Shaolin Double Tiger Claw

Shaolin masters like Wong Fei Hong were famous for their use of the Shaolin Double Tiger Claws. When powered by internal force, the gripping and clawing action of this technique can be used against virtually any attack.

Grandmaster Wong generously demonstrates some of the secrets of this formidable technique with me during a seminar in Toronto in 2004. What you cannot see in the video is how my teacher digs his fingers into me with every move. His fingers seem to always find their way into a soft spot of my arm, ribs, leg, or shoulders.

In 2003, my teacher gave me a demonstration of the crushing power of the Tiger Claw. He held my arm with his claw, and slowly increased the level of force. He told me to let him know as it became more painful.

The pain set in, but it was bearable. Sifu said that this was about 10% of his capacity. I asked him to please continue. The pain became more intense, but I held on. Sifu said "about 20%". I asked him to continue. By the time he reached 30%, the pain was excruciating, and I had to tap out. It felt like he could crush my elbow between his fingers.

I asked Sifu how he was measuring his percentages. He said that they were rough estimates, but that he was being conservative. He also pointed out that this was just raw crushing power, and did not involve any joint manipulation.

I hope you enjoy.

Anthony Korahais
http://FlowingZen.com


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[Deloa7Armando]

not good principles all the body weight going forward leaves you vunerable

[FlowingZen]

Yeah, my teacher looks really vulnerable to me in the video.

[XenoXray]

watch rocky

[BosseIsBoss]

I agree that many "masters" wouldnt stand a chance in a real fight since they have been spamming too much applications and lack the 'real thing'. However, thats the good thing about kung fu & co, you dont really have to rely entierly on a technique in a real fight. Applications are just to give you a sense of reaction (for example, a guy who doesnt fight would cover against a punch while a fighter would react to block the punch) so the technique of a skilled martial artist will come by itself.

[hismfadesaad]

veery good

[profeso07]

5 *****

[DEBBIE092461]

Nice.

[shaolinmantis77]

Tiger claw is a good defense against grappling. A guy I studied under use to rip bark off of trees for hours at a time and practiced iron palm with stones. This is not the guy you want to grab onto.

[CqbJunkie]

Great video Tiger claw is awesome if u have good lower arm strength ^^

[GungFuMan777]

The crushing power of the claw as well as the cutting ability of the fingers are the parts of nearly all animal styles today that is almost totally devoid from the arts.

Even IF you have the right moves and are excellent with them in a real fight, if your unable to crush or cut with the fingers then it's far harder to win the fight as your grabs and cuts will not do much or any damage at all.

Good demo.

[dHARMa187]

My favorite techniques!!! Black Tiger claws, Tiger catches the lamb, I believe I saw descending the mountain. Shaolin Tiger is devestating especially after the strike, the pressing and grabbing action tears flesh!

[SecretSword]

in a no rules fight the Chinese fighters would have likely killed or maimed the Americans.