Shaolin Jingang Bashi 少林 金剛 八式 = Vajra or Diamond Warrior

[zt63823]

many many thanks!

[salcanzonieri]

True, Jingang Bashi looks a lot like Xingyi Quan.

I think that since Jingang Bashi was widely practiced in Hebei province before the time that Xingyi Quan reached there (from Shanxi province), people must have incorporated it.

[jonathanbluestein]

@salcanzonieri , I practice both Xing Yi Quan and some Jingang Bashi. They don't look the same. This video is not a good example for Jingang Bashi anyhow. Check out master Zhou Jingxuan's channel on youtube (just search "jingang" or "zhou jingxuan" to reach it), and you'll see for yourself...

[garrasinsombra]

@jonathanbluestein .. Why do you say that it is not a good example of Jingang Bashi? Perhaps your family 金剛 八式 looks different, but in other families of Baji, the set of Jingang Bashi has a similarity undeniable with this form of the shaolin curriculum (besides the fact that the fajin is not the same). A good example is the way to Tan Jitang (Huo Diange lineage), watch it on youtube and compares. Regars

[garrasinsombra]

Why do you say that it is not a good example of Jingang Bashi? Perhaps your family 金剛 八式 looks different, but in other families of Baji, the set of Jingang Bashi has a similarity undeniable with this form of the shaolin curriculum (besides the fact that the fajin is not the same). A good example is the Tan Jitang's form (Huo Diange lineage), watch it on youtube and compares. Regars

[anhkhoinguyen]

Looks like Xingyiquan, or rather since this is a lot older, xingyiquan looks like jingangbashi lol

[salcanzonieri]

Or, one of the roots of Xingyi quan must be Jingang Bashi when Xingyi Quan was being developed. If you do some research, you will find that Ji Longfeng (founder of XY) and some of his earliest students went to Shaolin a few time and they exchanged material. Jingang Bashi could have come out from this meeting, and was influenced by the earliest version of Xingyi quan that Ji Longfeng taught.

[anhkhoinguyen]

@salcanzonieri we appreciate all these uploads mans, I remember before youtube days finding videos and doing research on rare styles were so hard..I learn more in one day of tubing nowadays then years back in the day digging through magazines...haha