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Other styles include: Choy Li Fut, Fujian White Crane, Dog-style kung fu, Five Ancestors, Wing Chun, Southern Praying Mantis, Hak Fu Mun, Bak Mei and Dragon-style. There are sub-divisions to Southern styles due to their similar characteristics and common heritage. For example, the Fujian martial arts can be considered to be one such sub-division.
The five animal martial arts styles supposedly originated from the Henan Shaolin Temple, which is north of the Yangtze River, even though imagery of these particular five animals as a distinct set (i.e. in the absence of other animals such as the horse or the monkey as in tai chi or xingyiquan) is either rare in Northern Shaolin martial arts ...
His style was allegedly called taizu changquan, which means "the Long Fist style of Emperor Taizu." [ 3 ] That said, these texts can only be reliably dated to the second half of the 19th century. The Long Fist of contemporary wǔshù draws on Chaquan , "flower fist" Huāquán , Pao Chui , and "red fist" ( Hongquan ).
The Shaolin style of kung fu is considered one of the earliest organized Chinese martial arts. The oldest documented evidence of Shaolin's involvement in combat dates back to a stele from 728 AD, which records two significant events: the defense of the Shaolin Monastery against bandits around 610 AD and their subsequent contribution to the ...
Wushu (traditional Chinese: 武術; simplified Chinese: 武术; pinyin: wǔshù) (/ ˌ w uː ˈ ʃ uː /), or kung fu, is a competitive Chinese martial art.It integrates concepts and forms from various traditional and modern Chinese martial arts, including Shaolin kung fu, tai chi, and Wudangquan. [1] "
Bak Fu Pai ("White Tiger Kung Fu") [8] Tiger Kung Fu / Shadong-style Tiger [9] Bak Hok Pai ("Tibetian White Crane") [10] Hop Ga Kuen [10] Bak Mei Kung Fu ("white eyebrow") [8] [7] Baoquan (Leopard fist) [6] Bei Tui ("Northern Legs") [11] Black Crane Kung Fu [12] Changquan ("long boxing") [12] [13] Chaquan [12] [14] Chin Na; Choy Gar [15] [16 ...
A revered kung fu master, and former martial artist under Dairin Temple. The first to master Dairin temple's forbidden move, the Thunder God fist. He takes Chinmi under his wing, albeit reluctantly. Despite being respected by the local townsfolk, You Sen has an excessive drinking problem, and developed liver cirrhosis.
Kenji features bajiquan, Praying Mantis kung fu, Baguazhang, Chen-style tai chi, piguaquan, xingyiquan, Shaolin kung fu, Hung Gar, Daitō-ryū, Shōtōkan and numerous other styles, frequently featuring real-life practitioners, such as Master Su Yuchang, director and founder of the Pachi Tanglang Martial Arts Association, [2] and Grand Master ...