White Crane

Here's a [Feeding] Crane quanfa routine performed by Liu Songshan [uncle of Liu Chang I] that I filmed in my backyard during his visit to my Fujisawa residence in 1988.

FYI, Hequan means crane fist [boxing]. It is one of the principal fighting arts of Fujian Province and has several branches, most of which stem from Yongchun Hequan: Jumping Crane (Zonghe Quan), Whooping Crane (Minghe Quan), Sleeping Crane (Suhe Quan), Feeding Crane (Shihe Quan), and Flying Crane (Feihe Quan). See my English translation of the Bubishi for more.

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[Bagface]

@W4EAN many weapons you say? Strange. The main weapons of white crane are Staff, what the Japaneses refer to as a Sai, butterfly swords, and a select few others. Im afraid traditionally. Many has nothing to do with it. Im not saying flying crane is not a respectable system but it is not traditionally meant for combat. The other three chapters of White Crane yes. But I'm afraid Flying Crane is for stage performing. Nothing wrong with that. F.C is responsible for keeping ppl's interest

[W4EAN]

@Bagface what do u mean flying crane stage performing the flying crane is a very respected system it is very agressive and have many weapons youtube flying crane under grandmaster Lee joo chian and master lorne bernard .

[Bagface]

@undaverse those are all of em. but you may confuse different sifu's by calling them by those names. due to the oral tradition of most martial arts all the specifics get lost in translation or are lost period. luckily many sifu's of the past have kept it all on record. but as i was saying as far as i know

Flying: stage performing

Feeding: well....you know that one n im not letting the cat out the bag

Blind/Sleeping/Nesting Crane: Sensory training, meditation, etc

Calling/Singing: The foundation

[undaverse]

Thierry PRUVOST said that there are 5 principal styles of BAI HE MEN :

Fei He Quan (flying crane)

Zhu He Quan (nest crane)

Shi He Quan (feeding/eating crane) : my style ^^

Ming He Quan (singing crane)

Zong He Quan (synthesis crane of the 4 style above).

Can you confirm that he's right or are there others crane style ?

I want to know every crane style. Even if I practice one I want to learn about all the other style. I think they are complementary.

Thank you a lot for reading/answering me ^^.

[undaverse]

Hi !

We have to talk toghether !

I practicing Feeding/eating crane since 7 years with Thierry SAELENS who represent sifu Liu Chang I.

A friend of Thierry SAELENS who practice Taïtsu (Thierry PRUVOST), have made some research about the different branches of the BAi HE QUAN style

He said that there were 5 principal styles coming from Fujian.

[MrBrokenwind]

Tanks agin have been looking for this liu chang uncle for awhile is ther a family tree????

[blackjacos]

what is the name of this form?

[jiggahippo]

what r the appilcations?

[W4EAN]

hey this is an awesome footage, just one comment their is 4 original branches of fujian white crane, whooping crane and sleeping crane are the same style, also they didn't come from yongchun white crane. they were formed by the 4 disciples of fang chi nian..

[YatChum]

Isn't the angle battle fist?