bruh
this move from this form kind of resembles that move from that form
OMG WE'VE UNLOCKED THE SCRETS HISTROY OF KUMG FU
bruh
this move from this form kind of resembles that move from that form
OMG WE'VE UNLOCKED THE SCRETS HISTROY OF KUMG FU
I hang out with scott's sifu, The Ancient One, every second tuesday on months that are made up of odd numbered days, and he does always have the strong sh!t. but you have to be prepared, it smells.
For whoso comes amongst many shall one day find that no one man is by so far the mightiest of all.
The Ancient One needs better writers.
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My sifu, called The Ancient One taught us,
"Never dissemble the remark that you resemble!"
He was very wise!
I didn't discover it. Me and many other people have been there, its actually quite famous among traditional clans in Song Shan. I went there because I overheard it talked about.
In this case I have better qualifications than just about anyone else who speaks native English. I spent 7 years in Song Shan and I have seen hundreds of its forms. I know many. Xiao Hong Quan is my speciality. I know all 4 XHQ roads from the Xiyuan sect (current Shaolin), 1 (of 4) from the nanyuan, 1 (of 2) of Luotuoyuan, 2 of Mogou and I have seen countless other small variations of XHQ. I have conversed with Shaolin temple representatives who have identified 4 major different versions of XHQ in Song Shan, all of which were passed to their respective villages form Shaolin but in different time periods.
I have the Poems of some versions for comparison, including the one of this village.
This style it is clear to see from the form and the Quan Pu that it contains the same techniques and basic sequence as todays XHQ but with many extra movements between the key moves. It is clearly related to Changhuxinyimen, another current Shaolin form, reputed to be inspired by this village, which is easy to see.
Older? Its the same age. But the idea is that because it is preserved in the village, it would have changed less over the last 500 years than the version at Shaolin Temple. Why? Because Shaolin had people who spent all their time practicing where as in the village it is just a hobby. The monks would have been more confident to modify the techniques than the farmers.
Also looking at the other versions of XHQ for comparison you can actually see it like an evolution.
These are really the only methods we can use to analyse it. Short of carbon dating the QuanPu, but thats not gonna happen anytime soon. Much of history relies on informed conjecture, and in this case, I am informed. It is a really safe bet, and I have yet to meet one person of Song Shan who disagrees with the hypothesis that Mogou style represents an earlier version of Shaolin Hong Quan. That doesn't mean better, if anything it should be less evolved. But it is interesting never the less. Well, it is to me at least.
There are many other remote villages which contain many other strange Shaolin styles from across the centuries. It is all just sitting there in Song shan, and it won't be around forever.