Originally Posted by
Jimbo
, there was an article about him that mentioned him practicing San Zhan (Japanese: Sanchin, 'three battles'; I studied Mandarin, not Cantonese). The magazine was all in Chinese. Since Goju-ryu karate is very popular in HK, I assumed he had studied that. I had forgotten that some southern CMA styles (Fukien/Fujian styles?) also have 'three battles' sets.
many southern styles have the set. crane, southern tiger, tai chor, ngo chor, dog boxing, etc. Tai chor preceded crane san zhan, which influenced goju.
Last edited by SevenStar; 11-03-2016 at 03:05 PM.
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