Scott Park Phillips

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January 22, 2018

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January 22, 2018/ Scott Park Phillips

This video shows the links to Lotus Hands from North Indian Classical Dance (Kathak), as well as liuhexinyi.

Like with other Animal styles there are Northern and Southern Snake Fists. I believe that that is a Southern Snake Fist. I am not sure but I believe this belongs to some kind of Animal system which has a monkey, eagle, a snake and a 12 Road Tan Tui.

This next video shows the tight connection between history, Chinese opera, film, and martial arts. Wong Fei Hung was real person who is credited with ending opium addiction in South China, among other things, he became a mythic kungfu hero. Numerous films have been made about him. And to top it all off, his wife, his real wife, is doing kungfu in the video below, in an opera costume on a movie set. Hat Tip to Practical Hung Kyun

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