The crane styles, and other forms of Southern Chinese martial arts influenced the development of Karate on Okinawa. Here are some video clips to show what Karate might have looked like in the old days.
The following clip is interesting. You can see hints of Tensho and Chinto in there.
Other writers have suggest that maybe there's also a link between hsing i and karate. I read somewhere that Ankoh Itosu (who created the Pinan forms) might have studied some hsing i. Anyway, here's a clip...
There's some nice form and application demos here. If you're into bunkai and things it's worth studying these other martial arts to see how they use whole-body movements and how stances, leg traps, etc are applied.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
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