Will be starting tong bei set soon, 3rd form after xiao hong, and da hong, in 10 shaolin set system.
always like to do my research before i begin something new, if anyone has access to any clips of tong bei (hopefully similar set from the 10 shaolin system, or even from any other tong bei practitioners) so i can get a taste for what i can look forward to.
thanks to you. 
Try doing a google or yahoo video search for tong bei quan. I know they have some.
What are the 10 Shaolin sets?
1.xiao hong quan
2.da hong quan
3.tong bei quan
4.liu he
5.tai tzu
6.(cant remember name)
7.seven star (mantis)
8.plum blossom
9.gun (or cannon) boxing
10.arhat (five animals) boxing
sorry i cant remember the name of the 6th set. something about protecting your vitals.
i know tong bei is a style within its self, i am looking for the set that is used for this particualr 10 set system. doubt ill find it tho 
No, seriously. Go to yahoo video search and type in tong bei quan. There’s a video of a kid doing it from a monk’s school. I’ve also seen a video of Shi De Yang doing it on yahoo or google video search.
The name of the form you’re missing is Changhu xinyimen.
The Seven stars form as it appears in these ten forms is not a mantis form, it is a quite unique form with some strange hand positions.
Tongbiquan is one of the funnest forms in these sets. It ends with a big triple jump kick combo. So cool.
Enjoy.
ok, will do. thanks for the heads up.
Shaolin Tong Bei is not the same as the
Various Tong bei styles (Bai Yuan, etc) you will see on the internet.
Shaolin Tong Bei is named after someone (Han Tong, who was killed by Emperor Tai Zu, when he first took ever the throne, even though they were friends),
the Da and Xiao Shaolin Tong Bei forms are not exhibited the “fan through the back”
mechanics seen in the other Tong Bei Styles, although there is some element of it.
This Shaolin Tong Bei is derived from Xiao and Da Hong Quan mostly, maybe some Pao Quan too.
Thank you Sal.
do you know of any resources that document, or gallerize any of the Shaolin Tong Bei?
Well, these forms are well documented both on paper and on video.
You can get videos of the forms from the Shaolin section of www.WLE.com http://www.wle.com//products/vsbx02.html
and you can get VCDs of the forms from
or from
What Shaolin teaches is often called Tong Bi to differentiate it from Tong Bei style
non-Shaolin tongbei is also sometimes called tongbi, the words for back (bei) and arm (bi/bei) are cognate in chinese
jingwu man, and Sal
thank you for the wonderful clarification on these sets.
this information will help my personal studies greatly.
thanks again!
The most traditional vcd shaolin series is the one
called “Genuine Shaolin”, which is from the late Shi De Gen’s line.
You can find the forms that you do there done without the
modern wushu influence that is seen today in most shaolin.
go to the Shaolin section at www.cmaod.com or www.plumbpub.com
and look for the “genuine shaolin” series.
hello,
this is my friend’s site it has links to wuxing tongbei clips of sparring, interesting.
www.chli371.com
this is not shaolin tong bei but bai yuan.
if i was looking at the right ones, its the first time i’ve seen any shaolin stuff with applications. not all had them but a few did. Sal have seen any of these???
What “these” are you referering to?
the vcds or the clips from that site?
whoops sorry. the vcd’s
I recently learnt the Shaolin Tong Bei form, it’s a fairly short form with only 40 - 50 moves.
it’s the third form in the temple system. the first two are: wu bo chuan and lien huan chuan.
i got the dvd of Shi Deyang’s da tong bei and i like it a lot. It starts with a scene of over a hundred people in monk robes doing the form together one part at a time on the temple grounds. from the, something like “original boxing tree of traditional shaolin kungfu” series Guangzou Beauty Culture Communications company.
not to be spammy but i am a fan of Shi Deyang’s kung fu.
The Traditional Five-Element Tong Bei Martial Art - I
On Young Qi’s Five-Element Tong-Bei Martial Art
Authors: GuoCheng Li and Wesley W. Wang, Ph.D.
Research Institute of Five-Element Tong-Bei Martial Art
Yantai, Shandong, China
After Xing Qi passed away, his son, Taichang Qi (), inherited all his father’s martial arts. Moreover, Taichang studied other styles of martial arts and eventually formed his own style. Different from his father’s style, which featured solid moves with great body openings and closings, his style exhibited more flexible and efficient moves. Since then, Taichang’s style was called Young Qi’s Tong-Bei to differentiate from the Old Qi’s Tong-Bei as developed by his father. Both styles have been continued to develop, one generation after another. A flow chart with respect to time illustrates the development of the two styles.
Xin Qi Old Qi’s Style–>Taichang Qi Young Qi’s Style–>Tianhe Xu Young Qi’s Style–> Jianchi Xiu Young Qi’s Five-Element Tong-Bei–>Yaoting Wang Young Qi’s Five-Element Tong-Bei–>Guocheng Li Young Qi’s Five-Element Tong-Bei
Qi Xin Old Qi’s Style–>Qin ChenOld Qi’s Style–>Zhanchun WangOld Qi’s Style
It is known that milestones in the history of Chinese martial arts development are usually represented by martial art practitioners. To review Tong-Bei’s evolution, it would be more appropriated to introduce those prominent Tong-Bei martial artists who made important contributions to the development of Tong-Bei martial art in history.
Great to see that bit of history, but that style has nothing to do with Shaolin Tong Bei fists, they are completely different and unrelated.
The shaolin tong bei forms are just variations of their hong quan sets, with some extra moves added.