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    The Boxer Rebellion

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion

    The Boxer Rebellion started in Shandong. I'm curious what KungFu style(s) did the boxers train?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cataphract View Post
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion

    The Boxer Rebellion started in Shandong. I'm curious what KungFu style(s) did the boxers train?
    They trained whatever was trainable, but wound up with "spirit boxing" and heads filled with shamans nonsense.

    It was a lost cause before it was even a cause.
    Kung Fu is good for you.

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    The Boxer Rebellion

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion

    The Boxer Rebellion started in Shandong. I'm curious what KungFu style(s) did the boxers train?
    Hung Sing Choy lee Fut is one of the systems that fought in the boxer rebellion. WE did not believe in the magic that some schools believed would help protect them in battle. not all the systems involved were so esoteric like the ones that did believe in it.
    Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
    when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
    Bruh we thought you knew better
    when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better

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    Way back when I was in school in a film class, we saw a historical film about the boxer rebellion, and there was actual footage of one of the boxers practicing a broadsword form. The footage was fast and jerky, as you would expect from moving picture film from 1900 or so. Of course, the focus of the film was not MA, and there was no way of knowing what the guy in the footage practiced. I'm certain that besides Shen Da (spirit boxing) there were people from many different styles, as well as people who did no styles.

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    Hong Quan, Meihua Quan, Luohan Quan. To a lesser extent, Bagua.

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    kung fu styles
    -100% of northern kung fu participated in boxer rebellion
    -rename of many kung fu styles into shen quan and yihe quan, without changing content, just rebranding, like mantis, and most renamed back to original style after rebellion failed. hongquan was the main backer

    participants
    -200k peasants with 10k hardcore kung fu members, organized by white lotus
    -shaolin monks and tibetan lamas reported in organization leadership
    -the 10k saw initial success as rear guard flanking for the modern equipped qing army but were sacrificed by the qing army as human shields in city fighting during siege of beijing by sending them to the front
    -200k hunted 10-30k missionaries and converts before dispersing with no casualities

    superstition
    -the missionaries called all qigong exercises pagan magic ritual.
    - superstition, spirit possession and magical spells are a normal part of traditional kung fu.

    causes
    -intensified missionary activity with missionary molestation of children and women and destroying temples, and colonial soldiers killing villagers.
    -famine + unemployment

    aftermath
    -continued fighting into 1920s, absorbed by republican army
    -boxer groups rename to patriotic association/athletic club/cultural research center in modern day
    -direct attack on churches in modern times, or passive avoidance, ghost church phenomenon
    -one case of mysterious death of german tourist disemboweled in 90s with no money or valuables taken in rural area near white lotus home base
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