What style of Kung Fu is this?

[Bill Mattocks]

I video recorded this gentleman performing his empty-handed kata (form?) at the tournament I attended in Akron, Ohio yesterday. I wish I had also recorded his weapons kata; he did a great sword technique.

I talked to him later - we also sparred against each other and he beat me. He's a great guy, his son is an Isshin-Ryu stylist. He told me the name of his style - it's a Northern Chinese Kung Fu style I had never heard of, but I forgot it, unfortunately.

Anyone recognize this form/kata?

http://youtu.be/oa0DvvgvLxM

 

[clfsean]

I video recorded this gentleman performing his empty-handed kata (form?) at the tournament I attended in Akron, Ohio yesterday. I wish I had also recorded his weapons kata; he did a great sword technique.

I talked to him later - we also sparred against each other and he beat me. He's a great guy, his son is an Isshin-Ryu stylist. He told me the name of his style - it's a Northern Chinese Kung Fu style I had never heard of, but I forgot it, unfortunately.

Anyone recognize this form/kata?

http://youtu.be/oa0DvvgvLxM

Very poor.

It looks like (not sure, Northern stuff not my speciality) it could be from the Nanjing Curriculum, like a Mai Fu set maybe.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Very poor.

Yup

It looks like (not sure, Northern stuff not my speciality) it could be from the Nanjing Curriculum, like a Mai Fu set maybe.

I do more Northern styles and I’m not sure, I can get as far as possibly one of the many variations of Chángquán (Long Fist)

 

[WC_lun]

It looks very similiar to a Northern Crane form I knew. It isn't performed terribly, but there are some glaring problems.

 

[Flying Crane]

hmmm... I don't know anything about a "northern" crane, but this doesn't look like any crane I'm familiar with.

 

[fangjian]

IMO it most closely resembles the Hua and Cha styles and definitely what clfsean said with the 'mai fu' from Jing Wu was a great guess.

Did this guy give you permission to post him on here? This guy's a noob and everybody's trashin him on here.

 

[clfsean]

IMO it most closely resembles the Hua and Cha styles and definitely what clfsean said with the 'mai fu' from Jing Wu was a great guess.

I'm familiar with the Hua Quan sets *even used to know one* & it's definitely none of those. Could possibly be a small Zha Quan set with a couple of the postures but I don't know enough of their material to talk reasonably. Y'know the palm/hook in the hanging stance there he does a couple of times? Zha-ish to me.

But I was feeling Nanjing out of it. Then again... it's Northern... not my cup.

 

[fangjian]

I was thinking the same thing just now!! Right. You don't see that too much in the Hua.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

I made contact with him on Facebook. Turns out his style is Tien Shen Pai. Anyone heard of it?

 

[fangjian]

Yeah. An eclectic northern system.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tien_Shan_Pai

 

[clfsean]

Yeah. An eclectic northern system.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tien_Shan_Pai

What he said... :headbangin:

 

[chinto]

Interesting...:spock: ( with one eye brow raised of course.. the right i think... yes.