Monkey Kung-Fu

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-03-19 02:57am

There is apparently such a thing as Monkey Kung-Fu.

http://www.mantiskungfu.com/HistoryofPr ... Kungfu.htm

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-03-19 03:11am

I have seen this style before. Many of the Kung Fu styles had to do with imitating animals (tigers, cranes, etc.). I don't think that this particular style took off here in the states, though.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-03-19 03:13am

I thought it looked utterly funny, and we have the cult of the monkey or something on SD too.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-03-19 03:42am

There was a movie like Bloodsport or Enter the Dragon... Hell, I forgot which but you can see monkey Kung Fu being performed in it.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-03-19 03:44am

Praying Mantis Kung Fu?? Is it a martial art practised by Monty Burns??

BTW, can anyone remember the so-called Quack Fu from "Howard The Duck"??

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-03-19 03:46am

Ah, "Howard the Duck." George Lucas' finest piece of work.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-03-19 03:55am

Superman wrote:Ah, "Howard the Duck." George Lucas' finest piece of work.

"That's it! No more Mr. Nice Duck!!"

If I recall correctly, "Howard The Duck" consisted largely of a midget in a duck suit running around and spouting lots of bizarre puns involving the word "duck."

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-03-19 04:01am

Howard the duck, thats a thread hijack I do not wish to see.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-03-19 11:54am

*nod* I've seen it in action. It's quite effective when used right.

SHODAN · Post by **SHODAN** » 2003-03-19 05:35pm

IG-88E wrote:*nod* I've seen it in action. It's quite effective when used right.

Even if the answer is painfully obvious to the rest of the world, I cant see it: monkey kung-fu or Howard the duck thread hijack?

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-19 05:39pm

It supposed to be pretty good. But not as good as monkeys doing kung-fu.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-03-20 03:00am

"The ballad of Jacco Macacco"

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-03-20 04:37am

Superman wrote:There was a movie like Bloodsport or Enter the Dragon... Hell, I forgot which but you can see monkey Kung Fu being performed in it.

It was in Bloodsport. A thin black guy performed the monkey style.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-03-20 10:27am

How many animals now have their own kung fu variants named after them??

By the way, why have monkey kung fu when you can have....

Hobo Kung Fu!

(picks up a broken glass bottle and yells "HIAAAAAAA!!!" while destroying everything in sight)

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-03-21 12:33am

SHODAN wrote:
IG-88E wrote:*nod* I've seen it in action. It's quite effective when used right.
Even if the answer is painfully obvious to the rest of the world, I cant see it: monkey kung-fu or Howard the duck thread hijack?

Mantis kung-fu, the style the link leads to.

How many animals now have their own kung fu variants named after them??

I've seen Crab, Snake, Crane, Monkey, Praying Mantis, and Tiger.

Crab style requires one flank towards your opponent, legs spread, knees bent, with hands up near the face. It's usually seen being used by someone who favors one side of their body.

Snake can be pretty gruesome, because many of the hand blows aim for the eyes or throat, and can quickly incapacitate an unwary opponent.

Crane focuses more on the legs, with the arms up in the air (like Daniel-san from Karate Kid). It look funky, but if the user has good lower body strength, it can be effective.

Monkey looks strange, and easy to pull off, but it's actually quite diffcult (I've tried). It requires an astonishing amount of energy to keep hopping around your opponent and moving your arms, while waiting for an opening.

Mantis, as described in the link above, uses a lot of arm movements that can quickly bring down an opponent. Trust me, it's not pleasant to be on the recieving end of some of those attacks.

Tiger is VERY focused on slashing attacks from the hands. Generally, the target is the opponent's face.

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-03-21 12:53am

I prefer this kind of Monkey Martial Arts.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-03-21 12:58am

so Darth Wong knows the ancient art of monkey kung-fu?

Wong spent the next several years learning all that his teacher had to teach him. Having been born to a wealthy family Wong had the opportunity to practice praying mantis as a recreation, developing his art to an advanced level.

Sounds like Darth Wong to me

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-03-21 08:51am

IG-88E wrote: Tiger is VERY focused on slashing attacks from the hands. Generally, the target is the opponent's face.

That's gotta hurt.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-03-21 09:09am

In the series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues they seem to mix and or confuse the styles, they seem to call it shaolin and it's based on the crane or something, but in reality wasn't Shaolin a precursor(one that required alot of physical power I am told) to the Mantis technuiqe that was further added on to with the Monkey technquie?

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-03-21 10:10am

Simon H.Johansen wrote:
IG-88E wrote: Tiger is VERY focused on slashing attacks from the hands. Generally, the target is the opponent's face.
That's gotta hurt.

That's the general idea.

HDS wrote:In the series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues they seem to mix and or confuse the styles, they seem to call it shaolin and it's based on the crane or something, but in reality wasn't Shaolin a precursor(one that required alot of physical power I am told) to the Mantis technuiqe that was further added on to with the Monkey technquie?

Hollywood tends not to be a good place to learn the proper names of fighting styles. However, a lot of fighting styles tend to mix and match new moves into area they previously were lacking in their own styles.

Next of Kin · Post by **Next of Kin** » 2003-03-21 03:10pm

Darth Utsanomiko wrote:I prefer this kind of Monkey Martial Arts.

How did you find a video of my sensei???

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-03-24 04:17am

His Divine Shadow wrote:In the series Kung Fu: The Legend Continues they seem to mix and or confuse the styles, they seem to call it shaolin and it's based on the crane or something, but in reality wasn't Shaolin a precursor(one that required alot of physical power I am told) to the Mantis technuiqe that was further added on to with the Monkey technquie?

Movies...they suck!

The original kung-fu was "invented" by the shaolin monks.

All the animal-styles developed from the shaolin style.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-03-24 09:04am

GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:How about a monkey doing duck-fu?

By the way, what's special about "Quack Fu" as compared to ordinary kung fu?

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-03-24 10:37am

I have a black belt in NTFA Tae Kwon Do, but I have always wanted to learn Wing Chun Kung Fu. There are no schools that offer ANY Chinese styles where I live, or even near here. Oh well, something to save for later I guess.