Talk:Snake Kung Fu

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[edit] contradiction

in this page - i quote:

"These five animals originally represented the five classical Chinese elements before developing into their own styles. Snake is usually Earth, Tiger is Fire, Crane is Metal (which also doubles as Air), Dragon is Water, and Leopard is Wood"

however in the related article about leopard style there is a direct contradiction to this:

"These five animals originally represented the five classical Chinese elements before developing into their own styles. Snake is usually Earth, Tiger is Metal, Crane is Wood, Dragon is Fire, Leopard is Water." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_Kung_Fu)

I'm not going to claim that I know which is correct, I'm just trying to alert people who might.

The Leopard page also successively reffered to Snake as wood, then Snake as water. Unfortunately, you can find different attributions of elements to animals on the various websites of so-called experts: Fire is linked to Tiger or Dragon, Wood to Crane or Snake, Water to Leopard or Snake or Dragon, Metal to Leopard or Tiger, Earth to Dragon or Snake. Some web sites also talk of animals and elements, but as separate unrelated classifications. I'm afraid that most of it is pure imagination. Ratfox 20:32, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] external links

can anyone link some snake schools?

[edit] Uses in fiction

Unless im mistaken, i think there should be mention to its use in the film "Five Deadly Venoms" as one of the five styles. Alcryt