Shaolin Gong-Fu- A Course in Traditional Forms by Liu Baoshan

[G-MA]

I've noticed that the form names are different in the books and wanted to know if anyone knew the "real" names of these forms.

great and small straight line arms form
great and small power forms
connecting form
always keeping the will form
great, small, and refined martial monk form
plough form and plough mantis
16 types in 5 stances

[Jingwu Man]

Yeah, I have these books too, and the translations are a bit wonky.

great and small straight line arms form These are Big and little Tongbi

great and small power forms Big and small Paoquan (cannon fist)

connecting form Lianhuanquan, continuous fist

always keeping the will form Changhuxinyimen, Long protect heart will gate

great, small, and refined martial monk form This Luohan

plough form This is Seven star fist. I guess they tried to say big dipper, but it came out as plough....

and plough mantis Shaolin seven star mantis form, basically bengbu with a shaolin twist.

16 types in 5 stances This is the literal translation of the form
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_MJEVX_SGA

[G-MA]

Thank you, you're a big help. I've always seen bad translation from Chinese to English because I have a translated training book which had some old shaolin monk stories in it and one of them said "the monk then beat off the robers".
After reading that I was suprised that in many other places in the book it constantly says other weird stuff.

[Shaolin Wookie]

Beat off the robers.....hahaha.....

[GeneChing]

On sale for a short time - we're clearing some shelf space. Get them while the sale lasts.

[Sal Canzonieri]

If you want to buy the set from me, I have a full set of all 5 volumes that I am looking to sell.

[richard sloan]

Thank you, you're a big help. I've always seen bad translation from Chinese to English because I have a translated training book which had some old shaolin monk stories in it and one of them said "the monk then beat off the robers".
After reading that I was suprised that in many other places in the book it constantly says other weird stuff.

those goddam robers!!

coming in here wearing their robes!

[GeneChing]

I found these wacky images of a Taguo performance practice session off Reuters

Student takes part at Tagou Wushu School

A student takes part in a practice session of a stunt performance at Tagou Wushu School in Zhengzhou, Henan province July 29, 2010. More than 1,500 students from the school will perform at the opening ceremony of the upcoming Asian Games to be held this November in Guangzhou, local media reported. Picture taken July 29, 2010.…

P.S. The Taguo books are still 50% off.

[RenDaHai]

Yeah, if you go to shaolin now you can't miss this massive scaffold. Its really tall. They flying up and down it all day. Its located at the old school by shaolin rather than in dengfeng. It kind of ruins the scene on the way to shaolin. In the top picture you can see wushu guan in the background.

[Crosshandz]

Thought I'd give this thread a "bump" as I'd be interested to know if there's anything else out there in the English language that comes close to these books or whether for the Anglophone Shaolin enthusiast they're "it"?

[Sal Canzonieri]

Thought I'd give this thread a "bump" as I'd be interested to know if there's anything else out there in the English language that comes close to these books or whether for the Anglophone Shaolin enthusiast they're "it"?

The series of booklets in English and Chinese that the Shaolin Abbot is publishing blows away anything out there in English concerning Shaolin.

Each booklet has step by detailed step on how to do the forms correctly. Much research was done to correct past errors and the make the forms as traditionally correct as possible. There are about 16 of them so far.
Eventually, there will be 365 routines shown, both empty hand and weapons.

[Crosshandz]

The series of booklets in English and Chinese that the Shaolin Abbot is publishing blows away anything out there in English concerning Shaolin.

Each booklet has step by detailed step on how to do the forms correctly. Much research was done to correct past errors and the make the forms as traditionally correct as possible. There are about 16 of them so far.
Eventually, there will be 365 routines shown, both empty hand and weapons.

Sounds like a charm. Can you point me in the direction of a reputable vendor Sal?

[rett]

Beat off the robers.....hahaha.....

You used to be able to say that. Alas, no more.

[Sal Canzonieri]

Sounds like a charm. Can you point me in the direction of a reputable vendor Sal?

Well, you need to read Chinese but there is some English there.

I got all of mine from here:
http://www.frelax.com/en/

Go to Categories, and then scroll down to the characters for Wushu.
Or paste in: 少林
where it says title and then keep looking.

If someone here can give you the Chinese character for the Abbot's name, then you can paste that into the author area and it will find it much faster!

Sorry I couldn't be of better service.

[sha0lin1]

I have to agree, I have picked up a few of these books during my visits to the Temple. They are nicely done. But the versions that are in the books may have a few different movements due to the many variations between the forms.