| Real Shaolin Kung Fu: Shaolin Tiger Boxing VCD Performed and demonstrated by Shi Xingjin Explained by Shi Deci Language: Mandarin Chinese Published by People's Physical Education Publishing House ISBN 7887210437 Tiger-style Boxing is an imitation set, and it is powerful and fierce, like tiger leaping from the mountain, tiger howling in the woods. The hand form is usually used with the tiger claw. Your will leads your qi (internal energy) to the finger tips. Keep your hands, eyes, body and footwork well coordinated. The movements are quick, changeable, and impossible to defend effectively. Your performance should imitate a tiger's power. Animal-imitating Boxing imitates the forms and movements of animals with the stress on the hitting features of their movements and actions. These are then developed into fist plays by combining the offensive and defensive skills of the martial arts. Such animal-imitating boxing styles include monkey boxing, mantis boxing and eagle claw boxing. The movements look like a dragon flying, a tiger jumping, a clever monkey clattering, an eagle soaring, a crane standing, a snake roving, a duck waddling, a dog leaping, a rooster pecking and a mantis wielding its forelimbs. In the Shaolin boxing there are five animal-imitating routines - dragon, tiger, leopard, snake and crane. Shaolin Tiger Kungfu is very effective for combat.  |