this is the entire history of internal boxing :
about 400 years ago
-someone called wang zhennan. he trained shaolin boxing. then he converted to taoism. he called his new style inner boxing. style went extinct after only the second generation
-chen family practicing cannon boxing and long fist .
about 300 years ago
- many bans and unbans on martial arts
- chen family boxing degrades
150 -100 years ago
-yang luchan learned chen family boxing.
-yang luchan failed the imperial military examination. he used friends and connections to join house of manchu prince.
- tai chi is born, becomes fad of elite rich
- bagua and xingyi follow the trend, sun lutang quotes 400 year old dead kung fu style, uses term "internal", creates a brand
50 years ago
-internal arts approved by communists, deemed harmless, survive cultural revolution purge, some fa got called bruce lee, white people.
if you still have some questions no clear just ask me.
