Thought this may be of use for beginners or just of interest generally.Let me know if anything has been missed. * Bafaquan (八法拳) - Eight Methods * Baguazhang (八卦掌; Pa Kua Chang) - Eight Trigrams Palm * Bajiquan (八極拳) - Eight Extremes Fist * Bak Mei (白眉拳) - White Eyebrow * Black Tiger Kung Fu (黑虎拳) * Chaquan (查拳) - Cha Fist * Changquan (長拳) - Long Fist * Chuo Jiao (戳腳) - Poking Feet * Chow Gar - a form of Southern Praying Mantis * Chi Hsuan Men - White Jade Fan * Choy Gar (蔡家) - also known as Rat Kung Fu * Choy Lee Fut (蔡李佛; Càilǐfó) * Dachengquan (大成拳) - Great Achievement Boxing (Yiquan) * Ditangquan (地躺拳) - Ground-Prone Fist, Ground Tumbling Boxing * Do Pi Kung Fu (道派) * Dragon Kung Fu (Lung Ying) (龍形拳) * Duan Quan (短拳) - Short Range Boxing * Emeiquan (峨嵋拳) * Fanziquan (翻子拳) - Overturning Fist, Tumbling Boxing * Feng Shou - Hand of the Wind * Five Ancestors (五祖拳) - Wuzuquan or Ngo Cho Kun * Five Animals (五形) * Five Petal Plum Blossom Qigong * Fujian White Crane (白鶴拳) * Fu Jow Pai (虎爪派) - Tiger Claw System (aka Black Tiger Kung Fu or Hark Fu Moon; G.M. Wai Hong) * Fut Gar - Buddhist Palm * Gouquan (狗拳) - Dog Fist * Hong Cha * Hongquan-red boxing * Hop Gar (俠家) * Huaquan (different character) Flower boxing * Houquan (猴拳) - Monkey Fist * Drunken Monkey (醉猴) * Hsing-i Ch'uan: see Xingyiquan (形意拳) * Huaquan (華拳) - China Fist * Hung Fut (洪佛) - Hung and Buddha style kung fu * Hung Gar (洪家拳; also known as Hung Ga or Hung Kuen) Shaolin Style and ancestor to many southern styles * I Liq Chuan (意力拳) - Mind-Body Art, founded by Chin Lik Keong of Malaysia * Jeet Kune Do (截拳道) - Way of The Intercepting Fist, founded by Bruce Lee * Jing Wu Men (精武門) - Jing Wu, a famous school founded in Shanghai that teaches several different styles. * Jing Quan Do (精拳道) - a modern synthetic style * Jow-Ga Kung Fu (周家) - Jow family style * Kuntao - Way of the Fist * Kuen-Do (拳道) - Way of The Fist * Lama Pai- Lama fist * Lau Gar (刘家) - Lau family style * Leopard Kung Fu (豹拳) * Li (Lee) Family (李家) - Li Family or Lee Family style * Liu Seong Kuntao (also Liu Seong Gung Fu, Liu Seong Chuan Fa) - A Chinese art with Indonesian influence, practiced primarily in the United States. * Liuhe Bafa (六合八法; Liu He Pa Fa, Lok Hup Ba Fa) - Six Harmonies, Eight Methods or Water Boxing * Liuhemen/liuhequan-six harmonies school/boxing * Liuhetanglangquan-six harmonies mantis boxing * Luohan Quan (羅漢拳) Arhat Boxing, Law Horn Kuen * Mei Hua Quan (梅花拳 Plum Blossom Fist) * Mizongyi (迷蹤羅漢拳; Mízōngquán) - Lost Track Fist (also known as My Jong Law Horn) * Mok Gar (莫家拳) Mok family style * Nan Quan (南拳) - Southern Fist * New York Nam Kuen * Northern Praying Mantis (北派螳螂拳) * Northern Shaolin (北少林) - Bak Siu Lum * Pai lum (白龍) - White Dragon, Pai Family Method, a modern style based on Kenpo with Chinese influences found mainly in the US and Canada. * Paochui (炮捶) - Cannon Fist, Sanhaung Paochui * Piguaquan (劈掛拳) - Chop-Hitch Fist, Axe-hitch boxing * Praying Mantis: see either Northern or Southern Praying Mantis. * Sanda (散打) or Sanshou (散手) - Free Fighting * San Soo (散手) * Shaolin Nam Pai Chuan (少林南派拳) * Shaolin Quan (少林拳) * Shen Lung Kung Fu (神龍功夫) - Modern variations of Southern style Chinese martial arts based in the United States. * Shuai Chiao (摔跤; Shuaijiao) - Chinese Wrestling * Shequan (蛇拳) - Snake Fist * Shou Shu * Southern Praying Mantis (南派螳螂拳) * Tai Chi Chuan (太極拳 T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Taijiquan) - Taiji Fist * Tai Shin Mun or Dasheng men 大聖門 - School of The Great Sage *Tantui (彈腿/譚腿) - Spring Leg style * Tibetan White Crane (白鶴派) * Tien Shan Pai (天山派) * Tongbeiquan (通背拳) - Through-the-Back Fist * Twelve Fists of Tamo * White Crane: see either Fujian White Crane or Tibetan White Crane * Wing Chun (詠春) - Forever Spring(永春), made famous by Bruce Lee. * Wing Tsun (詠春) * Wudangquan (武當拳) * Wun Hop Kuen Do * Xingyiquan (形意拳; Hsing-i Ch'uan) - Form-Intent Fist * Yau Kung Mun (软功門) - Flexible-Power Style * Yingzhaoquan (鷹爪拳) - Eagle Claw Fist * Yuejiaquan (岳家槍) - Yue family Fist/Boxing * Yiquan (意拳; I Ch'uan) - Mind Boxing * Zhuan Shu Kuan - A modern composite style containing elements of Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai and Changquan. It is based in the United Kingdom. * Zi Ran Men (自然门) - Natural Boxing or "fist of nature" * Zui Quan (醉拳) - Drunken Fist
The characters for Shaolin Nam Pai Chuan should be (少林南北拳) according to the certificate in front of me. Just a little thing... feel free to delete this post if you want too.
I know,there are many many styles! It's all interesting stuff. I can't lay claim to singlehandedly writing it all out either,it came from various sources
from encyclopedia of chinese martial arts five elders (not five ancestors you mentioned) hung-chai lost track monkey wu-shu
SirVill, Please excuse if you already know this, but: Nam Pai as listed above means "South Family", where as the Nam Pai you are listing means "South / North". Best Regards, Russ
One thing I noticed Su. I thought Hak Fu Mun and Fu Jow Pai were two different Tiger Styles. I know Jeff(JMD161) would know for sure.
http://www.tienshanpai.org/tienshanpai/index.htm Tien Shan Pai. Huang Chien Liang's site above. Regards, Rob
Hak Fu Mun (Haak Fu Muhn, Huk Fu Moon etc..) and Fu Jow Pai are two totally different styles. Fu Jow Pai is a Tiger Claw system and uses a lot more Fu Jow (Tiger Claw) techniques than Hak Fu Mun. Hak Fu Mun has a lot more different animal techniques than just tiger. There are 10 different animals in Black Tiger... crane,snake,dragon,tiger,leopard,horse,monkey,lion,eagle, and elephant Hak Fu Mun also has drunken sets one armed sets and many exotic weapons sets. I know most Hung people won't like this, but my sifu says Hak Fu Mun is a much more complicated Hung Gar. jeff