Snake style is also known as an approach to weapons training, the Chinese straight sword and spear in particular. Since breath is important to any movement of the spine and ribs, snake style is considered one of the main styles which eventually led to internal training. This necessitates building a strong spine to contain the power and strong fingers to convey the strike. The stancework is fluid in order to maximize the whipping potential of any movement. The ability to sinuously move, essentially by compressing one's stomach/abdominal muscles, is very important.

Snake style is based on whipping or rattling power which travels up the spine to the fingers, or in the case of the rattler, the body shake which travels down the spine to the tip of the tailbone. Snake is one of the archetypal Five Animals of Chinese martial arts the other four being Crane, Tiger, Leopard, and Dragon. There are two unrelated, Northern and Southern snake styles. Some, for example, imitate the Cylindrophiidae, while others imitate the python, while some schools imitate other types of snakes, like the viper and the cobra. ĭifferent snake styles imitate different movements of snakes.

The sinuous, fluid motion of the snake lends itself to the practical theory that underlies the ' soft' martial arts. The snake is also one of the animals imitated in Yang family Taijiquan (T'ai chi ch'uan), Baguazhang and Xingyiquan.

Snake style is said to especially lend itself to applications with the Chinese straight sword. Proponents claim that adopting the fluidity of snakes allows them to entwine with their opponents in defense and strike them from angles they would not expect in offense. 'snake fist') which imitate the movements of snakes. There are several Chinese martial arts known as Snake Boxing or Fanged Snake Style ( Chinese: 蛇拳 pinyin: shéquán lit.

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