Names Linked to LiuHe BaFa: Disambiguous

六 合 : 八 法

All of the various names associated with this boxing exercise arise from a historical context, at time simple, at times verbose, and at times turning back to an older name, but reinterpreted within a modern context; this serpentine come-go-return of titles is common.

水拳   shui chuan, water boxing [a metaphor for Tao] LHBF is currently also called water-style boxing as it was called in Shanghai; however Nanking LHBF is not water boxing.

水神拳 shui shen chuan, water spirit boxing; said to be another early name.

遊 拳    you chuan, swimming boxing,

華嶽心意六合八法拳 Hua Yo =Hwa Yu 'central ideas' LiuHe BaFa

六合 八 法 拳 Liu He Ba Fa 'fist' Boxing

三盤十二勢 San Pan Shi Er Shi - 3 Divisions, 12 Spirits [3-levels and 12-animals]

心意 六合 八法 三盤十二勢 Xin Yi Liu He Ba Fa San Pan Shi Er Shi

築基 Zhu Ji   'Finding the Foundation', a name sometimes used as LHBF, in principle this is acceptable; Zhu-ji  is sometimes claimed as the 'original' name, this is unproven and is also not required. 

In principle, Zhu-ji is parallel to Zhan Zhuang, but moving; Zhu-Ji is more similar to the 'health dance', moving to understand, that is the top end of Yi chuan practice. Zhu-ji is the first step, the starting action of alchemy, followed by energy release,  the jing, controlling of energy flow, the chi, followed by channeling and directing, by the spirit.

Note:  The contemporary name of Liu He Ba Fa is : Mind Intention'... 'Six Harmonies Eight Methods' ...Three Stances Levels, Twelve [animal mimic] Postures. Most Chinese website refers to it without such a lengthy descriptive title, it remains identified as LHBF and water-boxing. The editors of the en.wikipedia.org site tend incorrectly edit and undo the connection between the principles LHBF and their application 'chuan' boxing exercise. ie. taichi is understood as taichi-chuan, boxing; however a search in chinese characters does require the character chuan for boxing.

Principle addended exercises:

呂紅八勢 Lu Hong Ba Shi Lu Hong's 8-Imperatives Fist, the exercise permeates the Nanking and HongKong style and has been taught seperately as a southern style of boxing. the name Lu Hong is likely a metaphor rather than a name. It does however carry the idea LU-'note' and HONG-'red', implying an Imperial Directive; the implementation as eight grouped forms, is sometimes also called 'Mother-Son' boxing and 'Eight-Link-Fist'.

Some teachers favor this exercise over the LHBF, although Lu Hong boxings' origins are external in practice and have been reworked as internal.

Other Adapted exercises :
螫龍遊 Zhe Long You - Coiled Dragon Swimming: fluid body movement; this is more similar to the early water-boxing than is the LHBF.
螫龍拳 Zhe Long Chuan - Coiled Dragon Fist: serpentine-spiraling characterstic.
龍虎戰 Long Hu Zhan - Dragon and Tiger Fighting: joint locking methods.

Other Names appearing:

六心合 Liu hsin he "Idea Six Combination"

神心功 Shen hsin "Idea Spiritual Kung Fu.

華嶽 太極拳 Hua Yu=Hwa Yue Tai Chi [from John Chung Li when in Boston, technically LHBF is classified as a Tai Chi; includes elements of YiQuan but not of hun yuan-spiraling.] 

元拳 Yon-boxing=Yuan=Hun Yuan 混元拳 [orignates from John Chung Li]