What martial art...

[franceschino]

Hi to everyone
I am an italian 17 years old boy and I am very interested both spiritual and phisical side of kung fu. Because i would like to start one of the "styles", could someone give me a sort of idea which one is the best for me. I want an acrobatic style which will enable me to use also different arms eg sticks... and at the same time mimes animal styles like monkey, snake or eagle...
I am probably to vague, but I have been looking on the internet for the last 10 days and I find it very difficult to choose one. It's too confusing!!!!!!!!!
Please could someone help me
Thank you very much

Francesco

P.S. Sorry about my bad english

[Great Sage]

Hi,

I'd like to offer my insight of kung-fu. First of all, there's no such thing as simply a "Five Animals Style." It's usually a set or form found within a system. For instance, Hungar Kung-fu has a "Tiger & Crane" form/set and "Five Animals Style" set. Hungar focuses on developing a strong base while delivering attacks with hands and feet. Some of the stances are deeper.

Another style that I learned a bit is Choy Li Fut. It's primary focus is on stance and mobility. You also have a "Five Animal Style" set... Choy Li Fut features twisting, turning and sliding motions to generate power. There are soft techniques as well as hard.

Neither of these kung-fu feature acrobatics, that's more like Chinese Wushu. I agree with you, Kung-fu is so broad that it's hard to determine which style is best for you... There are a couple of internal kung-fu stylists on this forum, who may offer their insights...

[jmd161]

franceschino,

You may want to look into Northern Shaolin.Northern Shaolin ~aka~ Bak Sil Lum has much of what you're looking for.If you're looking just for flashy stuff without real combat training i'd say look into Wu Shu.

Most Northern style arts are going to have more flashy forms and high kicks than Southern style arts.


jeff