Shaolin Rou Quan - Supple (soft) Boxing
Shaolin Rou Quan is my favorite style of Martial Arts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4TnQf9LFXs
Shows the great Shaolin master Zhu Tian Xi explained applications.
These movements are found in various Rou Quan sets that I have learned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhHetPrhmY
The rare to see Shaolin Rou Quan 36 posture Yi Lu set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SabJwXlBwEY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puIJYVYgu_s
The Er Lu (second road) to the previous set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuVdVOhB1cc (part1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuVdVO (part2)
The Shaolin Luohan 13 Gong Quan set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fJy0V-ZiEs
Shaolin Chan Yuan Gong (Zen sect Circular excercises or skills), a Rou Quan neigong set that establishes a strong foundation for internal martial arts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufKS670txV4
Shaolin Chan Yuan Quan applications and movement explanations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqzmMbpEO8U
Shaolin Liuhe Gong (6 harmony exercises or skills), a Rou Quan neigong set, which is learned first as a foundation.
Various Rou Quan sets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4zI7DNKsoU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIoXRPGAB2w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83MGzkmu1kk
If you know of more, please add to this list, thanks!
GM Zhu is quick, that's for sure.
GM Zhu has that economy of motion that comes from well-practiced techniques. It was fascinating to meet him. When he said he was going to show Shaolin Chan Yuan Quan and allow us to film it, I didn't really know who he was yet. Nor was I that familiar with Chanyuanquan. But I got to watch the filming and the apps were just devastating. You don't really get a sense of how quick and efficient he is from the footage. That's really hard to capture on film.
GM Zhu is an example of the power of many of the folk masters around Shaolin. As I've said so many times before, everyone fixates on the monks, but few look at the folk masters. The folk masters kept traditional Shaolin alive. If you look at Shaolin Kung Fu 2000, you'll see GM Zhu's demo team, which is pretty much wushu. The team isn't even monks. They're just some star kids from his school. Zhu isn't a monk. He's a laymen disciple like me. When people say that the traditional is all gone from Shaolin, they just don't know.
This is something I was trying to get at with my 2008 November/December cover story Shaolin Masters Keeping the Faith. Ironically, I couldn't put Chen Tongshan on the cover of a Shaolin special. A major part of the sell power of our Shaolin specials is that monk on the cover. Chen Tongshan, like Zhu Tianxi, is not a monk. It would be wrong to robe them up (I doubt they'd do it anyway, even to be on the cover). Many of the top traditional Shaolin masters from Shaolin are not monks. But that's too complicated for the newsstand covers.
But back OT to rouquan, I agree with Sal. It's great stuff. I look forward to studying it someday.
Can someone in China get me this book?
Can someone in China please buy a copy of this book for me, I will pay you back immediately via paypal.
Title: 少林内功:柔形捶·云龙剑·修身功
Author: 高德江 编著
ISBN: 9787207038975 / 7207038976
it's only available used, it is from 1998. I need it for my research, thanks!
2000 was GM Zhu's first U.S. tour
Prior to S.F. Bay Area visit, they performed five shows at the Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic in Columbus, OH. That was developed by Chan Pui, Jeff Naayers, John Leong, Huang Chien Long and Lily Lau.
Shaolin Kungfu 2000 was comprised of six boys and one girl, all students of GM Zhu's school. That's pretty impressive when you consider that those kids put on a long non-stop show and most performance troupes, whether they be monks or wushu champs, carry a team 3 to 6 times that size. They were all modern wushu performers, not monks at all, but the boys did shave their heads and wear robes. Gm Zhu was very clear about them not being monks and so were we when we held the performance (however there was one slip up by our MC who called the smallest boy a "little monk" at one point). That distinction might have been distorted in OH because the Arnold has a political aspect (as in real politics, now Governor of California politics, not just your run-of-the-mill politics in any circle of humans). The team met Arnold apparently, along with Ronald McDonald and the Mayor of Columbus. They were also given customized leather jackets from Arnold's personal tailor, which just goes to show. If they thought they were Buddhist monks, a leather gift would have been horridly insensitive. But then again, this is the Governator we're talking about. :rolleyes: