Liu He Ba Fa

Liu He Ba Fa (Chinese六合 八 法 拳, Pinyin liù hé bā fǎ Quan, Six Harmonies - Eight Methods ') is the name for an internal martial art. According to tradition, this Taijiquan similar method was developed in China during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) of the Daoist monk Chen Tuan (Chen Xi Yi ). Historically certain is that the martial arts master Wu Yi Hui (1887-1961) Liu He Ba Fa in the late 1930s taught publicly for the first time in Shanghai. Since Wu Yi Hui according to own data of three teachers ( Yan Guoxing and Chen Guangdi from Henan Province, and Chen Helü from Beijing) got three different versions of the form, he was a "bottleneck " for this system: for example, should all now taught can be attributed to him and his students styles. This would also explain the more modern influences, as contained in the forms of martial arts elements (eg the Baguazhang ), which were not developed until long after the Song Dynasty. Since many students of Wu Yi Hui adapting ( who came from a variety of martial arts ) has the form according to their own preferences, there are several variations, but all have the following characteristics in common: