Originally Posted by
bawang
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for written documents, one of the republican era shaolin monks wrote about the prevalence of tibetan monks in the boxer rebellion
secondary reasons include:
chinese wrestling with manchu influence use mongol and manchu terms. if you had tibetan influence you would at least have some basic words, like punch or kick.
hap kuen looks exactly like northern martial arts.
hap kuen looks nothing like sichuan and qinghai martial arts.
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