Southern Dragon Style 南龙形拳 - Hand Forms
Southern Dragon Style 南龙形拳 - Hand Forms - Lung Ying Kuen
--General Information:
According to Oral Transmitions Dragon Style dates back at least to the middle to the ending part of the Qing Dynasty. Dai Yuk Sim Si taught Dragon Style at the White Hair Temple on Mount Luofu, which was a famous Daoist Mountain in Guandong Province.
The Style itself clearly has its roots in other Southern Martial Material similar to what was popularised through Monks like Chi Sim Si in the 18th Century.
In these times monks would teach secular desiciples oftentimes to fight the Qing Opressors.
Dai Yuk would teach Dragon Style to Lam Yiu Guai, who in turn would have many regular students in Guandong. Lam was good friends with Cheung Lai-Chuen who propably was the most importtant person of Pak Mei in the beginning 20th Century. Since both were good friends for many years its likely the at least exchanged knowledge and techniques.
--Technical Aspects and Personal Observations:
Dragon Style has as its basis the typical Southern "Beggar Stance". It seems to "lean" forward a little more as other styles to create what to some might looked like a "Dragon Body". As far as I have seen it this makes it difficult for practioners to connect the upper body movement with the lower body movement. An aspect this gentleman covers pretty well.
Regarding fist techniques it seems to heavily rely on some powerfull hammer fist techniques that can be quite devastating.
Looking at the order I present those form, please keep in mind that I am not a Dragon Style Practitioner. I tried to find an offical order but without luck.
So I tried to order them in names I heard of and others I dont. Then i tried to structure it in a sense of what concepts the names of the forms could imply .
Like for example "Transformation Strength implies the teaching of power generation similar to the Ming,An,Hua in Xing Yi which is in most styles some what of a teaching going from middle to advanced. Whereas "Uniliteral Rescue" could imply concepts similar to Biu Jee in Wing Chun which teaches you what to do when things go wrong and usually arent taught before the main conceptual ideas are drilled and internalised.
There will be a second part of this video.
