What is the origin, form and characteristics of Cangzhou Botou Liuhe Boxing?

(A) the attributes of Liuhe Boxing

According to folk tradition, Liuhe Boxing belongs to "Waijia Boxing". It is the development and change of Shaolin School. (in Mr. Xu Yusheng's language); A sect belonging to Wei Tuo Gate in north shaolin (Mr. Wan Laisheng's language). According to the classification of Wushu by the national Wushu department after liberation, Liuhe Boxing is a kind of long boxing in traditional Wushu.

(B) the meaning of "Liuhe"

The "Liuhe" in Liuhe Boxing refers to the combination of the inside and outside of the human body when practicing boxing. "Inner Trinity" refers to the combination of heart, mind and qi, that is, the combination of heart and mind, mind and qi, and qi and force. "External triad" refers to the combination of "hands and feet, elbows and knees, shoulders and hips", that is, "hands and feet, elbows and knees, shoulders and hips". Internal and external integration is Liuhe. The basic theory of Liuhe Boxing emphasizes the coordination of yin and yang, starting, falling, moving and static; The coordination of heart, mind, qi, strength, courage and wisdom; Hand, foot, elbow, knee, shoulder and hip are coordinated. Starting from the feet, supported by legs, rushing to the hips, twisting around the waist to the shoulders, and opening in the hands is called Liuhe Jin, so its boxing method is named Liuhe Jin.

Other schools also have some opinions about Liuhe, which are different in form, but the spirit is the same in essence.

(C) About the naming of Liuhe Gate

Practicing martial arts and paying attention to Liuhe is a common requirement of all martial arts schools. Many martial arts schools also have boxing routines named after Liuhe, and there are also schools named after Liuhe (such as the idea Liuhe boxing) or Liuhe mantis boxing (such as Liuhe boxing). But as a popular boxing, it is officially named Liuhe Boxing or Liuhe Gate. It is understood that it is only one of our schools so far.

(4) The content of Liuhe Gate

This course is rich in content and complete in system, including boxing, equipment, solo training, duet training, martial arts and martial arts.

(1) Routine: There are more than 20 kinds of boxing routines, including knife, sword, gun, stick, double knife, double sword, double hook, double gun, nine-section whip, three-section stick, flying knife and darts, and there are long and short, single and double, soft and hard, light and dark instruments. The unique or special devices of this door include horse hammer, one-handed hook, slingshot and so on. There are fists, swords, single-handed spears, broadsword spears, empty-handed knives and so on.

(2) Martial arts: There are three-handed techniques such as kicking, hitting, wrestling and holding, as well as short and long-term techniques such as chopping, stabbing, stabbing and sweeping. Its tactics are flexible and changeable, and the combination of attack and defense is close.

(3) Achievement method: "If you don't practice martial arts, you will be empty." Our school attaches great importance to skill training. In addition to the basic skills of Wushu, this sect has some basic skills and specialties, such as Seven-Star Stake, nine planets Dodge Stake, Plum Blossom Stake, Sand Inserting, Canning, Thread Hanging, Wooden Stake and Sandbag.

(V) Requirements and characteristics of Liuhe Gate

(1) Routine and training: This routine has the characteristics of agility, crispness, strength, generosity, clear movements and rigidity. When practicing, it is required that the three heads face each other, follow each other from top to bottom, integrate inside and outside, and closely cooperate with hands, eyes, posture and steps. It also requires "moving like Youlong, crouching tiger, quick like a sly rabbit, spirit like an ape, and light like a cloud crane." Or: "Quiet as a scholar, moving as thunder, fast as lightning."

Whether it is practice or routine, we should pay attention to Liuhe. It is necessary to "practice the spirit of Dantian inside and practice your bones and muscles outside." Pay attention to "Shen Dantian" and breathe naturally. Liuhe Boxing emphasizes the combination of learning, practicing and using, from tangible to intangible, from external to internal, and so on. Thereby enhancing internal strength, fitness and self-defense.

(2) Tactics: emphasize six ways, punch from all sides, be strong outside and dry inside, and improvise. Follow your eyes, your feet and your heart manually. It requires accurate hitting, fast speed, steady footwork and hard shots. Pay attention to playing with your hands, taking it conveniently, falling with your hands retracted, kicking, etc. Only by combining wisdom, courage, strength and intelligence can we win with confidence.

(6) The origin and main descendants of Liuhe Quan.

(1) The Origin of Liuhe Boxing

(1) The legend of Yue Fei's fist creation. There are some opinions about the school of boxing, routines and offensive and defensive techniques among the people, such as the national hero of the Song Dynasty, Yue Feichuang Liuhe Boxing, Liu Daqian and Yue Sanshou, but there is still a lack of argument.

What exactly is the origin of Liuhe Quan remains to be verified.

(2) Liuhe Boxing spread to Hebei, Cangzhou, Beijing and other places. According to the research of Wushu historians, the routine forms of Wushu gradually developed and formed the Boxing School in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, all kinds of boxing flourished unprecedentedly. Multiply and form a system. Judging from the available data, Liuhe Quan was quite mature and complete at least in the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang (1528- 1587) repeatedly mentioned Wu Xun (161-1695)' s Wu Jing. According to the martial arts records in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, Liuhe Boxing was introduced to Cang Jing in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty. This story spread to Botou Town, Jiaohe County, neighboring county of Cangzhou for more than three generations (quoted from China Wushu Encyclopedia p 1 13). It has been three or four hundred years since the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty 1537- 1620.

Many outstanding people who practiced Liuhe Quan emerged in Cangzhou, and they spread Liuhe Quan to many provinces and cities in the north and south.

(2) The main inheritors of Liuhe Boxing in past dynasties.

Li Guanming, the first generation successor of Cangzhou Liuhe Boxing, and Li Fenggang, Tong Cun, Wang Dianchen and Liu Yuting, the second generation successor. Li Fenggang passed on the third generation of Liu Dekuan (cannon Liu) and Wang Zhengyi (broadsword Wang Wu); Children pass on children, etc.

Wang Ziping should also belong to the third generation. Tong and Wang Ziping came to Shanghai to settle down and pass the boxing. After Liu Dekuan came to Beijing, he learned from Liu Shijun, a native of Xiongxian County, Hebei Province, who was far away from Beijing. Liu Dekuan introduced Liu, Zhao Xinzhou and in Beijing. Liu introduced (honorary president for life), Wu Zizhen (third president of Simin Wushu Club), (son of Liu), Bao Yuzao, Shen (later coming to Shanghai), Huang Xuanting (later going to Hong Kong), Yin Ruchuan (later going to the United States) and Li Shaoqiang (later going to the United States and Britain). Mr. Wan Laisheng, a disciple of Zhao Xinzhou, later settled in Fujian to preach boxing.

The Beijing Liuhe Boxing Research Association is mainly composed of disciples of Ma Yuqing, Wu Zizhen and Liu Qingquan, and re-disciples.

Chinese name: Liuhe Quan

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Region: Shanghai, Hebei

Keywords: Liuhe Quan Wushu

Column keywords: traditional sports

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Title Liuhe Quan

Wushu boxing. This was handed down by Zhang Mingzhi during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Liuhe refers to six directions: east, west, south, north, up and down. When exercising, hand and eye are combined, step and body are combined, and intelligence and strength are combined. According to the five shapes of dragon, tiger, crane, rabbit and monkey, the fist moves like a dragon, as fast as a crouching tiger, as fast as a cunning rabbit, as clever as an ape and as light as a crane. Boxing focuses on one dozen, two handfuls and three throws, with agile posture, priorities and quick wit. The boxing method of Liuhe Boxing routine uses four words to represent its shape and understand its meaning, such as: Lux divides cattle, practices calligraphy and holds the heart, Shandong fish divides water, carries the box to get the treasure, waits for the rabbit, Feng Meng opens the bow and turns to the fairy to pick the fruit. Boxing emphasizes the coordination of yin and yang, rise and fall, movement and stillness, the coordination of heart, mind, qi, strength, bravery and intelligence, and the coordination of hands, feet, elbows, knees, shoulders and hips. Starting from the feet, supporting on the legs, rushing to the hips, twisting around the waist and hair on the shoulders are called six-way strength. The basic skills of boxing are stake, waist, leg, palm and the five pillars of Islam. Kung fu moves include thirteen taibao, wuqinxi, immortal heaven, chopping hands and standing upright. The main hand types of boxing are fist, palm, hook, light, dark, yin, yang, out and back. The main steps are bow, horse, virtual, jump, rest, open, disperse, advance, retreat, swing, gather, lift, gather, fall, change, erect and draw. The main boxing methods are chopping, smashing, fanning and hitting. The main leg techniques are playing, kicking, kicking, kicking, hooking, hanging and spinning. Six-in-One Boxing Talking about the Eight Females of Eight Females Boxing are kicking, hitting, throwing, hitting, grasping, taking, unloading and clicking. The eight methods of boxing are speaking, practicing, opening the door, breaking, catching, taking, observing and using. Mechanical skills have eight mothers each. The eight mothers of Liuhe big gun are splitting, hanging, winding, taking, splitting, smoothing, entering and sealing; Eight women of Liuhe fireworks stick, block, knock, hit, split, smash, wrap and take; The eight mothers of the spring and autumn broadsword are deleting, chopping, splitting, hooking, hugging, frustrating and wiping; Liuhe deletes, cuts, splits, cuts, collapses, pushes, ties and pulls with one hand; The eight mothers of Liuhe Sword are point, block, cut, pick, stab, poke, pat and pull; Walker sticks eight female lifts, clouds, collapses, hangs, falls, retreats, intercepts and hits; Double-edged eight mothers are deleting, splitting, splitting, splitting, collapsing, pushing and wiping; The eight mothers of double swords are point, block, cut, pick, point, lift, jump and level; Two guns and eight women are picking, lifting, pouncing, covering, dish, changing, linking and tying; The mother of hook is to pick, hook, offer, key, collapse, lock, Diao and take; The eight females of the three-section stick are lifting, winding, swinging, hitting, turning, bending, flapping and smashing; The eight females of the tiger whip are frustrated, flat, lifting, smashing, changing, gaining momentum, winding and hitting; You can delete, chop, chop, collapse, hang, stumble and wipe your hands. The eight mothers of boredom are supporting, erecting, assembling, taking, crossing, rowing, crossing and tying; The eight females of the chain are fork, punch, fan, hug, collapse, lock, shun and tie; Eight mothers roll, rush, rush, hit, hug, rack, dish and smash; The eight mothers of the hammer are collapse, fall, disk, change, knead, hit, swing and slung; Grasping the eight mothers is lifting, falling, hitting, killing, flying, grabbing, locking and taking; The eight females of halberd are falling, sliding, tripping, picking, mending, supporting, splitting and tying; Axe eight-mother slice, delete, split, flatten and tie; Eight mothers are lifting, blocking, picking, standing, pushing, turning, connecting and smashing; The eight females of the fork are hug, jump, cover, card, frame, fly and fork; The eight mothers of whipping are: dragging, hanging, sweeping, smashing, cutting, covering, pumping and beating; The eight mothers of mace are inverted, lifted, cut, stopped, held, framed, collapsed and smashed; The eight female claws are cutting, racking, bumping, hitting, lifting, pushing, poking and pushing.

This set of boxing routines consists of front and rear Liuhe Boxing, front and rear gate eight styles, front and rear dragon boxing, front and rear gate cannons, front and rear plum blossom boxing, five fireworks, 20% off boxing, Kanto Boxing, Eighteen Pass Interception Boxing, Whirlwind Palm Boxing, Six Family Boxing, Body Boxing, Seventy-two Style, Twelve-way Chi Leg Boxing, Gate Cannon, Dragon Boxing, Hua Boxing, Pai Boxing and Eight Step Plum Boxing. The instrument routines mainly include Liuhe Dao, Liuhe Jian, liuhe gun, Walking Dao, Machete, Spring and Autumn Sword, Walker's Stick, Eight Immortal Sword, Five-element Sword, Three-section Stick, Three-section Stick into Gun, Sun Bin Guai, Double halberd, Double Hook, Guaijian, Single-knife into Gun, Gun into Gun, Erlang Stick to Stick, Liuhe Big Gun, Liuhe Fireworks, Twelve-link Knife and Plum Gun. Liuhe Double Knife, Liuhe Double Sword, Liuhe Double Gun, Liuhe Hook, Three-section Stick to Double Gun, Broadsword to Gun, Split Knife, Double Knife to Gun, Single Knife to Double Gun, Broadsword to Tiger Whip, Hand Pin to Stick, Three-section Stick to Fight, Hand Pin to Fight, Hand to Gun, Hand to Double Gun, Holding Practice and Boring, Chain, Plastic, Hammer.

The successor of Liuhe Boxing abides by the rule of "ten don't let go": those with bad moral character don't let go; Those who are unfilial to their parents will not pass it on; What is dangerous will not be passed on; Aggressive people do not carry on the family line; Those who are lightly exposed do not pass on; People who have no ambition will not pass it on; People who like money don't carry on the family line; Arrogant people don't preach; Selfishness will not be passed on; People who have no perseverance will not be passed down.