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    Hi All,

    So we know that palm style has been the most dominant and popular in Jinyong novels. However, when it comes to Fists style, which martial arts would come out on the top.

    From memory, I only know vacant fists, 7 injure fists and shaolin lohong fists.

    Are there any others that will come out on top? What would be the TOP 5?

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    Chen Jialuo has a few fist martial arts, the famous one is Hundred Flower Fist

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    Seventy-two Styles Vacant Fist, it can even rival 18 Dragon Palm. JY really liked his numbers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wuxiakid View Post
    Hi All,

    So we know that palm style has been the most dominant and popular in Jinyong novels. However, when it comes to Fists style, which martial arts would come out on the top.

    From memory, I only know vacant fists, 7 injure fists and shaolin lohong fists.

    Are there any others that will come out on top? What would be the TOP 5?
    The problem is that not one of the big name villians or heroes use a Fist style as one of their main kung-fus, so it gets overlooked.

    Some often overlooked ones used once or twice by more significant characters would be :

    Great Demon Subduing Fist : (part of 9 Yin)

    Warrior Attendant Air Splitting Fist: (Xuanci used it on Xiao Feng, not sure if still in 3rd Edition)

    Great Warrior Attendant Fist : Created by 6 11th generation Shaolin monks after 36 years of research. One of the 72 arts. Not sure if the above Xuanci used was part of the moveset.

    Shadowless Divine Fist : Used by Ding Dian. (Nice name!)

    Thunderbolt Fist : ChengKun's fist style.
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    Missing a very obvious one here - Taiji Quan!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Kwok View Post
    Missing a very obvious one here - Taiji Quan!
    Now that I think of it, in all of the adaptations, I don't recall Taiji QUAN ever being used to punch, its always some backpalm or push or shove etc etc. Did I miss anything?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CC View Post
    Now that I think of it, in all of the adaptations, I don't recall Taiji QUAN ever being used to punch, its always some backpalm or push or shove etc etc. Did I miss anything?
    Tai Chi Fist seems to involve actual fists the way that 6 Mak Divine Swords involves actual swords.

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    in first edition novel of TB&TS, one of the shaolin monk use Drunken Fist, i dont know if it still exist in 3rd ed?

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    Maybe Donnie Yen will display some Wing Chun fist in coming HSDS movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CC View Post
    Now that I think of it, in all of the adaptations, I don't recall Taiji QUAN ever being used to punch, its always some backpalm or push or shove etc etc. Did I miss anything?
    I've done a little Taijiquan (Chen and Wu styles), but it wasn't really my cup of tea. Taiji does have fists (e.g. Ban Lan Chui), but it tends to favour the open palm. The usual reason given is that fists tend to encourage tension compared to the open palm (or more esoterically, it stagnates the flow of qi). More pragmatically, I think the real reason is that most practical Taiji applications tend towards grappling and throwing (there are countless Youtube videos of Taiji applications) rather than just hitting the opponent. Films and shows tend to portray Taijiquan as primarily a striking art instead.

    Pretty much all Chinese martial arts in real life end with 'quan', regardless of their favoured hand formations. Baguazhang and Piguazhang are the main exceptions I can think of, but even then, I have heard these being called 'Baguaquan' and 'Piguaquan'.

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    From this info regarding some shaolin fist.

    * Shaolin Long Fist (少林長拳)
    * Arhat Fist (羅漢拳)
    * Dashing Shaolin (闖少林)
    * Drunken Fist (醉拳)
    * Five Elements Linked Fist (五行連環拳)
    * Lu Zhishen Pounds the Door Drunken Fist (魯智深醉打山門拳)
    * Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve (袖里乾坤)
    * Great Vajra Fist (大金剛拳)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stance View Post
    From this info regarding some shaolin fist.
    * Dashing Shaolin (闖少林)
    * Lu Zhishen Pounds the Door Drunken Fist (魯智深醉打山門拳)

    i am curious , who is the practitioner of these Dashing Shaolin fist and Lu Zhishen fist?

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    Quote Originally Posted by a_tumiwa View Post
    i am curious , who is the practitioner of these Dashing Shaolin fist and Lu Zhishen fist?
    The skills was listed as one of the 72 arts.

    Note: Although the skills listed here are entirely fictional, some are based on actual martial arts.

    Foundation skills:
    Shaolin Long Fist (少林長拳)
    Arhat Fist (羅漢拳)
    Tiger Subduing Palm (伏虎掌)
    Skanda Palm (韋馱掌)
    Merciful Thousand Leaves Hand (大慈大悲千葉手)

    Fist styles:
    Dashing Shaolin (闖少林)
    Drunken Fist (醉拳)
    Five Elements Linked Fist (五行連環拳)
    Lu Zhishen Pounds the Door Drunken Fist (魯智深醉打山門拳)
    Heaven and Earth in the Sleeve (袖里乾坤)
    Great Vajra Fist (大金剛拳)

    Palm styles:
    Great Skanda Palm (大韋馱掌)
    Evil Subduing Palm (降魔掌)
    Divine Vajra Palm (金剛神掌)
    Vajra Prajñā Palm (金剛般若掌)
    Prajñā Palm (般若掌)
    Eight Styles of Divine Palm (神掌八打)
    Thousand Hands Buddha Palm (千手如來掌)
    Mount Meru Palm (須彌山掌)
    Flower Scattering Palm (散花掌)
    Snowy Mountain Palm (雪山掌)
    Bodhidharma Palm (達摩掌)
    Swift Palm (快掌)
    Stone Wielding Palm (握石掌)
    One Clap Two Scatters (一拍兩散)

    Finger styles:
    Indian Buddha Finger (天竺佛指)
    Maha Finger (摩诃指)
    Duoluoye Finger (多羅葉指)
    Wuxiang Jie Finger (無相劫指)
    Flower Pinching Finger (拈花指)
    Great Strength Vajra Finger (大力金剛指)
    Great Wisdom Wuding Finger (大智無定指)
    One Finger Zen (一指禪)

    Grappling styles:
    Great Strength Vajra Grab (大力金剛抓)
    Eagle Claw (鷹爪手)
    Nirvana Grab (寂滅抓)
    Indra Grab (因陀羅抓)
    Tiger Claw (虎爪手)
    Dragon Claw (龍爪手)
    Grabbing Hand (擒拿手)
    Big Grabbing Hand (大擒拿手)
    Small Grabbing Hand (小擒拿手)
    Flower Pinching Grabbing Hand (拈花擒拿手)
    Shaolin Eighteen Styles Grabbing Hand (少林擒拿十八打)

    Sword styles:
    Arhat Swordplay (羅漢劍法)
    Skanda Evil Subduing Swordplay (韋馱伏魔劍)
    Bodhidharma Swordplay (達摩劍法)
    Saber styles:
    Evil Subduing Saber Style (降魔刀法)
    Burning Wood Saber Style (燃木刀法)

    Staff styles:
    Evil Subduing Staff Style (伏魔杖法)
    Evil Suppressing Staff Style (降魔杖法)
    Wild Demon Staff Style (瘋魔杖法)
    Small Yaksha Staff Style (小夜叉棍)
    Big Yaksha Staff Style (大夜叉棍)
    Obtaining the Scriptures Staff Style (取經棍法)

    Inner energy skills:
    Vajra Evil Subduing Divine Skill (金剛伏魔神通)
    Vajra Body Defending Divine Skill (金剛不壞體神功)
    Yijin Jing (易筋經)
    Nine Yang Divine Skill (九陽神功)
    Arhat Evil Subduing Divine Skill (羅漢伏魔神功)
    Pona Skill (破衲功)
    Cassock Evil Subduing Skill (袈裟伏魔功)

    Others:
    Dragon Capturing Hand (擒龍手)
    Golden Bell Shield (金鐘罩)
    Iron shirt (鐵布衫)
    Pārami Hand (波羅蜜手)
    Vajra Zen Lion Roar (金剛禪獅子吼)
    Shadowless Formless Legs (如影隨形腿)
    Great Skanda Mace (大韋馱杵)

    Battle formations:
    Great Arhat Formation (羅漢大陣)
    Vajra Evil Subduing Ring (金剛伏魔圈)
    Arhat Sword Formation (羅漢劍陣)

    Ref: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaolin_Sect

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