and gripping with the hand but by the digging of the fingernails deep into the skin. Once the fingernails have been embedded in the opponent’s skin, the Tiger Claw stylist can shred the skin right off the bone, tearing the opponent apart. Tiger Claw is very powerful – and one of the deadliest forms in the world of martial arts.
The Snake Head
SnakeHead resembles the attack of a snake in combat, using an open-hand technique that requires the fingers to be held together with tight, fully extended. The tips of the finger form a very hard surface used to attack the softest and most vital areas of the opponent. In order to be effective, both hands need to be used together at the same time.
The Crane Beak
Crane involves the fingers being pressed together tightly, forming a striking surface at the base of the stylist’s fingertips. Although the fingers can be conditioned to a high level of strength, most attacks using the Crane technique are focused on the most vital areas of an opponent.
The 5 animal styles of Kung Fu are very popular and very deadly. Martial artists that know any of these forms are very deadly – and more than capable of defending themselves against anything that comes their way.
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