instructor: monk De Yang
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- combat strategy:

the Buddha style, with a small & big pair of forms, imitates the 'luohan' ('Arhat' in Sanskrit), the ones who have reached enlightenment. this precious style teaches "camouflage" tactics:

tactic 25 - "beauty tactic (美人计)": mask your moves with inoffensive postures like walking, turning, sitting, etc.

tactic 26 - "borrow the knife to kill (借刀杀人)": use elements of the environment as weapon. a handful of soil can blind the opponent, a stone, a key, anything that can harm.

tactic 27 - "hide the knife behind a smile (笑里藏刀)": mask your attacking limb with another limb. the opponent cannot recognize and react properly to a masked attack.

tactic 28 - "golden cicada molts shell (金蝉脱壳)": when the opponent stops a masked attack, he just blocks the covering limb, which parries the block for the main attacking limb to continue.

these involve turns, twists, and cover-ups of the torso and limbs to cover the main moves in tandem to the last moment. in this style, every move is delivered behind the twists of the body. the upper and lower body twist, the limbs twist around each other in tandem, to teach you conceal and protect your true moves from the opponent till the last moment, so he does not recognize your moves, or even if recognizes and reacts in time, the covering limbs clear the way for the main limb to continue end the move. this is how to turn an otherwise blocked move into a successful attack.
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- history:

'luohan quan' is the purest and most representative style of Shaolin kung fu. it was developed by Shaolin monks as the earliest style based on the luohan 18 hands in the earlier eras of Shaolin temple.

early Song dynasty (960s AD):
at the beginning of the Song dynasty this style was first officially sorted out and recorded into the 'Shaolin Kung Fu Manual' under the supervision of chief monk Fu Ju (福居).
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- note: there are various other forms and styles named 'luohan quan' in Chinese kung fu, and they are different from Shaolin luohan quan. these are just different styles with similar names.
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