Tiger style kung fu is one of the traditional styles of kung fu practiced in China. When using the tiger style to fight you use your hand like a claw. You curl the fingers down and push the top part of the palm out.
At first the tiger claw will be uncomfortable. When I was training we hold a pen or a pencil in our fingers to make sure our hands were in the proper position.
I have included a few photos to illustrate what I am talking about.
The way the tiger fist is used in by first striking with the palm and then scratching with the finger nails. The palm is cupped for concussive force. This hand can be used for side hand strikes as well.
Some of the potential applications are striking the face with the palm and following that up with scratching to the eyes, tearing at the groin, and striking the ears with the cupped palm. The Tiger style has dynamic rolls cart, wheel kicks, various other types of kicks.
The whole tiger style should be done from the view and with the spirit/attitude of a tiger. I personally like to think of myself stalking my opponent like a cat stalks a mouse when doing this fighting art. The tiger style is an aggressive style.
You want to use this style to over power people and to cause significant damage your opponent. Also, use various angles when using this style. Use your foot work to move around the opponent.
Some of the training that we do is tiger style push up. To do this style of push up simply make a tiger claw and do push ups.
The thing that makes these hard is the push up should be done on the base of the palm with the fingers curled and pulled back so that the fingers are up off of the ground.
One of my favorite moves in my tiger forms is to grab the opponents head with one hand and use my other elbow to strike their face. Hope you have fun experimenting with this hand and it's uses.
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