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.