JohnnyConga wrote:now there are these kinds of slaps THAT I KNOW!...
Open slap(similar to a jimbe slap)
Muted slap(where the left sits on the drum head and the right hand slaps inside)
Closed slap (that is where you grabbed the drum head or as i say "stick it' with your fingers to the head)
Patato/Bata slap (which is done at the top of the head of the drum with the left hand)...
OK, JC now we're talking. There are 4 right there. I would also differentiate a quinto slap with 3 fingers at the close edge of the drum muted with the other hand, a nice dry sounding slap used on quinto and playing guiro on a low drum. Not quite as loud but real clean sounding. What you call a Patato/Bata slap I learned as the old school slap used on a tack head conga when the skin went down after playing for a while. Same slap, different description. Your "kung fu" slap is what you are calling the closed slap, right?
Some people also play a slap with a couple fingers of the other hand touching in a line about 1/3 way in from the rim (2/3 from the edge to the center), that gives a nice sound almost like a big old hollow wood clave. Regalao showed me that on a quinto, but some people used to play salsa that way too. You can get almost the same sound with a closed slap but not quite as clean sounding.
So we have about 6 different conga slaps each with a distinct sound used in different settings.