[]That the Shaolin Monks have a fighting method is pretty obvious. The problem is that it is a big secret. The good news is that it is pretty easy to figure out this secret.
There is a movie in which a camera crew visits the Shaolin Temple. This is a light tour, with the usual things to see and do format, but with one very interesting, little happening. The occurrence is that a mixed martial arts warrior is seen going up the steps to one of the shaolin temples.
There is an apprehensive grin on his face, and he claims that he is going to find out if the fighting monks of shaolin are any good when it comes to real fighting. Later, he is seen coming down the mountain...and it is obvious that he has just been kicked on his MMA fanny.
If one searches through youtube for any length of time, they will come across a boxing contest between a fighter (taekwondo or karate or some other art) and a monk of the shaolin temple. During the contest, the monk negligently slaps aside the boxer's strikes aside, then begins his own gorgeous onslaught. What is interesting is that it is obvious that the monk doesn't really want to hurt his opponent; he is just freestyling for the heck of it, there is no real desire to harm manifested.
If one looks at the histories of early karate, there is much mention of training with temple monks in the fuchien province. This training resulted in the martial art of Uechi Ryu Karate (called Pan Gai Noon), and there is some indication that the art was an offshoot of Bak Mei Kung Fu. This is a direct connection, philosophically and thus strategically, between important fighting arts.
If one examines the art of Uechi, and Bak Mei, there are a lot of simple slaps under the surface of the arts. The specific method is either slaps or beaks, and in both horizontal and vertical directions. If one inspects these slaps by themselves, an entire fighting method can be quickly assembled.
Indeed, if one looks at fighting in general, the basic parry is nothing more than a slap. This is a method which could easily be trained in. Simply set up two bags a couple of feet apart and practice striking them with wrist and palm; this actually closely resembles basic iron palm training from the ancient methods of kung fu.
In summation, there is much opinion in this article, but there is also distinct line of reasoning. Could true kung fu methods of fighting be based upon something as simple as the palm and beak? This writer would suggest that any interested reader could find the proof, by raising his dukes and asking for contest, to any Shaolin Monk he might come across.
There is a movie in which a camera crew visits the Shaolin Temple. This is a light tour, with the usual things to see and do format, but with one very interesting, little happening. The occurrence is that a mixed martial arts warrior is seen going up the steps to one of the shaolin temples.
There is an apprehensive grin on his face, and he claims that he is going to find out if the fighting monks of shaolin are any good when it comes to real fighting. Later, he is seen coming down the mountain...and it is obvious that he has just been kicked on his MMA fanny.
If one searches through youtube for any length of time, they will come across a boxing contest between a fighter (taekwondo or karate or some other art) and a monk of the shaolin temple. During the contest, the monk negligently slaps aside the boxer's strikes aside, then begins his own gorgeous onslaught. What is interesting is that it is obvious that the monk doesn't really want to hurt his opponent; he is just freestyling for the heck of it, there is no real desire to harm manifested.
If one looks at the histories of early karate, there is much mention of training with temple monks in the fuchien province. This training resulted in the martial art of Uechi Ryu Karate (called Pan Gai Noon), and there is some indication that the art was an offshoot of Bak Mei Kung Fu. This is a direct connection, philosophically and thus strategically, between important fighting arts.
If one examines the art of Uechi, and Bak Mei, there are a lot of simple slaps under the surface of the arts. The specific method is either slaps or beaks, and in both horizontal and vertical directions. If one inspects these slaps by themselves, an entire fighting method can be quickly assembled.
Indeed, if one looks at fighting in general, the basic parry is nothing more than a slap. This is a method which could easily be trained in. Simply set up two bags a couple of feet apart and practice striking them with wrist and palm; this actually closely resembles basic iron palm training from the ancient methods of kung fu.
In summation, there is much opinion in this article, but there is also distinct line of reasoning. Could true kung fu methods of fighting be based upon something as simple as the palm and beak? This writer would suggest that any interested reader could find the proof, by raising his dukes and asking for contest, to any Shaolin Monk he might come across.
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