Young Doc Fai Wong Performs 5 Animal Form

[syphen888]

Greetings! Nice clip!

Are there any documents or head figures of Shaolin that vouch for this form as being one of their own?

When I was younger I read GM Wong's book. I considered learning the form but the historical explanation was not cleer enough for me. The book only seemed to vidicate the forms autheticity based on the point that a master's wife crippled a family member who dared kick her.

Are there any scholars who can share some infromation on this with me?

Best Regards!

[Sifuben]

@syphen888 You need to understand the nature of Southern Shaolin systems. Even if they did truly originate at shaolin (a contentious issue, and also holds true for many northern "shaolin" systems. Many maintain that much of the shaolin myth was smokescreen and propaganda for the triads), they were separated from it for centuries and therefore developed separately.

[syphen888]

@Sifuben Thanks for your commentary! You seem to have some thoughts concerning this form, so I would like to know what you think of it. In T. H. Jou's book The Tao of Tai Chi Chuan, he mentions each of the five animals originally had six postures. Firstly, are there other sources that confirm this? Secondly, does this from contain those postures? Thirdly, is there still an original wu xing quan regarding the animals; Southern, Northern, or otherwise?

Thank your for your time.

Best Regards!

[Sifuben]

@syphen888 sadly until recently martial arts were not considered a suitable subject for academics, so little of Kung Fu history is verifiable before the early-mid 1800s. According to the legend of the Shaolin 5 animals Lu Feng created 72 techniques though, so I don't know where that 6 postures came from.

[Sifuben]

@Sifuben sorry, just woke up, meant to say Jueyuan.

[Sifuben]

When dealing with Chinese martial arts, the idea of authenticity is subjective. Remember, when people used their martial arts regularly for fighting off bandits etc they were much more "alive" and so evolved fairly quickly based on the experiences of the practitioners. Therefore you wouldn't expect to find a system that's exactly the same as it was practised 300 years ago.

[sifufrank]

@nydragon You're so stupid. you talk smack while knowing nothing about the origins of this form. That movement doc fai has there is an American Hung SIng Kwoon thing. Jew Leong, Dino Salvatera and Doc Fai wong have smiliar movement when performing this form. punk ass hater

[sifufrank]

@nydragon so you're just some hater going around talking shit i see

[TheMasterTripMonkey]

always wanted to see doc fai do the five animals...2nd only to Prof. Lau and Jew Leong....you are my new hero_thanks for uploading.

[RossTaylor09]

Amazing Shaolin form ,and done by an absolute expert.

[ruinago]

THANKS BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS A LONG TIME.SHAOLIN WAY

[JarredD798HungMan1]

One of the most beautiful Shaolin forms ever.

[sifucarr]

I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT - the five animal KING

[yattaok]

What an AWESOME treat! In my high school days I used to dream about what Grandmaster Doc Fai Wong looked like performing this set! God bless you for posting this!

[Whitelionsofshaolin]

You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[BILLGETSSTRONG]

THANKS FOR POSTING.