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    Ming Dynasty Kung Fu ?

    What all kinds of kung fu would beconsidered Ming Dynasty kung fu ?















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    TaiChi if you take Chen Wangting as reference point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Firehawk4 View Post
    What all kinds of kung fu would beconsidered Ming Dynasty kung fu ?
    I assume you mean styles?

    Most styles we see today are constructs formed in the Qing dynasty and later.

    I think the practice of Kung Fu prior to the Qing was a whole lot different than our understanding of it. More compartmentalized and focusing on individual attributes with a tie in to direct usage qualities.

    Piece meal stuff.
    Kung Fu is good for you.

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    Also there are a couple of styles that are older than Ming but still practiced like Shuai Jiao, YueJia Quan etc.

    Sal Canzonieri has some great articles on his homepage on this topic. Looks like Hong Quan, MeiHua Quan and Pao Chui were assembled during Ming.

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    I would say most of what we know as CMA was pre Ming. The major difference is that Ming era allowed for more analyses of what CMA was about, more elaborate writings on Daoist MA, Buddhist MA etc.
    Ming (1644-1911/12?), as the last before the Republic, at least at the end, called for more wider dispersal with better methods/modes of communication.
    Even Chen shi taijiquan is over 500 years old

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    Quote Originally Posted by mawali View Post
    Ming (1644-1911/12?), as the last before the Republic, at least at the end, called for more wider dispersal with better methods/modes of communication.
    Even Chen shi taijiquan is over 500 years old
    Actually, it was the Qing (Ching) Dynasty that was the last from 1644-1911 or 12, prior to the Republic.

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    Meir Shahar: Ming-Period Evidence of Shaolin Martial Practice
    http://www.jstor.org/stable/3558572

    I had this sitting on my hard drive and totally forgot about it.

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