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Animal-style Martial Arts
Animal-pose martial arts are a form of combat techniques that simulate the posturing and movements of various animals. These are used in combat, and have been used by many historical figures. In addition to animal-pose, there exists a subsect titled "quotation of meaning". While animal-pose is predominately imitation of animal movement without practical application, quotation of meaning involves imitating the namesake animal and refining it for use in live combat. Animal-pose boxing offers interesting styles such as monkey, hawk, snake, mantis, drunk, and duck.
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Kung Fu Animals

Although some animal kung fu styles, like the 10,000 bee technique, originated from animal confrontations or animal-related work (like the fish gate style, which features movements based on the way fishermen cast their nets), most evolved by mimicking the movements and postures animals display in combative situations. In the mid-1600s, Shaolin monk Zhue Yang and fellow martial artists Li Sou and Bai Yu-feng combined Indian Buddhist monk Ta Mo’s (Bodhidharma) 18 Buddhist Fist exercises with their observations and theories of the fighting strategies of five animals—the dragon, tiger, leopard, snake and white crane—to create the 170 movements of the fabled five animal styles of Shaolin. Over time, these movements have been revised or integrated into different styles, while other animal fighting styles, such as eagle claw, money fist and praying mantis kung fu, have arisen independently. Many martial arts also have evolved through the combination of the movements of several animals into one: ba gua zhang combines the tiger, monkey and eagle; liu her chuen combines the dragon, crane, rabbit, tiger, monkey and eagle; hsing-i combines the dragon, tiger, monkey, horse, turtle, chicken, hawk, swallow, snake, owl, eagle and bear; and the popular tai chi (taiji) combines the snake and crane.

Deadliest Style of Martial Arts

A search for a particular deadliest style of martial arts, is unnecessary, as every style can be deadly if used effectively. Every punk round the corner wants to be a 'Human lethal weapon'! Do you think that learning a few tricks or a few moves, from any one art could make you an ace fighter? Any martial art developed by people around the world, has its advantages and pitfalls because nothing is perfect. Everything in this universe evolves from a not so perfect form to a perfect one. Every martial art has a potential to be the deadliest, in hands of the one, who really masters it and learns how to wield it! Being the best fighter, is not just mastering every move from any one art, rather it is mastering the mind. It is not the goal of a true martial artist to learn to kill or maim somebody, unless he has to do so, in self defense. They want to reach that state of concentration where the mind is totally aware and the body is in harmony with the mind. A state of total control over mind and body! Real power lies in being supremely aware and in the ability to anticipate and read the opponent's mind. The best fighter has the ability to combat anyone, anywhere, anytime. Being dangerous or deadly may have nothing to do with what style of martial arts you know, it's all about instincts and attitude. When a man is pushed to the edge of survival and provoked beyond limit, the animal instincts within him are on a high alert. No one likes to be cornered, but once he or she is, self defense is the only way out. Such a cornered man can be the deadliest, even though he may not have mastered any martial art. Combat is a mind game first and then a physical game. It is about releasing the animal within you, if need be and also learn to keep him on a leash. Yes, at the start the martial arts styles were designed with the purpose of self defense but they evolved into much more than that. Many of them got integrated with a religion or a philosophy. Remember that every martial art is an art first and any art only liberates you! Art adds meaning and substance to your life and leads you on a path of self discovery. More than combat styles they became a way of life. Whatever may be your reason, self defense or self discovery, deciding to learn a martial art is a good decision. So the right question to ask, is not that which art is deadliest but which martial art style will suit you best!

Shaolin Kung fu - Xiang Xing Quan

Xiang Xing Quan is long and Morphology Simulation of various animal, and boxing character image and the image of life. Combined with the characteristics of Wushu boxing action imitation of animal or human. Shaolin Xiang Xing Quan is one of Shaolin Kung fu boxing, unlike other pictographic boxing is boxing, Shaolin Xiang Xing Quan each deep like the secret, attacking and defending, be the most changeful. The best defence is offence. The cute monkey boxing, lithe and come and go freely, to strike first to gain the initiative by momentum, snake boxing to alert and attack its key, tiger boxing and overbearing, leopard boxing violent simultaneously, another Eagle boxing, boxing, mantis, Gou Quan chicken and so on, are vivid, remarkably like the true and calling in the world. Shaolin Xiang Xing Quan most is fastidious is to reach the acme of perfection, the so-called trance, that is no realm to meditation, like Long Weilong, like a crane for crane, to attack a profound experience as the material existence desire, only in this way can attack victory, code to g.The so-called evolution, namely, pay attention to the external shape, to the shape and spirit, like a snake like a snake, like dogs, such as dog, in a move to draw everything to enhance their adverse circumstances, ability to adapt in the face, is the special requirements of the reach the acme of perfection, the Shaolin Xiang Xing Quan is the martial arts colleagues "non Zen home cannot up to this realm" of praise

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1 Over the ensuing years, he’s espoused his views on the physical and philosophical sides of the Shaolin fighting arts—specifically, Shaolin kempo.

2 The 'classical' and 'non-classical' animal styles are all complete fighting styles based upon the movement and character of animals familiar to the Shaolin monks (though one, the dragon, is, of course, mythological). Each animal embodies a particular range of strategies; a well-rounded fighter is assumed to be familiar with all the animals, so as to be well-equipped to choose strategies appropriat

3 There are many more Shaolin animal styles. A suggestive list might include White Ape, Wild Horse, 10,000 Bees, and Golden Centipede. Obviously I have done nothing more here than to suggest the variety of Shaolin animal styles.