Talk:Styles of Chinese martial arts
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Needs Sources[edit]
Added above box - great article but it does need sources cited.SmithBlue 07:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- I have added sources and inline references so if there are no other questions, I will remove this box. .Ottawakungfu 12:46, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Demonic styles?[edit]
Have an associate who describes seeing a demonic style wherein the practitioner believed he was possessed by a "god". The claimed defense in this case was to smear dirt or faeces on the possessed one. But I have no citation for this either. SmithBlue 08:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- There is a style known as "Spirit boxing" with similar attributes but its a minor style. This just shows the variety of styles possible .Ottawakungfu 12:48, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Change name to Catagorisations of Chinese martial arts ?[edit]
"Styles of Chinese martial arts" as a title lead me to believe I'd get to read about the different styles. The content looks good but I think the name would be better changed. SmithBlue 22:58, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
- There is enough description of styles to justify the name of the article. Look to the list of styles of martial arts to describe each individual style.Ottawakungfu 12:50, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Other Categorisations[edit]
I also think this is a good article overall. It might be a good idea, however, to point out that the division southern-northern is a generalisation, and not absolute. I practiced white crane (pak hok)for several years. This is generally regarded as a southern style, but has many of the characteristics of northern styles. (Low stances, high kicks and sweeping hand techniques) A description of this style can be found in Chow`s "Kung fu: history, philosophy and technique"
My instructor generally categorised different martial systems based on how the force behind the techniques is generated, calling them soft, soft-hard and hard. I have heard others use this, but have only seen it written down in Yang Jwing-Ming`s book "shaolin white crane qigong".
In his book Yang also claims that Chinese martial systems must contain the four basic techniques: striking, kicking, wrestling and chin-na as well as teaching qigong to be considered a chinese martial system. It seems the author got this from his master, but I am not sure whether this is his masters pov or if there is a consensus for this.
This is the first post I have written in Wikipedia. If I`m out of line or shouldn`t make suggestions like this, please say so. I don`t want to tread on anyones toes. Alex-page 10:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
- The issue of North-South, Application orientation has been addressed since the comment. I consider the issue as being resolved.Ottawakungfu 12:55, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Other questions? or comments?[edit]
Leave a note here if you have any other questions or comments on this article. If there are no comments, I will start editing each particular style and make those articles more informative. Ottawakungfu 1:00, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
It is believed that an Indian buddhist monk Bodhi Dharma who was a king of India's Pallava dynasty went to china and taught 18 styles of animal movements which in later period became famous as the North Shaolin Wushu. I request you to add the name of Indian monk Bodhi Dharma as well in the history of Chinese martial Art or it is like forgetting a legend like Bruce Lee. Thank you. Rajshekhar Reddy Ponnapati. Rajshekhar Reddy Arya (talk) 05:32, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Tajiquan and others[edit]
Taijiquan, xinyiquan, baguazhang, baijiquan, tongbeiquan, fanziquan, piguaquan, ditangquan, xiangxingquan, are not mentioned? Xiangxingquan is devided into tanglangquan, yingzhaoquan, hequan, huquan, shequan, houquan, zuiquan, tuokaoquan [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.245.81.115 (talk) 11:08, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
References
- ^ Wushu, de Chinese gevechtssporten by Marc Theeboom, Li Chang Duo
Wu Dang vs Shaolin (internal vs external)[edit]
can anyone elaborate on the relation between the int vs ext diff purposed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wudang_chuan. Afaik, this is part of the same thing, but not stated in this article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.108.214.52 (talk) 20:17, 5 August 2010 (UTC)