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EAGLE CLAW STYLE
The Eagle Claw style has a long history. It is beloved by its practitioners who appreciate it as a beautiful style with fascinating movements and applications. Famous for its joint locking techniques, Eagle Claw or Ying Jiao, utilizes a base of Long Fist forms to teach its explosive style of power and grappling. Based on a famous core set like Tan Tui of Fifty Roads, the Ying Jiao is well known also for its use of Fan Zi or Tumbling Kung Fu necessitating a limber body and a flexible back.
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#EEC97 Eagle
Claw Kung Fu
by Leung Shum, Master
216 pages, softbound
US $19.95 (see our "hurt books" section for this text discounted)
A reissue and expansion of the FIRST
book on Eagle Claw Kung Fu in the English language. The
tireless Leung Shum, who teaches in New York and introduced
Eagle Claw into America in 1971, here shows the theory,
applications and history of this elegant and beloved Kung
Fu Fist.
This
is the way a Kung Fu book should be. It gives a feeling
for the complete system along with lists of forms, history,
experiences, techniques and principles. Leung Shum has been
a true leader trying to spread the art wherever he's taught.
This is one of the classical systems with a long history,
excellent Chin Nah and beautiful forms. The Eagle Claw concentrates
on movements of that its famous namesake incorporating joint
locking, throwing and seizing techniques of superior skill. |
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#EEC96 EAGLE
CLAW : WuHuaBao & QianLiuShi
Lam
WingTit & Ying FunFong
250 pages, US $13.99 (4" X 6 3/4")
Contrary
to what many see as one of the "animal styles" the
idea to Eagle Claw is not so much to imitate the actions of
the Eagle as the "strategy" and "spriit".
This is a small but very good book on the traditional style
by two qualified practitioners.
WuHuaBao
is a Leopard form of the Eagle Claw system. Eagle Claw, being
a combination of an older Eagle Claw with FanTzu (Tumbling Boxing)
puts great store on agility. The Leopard is a smaller but more
agile and "vicious" creature than its feline cousin,
the Tiger. WuHuaBao is not a beginner's form. It has spinning
kicks and tumbling actions. Though
not as flashy as WuHuaBao the next set QianLiuShi is a major
Eagle Claw set emphasizing the type of forward actions of an
eagle skimming through the air looking for prey. According to
the authors this is one of the major sets of the Eagle Claw
FanTzu style.Excellent
photographs, good translation, en face (Chinese/English) text,
and a skilled performer make this a very good volume for interest
in the subject. |
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#EEC98 EAGLE
CLAW : BaBu LienHuan Quan & Shaolin Chui
Lam
WingTit & Ying FunFong
250 pages, US $14.99 (4" X 6 3/4")
Eight Step Consecutive Routine: This is a foundational form for the Eagle Claw sysem. It focuses on eight sets of double actions including punches, palm strikes, throat claws, elbows strikes and lifting punches. Though not long, it is a key set with well organized actions and practical attack and defense training.
Shaolin Punching is also a fundamental set in the Ying Jiao Fan Zi style. The eagle claw technique is emphasized here and the set is strong and hard. Firm stances aid with straight forward and simple though practical actions. Some of the wider variety of strikes introduced will add the following: pressing, spring punching, lifting punches, rolling raise punches and more. . . |
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