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Choy Lee Fut, Hsing-I and Tai Chi Chuan are by far the three main arts that are taught in the Yongquan Association. However, there are also a number of other Chinese martial arts (or selected practices taken from other arts) that are studied on occasions either because they compliment the practice of the three main arts in some way, or for historical reasons:
Complete Arts
- Sixteen-and-a-Half Point Pole is a rare northern system that is unrelated to the better-known Six-and-a-Half Point Pole of the southern Wing Chun system.
- Baguazhang is an internal martial art related to Hsing-I. In the Yongquan Association it is taught to advanced Hsing-I students for comparative purposes.
- Berjuang is a very simple fighting style that is practised by some of the ethnic Chinese communities in South East Asia. Of all the arts we practice it takes the least time to learn. It is interesting for internal arts students in that it gives a flavour of what training in a pure external style is like (Choy Lee Fut is also an external style, but it is much more sophisticated and softer in application than Berjuang).
Partial Arts
- Northern Shaolin - a range of kicking and other applications taken from this originally very extensive art are studied. We also study a Northern Shaolin 2-man form and Northern Shaolin Chin Na. This art, which comes down to us from Master Ku Yu Chang, influenced our lineage of Choy Lee Fut.
- Northern Shaolin Sword - straight double edged sword, or jian used historically for duelling and self protection - interesting comparison here with Hsing-I (battlefield) sword.
- Southern Shaolin Broadsword - we study 3 forms with associated applications.
- Meihuazhuang, or Plum Flower Post Boxing, is a famous martial arts style from Northern China that utilises various methods carried out while standing on top of wooden posts in training.
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