Not in Hung Gar.. My Dai Sigung (Teachers... Teachers.. Teacher. If there's some misstakes in the wannabe-cantonese spelling. -_-) showed us at a seminar that people used to say; "But that's not an element, That's a tiger technique, I can see it.." He explained and showed us that the nature of fire burns within the tiger, Thus there's always a little fire in tiger techniques, and a little tiger in the fire techniques, Because they.. I dont know the word he used.. They're like one, they're entwined? encircled? >_<
Sorry, I hereby call upon the holy sanctity of Linguistic problems.
Although I believe that as in Such styles as Tai-chi, Being only Taoist, They utilize only the five elements. The five elements of Tao..
Many Shaolin systems, as I've seen it, Is a hybrid between Taoism and Buddhism. The Ch'an Sect and all that... |