Questions on Kung Fu.?

Hello, whenever I look at info on Chinese Martial arts they mention styles like Drunken Monkey(:D Sorry just had too) , Eagle Claw or N.;S. Praying Mantis. If one took Kung Fu lessons do they teach all of these styles or what? Thanks for the info.

Questions on Kung Fu.?
Most Kwoons (Chinese Martial Arts School) specialise in one form, or another depending on where the Sifu (Father Teacher) was taught, and whom taught him. Please research Chinese Kung Fu further by the links offered on google, and yahoo, then research further whichever one art interests you the most. The fighters will is 90 percent of the fighter, kung fu the other 10.





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Reply:No they do not teach all styles at one Kung Fu school. There are many different Kung Fu styles and it would important to ask the Sifu what style he teaches and what the origin is.
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Reply:Kung fu schools usually focus on one specific style (Eagle Claw, Drunken Monkey, Praying Mantis, etc). There are some styles that are amalgamations of multiple styles (Choy Lee Fut %26amp; Hung Gar are two of those). It is rare to find a school whre mare than one style is taught, although there are some with multiple instructors, each one teaching a different style.
Reply:Ok...NOO! They are all different styles and any self proclaimed master telling you that he can teach you more than 2 would probably be winging it for the money.


Besides, all those style that were fabricated after any sort of animals or insects are for pure show although you would still get a lot of exercise out of it.


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Reply:There are many styles of Kung Fu. Often, a school will focus on one or two, but I've known a few schools that taught as many as five styles. I'd be careful of schools like that: "jack of all trades, master of none" tends to be the way it goes. Some schools will have a basic curriculum of one style, with "advanced techniques" taken from another style. For example, in my school our basic curriculum is Northern Shaolin Long Fist, but students who are ahead of their peers can learn Praying Mantis Techniques.


Of course, it can get difficult sometimes to distinguish systems. Again, in my own school, the basic forms that we learn are the 12 road Tan Tui set, a four road form, then a hard form, and two softer forms. In some schools, the 12 road Tan Tui set is a complete system with nothing else. Consequently, some would consider that a complete system by itself, which would mean we learn three systems at my school: Tan Tui, Shaolin, and Praying Mantis. But the Tan Tui techniques are so similar to Long Fist techniques that it's not worth noting the difference.


Then there's the Five Animals and the Twelve Animals systems of Kung Fu: do you consider those five/twelve systems taught at the same school, or single system with five/twelve sets of techniques?
Reply:Probably not, so if you must choose one id take my style, Jade Tiger style. It uses alot of upper body strikes and blocks, with some nice kicks mixed in. Also as for weapons we use Nunchaku[nunchucks],some use throwing stars, bo staffs, kamas, pudaos,bokken [wooden samurai swords] and katanas.


Good luck , hope i helped you.
Reply:No most Kwoons (schools) teach mainly one Discipline, but some will teach two or more disciplines.





it's not an unheard of practice to study or teach more than one Kung Fu discipline.