| If you've been reading my articles, you
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| | strike you're throwing, or which joint
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| know I have two loves: Learning Kung Fu
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| | lock you're throwing. Snake style is
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| styles and seeing them used in movies.
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| | sort of like a cross between chess and
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| I've been doing snake style Kung Fu for
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| | poker. Not that you're going slow enough
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| going on 8 years now. Once I moved into
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| | to actually think while you're doing it -
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| Kung Fu styles, snake was the first one I
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| | it's all learned at the muscle memory
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| picked up, because of its similarities to
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| | level, but that you've got moves, counter
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| jiu jutsu. Like jiu jutsu, snake style
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| | moves and bluffs, all running at several
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| kung fu is all about transmitting core
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| | moves per second.
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| body strength from the abdomen to the
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| | Snake style isn't the greatest on
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| arms, and uses a lot of joint locks and
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| | defensive blocks. The blocks, parries
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| grapples. Unlike jiu jutsu, it uses a
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| | and lateral motions are basic at best.
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| more open stance, and tries for greater
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| | It's a more offensive style, in the
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| fluidity in motion, with more arm strikes
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| | Northern version, which is what I
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| and kicks. In particular, it
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| | learned. (Northern snake style is
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| incorporates several weapon elements,
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| | largely what got used for the
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| including techniques applicable to using
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| | cinematography for Sir Te's style in
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| a sword. It contrasts with a lot of
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| | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.) Indeed,
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| contemporary styles from ancient China,
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| | Wudang Mountain, the great school in that
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| in the focus on blocks, throws and
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| | movie, is renowned for producing great
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| hitting from strange angles.
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| | Snake Style Kung Fu practitioners.
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| Now, martial arts are needed. Martial
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| | Southern snake style is a much more
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| arts with applicability to swords are
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| | recent innovation, and dates back to the
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| seriously cool. Before we get to the
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| | late 1800s. It's a blend of classic Shao
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| sharp pointy things, let's talk about
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| | Lin styles, with harder, direct punches
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| snakes. The reasoning behind snake style
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| | mixed with Wing Chun movements for a bit
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| kung fu, as I learned early on, is that
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| | of fluidity. You can tell the
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| from the fluid motions of snakes, you can
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| | practitioner apart, because the Southern
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| learn a lot about balance, body motions
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| | stylists have a more open and upright
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| and striking power. Some practitioners
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| | stance, and focus more on a variety of
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| focus on the cobra strikes, trying to
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| | punches rather than a balanced template
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| emulate the fast bite of a cobra with an
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| | of punches and joint locks and holds.
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| open palmed strike. Others focus on the
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| | I'm not gonna get into the argument about
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| nature of the python, which, as you might
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| | which one is better, since I'm obviously
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| suspect, draws into joint locks and
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| | biased having gone for the more
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| throws and immobilizations. All of them
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| | traditional form of the art. Both styles
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| focus on feints - you learn not just the
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| | are a lot of fun and can teach you
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| strikes, but the techniques to mask which
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| | practical martial arts techniques.
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