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Guess the Animals.

August 29th, 2008 by mike d. in KungFu

I’m learning a new form at Kung Fu: the Five Animal form.

Throughout the form, we Kung Fu-ists imitate five different animals in the midst of our flurry of attacks. Your job… is to guess which animals we imitate. I was going to give you a list of animals to choose from, but I think it’d be far more entertaining to just let you have at it.

Good luck. (also: don’t cheat)

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Comment by Ian |
2008-08-29 06:52:51

Monkey
Snake
Tiger
Eagle
Dragon

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 08:12:36

Good guesses! You have three correct responses.

 
 
Comment by Eddy |
2008-08-29 06:58:55

Shark
Koala
Gerbil
Pterodactyl
Care Bear

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 08:13:40

Close… we learn Care Bear with Glo-Worm at Brown Belt. I’m not quite there yet.

 
 
Comment by Ryan Schenk |
2008-08-29 08:08:50

Sloth
Hagfish
Spiny Lumpsucker
Naked Mole Rat
Probiscus Monkey

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 08:20:35

While these aren’t quite on target, I am tempted to start a new martial art based on aggressive Spiny Lumpsucker and Sloth techniques.

 
 
Comment by Jill |
2008-08-29 08:49:15

Tiger
Horse
Dragon
Panda
Dog

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 11:28:30

Not bad! You two correct responses.
I wish Panda was one of the correct ones.

Fun fact: My academy (the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy) was chosen as the official kung fu representatives for the recent movie Kung Fu Panda. neat huh?

 
 
Comment by Jes Saint |
2008-08-29 10:13:16

Tiger
Snake
Crane
Eagle
Seamonkey

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 11:31:32

Excellent. You have three correct answers.

 
 
Comment by ben |
2008-08-29 10:27:07

i’ve seen enough movies to do this…

Tiger
Crane
Praying Mantis
Dragon
Panther
Wu Tang

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 11:32:24

Dang Ben. You are alarmingly close to perfect.

You have four of the five animals correct.

Comment by spatry |
2008-08-29 12:06:20

it’s easy to get a high score when you have 6 guesses for 5 animals

 
 
Comment by Ryan Schenk |
2008-08-31 21:27:31

I would think “Wu Tang Killer Bee” would be more appropriate here. Just sayin.

 
 
Comment by spatry |
2008-08-29 11:14:18

Tiger
Snake
Monkey
Dragon
Armadillo

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 11:36:08

Three correct responses.

The Armadillo attack is an especially advanced technique in that it requires conditioning your body to have thick calluses everywhere.

 
 
Comment by Alicia |
2008-08-29 12:16:56

um… crane, tiger, horse, dragon, bear?

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 13:43:32

Three correct answers.

hint: Horse, while it’s a stance, is - as far as I know - not a fighting style in Kung Fu.

 
 
Comment by Ian |
2008-08-29 14:29:28

Tiger
Snake
Eagle
Praying Mantis
Panther

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 14:34:17

You’ve got three out of five!

 
 
Comment by Kurt from Work |
2008-08-29 14:31:51

Tiger
Panther
Mantis
Crane
Bear

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 14:33:51

Four out of five!

UPDATE! WAIT! I LIED!

Three out of five!

 
 
Comment by Kurt from Work |
2008-08-29 15:17:57

Tiger
Praying Mantis
Dragon
Crane
Snake

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 15:18:18

Four out of Five!

Keep going! you can do it!

 
 
Comment by Kurt from Work |
2008-08-29 15:19:40

Tiger
Praying Mantis
Dragon
Crane
Flobberworm

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 15:20:38

Ooooh… bad guess. Flobberworm is not in the form.

 
 
Comment by Kurt from Work |
2008-08-29 15:21:58

Tiger
Parying Mantis
Dragon
Crane
Eagle

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 15:22:22

Three out of Five!

 
 
Comment by Kurt from Work |
2008-08-29 15:28:44

Tiger
Snake
Crane
Dragon
Panther

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 15:42:25

DING DING DING DING DING DING

You did it! well done Kurt!

Yes, the five animals are Tiger, Snake, Crane, Dragon, and Panther. Interestingly, four of these have their own style fist as well.

Check out my drawing here:

http://www.mikedidonato.com/images/2008/08/kffists.PNG

Great Job Kurt!!

Comment by Alicia |
2008-08-29 16:57:23

I would like to see what you think a dragon fist would look like.

Comment by mike d. |
2008-08-29 18:07:07

Actually, the Dragon Shadow Fist is famous, though hard to do in low light environments.

http://www.mikedidonato.com/images/2008/08/dragfist.PNG

 
 
 
 
Comment by Jesse |
2008-08-29 16:23:39

Tiger, panther, snake, dragon, crane.

Who has two thumbs and loves Bruce Lee? This guy right here.

Comment by Jesse |
2008-08-29 16:25:36

i typed that like two hours ago and then went to a meeting before submitting! honest to goodness!

Comment by Kurt from Work |
2008-08-29 17:22:35

Jesse smells like butt.

Comment by Kurt from Work |
2008-08-29 17:23:07

I typed that like right now..then decided to send it anyways.
honest to goodness!

 
 
 
 
Comment by Vivienne |
2008-08-31 21:01:36

Wait, isn’t the answer just the cast from Kung Fu Panda? (Unfortunately I didn’t see the movie, but I am just making a movie trailer-educated guess.)

 
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