Fluttering Sleeve Boxing, Big and Small Frame forms

Pu La Xiu Quan, Da Jia & Xiao Jia
"Fluttering Sleeve Boxing*, Big Frame & Small Frame forms"
demonstrated by Wang Shenyi, son of Wang Lidong
This style is practiced in Wenshang county in Jining prefecture Shandong.
Pula Xiu Quan mainly consists of 6 rows of large frame broken into an upper and a lower set as well as small frame boxing and a few other shorter forms and two person sets. In addition a number of weapon forms such as Fang Bian Shovel, Ji "Halberd", Spear, Saber, Three Section Staff, etc, are taught.
This system went by a number of names around rural Jining, aside from the name of Fluttering Dragging Sleeves Boxing it was also called this such as Long Sleeves Boxing, Six Row Frame, Large & Small Frame, Old Well Boxing, Pocket / Hole Boxing, etc.
The origins of this style can be trace as far back as the 1860's when a young Zhang Yuchun of Ai'er Stronghold in Bachalu town in then Linqing prefecture, (Bachalu is today just barely over the modern Shandong border in Guantao county Hebei) obtained his martial skills from the Abbot of Huguo Temple in Beijing (Huguo was one of the 4 largest and most prominent Buddhist temples in Beijing). Zhang Yuchun passed these methods onto his nephew Zhang Jinxiang and another disciple named Wei Jinfeng.
A few decades later Zhang Jinxiang began to openly instruct students in this boxing method. Among these students was Wang Lidong of what is today Guandi Shrine Village in Wenshang county of Jining prefecture. Returning home Wang became a well known teacher and this style became very popular in Wenshang county and adjacent areas.
Today the system is still preserved among members of the Wang family of Guandi Miao village and can be found scattered around other small villages in Wenshang county.
The contents of Wenshang Pula Boxing include Big Frame Boxing, Small Frame Boxing, Tongbei Hammers, 4-6 Hammers, 8 Postures / 8 Section Breakdown. Weapons routines include Crescent Moon Spade, Double Crutches, Sword, Spear, Saber, Halberd, Guandao, Three Section Staff, and Flail.
Today lineages tracing back to Zhang Yuchun are found around Shandong and neighboring areas. In the region of Guantao, Linqing, and Donge counties on the Shandong / Hebei border the style is referred to as Da Jia Quan , Da Xiao Jia Quan , Lao Jing Quan (Old Well Boxing), Hei Quan, and Pula Xiu Quan . In Wenshang county and neighboring parts of Jining the boxing is primarily known as Pula Xiu Quan as well as Liu Lu Quan (6 Road Boxing) Chang Xiu Quan (Long Sleeve Boxing) and Kulong Quan (pocket fist). Among the Yang Jindong lines in Western Shandong in Qingdao, Weifang, and Zibo it is primarily known as Sun Bin Quan and Chang Xiu Quan.
*The characters Pu and La refer to the flicking outward and pulling back motions respectively of the flapping long sleeves worn by past Chinese civil officials or opera performers.
There are various allusions to long sleeves in the style. It is not known if long sleeves were worn for performance visuals, for fighting, as a type of training component, or if it is simply an analogy meant to give an image of how the arms are to be used.
While very long sleeved garments are iconic they were only worn by the highest level civil officials, dancers, prostitutes, and opera performers. Laws prevented common people from wearing very long or wide sleeves.
Given claims of monastic lineage it could also be a garbled account of the wide sleeves of Buddhist monastic robes.
Commoners, especially in colder northern areas, did wear longer sleeves than normal but these did not extend more than 5-6 inches past the fingers. It is possible that it is referring to this but was later mixed up with the more iconic "water sleeves" of stage actors and dancers.

[@markboudreau1410]

Finally! Something that protects the head!

[@junodonatus4906]

People who don't train in traditional Chinese martial arts (I do) have no idea how difficult it is to hit these low stances continuously. It takes several years just to solidify a foundation for Kung-Fu.
I greatly admire this as older men in my parents home country in Europe are just sitting around drinking wine and eating cheese.
I never saw this style but these forms are beautiful.... and far more beneficial for health and fitness in life than MMA.

[@TaiChiGhost]

Those low stances are especially difficult if you weigh more than 120 pounds!
When I asked if Fu Chien-Song's knees suffered from practicing so many low, twisting forms, my Fu style teacher (Liang Quiang-Ya,) admitted that yes, Master Fu's knees did suffer when he got older. You _must_ learn proper structure very early on in your training.

[@junodonatus4906]

@@TaiChiGhost
I'm 6 feet so 120 lbs. would be too skinny for me. I feel it in my thigh muscles so far. Stances and forms have been great leg-strengthening exercises.

[@mikeneidlinger8857]

I started practicing Silat and Escrima in 1993. I got into Internal Chinese Martial Arts in 2008 and benefited greatly. There is an emphasis in China on stance training. I have hundreds of stances if you count all the modifications.

[@dahirouhann9875]

This is the Sun Bin Fist. Done strangely but all the same.

[@briannemeth3296]

I love this style 😍

[@wayaoh997]

Thank You🙏🏻

[@WizardOfAtlantis]

Awesome.

[@BruceLeef]

Thank 🙏you #shifu

[@markohu]

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