Seven Form Fist. San Shou
In this case San Shou represents what we used to call techniques, a somewhat formal explanation of the basic counters to punches, grabs and the like. Seven Form fist is about as sparse and direct as its brother, Xin Yi. The movemenst crowd and disrupt. Much tight fighting. There are a number of Chinese martial styles in which Muslims excel. Thus the term Jiao Men or Muslim Style is not always a precise one. Generally, there are three styles where the Muslim presence has been so strong as to be identified with this triad. These are Liu He Xin Yi, Cha (Zha) Quan and the far lesser known Qi Shi Quan or Seven Form Fist. Here we have our first example of the Seven Form Fist. demonstrated by Shi ZhenGang, an inheritor of this style. It is not known who introduced this form. Some say that during the highest literary period of the Tang Dynasty it appeared from the Western regions. There is some pictoral evidence that famous Seven Form fighters were responsible for the spread of Seven Form Boxing to Kai
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