Shaolin Yue Jia Quan - another very influential set

[Sal Canzonieri]

The Yue Shi Lian Quan Ba Fan Shou (岳氏连拳 八翻手) is another very influential set with Shaolin origins. Through this set, Shaolin Duan Da, Eagle Claw, Xing Yi, Bagua Zhang, and Taiji Quan all link up.

Sometime during the 1700s, after the final push from the Qing emperor to clear Shaolin of "martial monks", a group of people left Shaolin area and went to Shandong province. There they taught a series of material that eventually became known as Shaolin Mei Hua Men and sometimes it is called Shaolin Taizu Men.
One of the sets taught was called Yue Jia Duan Da Chui (Close Range hammering strikes of the Yue Fei family.
This set's contents eventually merged into the Ba Fan Men style of Shandong, and then from there through various monks reached the earliest founders of not only the Eagle Claw style, but also the founder of Bagua Zhang, who's teacher cousin was a master of Ba Fan Shou. Soon after, practitioners of Tongbei Quan, Taiji Quan and Xingyi Quan in the Hebei (and Shanxi) area incorporated this material as well, creating their own version; for example, Wang Xinwu who studied with Liu Enshou and Xu Yusheng (students of Liu De Kuan).

You can see that the Ba Fan Shou has much in common with the previous thread's Jingang Bashi of Shaolin and Baji Quan (and also part of the early roots of Bagua Zhang).

Some videos:
Yue Shi Ba Fan Shou - 岳氏八翻手

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stbB1ILKdFU or http://6.cn/watch/807004.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N63rIaKKXX8 or http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f454047o1p322.html
http://www.56.com/u93/v_NDIzODYwNzQ.html
http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f454047o1p321.html
http://www.56.com/u63/v_MjI5NDA1OTY.html

There are a lot more on YouTube under 八翻手.

Anyone know of any Eagle Claw versions that can be seen readily?

[Thomas316]

sal,

when will your new book be released? will ur new book discuss seven star praying mantis's history?

[Sal Canzonieri]

sal,

when will your new book be released? will ur new book discuss seven star praying mantis's history?

Some time in 2010, it's being reviewed and edited right now by people (Ken Fish is one).

I have some informationon preying mantis style and how it's origins related to other styles roots, but I don't have a major section on it, that would take another book entirely.

The book is about all the root styles that have helped to create taiji quan, xingyi quan and bagua zhang. tanglang has some overlap with some shaolin roots and with other shandong styles such as ba fanshan, and that is what I discuss in the book, but I don't go into the history of 7 star tanglang and so on.

[Fa Xing]

The book is about all the root styles that have helped to create taiji quan, xingyi quan and bagua zhang.

Wow, that should be very interesting, can't wait to read it!

[Sal Canzonieri]

Wow, that should be very interesting, can't wait to read it!

thanks, its about 300 pages and that's without images added yet!

[kfson]

The Yue Shi Lian Quan Ba Fan Shou (岳氏连拳 八翻手) is another very influential set with Shaolin origins. Through this set, Shaolin Duan Da, Eagle Claw, Xing Yi, Bagua Zhang, and Taiji Quan all link up.

Good post. Thanks!