Shaolin Five Animals

Many Shaolin Kung Fu patterns were inspired from observing the characteristics of various animals. Of the many animals in Shaolin Kung Fu, five are especially significant. These five are the Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Leopard, and Crane.

Over the centuries, Shaolin masters adopted not only the outward animal characteristics, like the Tiger claw, but also the inner essence, like the speed of the leopard and the elegance of the crane. Each of the Shaolin Five Animals is noted for its special characteristic and essence.

This video shows me (Anthony Korahais) performing the Shaolin Five Animal set on a Florida beach in 2007. This is the same set that is illustrated in the book, "The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu" by my teacher, Sifu Wong Kiew Kit.

I hope you enjoy.

Anthony Korahais
http://www.FlowingZen.com

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[MasterExploder6]

Did you learn all this from the book "The Art Of Shaolin Kung Fu"?

[FlowingZen]

No. My teacher is the author of that book. I learned it from him.

[ukbassmassive]

you say your teachers teachers teacher blah blah would of said the same how do you know that?lol i know its vast ive studied it for 13 years mine is a shaolin art but i have a general idea where and which particular system my forms are from,this is the reason why forms and techniques were named in the first place partly am i wrong?

[FlowingZen]

My art comes from the southern Shaolin Temple in Fujian provence. A monk named Jiang Nan taught it to Yang Fatt Khun, who taught it to Ho Fatt Nam, who taught it to Wong Kiew Kit, who taught it to me. I know what my sitaigung (my teacher's teacher's teacher) called his art because my teacher told me. Thus, I know what how he would have answered the question.

Blah blah blah? If you've studied for 13 years, I would expect some basic courtesy when asking a question of a fellow martial artist.

[ukbassmassive]

and what style-sytem did he get it from? ;)

[FlowingZen]

If you ask my teacher, he will simply say "Shaolin Kung Fu". His teacher, as well as his teacher's teacher, would have given the same answer. The monk who escaped from the Shaolin Temple also called it "Shaolin Kung Fu". Hung Gar comes from Shaolin, but Wong Fei Hung called his art "Shaolin Kung Fu". Shaolin Kung Fu is a vast art, and there are many varieties, but some masters prefer to call all of it: Shaolin Kung Fu.

[stevendc83]

wish i could learn this form

[maddehaan]

Respect, Master Wong Kiew Kit is one of my main inspirers, although I have not had the oportunity yet to meet him.

[Bastion83]

My Sifu has read a lot of his work and regards him as a man to be respected. When I heard that I picked up both his book on Shaolin and Tai Chi. You fortunate to have such a great teacher.

[BytorAndTHEsd]

Awesome, i wish i could train under him...

[Apopholis]

You are being taught by Sifu Wong Kiew Kit? I'm reading two of his books right now! "The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu", and "The Complete Book of Tai Chi Chuan".

What is he like as a teacher?

[daiaonu]

this form is very beautiful, i saw you wobble a bit tho lol but it is hard to balance on lose sand so yea but i love how you guys actualy learn to use the moves from your forms in sparring..... just as it should be

[pasvninja]

Thanks for this lovely demonstration. I'm trying to learn the 5 animal form myself and Im finding it somewhat difficult to learn from master Wong's video as he's very fast and the video quality isnt as great. It's great to see it from the book then look at this and see it in movement! kudoz

[xianwuxing]

shaolin kung fu is the mother of all martial arts ............these type so statements show ignorance on so many levels. Every recordered civilization has a history of conflict wars ect... Martial Arts began hundreds of years before someone coined the phrase martial arts. There were martial arts in china before Da Mo came from India. He is considered by mant the father of shaolin arts. Man has been fighting each other since the beginning of time!