Chan Tai-San Tiger Fork Kung Fu

Grandmaster Chan Tai-San with Sifu David Ross and Michael Parrella in Brooklyn, NY 1990. Just some pratice footage and a few seconds of Grandmaster Chan demonstrating.

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[markohu]

amazing

[kungfu531]

Thanks again, you are the MAN Mark!

[linuxva]

cool stuff ...interesting

[Anandfulness]

@killazach1017 1. It's a heavy weapon, 2. It's not a demonstration, just practice and 3. These weapon forms are probably not the focus of their training. In the past, when arms where carried by everyone, it was a priority to know how to fight with weapons. Now it's not the focus anymore and people do it more as a way to perfect the art.

That said, I agree that it was not a good show. The practitioners just don't look like they are in shape.

[killazach1017]

wat kind of slow non-sense is this man. stop while u can

[blackarawak83]

Is this a Lama Pai or Choy Li Fut weapon form?

[kidfromshaolin]

From what I heard Chan Tai San was from an obscure part of China and only spoke in a rare ToiSan dialect. How you guys were able to learn so efficiently from him given the language gap is truly amazing. Great clip - thanks for uploading!

[memyself2k]

The Grandmaster never ceases to amaze me in these clips. I only wish he was healthy enough to demonstrate his feats before my eyes at sifu Ventura's school a few years back.

[blackarawak83]

I've similar tiger fork rolling movements in some Northern Kung Fu styles. The metal forks were shaped differently though.

[KungFuRyan]

Awesome Clip!!!!!

[tansao1]

excelente,gracias

de Argentina

[DavidRogers99]

Interesting moves! I've never seen the tiger fork rolled that way. Is the purpose for body conditioning? In Hap gar we have a weighted bar which is rolled around the body as a toughening exercise, but that is purely for lin gong. Our tiger fork routine has no such movements. I can see by the way your sifu does those movements that it is something he has practised a lot! Thanks for the new insights. David.