Branches of the Falling Pine

[marlon]

if i remember right the one done on Ken Warners site is done by one of his female black belts and it has a lot of the tai chi coiling movements in it. I actually have the DVD put out from when he was Kempokan.
In Peace
Jesse

the form as i have does use a lot of waist movement to generate power both linear and coiling. When done fast these movements are easy to miss but the 'feel' of doing them is quite distinct and lets ,this form stand out with a unique flavour

marlon

 

[Gufbal1982]

It must have been nice to receive the secret handbook of material above Shodan. I never received anything with the names of the forms written down above Shodan. I did here branches referred to as white crane however.

I don't have a secret handbook, I just trained at an FV studio with the scroll on it that had the names of the forms. I'm not trying to be arrogant, I just remember reading it first hand from my old instructor.

 

[marlon]

there is another Okinawan white crane form called Hakutsuru.

marlon

 

[Gufbal1982]

there is another Okinawan white crane form called Hakutsuru.

marlon

Is there link to see it? That would be rad if there is...

 

[Gufbal1982]

Do you know what style of TKD he's from? ITF, WTF, ATA, etc. I'll see if I can track down a TKD curriculum from that style and see if I can come up with it too. I would be very interested to see if that form came from elsewhere. It doesn't resemble any ITF form I know. It's a long story, but I sort of 'coached' someone during their prep for their TKD black belt. If it's a TKD form that would really be interesting. That would be great if you could pinpoint a source.

Matt

Matt,

The guy that I know that has the form is a banned user on here. On his profile he's claiming Tang Soo Do, Shantug Black Tiger and Taiji. I know he's a TKD Master and I hung out with him a couple times. He's a cool guy. However, I know he had the form from either TKD or TSD (forgot he was a master in that too) because he asked to see a guy named Mario Camardella to do a form when he switched from SKK to his style, to test out his skills. Mario did Branches of the Falling Pines and Frank asked him where he learned it. Frank then did the same form, with minor changes, and the root was still there. That's how I know the form is in other styles.

 

[SK101]

I may be mistaken but the white crane form is the same as rohai and if this is so then it is the statue of the crane tha tit resembles and not Branches. as far as i know Branches is a Villari creation.

Respectfully,
marlon

I don't know the history of branches, but with USSD branches of the falling pine and white crane are two names for the same form. Have you ever asked prof. I if he also uses both names?