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This does remind me of an interesting bit of historical trivia. I've been practicing martial arts for 27 years -- tae kwon do, shotokan, Goju (traditional pre-
by Tamerlin 16y ago
This does remind me of an interesting bit of historical trivia.
I've been practicing martial arts for 27 years -- tae kwon do, shotokan, Goju (traditional pre-Japan Okinawan karate), Wing Chun, Aikido, Jujutsu, Aikijutsu (i.e. Aikido for combat), Kobudo (Okinawan weapons)... and Feeding Crane Gung-Fu.
Of them all, Feeding Crane is by far the most violent and brutal style I've seen yet.
It's also the only one developed by a woman.
- autarch 16y agoThe legend of Wing Chun attributes its development to a woman too, though it seems like the real origin is unknown.
- Tamerlin 16y agoWing Chun is derived from a branch of Feeding Crane -- Wing Chun was, I believe, one of the Feeding Crane designer's descendents -- though it may be rather that she was a trainee rather than actual family. That at least is based on the geneology that Liu Chang I (Grand Master of the Feeding Crane school) showed us when he was here teaching a seminar on Feeding Crane. Bruce Lee was on his chart also -- on the Wing Chun branch. There's some uncertainty in that, of course. Only the Okinawan karate history is actually harder to find than the traditional Chinese :) (The modern, flashy wire-fu stuff doesn't count, it's not traditional, or even particularly old.)