Northern vs. Southern Shaolin Kung Fu

This video from 2002 shows me (Anthony Korahais) teaching a friend how to apply Shaolin Kung Fu to spontaneous sparring.

My friend practices Northern Shaolin, while I practice mainly Southern Shaolin. But the methodology for sparring is the same. The movements are slow, but nothing was prearranged. Everything was spontaneous. My friend did amazingly well in a short amount of time.

It's obvious that the patterns we use are traditional. We both use traditional stances, punches, kicks, locks, and throws. We are able to do this because of my teacher's sparring methodology:

http://www.flowingzen.com/sparring.htm

I hope you enjoy.

Anthony Korahais
http://www.FlowingZen.com

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[itzrosedamnit]

Southern Shaolin is not real, Shaolin temple is in Shandong province which is in Northern China. The southern stuff is Hung Gar, but people associate their styles with Shaolin because it is the birthplace of Chinese martial arts.

[FlowingZen]

Thank you for the comment. Your information is not correct. The original Shaolin Temple was in northern China. Later, other temples were built in southern China. The site of one of these temples has been found by archeologists in China, but even before this discover, there was plenty of evidence of its existence.

[FlowingZen]

Hung Gar Kung Fu comes from the Venerable Chee Seen, the abbot of the southern Shaolin Temple. The style that I practice comes partly from Chee Seen, and partly from another master from the southern temple. It is interesting to note that Wong Fei Hong, a famous "Hung Gar" master, called his art "Shaolin", not "Hung Gar". Styles using the term "Shaolin" do so because they trace back to the Shaolin Temple.

[thepiro666]

the position are too low and they ar nt spontaneous

[FlowingZen]

The movements are all spontaneous. Nothing was prearranged.

[thang2005]

wait are you talking to me? If so I never said anything about internal power. Plus like I said if you really want to learn a good self defense style take boxing or wrestling. Trust me I'm a wushu practioner when I was in my country. But if you guys like to learn it then ok.

[FlowingZen]

I've studied boxing, kickboxing, jujitsu, and karate. I prefer Shaolin Kung Fu for self defense.

[AleexVoo]

So I guess the guy in red practises northern shaolin is that right? Because I practise it and I know that this is a long rang style. Well its just a guess...But am I right?

[papaiosif]

southern...use of the hands, valleys in the past...close distance not too many openings

northern: larger distance, more open, more kicking ---mountains in the past. people of china adopted their style due to their lifestyle and advantages.

now this clip was quite nice for one reason...clean techniques. i was expecting more explosive step to step movements and a lot more kiccking for the one practising northern style.

nice one though .

[politicalninja2044]

UFC is not martial arts. Martial arts is exactly that: an art. UFC is fighting, ugly and unrefined. Not that I'm not a fan, just being a martial artist myself, I cannot see it as real martial arts.

[BARSZ12]

Much of this would make good action movie material.I was really enjoying much of this.Now do it all in real time!

[CoffinPuppet]

Sticky hands or "Chi Sow"( if that is spelled correctly.) One for my favorite ways to practice without all the impairing gear.

[Mirmidon87]

awsome !!!!! i liked it :P !!

[ApesHaveNoTails]

^^^^^ WANTS TO LEARN!!!

[SoundwaveSuperior373]

cuz ufc is a sport n the rules r u r only allowed to attack the front of the body no attacks from behind usually kool techniques combination r used when u achieved a positional advantage like a blind spot where its easier for u to attack ur enemy but harder for him to attack u example ur facing his back while hes not facing u when 2 ppl fight of equaled skills face to face most of things that will be done is attack and defence the cool move ussually requires u to outclass ur enemy to work

[Eterud]

I've seen quite some UFC fighters that practise one or another kind of Kung fu.

But I guess that that's simply since I was searching for them since of an discussion with Some bjj+mt =god fans.

[hoboguru]

how many ufc fighters have actually trained in kung fu for any amount of time