Sifu Sharif Bey - tiger crane

[Frank Bolte]

very nice..check out Sifu Sharif

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKdqAwiBKCs[/youtube]

[Asmo]

That was cool. The BT is in my subscription on YouTube but I never actually pay much attention to that, seems I must do that though =D

[banditshaw]

Very well played and I really like the app. demo as well.
Mucho Respect For Sifu Sharif Bey.

[PM]

very nice, thank you

i like the atmosfere here on the forum - people posting videos of the other branches, that is great

Franky, use the new YouTube mod when posting the youtube links. when you compose a new message, it is on the right. press YouTube once, paste the link, and press Youtube again.

[Frank Bolte]

PM,got it

[HungFamilyFist]

the apps looked good. I like how he dispensed with the big move in order to show the better move. Looked really good.

[jow yeroc]

Sharif Bey sifu is awesome. Have not met him yet but saw him and
his students last year at Wong. He seems quite knowledgeable about
Hung ga. I like how he differentiated shape and technique in the vid.
Good show of application and nice display of the part of the form.

[Cola di Montecorso]

[mok]

[Asmo]

[mok]

Hey no worries man. I was right there when this one was shot:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHIa4WGF-xc[/youtube]

[Subitai]

Ok, I just spoke with Sharif today.... Funny how just a little while ago I was out on the lake(Bass Fishing as Usual) and he calls me.

I told him about this new HungKyun Forum and he should check it out.

I come back and what do I find...Sombody posts about him and he's looking very buff I might add.

Sharif I don't believe that you are a Vegitarian. hahahahahaha too BUFF!

Ok, now I gotta comment on what he did;

(1st method) He called it black tiger steals the heart

-You know, jokingly I'll say that he didn't even attack the heart. haha, he should just call it, double tiger claw.

-- And I Disagree with his very 1st assesment of how he looks at the method. The primary way he showed it 1st DOES work the way he said. Perhaps he doesn't feel comfortable because he is the shorter guy. So he does it his own way. Nobody is wrong...it's just My opinion is that Sharif is making it work for himself, as any good player should do.

So he uses a rising block on the inside and then, subduing hand on the follow up. He then says he'll use Jaming Energy off his Subduing hand and enter.

Ok, if he has the skill to stick and jam on the second beat...he could also do it off the 1st one. If he redirects and also jams in on the 1st beat, he could have crossed his opponants right arm in front of his body from the get go.
I can do it off the 1st arm no problem but if my opponant was taller than me...I could see making the adjustment that Sharif did. It's intelligent for him.
But the alternative to the original method is...(If a person is having a problems on the 1st beat ie.) to adjust the timming and also the footwork to match your opponants commitiment level. Again, i have no problem making it work the 1st way.


Last thing...He said, "If he starts with up and I am down". Well, the answer that is obvious. If your hands are down, of course i'm going to hit your open gate...it's against basic kung fu principle to hit a closed gate.

"Power that begins from low (Sharifs arm) should rise up" , that is natural. Also Sharif could be keeping it low on purpose to DRAW in an upper method. So having his hand low is not an excuse.
Sharif obviously feels more comfortable rising up on the inside gate of his opponants arm. But given a choice, I personally would always work towards my opponants outer gates, for me it works better that way and if I jam him straight away...he cannot follow through with the next punch.

You see how much Typing it took to say all that???? And people wonder why Detailed discussions of the methods are not more common place??

I still say Sharif couldn't possibly be a vegitarian...haha, he's too buff.

"O"

[banditshaw]

Subitai, those observations were a joy to read. Thanks for the insights.

[Siu Lum Pai]

Sifu Bey is an great inspiration to me and gave me what is my signature. But in this video and other poeples videos I have noticed that the stances are a lot higher then mine when I practice my forms. Hung gar low horse stance, is this from our stance trianing or forms or both.

Thanks

[Subitai]