Flying Crane
Sr. Grandmaster
Xue Sheng said:That is true, labels can be very missleading.
I thought about this late last night as far as internal styles go.
Sun Lu Tang (1861 - 1933) was a master of Xingyi and he studied Bagua, possibly also considered a master of Bagua as well. He also studies Wu/Hao Style Tai Chi, Sun was considered a very good martial artist.
He went on to developed Sun Style Tai Chi, which is recognized by the Chinese government as the 5th Tai Chi family.
I have only seen the Sun Short form done in person, but I have seen clips Sun style forms that appear to have Xingyi and Bagua elements.
So I suppose based on this Liu He Ba Fa could be considered the 4th internal style.
But Sun's style is considered a style of Tai Chi, not a new style of Internal Martial Art.