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Most Famous Shaolin Kung Fu Styles
In Shaolin Kung Fu, the main principle is to keep the opponents from attacking and disabling them by blowing your own strikes. This Buzzle article lists some of the most famous Shaolin Kung Fu styles taught till date.
- Hard technique - using your force to meet the attacker's force.
- Soft technique - using the attacker's strength against him/her.
- Arhat's 18 hands or luohan shi ba shou
- Flood style or hong quan
- da hong quan - Big flood fist
- xiao hong quan - Little red fist
- Explosive style or pao quan
- da pao quan - Big cannon fist
- xiao pao quan - Small cannon fist
- Through-the-Arms style (Through the back fist) or tong bi quan
- 7-star & Long Guard the Heart and Mind Gate style (Forever preserve the heart-mind link/door) or qi xing & chang hu xin yi men quan
- Plum Flower Fist (Plum Blossom style) or Mei hua quan
- Facing & Bright Sun style or chao & zhao yang quan
- Vajrapani style or jin gang quan
- Emperor's Long-range style or tai zu chang quan
- Guard the Home kan jia quan
- Chain Hands and Short-range combat or lian shou duan da
- 5 Combinations style or wu he quan
- 6 Harmonies Fist (6-Match style) or liu he quan
- Soft style or rou quan
- Confusing Path style or mi zong quan
- Imitative styles or xiang xing quan along with Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, Eagle, Monkey, Mantis, and other animal styles
- Drunken style or zui quan