Hubei "Fish Style Boxing" of Jingzhou prefecture

Yu Men Quan "Fish Gate Boxing"
The oral mythology of the style claims that 6 famous martial artists by the names of Ge Ding, Han Tong, Dong Kui, Zhao Xuan, Xue Li, and Zhong Shi were living in hiding in a gorge near Quanshan mountain in the Xianan district of Xianning prefecture. During this time they spent a lot of time fishing and farming. Eventually they were inspired by watching the movements of fish and fishermen.
Another version of the story has the 6 people as Daoist recluses from Wudang mountain, although it is the same besides with the 6 living in seclusion and devloping a martial art based on daily observation of nature again being particularly inspired by swimming fish and fishermen casting nets.
These 6 people then combined their skills to create Yu Men Liu Jia Yi (Fish Gate 6 Family Skills) now more commonly known as Yu Men Quan. One of the main forms of the style Liu He Tu (Six Harmony Diagram) is said to be named after the combining of skills of these six boxers.
The six people named here are all famous historical and fictional characters from the Han to Song dynasties.
Yu Men Quan is now commonly referred to as a Wudang Langmen Pai style and said to have been based on the teachings of Zhang Sanfeng.
The movements of the swimming fish are said to allude to the changes of Yin and Yang in the Taiji diagram.
Yu Men quan is an old style practiced in southern Hubei since the late Qing dynasty. However it is not known whether there is any legitimate connection with Wudang Shan and the Langmen Pai appellation is likely a product of recent decades.
Near the end of the Qing dynasty Chen Guangzhou learned this style in his native Xianning. Later he moved to Wuhan and became a well known teacher. Since then Wuhan has been home to a number of well known Yu Men Quan teachers such as Hu Lian, Liu Yetao, "Blacksmith Wang Er", and others.
Today Yu Men Quan is mainly practiced in Xianning, Wuhan, and Jingzhou prefectures in Hubei The lineages in these regions often differ in terms of the forms they practice and how the movements are performed with the Wuhan schools tending toward more flowing movements and more focus on "fishtail" sweeping and twirling of the hands, while Jingzhou schools tend to be more strait forward and closer to other southern Hubei folk arts.

[@muzankibutsuji-ro7ck]

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[@Chronicskillness]

Looks like MiZong with some Mandarin Duck and BaJi. Cool.

[@Zack1440]

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[@BeifengDaoren]

I have seen a different video of the style. it reminded a lot of the Long Fist done in Shaolin and Folk Shaolin,

[@junodonatus4906]

Me too, I was thinking it looks a bit like Mi Zhong Lohan.

[@Chronicskillness]

@@junodonatus4906 lol I just commented that it looks like MiZong with some Mandarin Duck and BaJi. It may be of Nanjing Central Kuoshu Institute origin. Why it also looks like Longfist.

[@inisus]

How did you collect all of these? Has anyone interviewed you?

[@ambulocetusnatans]

I would also like to know.

[@inisus]

@@ambulocetusnatans intriguing isn't it?

[@inisus]

@@ambulocetusnatans now that I looked closer, I think he collects these clips from Chinese websites and then posts them here. Just a guess.

[@inisus]

@@ambulocetusnatans Walking Whale, nice!

[@TeaSerpent]

yeah this is just a clip from a Chinese website.