# Shaolin Internal MA

**URL:** https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401
**Category:** Shaolin Kung Fu
**Created:** [August 21, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401 "2003-08-21T12:41:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author: ![bodhitree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@bodhitree](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/bodhitree)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/1 "2003-08-21T12:41:12Z")

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Hey all  
Any info on Shaolin Internal martial arts? I dont know the first thing about any of them! Let me know, thanks!

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### Author: ![GeneChing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/geneching/32/96_2.png) [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/2 "2003-08-21T18:09:39Z")

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You can start with some videos…

[yinjinjing](http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-gs001.html)  
[xisuijing](http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/pr-gs009.html)  
😃

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### Author: ![bodhitree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@bodhitree](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/bodhitree)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/3 "2003-08-22T14:21:31Z")

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I meant shaolin internal MA (martail arts) not qigong.  
like one finger zen or whatever it is, and anything else?

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### Author: ![GeneChing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/geneching/32/96_2.png) [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/4 "2003-08-22T16:49:52Z")

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oh, gotcha…

Off hand, we ran a good article two part on internal training for martial arts by Shaolin Monk Shi Guolin this year - it was in our [MAR APR 2003](http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/kf200115.html) and [MAY JUN 2003](http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/kf200116.html). Check those out. 🙂

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### Author: ![bodhitree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@bodhitree](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/bodhitree)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/5 "2003-08-25T13:35:55Z")

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Internal martial arts not internal training for martial arts!

Does Shaolin have any?

What is two finger zen/chan?

Do they have internal forms?

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### Author: ![norther\_practitioner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/norther_practitioner/32/214_2.png) [@norther\_practitioner](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/norther_practitioner)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/6 "2003-08-25T15:17:02Z")

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Are you asking about taiji, etc?

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### Author: ![bodhitree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b782af/32.png) [@bodhitree](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/bodhitree)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/7 "2003-08-25T17:32:30Z")

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Taiji is taoist  
Shaolin OG original Shaolin internal martial arts, if there is anything like taiji, yes. Any ?

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### Author: ![norther\_practitioner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/norther_practitioner/32/214_2.png) [@norther\_practitioner](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/norther_practitioner)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/8 "2003-08-25T18:18:49Z")

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Shaolin Taiji is an adopted thing, from chen stylests I believe…

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### Author: ![dezhen2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/dezhen2001/32/222_2.png) [@dezhen2001](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/dezhen2001)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/9 "2003-08-25T19:14:04Z")

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one finger zen? Sounds like you have been reading wong kiew kit 🙂

shaolin has the “rou quan” which is an internal form - some say what chen taijiquan is based on but there is no proof of that.

I think they also do xinyi and bagua there too (Gene?) but not sure if its wushu standardized forms or not…

dawood

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### Author: ![norther\_practitioner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.kungfumagazine.com/norther_practitioner/32/214_2.png) [@norther\_practitioner](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/norther_practitioner)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/10 "2003-08-25T20:04:48Z")

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Is the one finger chan thing where that monk used to do one finger hand stands…

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### Author: ![joedoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@joedoe](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/joedoe)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/shaolin-internal-ma/22401/11 "2003-08-25T23:39:20Z")

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The late GM Chee Kim Thong used to teach what he called Shaolin Tai Chi - Wu Ji Quan. It was practiced slowly like Tai Chi but looked slightly different (mind you I am no expert on Tai Chi).
