Fohanquan

[GeneChing]

There's been no discussion of Fohanquan on this forum so far. Given my Sep/Oct 2011 cover story, Escaping Buddha's Grasp (which just went live today), it's time to address this topic.

By strange coincidence, a Shaolin friend of mine just returned from Shaolin where he studied some Fohanquan. He's in the UK, and just picked up this issue - a classic example of Shaolin karma.

[Howard]

Interesting read, Not sure about the shaolin temple perspective - however the traditional fohan quan might be also understood better from this site dedicated to it here: http://www.fohanquan.com/fohanquan.html

[wenshu]

Shi Yan Xiang performing Fohan chui
http://www.youtube.com/user/yunshuis...20/YC9ieE-JuNA

[wenshu]

http://www.youtube.com/user/yunshuis...28/v0QOoEl3G1Y

I studied this two person Fohan Chui set unfortunately the student I learned it with no longer attends our school. There are a few moves missing from the start of the form in the video.

[GeneChing]

Yanxiang is who my friend studied with. He said he learned a sword and a guai form.

[wenshu]

Yanxiang is who my friend studied with. He said he learned a sword and a guai form.

Maybe this one? YinYang guai?
http://www.youtube.com/user/yunshuis...19/QalLqsu6TBM

[Blacktiger]

Shi Yan Xiang performing Fohan chui
http://www.youtube.com/user/yunshuis...20/YC9ieE-JuNA

Great pics!!!

[GeneChing]

Maybe this one? YinYang guai?
http://www.youtube.com/user/yunshuis...19/QalLqsu6TBM

I don't know. I figured it was two separate forms. We were actually discussing something entirely different and the Fohanquan reference came up as an aside so I didn't ask for details.