Kung-fu in MMA....This is how I got here.

**It is Fake** · Posted On: 5/29/2007 2:10pm

He does. His location is an old inside joke.

**kungfukid1** · Posted On: 7/28/2007 2:05am

eagle claw isn't a southern system. eagle claw is a northern system proven by it's many high kicks in its forms.

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 7/28/2007 11:53am

Originally Posted by kungfukid1

eagle claw isn't a southern system. eagle claw is a northern system proven by it's many high kicks in its forms.

*clap clap clap....

congratulations you dumbshit. There are 4 known lineages of Eagle Claw. I'm sorry that you're too stupid to understand this. Go back to your legos now kid and get off my thread.

**Meex** · Posted On: 7/29/2007 3:19pm

Originally Posted by kungfukid1

eagle claw isn't a southern system. eagle claw is a northern system proven by it's many high kicks in its forms.

Didn't you see the sign?

"1) Don't Rattle The Cage.
2) Don't Feed The Omeganimals."

You did both. . .DOH!

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**Vaxoin** · Posted On: 10/16/2007 7:11pm

Where in the US do you teach? Depending on how close it is, I may tell my wife that we're moving. :car6:

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 10/16/2007 10:17pm

Ummmm, CALIFORNIA!?

**Vaxoin** · Posted On: 10/17/2007 6:54am

No! The correct answer is South Carolina. Ah, well, if you said you were in California at some point I managed to forget while reading the rest of the posts. I have the memory of a goldfish, apparently.

**YungSensei** · Posted On: 10/26/2007 4:20pm

wow cool story but i have one question...wat type of conditioning do you teach at your school?

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 10/26/2007 4:23pm

Originally Posted by YungSensei

wow cool story but i have one question...wat type of conditioning do you teach at your school?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J16a8dWEoeY

**Bluto Blutarsky** · Posted On: 3/14/2008 4:12pm

Originally Posted by Repulsive Monkey

Omega, thanks for posting. Some of that is new to me too. So here's the question: Animals? Whuh? It seems that most animal styles are silly, over-stylized dances that have no real martial cross-over. How did what you do differ . . . or did you just intimidate people with fancy poses and then kick them in the crotch?

I can only speak for the limited discussion of animal names and such I've had experience with. Since I don't study monkey kung fu or badger shaolin (why didn't anyone ever name a move after a badger or wolverine?), It seems to me that the animal descriptions were simply used to help the student understand, remember and visualize the movements. whether people actually fought out of positions that might more closely resemble yoga, I havent' the slightest clue.

I would imagine people back in the days weren't rocket scientists and it had to be simple enough for the illiterate gardener to learn as well as effective for a professional soldier (who might also be illiterate) to use.

Kind of like you see animal and other "thing" names for guards in WMA, the hawk, crown, plough, etc. guards.

thats my opinion on it- I have limted experience with it because unless someone comes from outside to view or train in the class that has a background with animal names, we generally refer to it as something else.