Tainan Mantis
01-18-2009, 07:07 PM
In the latter quarter of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) General Qi Jiguang wrote New Book on Effective Training Methods. Within it was the Canon of Boxing, a chapter containing his 32 postures of Song's Longfist.
This book is the first record of postures and moves of Longfist written in a martial manual
For those who are not familiar with this book here is an article from that book along with a picture of the pose. This is a description of one technique within Qi's original Longfist book
http://www.plumflowermantisboxing.com/Articles/Luan%20Zhou.htm
THE QUESTION
I came across a Korean connection to this book.
In it, there is the Korean version which apparently made its way to Korea lon long ago.
It contains elements not within the origianl book by Qi.
Such as how to perform the moves and their application.
Here is one of the more interesting quotes sounds like it came straight from a first translation
'First person uses his right hand to seize the second person's left shoulder, second person, using his right hand, moves under first person's right armpit and grab" seize over first person's neck. Follow with seizing first persons left shoulder, each of them using their back, hook left hand. First person carry second person on the back, lift up horizontal and throw invertedly (throw over). Second person spins like a spinning wheel, touches the ground and stand up in an instant. Second person carry first person and repeats first persons technique. '
Here is the link.
http://www.hwarangdo.dk/index.php?id=21
I wonder if anyone else is familiar with this Korean connection?
This book is the first record of postures and moves of Longfist written in a martial manual
For those who are not familiar with this book here is an article from that book along with a picture of the pose. This is a description of one technique within Qi's original Longfist book
http://www.plumflowermantisboxing.com/Articles/Luan%20Zhou.htm
THE QUESTION
I came across a Korean connection to this book.
In it, there is the Korean version which apparently made its way to Korea lon long ago.
It contains elements not within the origianl book by Qi.
Such as how to perform the moves and their application.
Here is one of the more interesting quotes sounds like it came straight from a first translation
'First person uses his right hand to seize the second person's left shoulder, second person, using his right hand, moves under first person's right armpit and grab" seize over first person's neck. Follow with seizing first persons left shoulder, each of them using their back, hook left hand. First person carry second person on the back, lift up horizontal and throw invertedly (throw over). Second person spins like a spinning wheel, touches the ground and stand up in an instant. Second person carry first person and repeats first persons technique. '
Here is the link.
http://www.hwarangdo.dk/index.php?id=21
I wonder if anyone else is familiar with this Korean connection?