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]