Lama Pai
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Lama Pai or "Lama Style" is a Chinese martial art derived from an Indo-Tibetan style called Lion's Roar. This art uses both linear and round techniques for fighting at short, medium, and long range. It is a visually beautiful and highly aggressive system. The modern version of this art was created by two men, Wong Yanlam and Wong Lamhoi, both of whom learned it directly from Sing Lung, a monk at the Green Cloud Shaolin Monastery.
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History
Lion's Roar was created in the 15th century by a Tibetan monk named Ha Da-Do using both Chinese and Indo-Tibetan martial arts influences. In the mid-19th century, another Tibetan Buddhist monk, Sing Lung, and his four students brought this style to the Green Cloud Shaolin Monastery in Guangdong Province in southeast China. There, it evolved into Lama Pai, Hop Gar and Pak Hok Pai, though the techniques of Lama Pai are closest to the original Tibetan parent style.
Techniques
This art has 8 methods of fighting with 8 basic techniques in each method, including 8 punches, 8 palm-strikes, 8 elbow strikes, 8 finger-strikes, 8 kicking techniques, 8 seizing (clawing) techniques, 8 stances and 8 footwork patterns. It is an aggressive style which favors evading an attack through intricate footwork, striking with linear and circular kicks and punches, and then finishing the attacker by throwing him to the ground. Dim Mak and Chin Na skills are used extensively.
Training
Lama Pai has many forms designed to strengthen bones, muscle and sinew and teach the basic skills of the art. Balance, flexibilty and co-ordination are also developed through Yoga and Qigong. There are many weapons forms and use of a wooden dummy, the same as in Wing Chun. Specific forms include Lo Han Hands, Shooting Star Fists, Flying Crane Hands, and Flying Crane Kicks.
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