> > We have a head that cannot jump very high on his own but
> > can do the stunt and as someone said, he was not very
> > big and can lift. (all our tails, however, are strong people)

In my team, the heads that are seniors do this for training :
Stand up at the back of a 50cm height chair and then jump up on the chair, jump down, jump up.. repeteadly without stop. I noticed that one of them, at the maximum height, bends his knees until they're almost touching his chest (I'm not sure are they touching it or not). But for us, beginners, we use dumbles in both hands, do some jumps. At the time we land, our butt almost touching the ground. Having your hands straight is more difficult to do. At home, I always jump on stairs to get to the next floor of my house.. (^.^) Not difficult, easy to do and quite useful. I hope your house has got less than 5 levels.

> > Also, when you land on the thighs, do you land with feet
> > parallel to the thighs? We land with the feet almost perpendicular
> > to the things where the hip bends with the legs. This prevents
> > the sliding someone asked about. Stephen.

I also would like to know more about this, coz my friends do it with their feet facing in. Right on the tail's hips, close to the waist. But I do it different, my feet facing out. I feel it's more comfortable and also stronger to raise one foot. The other important thing is that the head has to have the ability to jump and land on the perfect position.

care,

Vela

Sorry that i can't reply early. I just came back from a week off. Myself, i don't have any experience in this field. We are here just a group of guys together. Each time that we take the green we improvise. Lasttime i heard from my brother that there are different "puzzles". So we just like to know how to do this kind of thing. And can any one describes how to do this? I'm also currious how the figure of seven star look like. (circle??) And all others puzzles too.

Hi guys,

The shoes that we use here are thin canvas shoes with a thin rubber sole. It is the standard school shoe here, and I think some people call them 'deck shoes'. It is cheap and soft, just right for doing stunts. With these shoes many teams here can even 'dance' on tilted wires.

George,
Malaysia

For those of you who haven't seen Shanghai noon yet, it's pretty funny. There's more comedy than his usual action/fight/stunt scenes. Lucy Liu kicks a little ass in the movie too. Oh yeah, one more thing...There's a small scene with 2 black lions dancing at the end. =l

Hi -

I know there are places that sell northern lions in San Francisco. I was wondering in any in China or Hong Kong sold any. My club needs (2) one-man lions. One female and one male. I wanted to know how much I should spend and the best place to get them at. If anyone can help me, please e-mail me back. Thanx alot!

What's a "One-man" lion?? A lion that's performed by one person? Never heard of that before.

Jason

Hi all,

Actually my team does this. We have a play with 3 lions, playing around, make a pyramid and some other variations. About "kicking" the lion's head, it is not really kicking, but taking the head by the foot. At the beginning, the Lions are put on the ground while the players show some "opening kung-fu" (that's what we call it), the last movement will make the players stop right on the left side of the Lion's head, then the head players take their Lion's head by "kicking" it a bit, grab the holder and start dancing. Hope this will help.

care,

Vela

found this site with some nice picture of puzzles and unicorns.

http://photoarts.com/cooper/nyimages/19.html

layton

HI all,

Those are pretty cool pictures. My team is not very familiar with puzzles. Like the ones on the website, how would those be approached? I would like to learn more about puzzles just in case we ever encounter one. Is there a common approach to most puzzles, or are they all completely different? Anything you guys can tell me would help. Oh, and what are the most puzzles that you guys have encountered? Are the ones on the website common?

Thanks,

Si Si

A one man lion is almost like a children's lion. Small head and full suit made out of the same material as the pants and tail.

Most of the distributers and manufacturers carry, or can get their hands on the one man lions.

When I used to import lions, you could get a really beautiful one for less than $300 US, including shipping.