I do kickboxing but Kung Fu is my next transition as im Chinese and Tai Lung inspired me to try Leopard as well as Dragon style kung fu and I might be taking on Mantis style too
I've been looking for proper leopard style conditioning for a while. Now it seems I found a place to start! Thank you Sifu Dunng for making this video, I appreciate it a lot :-)
@@sifudunng7117 I have a question. I started implementing this into my routine and I'm doing the long swipes (3:00). The thing is that my hands kind of feel like they're overstretching when I do this. It feels a bit tingly. Should I continue doing it anyway to condition the body? Or should I maybe warm up a lot more? Or not do this one yet and do other stuff first and stretch my wrists more?
@@TheToneBender Ah... great question! The tingles are absolutely normal especially when you're putting a lot of power in to the motion and that due to the centrifugal force generated which send blood rushing to the hands. You're swinging with great power, and actually probably more than you need. You also may be tensing a little early. But that means you're probably doing correctly though. Keep going just ease of the power a little, and make sure you're tensing as you are passing through your area in which you're striking. Thanks for watching and the great question
@Sifu Dunng Sifu, I had a question regarding the animal styles. I see it's practitioners always knowing more than one animal style. 1) Is it a pre-requisite to learn all animal forms to become a decent student of the art? 2) Is it possible to focus solely on one animal style? say. Leopard form, and learn it really well to be able to apply it and grow better exploring just that one form alone. The reason I am asking this is: I really want to learn one form, Leopard thoroughly and practice it. Not necessarily for combat, but more as a way to be part of a martial arts heritage as well as learning something of historic value, more than, just my daily gym routine. 3) Finally, for a beginner, who is already physically fit. How many years would it take to learn one form Leopard, if they practice it 5 times a week? I understand that Mastery is a life long journey. But to be able to internalize the form to remember it for the rest of my life is my goal not mastery or being the best. Thank you.
@@neoblackcyptron It is not necessarily a pre-requisite to learn all the animal styles to learn a particular animal. More doesn't necessarily mean better. However, Leopard or panther is represented in many styles of martial arts and some times requires you to have an understanding of that style, the way it moves, and its philosophies to understand how that style may approach the Leopard and its teachings. I think its great to dedicate yourself to understand as much as you can to embrace that style of training, although don't miss out on some of the crucial training and lessons that lead up to the final goal. Study how other styles move, and how that be an advantage or disadvantage to the leaopard. Time is all relative. A person can train for an hour or 2 hours a day but if their mind and focus is not present in what they do then its just a workout, however a person can spend 15 -20min of focused training to really understand the movements and body mechanics to make themselves better and be just as, if not more effective in their approach. So whether you training 10 min to hours in a day be present and be focused of what your goals are. Enjoy the journey!
@@sifudunng7117 Thanks Sifu. That was really informative. I am a resident of Arizona. If you know any Sifus in Arizona. Please let me know. So that I can get in touch with them to take up this special art. Regards.
I really like the music for the intro when you are doing the leopard kata. I feel like I want to be able to do that kata in a park on a warm, sunny day.
I practice hung ga kung fu and I’m only on tiger crane and broadsword but I’m trying to develop my own "character form" that utilizes leopard and tiger to strike with or effect parts of the body with while targeting weak points aka pressure points with snake. This video was helpful!
Hello, Sifu Dunng, I'm doing research on a fighting style for one of my original characters to animate with and I was wondering a couple of things: 1. Is it possible to combine two different animal fighting styles? 2. My character's fighting style is based around being close to their opponent and hanging closely to the ground before striking. Is there any style/styles that fit this style to some degree? Thank you for answering if you do, love the videos !
Thanks for watching. 1.It is totally possible to combine animal styles. In Kung fu, one can transition from one to another to accommodate the opponents reaction to a technique in both forms and fighting. 2. You may want to look in to Capoeria. This has some both high and low dynamic movements. Some come from a crouching stance.
I am interested in this style due to being told by my Shaolin Kempo instructor (when I was a kid but now 48) that my fighting movements were most like leopard. Now that I have studied a little Wing Chun, I figure this could be a good compliment.
Hey! Thank you for the Lesson Upload!!!!!!! This will be my First KUNG-FU LESSON! THANKS!!! OH! I NEED TO GET IN SHAPE TOO! GYMS ARE CLOSED EVERY WHERE SO THIS IS PERFECT FOR BEING AT HOME AND KILLING SO COVID-19 STRESS OFF MY MIND AND BODY :)
Even though I a black belt on she quan kung fu(snake fist), I'm glad to see another styles and principles from another animals. So thanks for sharing this video.
Thanks, I leaned Walum praying mantis for years when I was younger. But , I never took the time to learn choy lay fut from Sifu Nelson Chan . I truly understand why Northern praying mantis adopted the soy/ choy movement.
hello, I need to consult something. I am weak. If I clenched my fist, there is no power. According to me, which animal style fighting can be close, I want to get information from you.
um... is it ok for me to learn Leopard, with out learning the other animal styles? Is there an animal style for beginners or is there an order to learning like steps for animals or can I just jump into Leopard and be ok? Please Help
Be best to find a sifu you can train with. Hands on training helps to learn. When you're outside of the kwoon, spar with a friend or an acquaintance with actual training from different styles. Experience is as important as learning.
question when you are pawing in the circular motion and you say we need to relax and tense, when during the motion should we relax our arms? Should I relax on the way back or ounce my arms are back at my sides.
Would this be a good style to learn if your small? I'm short, and very light weight so I figure this would be a better style for me to learn than something like tiger
Thanks for watching. Leopard is a great style, and one of its big advantages is that it's a little more dynamic than tiger. Many times this works better for smaller practitioners, because it requires nimbleness over strength.
Um... I just knocked my friend out - dont worry he is recovered and I apologized it was an accident :( My Pinky is jammed now-- How do I punch with the Leopard fist/paw without jamming my PINKY? should I use the bottom Palm of my hand for now? or is that a bad habit? Please help me Thank you!
Striking with the leopard fist takes a little time to get the coordination. The bottom of the hand, or palm portion is used for the pawing motion, where the ridge of the knuckles are used for striking. All training should be done slow till you understand the timing and distance before sparring to prevent accidents. You'll get it, just don't be in to much of rush.
I believe leopard is an external style. Why is the heel of your rear foot not planted when you make a strike? Your rear foot appears to be lose. Is this intentional? Please Explain if you have time.
@@ismoilnosirov1344 Loose? Where? Your stance? Is this being practiced like an internal style? In which way is fa-jing generated if your stance is "loose" or open? More detailed answer please. At 4:10 to 4:20 in the video both heels come off the ground and the feet rotate forward on the balls of the feet when the strike is made. This disrupts rooting. Usually one foot stays planted while the other may make some other movement. Maybe I am missing the focus of this particular fighting method. Internal or external.
Sifu, this may be a very premature question to ask and of course, it would be at the most advanced stages of Leopard Style but what weapons are trained if Leopard is to be the only style of Kung Fu trained. And can Leopard be the only style or do you go through the other 4 animals(Dragon, Tiger, Snake and Crane)? I want to train in this style.
Before you train any animal style, you should train wushu/kung fu basics. Learn stances, learn jumps, learn falls, learn how to learn a form and how to construct a form. After all that you can start looking into specializations like styles. You can decide to pick one style and focus on it and only train that style. But remember that each animal os also linked with an element which is also linked with an aspect of the art. If you spend too much time focussing on one style/element, you loose perspective on the others. Too much speed without enough grounding or balance or power wont get you far. As far as weapons go, the animal kind of it the weapon. With the exception of monkey staff, i have never seen an animal style that also uses a weapon. You might see weapon forms that include an element or two of other styles (i have a tiger claw rake in my fan form) but leopard, tiger, crane dont have their own weapons. (at least in modern taolu wushu that i habe seen)
@@sousalarson6858 Thank you. So all five animals. I do want to learn weapons, though. Broadsword/Sabre, Staff, Jian, Qiang, Kwan Dao, Trisection Staff, Double Crescent Moon Halberd, Hookswords, Bat Jam Dao, Double Broadsword and 9-section Whip(Dragon's Tail).
@@michaelbatts7149 Thats awesome! There is so much out there that trying to do only one style your whole life isnt really as beneficial as people might think. But make sure you do pick one thing at a tome to learn. Trying to learn a bunch of styles at once just makes it all that much harder. I do changquan, broadsword, staff, pudao, fan and daggers and did a leopard form once. I want to train double hooks, chainwhip, double broadsword, double fan, unicorn horn blades, tiger, nanchuan and maybe spear. And i want to start doing lion dance! The hard part is deciding what to train NOW.
Do you know that this technic (in the end of the video) is exactly how this orange cat defended from the snake attack ua-cam.com/video/prECuyfQU-o/v-deo.html . He beat straight snake attack with this diagonal motion and simultaneously (!) moves from the attack line! It's ridiculous!
İ am here for revenge of the Tai lung
Yesss!
nah tigress was my favorite character from the movie
Me too
I do kickboxing but Kung Fu is my next transition as im Chinese and Tai Lung inspired me to try Leopard as well as Dragon style kung fu and I might be taking on Mantis style too
The Black Tiger is mine.
1 of my favorite animals style, fast and deadly
I've been looking for proper leopard style conditioning for a while. Now it seems I found a place to start!
Thank you Sifu Dunng for making this video, I appreciate it a lot :-)
Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.
@@sifudunng7117 thank you do much for greet job
Sifu dung give me ur whatsapp number pls
love the Leopard style.
Came from sifu kuttel. Love this video. The shadow fighting bit was great!
Thank you!
@@sifudunng7117 I have a question. I started implementing this into my routine and I'm doing the long swipes (3:00). The thing is that my hands kind of feel like they're overstretching when I do this. It feels a bit tingly. Should I continue doing it anyway to condition the body? Or should I maybe warm up a lot more? Or not do this one yet and do other stuff first and stretch my wrists more?
@@TheToneBender Ah... great question! The tingles are absolutely normal especially when you're putting a lot of power in to the motion and that due to the centrifugal force generated which send blood rushing to the hands. You're swinging with great power, and actually probably more than you need. You also may be tensing a little early. But that means you're probably doing correctly though. Keep going just ease of the power a little, and make sure you're tensing as you are passing through your area in which you're striking.
Thanks for watching and the great question
@@sifudunng7117 Thanks for the quick and detailed reply!
Thank you Sifu. I love the leopard style
yep, the choy li fut system actually has all these 5 animal forms in their taolus. thanks for sharing the leopard techniques.
Thank you sifu 😃
The video editing for that simulated fight is revolutionary.
Thank you! Thanks for watching
@Sifu Dunng Sifu, I had a question regarding the animal styles. I see it's practitioners always knowing more than one animal style.
1) Is it a pre-requisite to learn all animal forms to become a decent student of the art?
2) Is it possible to focus solely on one animal style? say. Leopard form, and learn it really well to be able to apply it and grow better exploring just that one form alone.
The reason I am asking this is: I really want to learn one form, Leopard thoroughly and practice it. Not necessarily for combat, but more as a way to be part of a martial arts heritage as well as learning something of historic value, more than, just my daily gym routine.
3) Finally, for a beginner, who is already physically fit.
How many years would it take to learn one form Leopard, if they practice it 5 times a week?
I understand that Mastery is a life long journey. But to be able to internalize the form to remember it for the rest of my life is my goal not mastery or being the best.
Thank you.
@@neoblackcyptron It is not necessarily a pre-requisite to learn all the animal styles to learn a particular animal. More doesn't necessarily mean better. However, Leopard or panther is represented in many styles of martial arts and some times requires you to have an understanding of that style, the way it moves, and its philosophies to understand how that style may approach the Leopard and its teachings. I think its great to dedicate yourself to understand as much as you can to embrace that style of training, although don't miss out on some of the crucial training and lessons that lead up to the final goal. Study how other styles move, and how that be an advantage or disadvantage to the leaopard. Time is all relative. A person can train for an hour or 2 hours a day but if their mind and focus is not present in what they do then its just a workout, however a person can spend 15 -20min of focused training to really understand the movements and body mechanics to make themselves better and be just as, if not more effective in their approach. So whether you training 10 min to hours in a day be present and be focused of what your goals are. Enjoy the journey!
@@sifudunng7117 Thanks Sifu. That was really informative. I am a resident of Arizona. If you know any Sifus in Arizona. Please let me know. So that I can get in touch with them to take up this special art. Regards.
Sifu. My compliments, a very professional, and useful clip. Superior production values to most anything I have seen so far, including MC Map
I really like the music for the intro when you are doing the leopard kata. I feel like I want to be able to do that kata in a park on a warm, sunny day.
love the music in the beggin tho
Thank you
Great demo/ lesson! Cant wait to see your snake style
Thank you! It's coming
Great beginning lesson, hope there is more of the Leopard!
My favorite animal style. Thanks for the video. Leopard style videos is hard to find.
Now i love leopard style
Thanks sifu!
Awesome! Very clear and thorough method of teaching!!! Also thanks for sharing the book 🐒
My pleasure! Great book!
XLNT 'Sifu' also ☯️
Looking good brotha
Very excellent ❤❤❤❤and i love kung fu ❤️❤️❤️
I practice hung ga kung fu and I’m only on tiger crane and broadsword but I’m trying to develop my own "character form" that utilizes leopard and tiger to strike with or effect parts of the body with while targeting weak points aka pressure points with snake. This video was helpful!
Love the form compilation at the beginning- keep it up brother
Thanks man!
Leopard style because I'm inspired by Leopard Fruit and Tai Lung.
Hello, Sifu Dunng, I'm doing research on a fighting style for one of my original characters to animate with and I was wondering a couple of things:
1. Is it possible to combine two different animal fighting styles?
2. My character's fighting style is based around being close to their opponent and hanging closely to the ground before striking. Is there any style/styles that fit this style to some degree?
Thank you for answering if you do, love the videos !
Thanks for watching.
1.It is totally possible to combine animal styles. In Kung fu, one can transition from one to another to accommodate the opponents reaction to a technique in both forms and fighting.
2. You may want to look in to Capoeria. This has some both high and low dynamic movements. Some come from a crouching stance.
@@sifudunng7117 Ooh, thank you so much for the response! I'll definitely look into that!
No problem. If you need help with movements or pics for reference let me know and I can help with whatever I can
Outstanding Thank you Sir
Checking in!
Thank you very much for this video, much respect to you and your journey.
great vids.wish u were still making
Watching other martial arts is great and I think watching this may help my agility with boxing
lovely how much effort you put in the video. im very curious to learn more now. thankyou!
Do you have a video of all the strikes and blows for the leopard style? Like types of punches and kicks?
From Cleveland Ohio did like your program thanks
Thanks a lot, sifu. It helped me a lot.
That's Awesome! It's my pleasure. Thanks for watching
really good info and practical application
I am interested in this style due to being told by my Shaolin Kempo instructor (when I was a kid but now 48) that my fighting movements were most like leopard. Now that I have studied a little Wing Chun, I figure this could be a good compliment.
I am training Japanese Jiu Jitsu for the last 10 years and it's great to see that every martial art is kinda different and same at the same time
The Japanese ones are similar cause they descend directly from kung fu
@@RK-um2bj thank you
Hey! Thank you for the Lesson Upload!!!!!!!
This will be my First KUNG-FU LESSON! THANKS!!!
OH! I NEED TO GET IN SHAPE TOO! GYMS ARE CLOSED EVERY WHERE SO THIS IS PERFECT FOR BEING AT HOME AND KILLING SO COVID-19 STRESS OFF MY MIND AND BODY :)
Love it ✊
It was very useful.
I learnt something about leopard now. Thanks👍🏾
Nice grinding wheel sweeps
Awesome form to watch. Thank you so much for sharing this video !
I came here because I saw Leo's ultraman skills
Excellent, and one of the few times I actually got up to follow along a martial arts video I had not planned watching.
Impressive videos/teaching. It worths working with this sifu. value for money.
Would you do a video on the form in the beginning of the video? I'd love to learn that
Klasse kung fu styl Holding Traditions thankx
Well, done Sifu Dunng, thank you for leading us throught hose styles, and more to it I enjoyed your excellent English. Congratulation. Paul,
Even though I a black belt on she quan kung fu(snake fist), I'm glad to see another styles and principles from another animals. So thanks for sharing this video.
Finally! Now I can train to make my master worthy, and become the dragon warrior!
In the beginning on the video that park totally looks like one in Newbury Park CA
Great master 💥
Thanks, I leaned Walum praying mantis for years when I was younger. But , I never took the time to learn choy lay fut from Sifu Nelson Chan . I truly understand why Northern praying mantis adopted the soy/ choy movement.
In wing chun we have gingerfist and I can see where it came from🤘💯
love it
Thanks
I’m here because I like Tai lung’s fighting style
Respect 🙏🏾
Good share!!! : )
Could you make stuff like lesson 2?
Your so cool sifu dung
Got it!
Hello Sifu, Is the start of the video a original leopard form?Cause I am learning this by your video and want to know more about it😄
Thanks for watching. The beginning is a compilation of multiple leopard techniques and forms.
Nice
We call it cup-choy in jkd too
Sir could u upload videos on bone conditioning sir!!it would be very helpful sir
Do theses work in a street fight
Largely depends on the user
Tip Top
I only know panda style. Our battle will be legendary
Not Wu Xi finger hold.....hahaha
In Indian Martial arts this Leopard Fist is known as " Ardha Mushti" means " Half Fist"
Great leopard greetings from Granada spain
🐆
Can you do a monkey style video? With the conditioning and all the other stuff required? Bc It would really help alot better
I am so happy to learn leaped kung fu as I like lepord🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Although we know these “styles “ are completely ineffective they are still interesting to watch
Bullshit
hello, I need to consult something. I am weak. If I clenched my fist, there is no power. According to me, which animal style fighting can be close, I want to get information from you.
Sir leopard full style art given thanks
Yes
Do you take personal classes?? , m willing to come , pay and learn
I am a fan of one piece i like rob lucii he has lepord fruit i am happy to learn lepord style kung fu🎉🎉🎉🎉
um... is it ok for me to learn Leopard, with out learning the other animal styles? Is there an animal style for beginners or is there an order to learning like steps for animals or can I just jump into Leopard and be ok?
Please Help
It's fine to learn leopard but like all the training take it slow and understand what your body is doing and how it moves to be more efficient.
Be best to find a sifu you can train with. Hands on training helps to learn. When you're outside of the kwoon, spar with a friend or an acquaintance with actual training from different styles. Experience is as important as learning.
I'm hear after seeing a man take bark off a oak tree with leapord sharpening claw training. Was very impressive.
question when you are pawing in the circular motion and you say we need to relax and tense, when during the motion should we relax our arms? Should I relax on the way back or ounce my arms are back at my sides.
Relaxation should happen after your point of contact. After contact is made you should still be intently but not tense.
Sifu Dunng thanks sifu! 🙏
Would this be a good style to learn if your small? I'm short, and very light weight so I figure this would be a better style for me to learn than something like tiger
Thanks for watching. Leopard is a great style, and one of its big advantages is that it's a little more dynamic than tiger. Many times this works better for smaller practitioners, because it requires nimbleness over strength.
You could also give Mantis a try.
This is the ng ying set from ng mui/wumei?
It's a compilation of different leopard techniques from Choy Li Fut.
Leopard doesn't block? ............. so you can skip the conditioning part???
Up studying
Thanks🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Um... I just knocked my friend out - dont worry he is recovered and I apologized it was an accident :( My Pinky is jammed now-- How do I punch with the Leopard fist/paw without jamming my PINKY? should I use the bottom Palm of my hand for now? or is that a bad habit?
Please help me Thank you!
Striking with the leopard fist takes a little time to get the coordination. The bottom of the hand, or palm portion is used for the pawing motion, where the ridge of the knuckles are used for striking. All training should be done slow till you understand the timing and distance before sparring to prevent accidents. You'll get it, just don't be in to much of rush.
I believe leopard is an external style. Why is the heel of your rear foot not planted when you make a strike? Your rear foot appears to be lose. Is this intentional? Please Explain if you have time.
Yes as he said, leopard style should be loose.
@@ismoilnosirov1344 Loose? Where? Your stance? Is this being practiced like an internal style? In which way is fa-jing generated if your stance is "loose" or open? More detailed answer please. At 4:10 to 4:20 in the video both heels come off the ground and the feet rotate forward on the balls of the feet when the strike is made. This disrupts rooting. Usually one foot stays planted while the other may make some other movement. Maybe I am missing the focus of this particular fighting method. Internal or external.
my favorite fruit. ❤
You nice veryfull!
Master do video Tiger style Kung Fu please
There is a Tiger video i posted a couple videos back. Check it out!
😍
Sifu, this may be a very premature question to ask and of course, it would be at the most advanced stages of Leopard Style but what weapons are trained if Leopard is to be the only style of Kung Fu trained. And can Leopard be the only style or do you go through the other 4 animals(Dragon, Tiger, Snake and Crane)? I want to train in this style.
Before you train any animal style, you should train wushu/kung fu basics. Learn stances, learn jumps, learn falls, learn how to learn a form and how to construct a form. After all that you can start looking into specializations like styles.
You can decide to pick one style and focus on it and only train that style. But remember that each animal os also linked with an element which is also linked with an aspect of the art. If you spend too much time focussing on one style/element, you loose perspective on the others. Too much speed without enough grounding or balance or power wont get you far.
As far as weapons go, the animal kind of it the weapon. With the exception of monkey staff, i have never seen an animal style that also uses a weapon. You might see weapon forms that include an element or two of other styles (i have a tiger claw rake in my fan form) but leopard, tiger, crane dont have their own weapons. (at least in modern taolu wushu that i habe seen)
@@sousalarson6858 Thank you. So all five animals. I do want to learn weapons, though. Broadsword/Sabre, Staff, Jian, Qiang, Kwan Dao, Trisection Staff, Double Crescent Moon Halberd, Hookswords, Bat Jam Dao, Double Broadsword and 9-section Whip(Dragon's Tail).
@@michaelbatts7149 Thats awesome! There is so much out there that trying to do only one style your whole life isnt really as beneficial as people might think. But make sure you do pick one thing at a tome to learn. Trying to learn a bunch of styles at once just makes it all that much harder.
I do changquan, broadsword, staff, pudao, fan and daggers and did a leopard form once. I want to train double hooks, chainwhip, double broadsword, double fan, unicorn horn blades, tiger, nanchuan and maybe spear. And i want to start doing lion dance! The hard part is deciding what to train NOW.
@@sousalarson6858 That is just too awesome! And thank you so much for your advice.
Lot of Choy Li Fut vibes im getting
Картина 999+💠👑👍🙇
Is there an cheetah fighting style
cheetah's don't exist in china
Chandham
Hello máster, so that form Is from Choy lee fut?
Yes, it's is from the Choy Li Fut system
@@sifudunng7117 thank you very much.
To me Leopard is a combination of tiger and snake
Thanks for watching. It definitely has some elements of each.
@@sifudunng7117 do we have to do this training every day
Do you know that this technic (in the end of the video) is exactly how this orange cat defended from the snake attack ua-cam.com/video/prECuyfQU-o/v-deo.html .
He beat straight snake attack with this diagonal motion and simultaneously (!) moves from the attack line! It's ridiculous!
Someone from India
Sensai this cheta tequniue is ggos