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Yes, things still exist, but the propogation of a secret martial art for 1000 years is not one of them.

Not even things which were not secret and were known by a large portion of the culture can...

Seems logical, that is what i have been shown.

He had spent some time researching an eagle claw master in Tainan but that didn't turn out well. Later he returned to Tainan from some travelling around the world and set up shop in Tainan city.

I...

Hisham knew monkey before he ever came to Taiwan. I don't know where he learnt it either.

Here is the quote of Monkey Boxing from the original Ming Dynasty Book.

Monkey Boxing 36 Roads
It comes from the 8th scroll. Here is a listing of the contents, which you can see do not include...

From the death of Zhao Kuangyin until the first NON fiction mention of a martial art descended from him passed a period of about 500 years.

The book is called Jiang Nan Jing Lue, I would translate that into something like Introduction to the South of the River. Jiang Nan being a common term in Chinese.

I don't have this book in my...

Zheng Ruozeng(1505-1580),was involved in coastal defense against Japanese pirates. In 1562 published Chu Hai Tu Bian-A Maritime Historical Survey
This book was reissued in 1592 & 1624 MINUS Zheng...