When tigers kill their prey, they usually hit on it's "blind side." They aim to strike the neck with one of their forepaws and break it's neck in one blow, or take it down where they can finish it with a couple more powerful blows...tigers don't attack "head-on." They keep a springy strength in their bodies just before they move and they hit the blind side.
Once is usually enough.
too many generalizations.
Hung-Ga,(Siu Lum Hung Kuen) which although is a five animal style,also considered to be completely intact from Siu-Lum, has strong focus on Tiger. Jee Siem Sum-Si, the abbott who taught Hung Hei-Guen specialized in Tiger techniques. Wong Fei-Hung was heavily influeced by the Black Tiger Hak Fu Moon style of Su Hak-Fu. There are many attacks in Tiger that go head on-"right down Broadway", as well as angled to the blind side.
Seung Gung Fook Fu (Double Bows Subduing Tiger) is a head-on crash-Bik Kiu, which breaks the opponent's structure. Fierce Tiger Overpowers the Wolf is a head-on attack, as is Hungry Tiger Captures the Lamb. Corenered Fierce Tiger Strikes Back, and Tiger Pawing Sand are also straight line attacks. Fierce Tiger out of the Cave slips right through the attacker's defenses, right up the middle-but can also be played at an angle to the blindside.
The Tiger techniques in Siu-Lum have strong down yur throat characteristics, while the Leopard, a smaller agile cat, is known for its sneaky blind side attacks.
many of the techniques came from observation of these animals-especially while hunting them. That is how you can see up close, how a Tiger or a Leopard attacks and defends. In China, when hunting Tigers and Leopards, they would try to surround and corner the beast. The tiger would lunge at one man, while the leopard would shoot around, attacking all of them, going from person to person, swipping and ripping at each one. Although the Tiger was much stronger, they feared the agility and cunning of the Leopard.
