Shaolin Kung Fu?

There is a school near my area called Shao-Lin Kung Fu Training Center.. but i am wondering, what does shaolin kung fu consists of? I want a cool art that has like Backflips, dragon dancing, tornading kicks, etc..

Shaolin Kung Fu?
i take shaolin and u have to find out if that place really is teaching u shaolin kung fu...cause the one im in is authentic...the teacher is a monk from the shaolin place and he does performances all the time..
Reply:yes shoa-ling kung fu is great for everything you listed. it consists of similar things you listed and focusing chi. chi is being able to focus energy through your body and doing amazing things with. i suggest you take the classes.
Reply:That sounds like a good choice it you are interested in those moves I believe that it consists of at least part of what you are looking for.
Reply:Have a look at a few more arts, Taido that is a new japanese martial art, check it out on youtube and XMA or Tricking, TKD also has a lot of flashy kicks and techniques
Reply:Hi,





Many styles now compete in the new XTreme Martial Art events where many of the flowery and arial style of techniques are used. The idea of Xtreme is to make martial art events good viewing for audiences including TV.





So, look for a martial art that competes in Xtreme and/or ISKA Competitions. Else, Wushu is the athletic version of Kung Fu and often has some of the most spectacular arial routines.
Reply:Shaolin wushu contains as inner styles (with "soft" working), as outer styles (with "hard" force). Now most styles are outer styles. Inner work and outer work differs from each other due to pecularity of art, not depending on school. If main work is training of "muscles, skin and bones" - it is outer work, if qi, jing and shen - it is inner work.





The next nowdays taolu wihout doubts are sets of shaolin fist methods: xiao hongquan (small hongquan), da hongquan (big hongquan - 3 sets), paoquan (cannon fist), zhaoyangquan (fist directed to the Sun), meihuaquan (fist of meihua plum), tongbiquan (fist of pierced arms), jingangquan (diamond fist), xinyiba (catch of heart and mind) and some others. Two-men sets: liuhequan (fist of six battles), wuhequan (fist of five battles), "72 methods of Jueyuan" and some others. Main weapon: pole, spear, broadsword-dao, straight sword-jian, mace, hook of tiger's head, sickle for grass, spade with crescent, nine-section wheep, three-section staff, dagger, halebard-ji, trident and others. Mixed sets: "barehand against broadsword", "barehand against spear", "barehand against dagger", "halebard against spear", "broadsword against spear", "pole aganst spear", "sickle for grass against spear", "two broadswords against spear", "eyebrow-height-pole against spear", "crutch against spear", "crutch against eyebrow-height-pole", "nine-section wheep against pole", "mace and wheep against spear", "three-section staff against spear" and many others.





Besides this shaolin wushu also contains qinna methods (joint locks), special methods of fighting on close range, "Yijinjing" treatise and a big veriety of methods of hard and soft training.





Specific manner of shaolin wushu is the next: liftings and lowerings, advancing and retreatings - all occur on the straight line, liftings are diametrical - lowerings are longitudinal. Shaolin wushu was tested in battles, therefore they think that attack and defence must take place in front or from the side, there is no need waste a time for going around. It is saying: "Fist hit in the place where cow can lye". It means that during the fighting advancces and retreatings are two-three steps length, therefore shaolin wushu can be trained in any place.





Moreover, during hits arm is bent - and is not bent, stretched - and is not stretched; it also origins from real combat. Arm is too stretched - no power for returning, strong enemy can catch it; arm is too bent - strike can not reach target.





Shaolin wushu needs coordinate using of inner three coordinations (heart and mind, mind and qi, qi and force) and outer three cordinations (hands and feet, elbows and knees, shoulders and hips). Manner of shaolin fist methods: when moving - like wind, when standing - like nail, heavy - like iron, light - like leaf, in defence - like maiden, in attacking - like fierce tiger. It is saying: "Fist has a form, stike does not has a form". It means that it is possible to see fist on the training, but in fighting fist is too fast, it is impossible to see its form. Rule of martial art: "No methods and blocks - only one hit, methods and blocks exist - many hits".





Other applied methods: "outside fierce - inside calm", "make noise on the east and attack from the west", "show up and hit down", "full and empty work together", "exist methods for yin, exist methods for yang". Movements are powerful and adroit, sense is deep - and simple expressed. Force is used adroitly, in abundance has reactivity, hard contains soft, soft contains hard, soft and hard helps each other.





Shaolinquan is characterized by six hyerogliohes: working out, conformity, bravery, quickness, fierce and true.





`Working out' means that skill must be absolute. It is saying: "Fist hits thousand times, but body moves naturally". In fist methods penetrating in sense must be supernatural, attack contains defence, defence contains attack. `Conformity' - qi moves in conformity with action, defence conforms with attack to help the force and follow the form. There is no need to act straight against attacking force, four liangs can exctract thousand jins. `Bravery' means resolution. Chance appeared - you attack without hesitation. `Quickness' means speed. In movement - like running hare, take in at a glance - like flying swan. `Fierce' means that movements must have a force. `True' means that it is no need to train pretty but empty movements; method after method, form after form, if it is not a strike - then defence, but defence contains strike, strike contains defence.





For all that shaolin wushu give a great atention to transformations of full and empty; "hard is meet by soft transformation, soft is meet by hard attack". In training of the body the main method is "pillar's standing". It contanins pillar's standing in mabu position, pillars of `zi' and `wu' signs, pillars of meihua plum etc. "Pillar's standing" is a base of shaolin wushu, main method of leg power training and putting the breath in order.
Reply:As long as it is not Shaolin-Do. That's school is a joke so stay away.





Find out who are the lineage masters and post it here. If the school is legit, they will have no problem giving you that info.





See if they have a website and post it here too.