Ancestor of Shorin-ryu?

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civilian martial art ban was very strict in Fujian, and most of the military were northerners garrisoned.

Sanchin and Zimen are quite universal though. There must have been some unifying principle before 1850. Otherwise there is no way to explain the obvious accordances. Take Hung Gar and Karate for example. Now what about that standard navy boxing? What became of it?

bubishi itself is a mish mash of random northern and southern techniques collected by some random guy, probably a gangster that paid a scribe to write it for him.

That would be cool. Besides books like the Bubishi were not uncommon. The Bubishi: Innovation, Tradition and the Southern Chinese Martial Arts