Feeding Crane Kung Fu

 

 

What Makes Feeding Crane Special?

• At nearly 400 years old, this art was a closely guarded family secret for 12 generations and only passed down to direct line family members.

• The only martial art created by a woman.

• Century old unaltered techniques.

• Designed to kill stronger male opponents in 1 second.

• She proved its effectiveness by staying alive on the battlefield in feudal Japan against all male aggressors.

• Identified as the Origins of Karate & Win Chun Kung Fu

• Self-defense focus only, techniques too deadly for tournaments

 

What is Feeding Crane?

Kung Fu is a very sophisticated weapon, nothing else.  It is a science of combat, the intent of which is the total incapacitation of an opponent.  It is straightforward, efficient, and deadly.  If you’re looking for self-defense… it would be better for you to master the art of invisibility. – Bruce Lee
 

Part of the Chinese White Crane style of fighting, it is a ferocious combat art meant to stop the opponent within a few seconds. The focus is on bone breaks and targeting vulnerable points on the body, or disrupting the circulatory, neural, or respiratory systems.
 

Feeding Crane is an internal and external system.   Externally, Crane utilizes fluid speed movements within the body to produce the power of a whip lightening speed, accuracy, and efficiency.  Crane style is performed from a state of relaxation, then within a split second, 100% power is utilized when executing a move, and then back to relaxation,

Feeding crane uses economical low kicks and extensive hand movements meant to imitate the wing and beak movements of the crane, and constant body contact when unleashing short range blows.

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The internal power comes from a unique concept called Thunder Power, which reveals itself as a pronounced thud when a move is done correctly.  Masters of the Feeding Crane system will also have a knowledge of traditional herbal medicine and acupuncture. Feeding Crane is known in Chinese as shi he quan.

What Feeding Crane is not.

It’s not a sport.  There are no Feeding Crane tournaments.  Tournaments mean rules.  In a real fight, the only reward is getting home in one piece.  There are no points, no trophies, no colored belts.  The only rule is not to hurt your training partner.

What does Kung Fu mean?
 

It’s Chinese for the “achievement of man.”   A person can have good or bad kung fu.  They may have bad kung fu when comes to cooking, but excellent kung fu when it comes to mathematics.  It was only in the late 20th century that it came to be synonymous and exclusive to the martial arts but that is a Western creation.

What are martial arts?

The are systematized and traditions of combat practices. There are many types of martial arts, but they are all, on the surface at least, meant to physically defeat an opponent.  Martial arts can be hand-to-hand or it can include melee weapons, such as bladed instruments or blunt object.  Or it might include a ranged weapon, such as a sling, spear or gun.

Does Feeding Crane use ancient weapons?

Ancient weapons aren’t studied.  Virtually no one carry’s   a 15th-century battle ax or sword on the street in the 21st century.  However, Crane students will learn to use any object as an extension of the hand.  Crane techniques can be used against melee weapons.
 

Does Feeding Crane teach defense techniques against guns?

Yes.