Thanks for this nice rare set. Seems to be missing the last section of the set though, about 5-6 movements missing. It does have a longer salute in the beginning though that is very rare to see.
Such animal forms as well as many others are no longer considered part of core, let's say standard, Shaolin Kung Fu. this happened at least since the mid Qing dynasty. Shaolin monks have always had many forms. this has been good but confusing. many times in history several forms were combined into one. like this ape form which was combined into the Tong Bi Quan sets back in the Yuan dynasty. in the Yuan dynasty there were many other animal forms, like tiger, leopard, etc. but all of them were combined and abandoned to be forgotten. Shaolin monks have had several processes of standardization, but the more recent one happened in the mid Qing dynasty. monks pursued an standardization process, in which they choose the core barehanded forms of Shaolin, namely the 18 famous sets. however, some families have still preserved some of those non-standard forms. like this one. this is why these are so rare. historically, these may have values in them, but technically nothing important which is not in the core forms. _/\_
![[2019] Bi Ying Liang [CHN] - Taiji - 1st - 15th WWC @ Shanghai Wushu Worlds](/img/1.gif)
Thanks for this nice rare set. Seems to be missing the last section of the set though, about 5-6 movements missing. It does have a longer salute in the beginning though that is very rare to see.
@NTDMartialArts Now he is about 90, born in 1922. He started training Shaolin back in the 1930's, and is now one of the Shaolin "10 Famous Masters".
Interesting form. Nice to see a traditional Shaolin set. Thanks for sharing!
Love it every time I watch it, thanks for sharing.
@LFJ Thank you
Thats realy quite rare. Thank you very much. How old is he know ?
@salcanzonieri I think in that video it was also Cui Xiqi, but it only shows a segment of his performance.
@VanishingNomad Yes, it imitates the Gibbon, exactly!
Such animal forms as well as many others are no longer considered part of core, let's say standard, Shaolin Kung Fu. this happened at least since the mid Qing dynasty.
Shaolin monks have always had many forms. this has been good but confusing. many times in history several forms were combined into one. like this ape form which was combined into the Tong Bi Quan sets back in the Yuan dynasty. in the Yuan dynasty there were many other animal forms, like tiger, leopard, etc. but all of them were combined and abandoned to be forgotten. Shaolin monks have had several processes of standardization, but the more recent one happened in the mid Qing dynasty. monks pursued an standardization process, in which they choose the core barehanded forms of Shaolin, namely the 18 famous sets. however, some families have still preserved some of those non-standard forms. like this one. this is why these are so rare. historically, these may have values in them, but technically nothing important which is not in the core forms. _/\_
Any more information of this?