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"Shahar's research may rock our world in terms of self perception "

Actually it has been my opinion that the martial arts / defensive art at Shaolin monastery ( and there is good indication that...

Gene wrote:
"if you look at the historic record, Bodhidharma doesn't play a significant role as a Shaolin icon until the Ming. Prior to Bodhidharma, the patron of Shaolin is Jinnaluo."...

Gene wrote:
Jinnaluo is Shaolin specific while Bodhidharma is far more famous because of Chan.
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That's a pretty fuzzy statement. The Jinnaluo myth appears to be based on...

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oasis wrote:
I was under the impression that the two (shaolin and chan) went hand and hand from an early stage....

I fail to see how assigning level/grading to CMA teachers can promote or create awareness of accomplishments by the Chinese Martial Art community. At best it will stroke the egos of a few and create...

Isn't the term 'plum blossom' connected with
the number 5 and doesn't the flower have 5 petals?

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Not all Buddhist monasteries had the same practices or status. Buddhism in great centers like Luoyang, or close to Imperial capitals, tended to be more orthodox and stable. A further important...

The book is still in manuscript form, but Dave is talking with a major publisher, who promises to get it out in short order, possibly in as little as two months. I'll post the info when the book...

Historically, evidence points to a pragmatic reason for the development of wushu at the Shaolin - the defense of the monastery. Buddhist monasteries, and in particular the large public ones, like...

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I think using short fist and long fist to describe range can be a bit decieving.
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Yes and no.
Its...

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so are there any shortfist slyles of northern shaolin?...

Tao of wushu - Wu Shu's record was written in the seventeenth century so I'm not sure where you are getting your conclusion about 'five tigers interception' .

Also it is my feeling "wuhu lan,"...

"even the actual shaolin temple is more generous than that."

look carefully at their website

http://www.shaolinwushu.ca

Ben Gash wrote:
I think it's a little harsh to say they're trying to claim ownership of all Shaolin Wushu.
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I find it rather insulting and ridiculous for one organization to...

Hi Simulant,

There are a number of inaccuracies in that account the principle one being that tan tui's
"origins lie with the Hui people."

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According to this legend, when Tan returned to Shaolin the monks were impressed with his
improvement and adpted this set as a result.
The story concludes, with, "From then it was used as a...

After all this talk about Tan Tui I remembered a book about 10 section Tan Tui I bought in the early 80's.
I have most of them stored in my basement in boxes :-)))) and after some rummaging about I...

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Disgraced Shaolin student from the Tan family developed it to uphold family honor. A face saving measure....

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other fights that involved Huo.
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NorthernShaolin,
My teacher...

Mickey,
Re: Luoyang. This city is an ancient Imperial capital located in the northwestern part of Henan.

In old school CMA, locking, throwing, and the so call 'chin-na' etc. were not separate...

Looking at Shifu Han's 10 section Tan tui confirms in my mind that the 10 section and 12 section version are connected. In some sections (ie. 1, 3, 4) the similarities are more apparent than others....

Shaolin 12 section Tui tui does contain all the catagories of hand to hand combat found
in Chinese martial arts - striking, sticking, trapping and catching, throwing, various combination of these, ...

What is the source for this Shaolin doc.?

Some observations on the '18 styles' document which I understand is dated to the Ching Dynasty.

From what I can see only a few styles are...

This seems to be the same southern style that is trying to claim to own all of Shaolin wushu in Canada - they list Reverend Sek Koh Sam, the so called abbot of the Shaolin Temple in Singapore, as...