Dragon Kung Fu
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Dragon Kung Fu is a martial art from China that focuses mostly on overwhelming an attacker with a flurry of quick hand-strikes. Because this martial art was passed on by oral tradition, no one knows exactly how or when it was first created. However, most contemporary Dragon Kung Fu masters trace its orgins to the Green Cloud Shaolin Monastery in Guangdong Province. This art was unknown outside the Shaolin Temples until a monk by the name of Tai Yuk taught it to a man named Lam Yui Kwai who in turn passed the art on to other students in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province.
Styles
There are several northern and southern styles of Dragon Kung Fu. Both northern and southern styles of this art emphasize attacking with the arms. They all focus on rapid delivery of many hand-strikes and kicks rather than a single knock-out blow. Northern styles use a zig-zag footwork of lengthy strides to move in and out of striking range. Southern styles also use a zig-zag footwork but of much shorter strides, in keeping with the short-range fighting more common to southern styles of Kung Fu.
Techniques
This art is based on the principles of momentum, timing and sensitivity. Dragon Kung Fu, being an arm-oriented art, draws much of its basic power from the waist, which is in fact the biggest muscle in the human body. In addition, Dragon Kung Fu is famous for its system called mor kiu or "magical arms." It is a series of high-speed hand and arm techniques using punches, grabs, palm-strikes, elbow strikes, and blocks thrown in a spiralling manner, using a mixture of internal and external techniques. Sinking is used both to throw punches and to evade the enemy's attacks.
