Sal Canzonieri
09-23-2009, 08:35 PM
According to the Shaolin Wu Quanpu manual (少林五拳譜), the art passed on through the generations from (Ming dynasty Hong Wu era) Monk Jue Yuan to Monk Yi Guan to secular Cao Wangting (曹王廷) of Shaanxi, who passed it on to a layman named Teng Heizi. Then during the Qing dynasty it passed to a lay person by the name of Liu Qingchao of Shandong Shou County, next it was passed on to a Zhang Junwe, a layman in Raoyang County in Shandong, then to Feng Yan, and finally to a layman named Niu Hanzhang (1898- 1975).
Bai Yufeng’s Wu Xing Ditang Quan consisted of such sets as:
龍地躺拳三十五手 – Long Ditang Quan 35 hands (Dragon lies down boxing 35 hands);
黑虎地趟拳三十五手 – Hei Hu Ditang Quan 35 Shou (Black tiger lies down boxing 35 hands);
金豹地躺拳三十五手 – Jin Bao Ditang Quan 35 Shou (Golden Leopard lies down boxing 35 hands);
蛇形地躺拳三十五手 – Shi Xing Ditang Quan 35 Shou (Snake-shape lies down boxing 35 hands);
鶴形地躺拳三十五手 – He Xing Ditang Quan 35 Shou (Crane shape lies down boxing 35 Hands).
The five fists altogether total 175 hands.
In addition there were 60 Postures of Lying Down Seizing Positions, Ditang Zhuan Qinna Liushi Shi 地躺專操姿六十勢.
Monk Jue Yuan developed a series of Luohan Quan sets as well (more on this later in this book).
This 少林五拳譜 book passed on the Niu Hangzhang shows a complete system of Shaolin martial arts taught in this ancient lineage, including:
Standing Gong (Exercises or Skills) - 樁功 (八字, 一字, 川字, 子午樁);
Slipping Legs Frame (methods) - 溜腿架 (十字, 四正, 四隅三套);
18 Section Child Gong - 十八段童子功;
18 Section Luohan Gong - 十八段羅漢功;
Luohan 18 Hands - 羅漢十八手;
Changed Transforming 15 hands (Bian Hua 15 Shou) - 變化十五手;
Shaolin 5 Fist - 少林五拳,
Drunken 8 Immortals - 醉八仙;
Orthodox Shaolin Boxing 10 Times - 正宗少林拳十趟 :
1 四旬開進式 – 40 Open Entrance Methods,
2 六旬四方式 – 64 Direction Methods ,
3 八旬盤身式 – 80 Coiling Body Methods,
4 八方變通式 – 8 Direction Changing Through Methods,
5 化頤六合式 – Transforming Nourishing Six Harmony Methods,
6 陰陽中合式 – Yin Yang Center Harmony Methods,
7 鴛鴦進步連環腿 – Mandarin Duck Advancing Step Linked Kicks,
8 盤膝陰手式 – Coiled Knees Yin Hands Methods,
9 震伏順意式 – Shaking Submit to Obey Thoughts Methods, and
10 震靜机動式 – Shaking Still Secret Methods;
18 Times Luohan Boxing (consisting of 18 different unnamed hand sets) – 十八趟羅漢拳;
Shaolin Hard Soft 24 Postures – 少林刚柔二十四势;
Shaolin 36 Hands Walking / Traveling School Cross Steps – 少林三十六手行门过步;
Shaolin Cutting Hands Way of 16 Hands – 少林裁手法十六手;
360 Scattered Hands (San Shou) – 三百六十散手;
Neigong (internal exercises) Air Techniques - 內功气術;
Intersecting Hands Method Secrets Class – 交手法訣等;
many weapons sets (such as: 八仙剑, 八仙醉剑, 穿云双剑, 六路进化戟, 开山大斧, 朝天大钺, 连环钩, 檀香双拐, 流行锤, 鞭, 锏, 锤, 抓, 镗, 狼牙棒, 搠镢, 棒, 花枪, 单刀, 七节钉, 三节棍, 匕手, 钩镰枪, 梢子棍, 铁尺, 连子锤, 板斧, 子午鸳鸯钺, 判官双笔, 手拯子, 鹅眉刺, 双蓝, 少林缩身摆莲地躺剑, 少林地躺双刀, 少林地躺七节鞭 );
Li Sou’s Shaolin Staff methods – 李叟所传少林棍法;
8 Coiling Linking Staff - 八盘连环棍;
Division into 7 methods and 8 points - 分七法八点,
Stick secret song – 棍诀歌, and also
66 Posture Stick Chart 66 - 六十六势棍谱.
Bai Yufeng also taught the "18 Luohan Hands qigong exercises”, which had first started being practiced at Shaolin in the Song dynasty and by the Jin Dynasty became known as the “Eight Section Brocade”, which later changed into the “Yi Jinjing” 12 Postures. Niu’s Shaolin book passes on Bai Yufeng’s record of the 18 Luohan Hands method:
1. 朝天直举 (一手) – Face Upwards Vertical Rise;
2. 排山运掌 (共四手) – Row of Mountains Moving Palms;
3. 黑虎伸腰（四手) – Black Tiger Stretches Waist;
4. 鹰翼舒展 (一手) – Eagle Wings stretch spread;
5. 辑肘钩胸 (一手) – Gather elbows hook chest;
6. 挽弓开膈 (一手) – Pull Bow Open Diaphragm;
7. 金豹露爪 (一手) – Golden Leopard Presents Claws;
8. 腿力跌荡 (三手) – Legs Forcibly Drop Move;
9. 钩腿盘旋 (三手) – Hook Legs Coil Revolve.
As it can be seen, Bai Yufeng actually created these 18 Luohan exercises, and not Damo (Bodhidharma), as legends later began to say. Note: General Qi Jiguang in his Ming era (1500s) military book names many styles that he had heard of in his time, but did not name Shaolin Quan nor the Wu Quan, which means that Jue Yuan’s Luohan Quan and Bai Yufeng’s Wu Quan had not reached outside their own inner circle and had not spread into the populace yet. But, by the Qing dynasty it became well known; with Shaolin then developing many more styles and routines.
Bai Yufeng’s Wu Xing Ditang Quan consisted of such sets as:
龍地躺拳三十五手 – Long Ditang Quan 35 hands (Dragon lies down boxing 35 hands);
黑虎地趟拳三十五手 – Hei Hu Ditang Quan 35 Shou (Black tiger lies down boxing 35 hands);
金豹地躺拳三十五手 – Jin Bao Ditang Quan 35 Shou (Golden Leopard lies down boxing 35 hands);
蛇形地躺拳三十五手 – Shi Xing Ditang Quan 35 Shou (Snake-shape lies down boxing 35 hands);
鶴形地躺拳三十五手 – He Xing Ditang Quan 35 Shou (Crane shape lies down boxing 35 Hands).
The five fists altogether total 175 hands.
In addition there were 60 Postures of Lying Down Seizing Positions, Ditang Zhuan Qinna Liushi Shi 地躺專操姿六十勢.
Monk Jue Yuan developed a series of Luohan Quan sets as well (more on this later in this book).
This 少林五拳譜 book passed on the Niu Hangzhang shows a complete system of Shaolin martial arts taught in this ancient lineage, including:
Standing Gong (Exercises or Skills) - 樁功 (八字, 一字, 川字, 子午樁);
Slipping Legs Frame (methods) - 溜腿架 (十字, 四正, 四隅三套);
18 Section Child Gong - 十八段童子功;
18 Section Luohan Gong - 十八段羅漢功;
Luohan 18 Hands - 羅漢十八手;
Changed Transforming 15 hands (Bian Hua 15 Shou) - 變化十五手;
Shaolin 5 Fist - 少林五拳,
Drunken 8 Immortals - 醉八仙;
Orthodox Shaolin Boxing 10 Times - 正宗少林拳十趟 :
1 四旬開進式 – 40 Open Entrance Methods,
2 六旬四方式 – 64 Direction Methods ,
3 八旬盤身式 – 80 Coiling Body Methods,
4 八方變通式 – 8 Direction Changing Through Methods,
5 化頤六合式 – Transforming Nourishing Six Harmony Methods,
6 陰陽中合式 – Yin Yang Center Harmony Methods,
7 鴛鴦進步連環腿 – Mandarin Duck Advancing Step Linked Kicks,
8 盤膝陰手式 – Coiled Knees Yin Hands Methods,
9 震伏順意式 – Shaking Submit to Obey Thoughts Methods, and
10 震靜机動式 – Shaking Still Secret Methods;
18 Times Luohan Boxing (consisting of 18 different unnamed hand sets) – 十八趟羅漢拳;
Shaolin Hard Soft 24 Postures – 少林刚柔二十四势;
Shaolin 36 Hands Walking / Traveling School Cross Steps – 少林三十六手行门过步;
Shaolin Cutting Hands Way of 16 Hands – 少林裁手法十六手;
360 Scattered Hands (San Shou) – 三百六十散手;
Neigong (internal exercises) Air Techniques - 內功气術;
Intersecting Hands Method Secrets Class – 交手法訣等;
many weapons sets (such as: 八仙剑, 八仙醉剑, 穿云双剑, 六路进化戟, 开山大斧, 朝天大钺, 连环钩, 檀香双拐, 流行锤, 鞭, 锏, 锤, 抓, 镗, 狼牙棒, 搠镢, 棒, 花枪, 单刀, 七节钉, 三节棍, 匕手, 钩镰枪, 梢子棍, 铁尺, 连子锤, 板斧, 子午鸳鸯钺, 判官双笔, 手拯子, 鹅眉刺, 双蓝, 少林缩身摆莲地躺剑, 少林地躺双刀, 少林地躺七节鞭 );
Li Sou’s Shaolin Staff methods – 李叟所传少林棍法;
8 Coiling Linking Staff - 八盘连环棍;
Division into 7 methods and 8 points - 分七法八点,
Stick secret song – 棍诀歌, and also
66 Posture Stick Chart 66 - 六十六势棍谱.
Bai Yufeng also taught the "18 Luohan Hands qigong exercises”, which had first started being practiced at Shaolin in the Song dynasty and by the Jin Dynasty became known as the “Eight Section Brocade”, which later changed into the “Yi Jinjing” 12 Postures. Niu’s Shaolin book passes on Bai Yufeng’s record of the 18 Luohan Hands method:
1. 朝天直举 (一手) – Face Upwards Vertical Rise;
2. 排山运掌 (共四手) – Row of Mountains Moving Palms;
3. 黑虎伸腰（四手) – Black Tiger Stretches Waist;
4. 鹰翼舒展 (一手) – Eagle Wings stretch spread;
5. 辑肘钩胸 (一手) – Gather elbows hook chest;
6. 挽弓开膈 (一手) – Pull Bow Open Diaphragm;
7. 金豹露爪 (一手) – Golden Leopard Presents Claws;
8. 腿力跌荡 (三手) – Legs Forcibly Drop Move;
9. 钩腿盘旋 (三手) – Hook Legs Coil Revolve.
As it can be seen, Bai Yufeng actually created these 18 Luohan exercises, and not Damo (Bodhidharma), as legends later began to say. Note: General Qi Jiguang in his Ming era (1500s) military book names many styles that he had heard of in his time, but did not name Shaolin Quan nor the Wu Quan, which means that Jue Yuan’s Luohan Quan and Bai Yufeng’s Wu Quan had not reached outside their own inner circle and had not spread into the populace yet. But, by the Qing dynasty it became well known; with Shaolin then developing many more styles and routines.