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Rook said:Liu Shing Chuan is refered to as "Meteor Fist" and called a "better version of xingyiquan" on the internet by its practitioners. Other than that, I haven't been able to find out much about it.
Does anyone know anything about this style?
Xue Sheng said:Don't know much other than this
Liu Shing Ch'uan
http://www.answers.com/topic/liu-shing-ch-uan
Supposedly the 5th internal style in the Shaolin Curriculum
As to "A better form of Xingyi" I am guessing that can be thought of as the same as saying my martial art is better than your martial art. It is all a matter of perspective and/or opinion
Current revision (20:09, 18 July 2006) (edit)
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(I expanded the explanation with a short description provided by the Shao-lin Grandmaster, Sin Kwang The')
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i am only a brown belt in shaolin do but i do know that in order to learn meteor fist you first have to learn golden leapord... and then their are four roads(katas) of the actual meteor fist... Master Bill Leonard said the first time he watched Grandmaster Sin do it Master Bill got dizzy because GM Sin was moving so fast... don't know if thats true... but i know it is the highest stage of the internal arts in Shaolin-do... GM Sin is teaching a seminar on it next year... i think he'll teach two... one for the yin roads and one for the yang roads...
I saw the wikipedia article which is the same as the answers.com one.
The Shaolin Curriculum didn't really include the orthodox internal arts to my knowledge, so its interesting that they would refer to this as being part of said curriculum.
I would assume their xingyi comment comes from some sort of similarity in style to xingyi.
This entry refers to the art as part of the Shao-Lin Do curriculum. This is a particular school of Chinese/Indonesian martial arts under the leadership of Sin The, in Lexington, KY. This is not the same as what most people typically think of as "shaolin" kung fu, meaning the longfist style and others under the Shaolin umbrella, such as Eagle Claw and Hung Gar. Mr. The's art has its own specific curriculum which includes elements of many arts, at least some of which may or may not also be found independently outside of his art. Mr. The's art is recognizable from other Shaolin in that it is typically spelled with a hyphen, and usually followed with the Japanese word "do": Shao-Lin Do.
Several styles within the "Shao-lin Do" system propogated by Sin The' have objected that their styles are misrepresented in his system, but we do know that they are actual styles outside said system. I am wondering if this Meteor Fist actually existed outside Sin The' and his system.... its hard to tell with the number of systems in China whether its real or not.
I think someone better watch what they sayLiu Shing Chuan is refered to as "Meteor Fist" and called a "better version of xingyiquan"