denny Schools Periods & Styles book

Wújí Quán, Zuì Quán "No Extremity (Chaos/Void) Boxing system, Drunken Boxing" * Drunken form from the Wuji Quan system. This is a good example of a traditional drunken form in that it still maintains the unique features of the system it is from and is focused on practical methods of combat. The Wuji Quan style is practiced in a few villages in the Cangzhou area of Hebei and in Tianjin. It is sometimes referred to as "Tianjin Wuji Quan" although it was introduced to Tianjin relatively recently (1930's), it became very popular there very quickly within a few years. Oral tradition on the origins of Wuji Quan vary, sometimes the art is associated with Yue Fei or Song dynasty royal guards. The farthest back the art can be traced is the Jiaqing period of the Qing dyasty (1796-1820) when Liu XianDao from the Wenzhou area of Zhejiang went north and taught the art to Cai JinTang of Henan province's Xinyang prefecture, Huaibin county. Later Cai Jintang traveled to Tianjin's Jinghai county and exchanged skills with Gao Zupo learning the Zi Long Da Qiang to augment his Wuji Quan system which up to that point contained no spear method. Through the years forms have been added to the system by various masters such as the "Three Hand Luohan" methods of Bai Yunpeng, and the Six Harmony Bog Spear method added by "Pole King" Wang Yuzhen. Because of these additions and other changes the exact curriculum varies between the Cangzhou and Tianjin schools. However the core of the original Wuji ...