Jiangxi Ganzhou Dragon Tiger Mountain Taoist Hakka Fist: Five Chinese Fist (江西赣州龍虎山道教客家拳: 五华拳)
The Founder who created this martial style was a Taoist practitioner. He had been living in a Jiangxi Long Hu Mountain under his Taoist masters, hand-picking herbs and learning various arts. At the time, there were five advanced disciples learning closely with the masters of the area. The founder was one of them. After the founder successfully completed his studies, he left the mountain to travel around and visit other martial arts practitioners. In his travels, he passed by Sichuan (四川), Hunan (湖南), Hubei (湖北), Zhangzhou of Fujian (福建章州) and Zhengcheng District of Guangdong (广东增城). Once, when the founder arrived in Xinhui District of Guangdong, he went to Tiancheng Temple (天成寺) to learn and share the knowledge of martial arts with a senior monk there. The senior monk taught him some Stick Forms. The Founder eventually settled down in Cuihengcun of Zhongshan in Guangdong province (广东中山翠亨村) where he established a center to teach martial arts. Master Gu Cai-Hua's (Ku Choi-Wah / 古才华) father, Master Gu You-Zai (古有在) had the chance to become the Founder's disciple, thus obtaining the opportunity to learn traditional Chinese medicine and Jiangxi Dragon Tiger Mountain Five Chinese Fist (江西龍虎山五华拳). Master Gu You-Zai managed to master the authentic arts from the Founder. However, China in that early era was full of chaos and Master Gu You-Zai decided to travel the Southern Seas to hopefully find a better place to live. Subsequently, he arrived in Malaysia (old Malaya), bringing this Kung Fu style along with him. This martial arts style is officially named as "Jiang Xi Dragon Tiger Mountain Five Chinese Fist (江西龍虎山五华拳)".
Unarmed Patterns (空手套路) :
1. Three Arrows (三箭）
2. Three Gates (三门)
3. Six Ways (六法)
4. Tiger Fist (虎拳)
5. Lohan Takes Off The Robe (罗汉脱袈裟)
The Opening Salutation /开拳礼 of the Five Chinese Fist is known as "San Ba Ban Xiang Li /三把半香礼".
Weapon Patterns (武器套路) :
1. Stick Form by the River (河边棍)
The Stick Form of the Five Chinese Fist has an accompanying poem: 门前一枝棍, (Men qian yi zhi gun) One stick at the front door, 天下把名揚, (Tian xia ba ming yang) It spreads the name around the world, 棍头棍尾为江湖, (gun tou gun wei wei jiang hu) Top and bottom of the stick makes the Jianghu/world of martial arts, 走过两京十三省, (zou guo liang jing shi san sheng) It travelled through two big cities and thirteen states.
2. Dagger (匕首)
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