Y’all remember January 2000 edition, right? It featured 100 styles of Kung Fu. What an excellent article!
Now, after each style, there were also the Chinese characters for that style. For example, Shaolin Kung Fu [size=12] [/size]
I know some places on the Net where I can type in something in Pinyin and get Chinese characters in return. However, I have not been so lucky in finding characters for all these styles mentioned in that Top 100 styles article.
Any ideas? Or does someone have them (the characters for these 100 styles) on his or her computer?
My computer can do Hanzi. . If you give me the pinyin I can give it a shot but I don’t read Hanzi very well… The above sentence was a stretch for me and it’s not entirely grammatically correct. (Lit: My computer speak Putonghua.)
No, seriously, if you can dig up just one of the above, that’d be great!
BTW, Gene, you don’t have these anywhere, do you?
Shaolin Kung Fu (okay, got that)
Shuai Jiao
Wudang Quan
Fan Zhu Quan
Miao Quan
Hou Quan
Emei Quan
Yao Quan
Hua Quan
Zhuang Quan
Cha Chuan
Tantui
Ya Quan
Tai Zu Quan
Tongbei Quan
Chang Quan
Hong Quan
Liu He Ba Fa
She Quan
Mi Zong Quan
Chuojiao
Yuejia Quan
Yingzhao Quan
Ditang Quan
Wen Jing Quan
Tong Quan
Pigua Quan
Duan Quan
Fanzi Quan
Sanhuang Paochui
Choy Gar Kuen
Li Gar Kuen
Kong Men Quan
Lanshou Men
Tanglang Quan (I hope I can find this on my own :D)
Xingyi Quan
Ba Men Quan
Si Tong Chui
Hua Quan
Chen Taijiquan
Bagua Zhang
Yue Men Quan
Gong Li Quan
He Quan
Zi Men Quan
Bei Shaolin (Northern Shaolin)
Ba Gua Quan
Bajiquan
Wu Zhu Quan (5 Ancestor Fist)
Hung Gar
Wing Chun
Mok Gar Kuen
Bak Mei
Changjia Quan
Hu Quan (Tiger Fist)
Zui Quan
Yue Men Quan
Wu Ji Quan
Luohan Quan
Mei Hua Jie Quan
Er Quan
Fut Gar
Yang Taijiquan
Liuhe Quan
Choy Lee Fut
Hung Fut
Si Men Quan
Hui Hui Si Ba Jiao
Wu (Hao) Taijiquan
Di Shu Quan
Lau Gar Kuen
Cheng Ba Gua Zhang
Yin Bagua Zhang
He Hu Quan (Black Tiger Fist)
Da Xia Jia Quan
Fu Jow
Long Zun Quan
Sun Bin Quan
Ning Men Quan
Long Xing Quan (Dragon Fist)
Yi Quan
Wu Taijiquan
Sun Taijiquan
Ziran Men
Er Lang Men
Tai Shing Monkey Style
Zhu Jia Quan
Bo Zi Quan
Yuen Yang Quan
Jiu Quan
Chin Woo (Association)
Wu Song Tuo Kao
Hebei Xingyi
Jow Gar
Mian Quan
Fu Taijiquan
Chen Pan Ling Taijiquan
Mulan Quan
(Modern) Wushu
Jeet Kune Do
Of course it’s hard to guess what something is if it’s not familiar to begin with, but then I’d be more than happy to try describe it (as it is described by Gene and others in the text).
Good question. The article says they used the terms that are most common, but transliteration was not mentioned. I am guessing Pinyin. But of course it’s easy to compare as each of those has Chinese characters right after it in the article.
I just added this tool on my site for translations. It’s a dictionary that gives correct pinyin and text characters as well as gifs. It goes from English to Chinese and pinyin and visa versa. You have to type the correct pinyin though and the list above is pretty loose. Feel free to use it at http://kabooom.com in the martial arts section. Unfortunately, you have to do one word at a time and sometimes go through a list of several characters and words. Have fun.
Fan Zhu Quan -Unsure, do you mean fan zhou quan()? Here the middle character is a little different. It’s actually a very simple character, almost like number seven -> 7 -> but with a stroke through the middle, the way we write number seven here.
Yao Quan - - That’s the one!
Zhuang Quan - - That’s the one!
Wen Jing Quan - - That’s the one!
Tong Quan - - That’s the one!
Si Tong Chui - - That’s the one!
Hua Quan - both and exist, and are major styles. - That’s the one!
Zi Men Quan - - That’s the one!
Mei Hua Jie Quan - - That’s the one!
Er Quan - - That’s the one!
Hui Hui Si Ba Jiao - ( elbow is “zhou”, not "jiao"hence ) - That’s the one!
Di Shu Quan - ( dog is called “di long” traditionally, so it can be also ) - [I]The middle character is a little different, but that’s maybe because Gene (or whoever wrote this great article) used traditional Chinese. It actually has two options for the middle character of which the one in parentheses is the one I have seen used for dog. Actually, in Potku, we use that one for dog: http://www.potku.net/forum/templates/sky/images/dog.gif[/I]
Da Xia Jia Quan - - This is a funny one, four words but only three characters (in the article, that is)?
“This Southern style was founded by Li Hu Zi who studied at Emeishan in Sichuan. He went to Guangdong and passed it to a monk named Huang Yin Ling. Monk Huang left the monastery and returned to secular life and opened a school to teach publicly. This system begins with ‘xiaolohan’ (small Lohan). Intermediate students study tiger and crane, then advanced students go on to ‘dalohan’ (big Lohan). It is popular in Guangzhou, Nantai, Hong Kong and Macao.”
Long Zun Quan - “Long Zun means ‘respect’. The movements of Long Zun Quan are quick, and adaptable, emphasizing defensive techniques. Less jumping and kicking leads to a stronger foundation of stances. Foot techniques also tend to be more conservative. The few attacks tend to be from the side, as a crab moves. Students of Long Zhun Quan pau close attention to facial expressions.”
Fan Zhu Quan -Unsure, do you mean fan zhou quan()? Here the middle character is a little different. It’s actually a very simple character, almost like number seven -> 7 -> but with a stroke through the middle, the way we write number seven here.
Then this should be “Fan Zi Quan” , it was already in the list.
Di Shu Quan - ( dog is called “di long” traditionally, so it can be also ) - [I]The middle character is a little different, but that’s maybe because Gene (or whoever wrote this great article) used traditional Chinese. It actually has two options for the middle character of which the one in parentheses is the one I have seen used for dog. Actually, in Potku, we use that one for dog: http://www.potku.net/forum/templates/sky/images/dog.gif[/I]
Is the middle character ? Thats the traditional character for , another valid name for this style is Di Quan Quan (
Da Xia Jia Quan - - This is a funny one, four words but only three characters (in the article, that is)?
“This Southern style was founded by Li Hu Zi who studied at Emeishan in Sichuan. He went to Guangdong and passed it to a monk named Huang Yin Ling. Monk Huang left the monastery and returned to secular life and opened a school to teach publicly. This system begins with ‘xiaolohan’ (small Lohan). Intermediate students study tiger and crane, then advanced students go on to ‘dalohan’ (big Lohan). It is popular in Guangzhou, Nantai, Hong Kong and Macao.”
Upon further research, this style is offically called “Xia jia quan” ()
Long Zun Quan - “Long Zun means ‘respect’. The movements of Long Zun Quan are quick, and adaptable, emphasizing defensive techniques. Less jumping and kicking leads to a stronger foundation of stances. Foot techniques also tend to be more conservative. The few attacks tend to be from the side, as a crab moves. Students of Long Zhun Quan pau close attention to facial expressions.”
() is an existing southern shaolin style. May be it is what you are looking for? There really is no other valid names for “long zhun”.
I’m glad y’all took care of that yourselves. To be honest, I don’t know that we could extract the character files for that article easily. Five - oops, make that six - years ago is a long time in the electronic world and the way we handle graphics, layout submission, electronic files, etc. has changed. We still have the data, but it would be hard for us to reprint it here. The best source is the print mag. We did that article in our January 2000 issue, which is still available as a back issue, btw. Not all of the names were in standard pinyin - those arts that were of southern origin were in Cantonese, and we opted for the most popular spelling, ie Hung Gar, not Hong Jia, Wing Chun not Yongchun. Anyway, excellent translation work, gentleman!
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