Introductory Shaolin and Lian Bu Chuan

All the necessary basics that you need for Shaolin Kung Fu! Essential warm-ups and stretching techniques, fundamental footwork and stances, basic kicks and strikes, and sparring techniques.

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[trandilar]

FYI, not all versions of Lien Bu came from the Nanjing institute, though it certainly appears that the shaolin versions served as the framework for the Nanjing LF version,(AFAIK the newest) but with new "Guts" and similar, though not exactly the same, movements.

LF is "whippier".

[trandilar]

Also, the forms have a different "flavor" and cadence. The forms are very different toward the ends. The BSL version still uses the animal shape movements, the LF version really doesn't. The Wing Lam version actually has a short section that the LF version doesn't.

Was that to mark the LF version? Wing Lam's students have stated publicly that the versions presented on video are exactly as practiced in the school.

[trandilar]

There are differences between the BSL version and the LF version. The LF version is heavily influenced by White crane and Lama Pai movements, with more Circular moves and "long arm" techniques, with the signature popping/snapping jing of white crane. The BSL version uses body structure and hip jing with strong rooting, signatures of Sil Lum kung fu.

[clcoc20s]

It's always fun watching different schools. We always practice with power and intent when we demonstrate forms. I always try to imagine I'm fighting someone. Or in the case of multi-line forms - multiple people. His stances appear to be strong though he doesn't appear to use alot of his hip. This could be because he's demonstrating in a more "soft" manner though.

[kustomhead]

All of Kwong Wing Lam's Northern for are Temple boxing forms. I studied under a 31's gen. Wu DE monk,and I knew these forms and demonstraited them, and he said they looked like the forms that were studied in the 9th court yard in the temple.

[gdog200]

If two of the disputed inheritors of Bei Shaolin perform Liang Bu Chuan with almost no difference between them, they just might be right. I know the version as taught by Chan Kowk Wai (the other disputed inheritor), and it is almost identical to what's presented in this video. This is the real deal, moreso than any other video of this form on YouTube.

[anhkhoinguyen]

finally someone who knows his history.

[notyourmind]

It was developed from existing material from

Northern Longfist and refined at the Nanjing

Guo Shu Institute in 1928.

[JF2100]

From what I've hear, the break occurred after the destruction of the temple during the "Great Leap Forward". The surviving monks scattered, then were invited back decades later - only a few returned. I doubt either group practices literally the same curriculum. For instance, I know that in the style Master Wing Lam does, there are ten "core" hand forms meant to be performed in sequence, daily (not including this one). My understanding is that this is not the case in the modern temple.

[Luohan108]

Hey, can any of you guys tell me the history of this form? We practiced an almost identical set in DengFeng China (home of the northern shaolin temple). Except it was called 'Dragon Fist' and was not a basic form. They must have come from the same form, but i would like to know how long ago this set left shaolin temple?