Here's a pretty interesting documentary I found on Tongbeiquan.
What seems very intriguing is how similar some of their training looks to Splashing Hands. Especially in the way that they slap their own bodies. And also, I noticed that a lot of their strikes are done with open hands and relaxed fingers.
Many people seem to believe that the self-slapping in Splashing Hands comes from Kempo ... but now after seeing this video I'm not so sure about that.
At 2:10 and 3:35 there are some drills where the Tongbei people do a strike while at the same time slapping the shoulder with the other hand.
And at 4:10, they are slapping the sides of the abdomen while doing striking.
Is this kind of self-slapping very common in Chinese martial arts?
Could it be that Splashing Hands was some kind of Tongbeiquan (or derivative)?
What seems very intriguing is how similar some of their training looks to Splashing Hands. Especially in the way that they slap their own bodies. And also, I noticed that a lot of their strikes are done with open hands and relaxed fingers.
Many people seem to believe that the self-slapping in Splashing Hands comes from Kempo ... but now after seeing this video I'm not so sure about that.
At 2:10 and 3:35 there are some drills where the Tongbei people do a strike while at the same time slapping the shoulder with the other hand.
And at 4:10, they are slapping the sides of the abdomen while doing striking.
Is this kind of self-slapping very common in Chinese martial arts?
Could it be that Splashing Hands was some kind of Tongbeiquan (or derivative)?
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