Although the Crane is considered to be a sacred animal throughout northeast Asia, the posture is originally Chinese. Actually, more specifically, it is originally Tibetan; a monk by the name of Ordator, created the Crane style used in the northern schools of Kung Fu, it was later simplified by the northern Shaolin temple into the Crane form. A few centuries later, in Fujian province, a lady by the name of Quinjiang developed the Fujian crane style, and parts of that style were later transferred to several of the Okinawan Karate styles including Goju Ryu and Shorin Ryu.
It was a combination of traditional Okinawan wrestling and Chinese White Crane Kung Fu.
It was a blend of Chinese White Crane Kung Fu and the local art of Te. Okinawa was a tributary of China and there were 12 families sent to Okinawa and they brought the Kung Fu with them.
'Crane' is鶴 (tsuru) in Japanese. This word is used to refer to the bird.
The Red-crowned Crane, Japanese Crane, or Manchurian Crane is a type of bird. It is a large east Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world.
Okinawa Te is a style of wrestling often practiced by school children. It was combined with White Crane Kung Fu to create karate.
No. Karate is a blend of White Crane style Kung fu and Okinawan wrestling (te). Legend says that Kung fu was created by the Bodhidharma in the Buddhist temples of China and that he was an Indian prince.
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You should check out the Shidokan of Canada school in Guelph. They teach traditional Okinawan karate, which has its roots in White Crane style Kung Fu.
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If you are referring to the bird, it is 'tsuru.'
The core of Karate is largely derived from the teachings of Kwang Shang Fu a practitioner of Shaolin northern White Crane Kung Fu.
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