Shaolin Jingang Bashi 少林 金剛 八式 = Vajra or Diamond Warrior

The very important Shaolin Jingang Bashi 少林 金剛八式 = Vajra or Diamond Warrior set. This set later influenced other styles. A rare video of the full version of the Shaolin Jingang Ba Shi = Vajra or Diamond Warrior Eight Postures or Techniques. A set that is also practiced by Shaolin style master Zhu Tian Xi, who was a student of Shaolin master Shi Degen.

Obviously, there is a relationship with the Ba Ji Quan style, as some branches also practice Jingang Bashi set, which is very similar to this one.
Also, there is a historical connection to Ba Gua, as the Jingang Bashi was incorporated by Chuojiao Fanzi (in its original form of Ba Fan Shan), and Ba Gua founder Dong Hai Chuan had studied Ba Fan Shan and Jingang Bashi in his youth from his elder cousin, a famous Ba Fan Shan master in Hebei.

少林金刚八 Shaolin Jingang Bashi

一降龙、Xiang Long - Subdue Dragon
二伏虎、Pu Hu - Beat Tiger
三分心掌、Fen Xin Zhang - Divide Heart Palm
四穿捶、Chuan CHui - Piercing Hammer
五盖捶、Gai Chui - Covering Hammer
六野马掌、Ye Ma Zhang - Wild Horse Palm
七捧肘推山、Peng Zhou Tui Shan - Hold Elbow Push Mountain
八单凤掌。Dan Feng Zhang - Single Wind Palm

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• Shaolin
• Jingang
• Bashi
• 少林
• 金剛八式
• Vajra
• Diamond
• Warrior

[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.

[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.

[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

[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

[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...

[zt63823]

many many thanks!

[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