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Identities :
Lu Hong
Ba Shi : 呂紅八勢
:
Eight Link Fist Exercise Series of Lu Hong
aka Yang cheng innate boxing 陽城 拳勢
[ Note: The Yang-cheng 陽城 terminology also appears in descriptions
of Tai Chi Chuan. 太極拳. Also, it would be better to name it 拳勢 chuan shi, innate power.]
Liu Hum Ba Sai = LH8 =LHBS
Lu Hong Ba Shi (8 Essences of Lu Hong's Fist) and similars
Lui Hung 8 Style
[ caution: Liu Hung Chieh was a bagua teacher]
Definitions:
呂 lǚ a surname; Mr 'Lu'
紅
hong, red, vermillion; blush, flush
Cojoined: Lu+Hong, 'red' Mr. Lu or Mr. Lu is flushed from exertion or assertive.
[Comment: there seems to be no one surviving today who understands this expression beyond
it being a name and an adjective; there is no idiom using this
紅河 Hóng hé (N) Honghe (place in Yunnan); 紅狼 hóng láng
red wolf; 紅利 hóng lì bonus; a dividend.]
勢 shi, conditions,
influence, tendency
勢必 shì bì, is bound to (happen)
勢力
shì li power; (ability to) influence
勢能 shì néng, potential energy
勢頭
shì tóu, momentum; tendency
勢在必行 shì zài bì xíng, be imperative; be required
by circumstances
[ Note: the term 勢 shi, would actually be better to represent innate-force tendency than the usual
chuan 拳 fist or chang 掌 palm.]
Lu Hong Ba Shi : 呂紅八勢 :
Eight Link Fist Exercise Series of Lu Hong
aka Yang cheng innate boxing 陽城 拳勢
[ Note: The Yang-cheng 陽城 terminology also appears in descriptions of Tai Chi Chuan.
太極拳.]
Disambiguous : note...
> Lu Hong Ba Shi : 呂紅八勢, the
Eight ' Imperatives ' of Lu Hong.
> Lu Hong Ba Shi : can be found to be called
fist-boxing 拳 also as palm 掌.
>More often, in chinese
websites, it is called 拳勢 chuan shi, or innate boxing force.
>In
the chinese websites, it is also called Lu Hong Boxing [fist] 呂紅掌
[ Note: There exists variance in naming as 'fist' and 'palm'; the styles-name
is also somewhat 'commonized' in some of the USA martial schools who often have no idea of the more standard naming.]
In Choi Wai-lun's school, Chicago, it is also referred to as Mother-son 母兒
mu er , due to the linkage between the 8-sets of movements;
ie. source-origin to protege-effect-to the child.
> Mu er Pa
lien : 母
兒
Mother / Son, Eight
Linked Palms or just Mother-Son
Fist.
> Lu Hong pa-lien : 呂紅八連 拳, : [ link= 連 ] linked fist; or
> Pa-Lien chuan : 八 連 拳, Eight Link Fist linked fist; used only in Choi Wai Lun's curriculum.
[ Comment: This has led to much confusion of identity when conversing with the Chinese.]
Martial Manuscript References:
Ji xiao xin shu 紀效新書 by Qi
Jiguang 慼繼光 (1528 - 1588) -
> "Lu Hong's 8 Moves are hard 呂紅八下雖剛"
Wu bian 武編 by Tang Shunzhi 唐順之
(1507 - 1560) –
> "Lu's six roads of short strikes 呂短打六套"
Zhen ji 陣紀 by He Liangchen 何良臣
(1506 - 1600) -
> "Lu Hong's 8 Moves 呂紅之八下"
Wubei yaolue 武備要略 by Cheng
Ziyi 程子頤 (late 16th - 17th C.) –
> "Lu Hong's 8 Moves 呂紅之八下
A proposal for origins :
There has been a proposed thesis that LuHong BaShi may be from the Ming Dynasty and also may be derived
from the 'ba ji' family of martial exercises.
Ba ji- is believed to originate from the shan yue 山越
tribe who resided in southern China during the Han Dynasty.
[Comment: notice the phonetic similarity of Mt. Hua Yue Shan and Shan Yue]
[Note: there is a long history of phonetic renaming of ba-ji, ba-chi, etc. There is also the usage the number
eight symbolically and that this aspect crosses over between related styles. See the Three Eights by Ted Mancuso.
Reference:
There does exist a collective of similar named martial exercises to consider:
金刚八式 Jin-gang-ba-shi, Buddhas warrior-attendants 8-forms
巴子拳 or 鈀子拳 Ba Zi Quan, rake fist
八極拳
Ba Chi Quan, eight extremes fist
"把式"
Ba Shi, skill
八式 Ba Shi, eight
forms
呂紅八勢 Lu Hong Ba Shi
四拳八勢
Sz Quan Ba Shi
六合功法八式 Liu He Gong Fa Ba Shi
六合形意 Liu He Xing Yi
六合八法 Liu He Ba Fa
元通八法
Yuan Tong Ba Fa
References:
Yáng2-chéng2 陽城
[ 拳勢 ] according
to teacher Lu Gui-yao, was an ancient name, meaning yang2= male-principle, motive-source, light-sun; cheng2=city-town
municipality or a castle, chuan=quan2= fist-symbol, boxing; Yang Cheng, as a place in (N) Shanxi Province was founded by Yu the Great, Xia Dynasty. 2205 BCE-2197 BCE. Yang
Cheng was also one of the historical capital cities of China. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_capitals_of_China
陽城 Yáng-chéng was also a notable officials' name, an imperial scholar who led
a group of junior officials in a petition to spare Chancellor Lu Zhi for making accusations against Pei Yanling the favorite of Emperor Dezong, [ died 805] , [ son of Emperor Daizong
during the Tang Dynasty, ] Yang cheng and others were punished to exile. He was later recalled by the succeeding Emperor. It remains a puzzle
as to its naming.
Often associated
with LiuHe BaFa ( 六合八法 ) exercise, from its incept, is the influence and parallel teaching of Lu Hong 8-link 'imperatives'
fist: LuHong BaShi .(LH8) ( 呂紅八勢 ).
This exercise
appears in LHBF coupled with teacher Wu Yi-hui; the association being strongest in Nanjing at the
Nanjing Martial Institute where LH8 was taught separately and in the case of special student Yin Tin, this was all he was
taught.
It is generally
believed that LH8 was Wu's first exercise form; being favored, it was retained, reworked to internal principles, and adapted as both a parallel teaching
and also absorbed into the LHBF; some of the 'gestures' that differentiate LHBF
from taichi- can be found in LH8. [Other exercises introduced collectively
with LHBF include usually, 3-levels, 12-animals; ( 三盤十二勢 )
Exterior exercises: tiger,
dragon..for motion and hand toys.]
Often associated
with LiuHe BaFa (
六合八法 ) exercise, from its Nanjing incept, is the influence and parallel teaching
of Lu Hong 8-link 'imperatives' fist: LuHong BaShi (LH8) ( 呂紅八勢 ).
This exercise
appears in LHBF coupled with teacher Wu Yi-hui; the association being strongest in Nanjing at the
Nanjing Martial Institute where LH8 was taught separately and in the case of special student Yin Tin, this was all he was
taught.
It is generally
believed that LH8 was Wu's first or intermediary exercise forms; being favored, it was retained, reworked to internal principles,
and adapted as both a parallel teaching and also absorbed into the LHBF; some of the 'gestures' that
differentiate LHBF from taichi- can be found in LH8.
[Other exercises introduced collectively with LHBF include usually, 3-levels, 12-animals;
( 三盤十二勢
)
Other Exterior
exercises: tiger, dragon swimming motion and hand toys.
The Eight Potential, Innate Skills of LH8:
LuHong Bashih 呂紅八勢 Eight 'shi' Potentials 八勢名稱為
：
1> 衝擊 impact,
2> 挑掠 pick swept,
3> 斬截 chopped cut,
4> 翻擰 turn screw,
5> 穿鑽 wear diamond,
6> 滾閉 roll closing,
7> 雲撐 brace cloud,
8> 橫扳 horizontal pull.
<1>(一) 衝擊、<2>(二) 挑掠、<3>(三)
斬截、<4>(四) 翻擰
<5>(五) 穿轉、<6>(六)
閉滾、<7>(七) 雲撐、<8>(八) 扳橫
There are eight series of exercise forms in the LH8 system :
|
No |
Series |
Title |
Translated Names : Meaning |
Picture Series |
|
1 |
第一勢 |
衝擊 |
Chong2
ji2 : be 'under attack'
Rush & strike [simplified
冲击] |
First sequence:
1-20 frames |
|
2 |
第二勢 |
挑掠 |
Tiao1 lue3 : raise up
carry on shoulders and ransack, passby,
plunder |
Second sequence:
1-19 frames |
|
3 |
第三勢 |
斬截 |
Zhan3
jiu2 : chop, sever, behead;
cutoff, obstruct, stop,
intersect |
Third sequence:
1-17 frames |
|
4 |
第四勢 |
翻擰 |
Fan1
ning2 : flip-over, capsize, turnover;
and twist, wring, pinch |
Fourth sequence:
1-15 frames |
|
5 |
第五勢 |
穿轉 |
Chuan1
zhuang3 : penetrate, pierce, drill;
pass through; Turn shift,
move |
Fifth sequence:
1-11 frames |
|
6 |
第六勢 |
閉滾 |
Bi4
gun3 : shut, close, obstruct, block;
roll, rotate, turn |
Sixth sequence:
1-17 frames |
|
7 |
第七勢 |
雲撐 |
Yun2
cheng1 : clouds 'yunnan'
brace, support, prop-up |
Seventh sequence:
1-11 frames |
|
8 |
第八勢 |
扳橫 |
Pan1
heng2 : pull, drag;
across, horizontal, lateral |
Eighth sequence:
1-10 frames |
120
frames in publication.
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