Is Karate based on Tiger Style Kung Fu?
As far as I know, “ti” roots are purely Okinawan. It was a Grappling Art similar to Classical Aikijujutsu and Shuai Jiao. As Master Pugpaws pointed out, your information is flawed. Karate is NOT “linear” and it definitely is NOT “hard”. According to historical accounts, there is some Tiger Boxing influence from the Fujian Branch. Fujian White Crane has a greater influence in the Shuri Styles overall. The influence of the Naha styles I would say has influence from the Hakka Arts – Southern Mantis, Dragon Shape Boxing in the Footwork, and the hand work of Crane, Fujian Tiger, Luohan, and Southern Mantis and Dragon(Hakka). No martial art style is linear. This is a huge misconception. If they were truly linear, they would be useless against attack. So Karate is neither linear nor is it “hard”. That is another misconception. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pREGRgqlE… Karate is powerful, but it is not hard. Much of the hi
