EMPTY HAND COMPETITION

EMPTY HAND COMPETITION

Empty hand competition involves the performance of a sequence, usually traditional, demonstrating the function and essence of a particular martial style. Competition normally falls into the following subdivisions:

A. Long Fist -- Styles such as Zha, Wa, Wha, Pao, Hun, Fangzi, and many other Shaolin Long Fist styles. Each style may contain 20 to 30 routines.
B. Taiji [T'ai Chi Ch'uan] -Chen style, Yang style, Wu style, Wu [or Hao] style, Sun style, Kun Lun, Spontaneous, Qigong, Bagua Taiji, etc. Also included are Taiji styles derived from the above sets.
C. Southern Fist -- Hong Jia [Hung Gar], Cai Li Fo [Choi Li Fat], Mo, Tiger & Crane, Southern Branch, Wing Chun [Yongchun], Wing Tsun, Diou Family, Ermei Southern, Tai-I Five Elements, Hard Entrance Southern, Nine Temple, Eighteen Kicks, Zi-men Southern, Hun-Men, Yu-Men, Gun-Men, Yui-Men, Wudang Southern, White Eyebrow, White Crane, Crane Ha-Gar, Five Elders, Grand Elder, Lo-Han, Yue-Chia, Kun-Men, Five Plum Flowers, Ermei Shaolin, Wudang Shaolin, etc. It is estimated that in Canton alone there are more than 400 types of Southern Shaolin.
D. Xingyi [Hsing-I] -- Five Elements and Twelve Animals, Linking Five Elements, Four-Grasps Punches, Eight Postures, Ba-tze Kung, Twelve Crosses, Tsu-Ru Ton, Mixed Form, Rin-Yan Jior, etc.
E. Bagua -- Basic Ba-Gua, Innate Ba-Gua, Latent Ba-Gua, Ba-Gua Consecutive Palm, Close-body Ba-Gua, Ba-Gua Dragon Form, etc.
F. Imitating Styles -- Preying Mantis, Eagle Claw, Monkey, Tiger, Leopard, Drunken-Style, Drunken Eight Fairies, Duck, Snake. Rooster, Do~, etc.
G. Other Styles -- Ba-ji, Ton-Bei, Ton-Bae, Six Harmonies/Eight Methods, Wu-Ji Chuan, Liang-I, Ssu-hsiang, Gung-Li, etc.