ambulocetus wrote:If some future researcher does stumble across this post and thinks my idea has merit, they are welcome to use it. Some interesting controversies that could be a good place to start are:
1. Did BaPan Zhang really come before BaGua
2. Is TongBei really one of the ancestors of TaiJi or are they jumping on the Chen bandwagon
3. Many styles claim to be descended from Yueh Fei. Whose claims are legitimate
Due to the intrigues of the Ching Dynasty and the devastation of the Cultural Revolution, the history of many Chinese styles has been obfuscated. However the future researcher must keep in mind that the results may be rejected by those with closely held opinions.
As people said, I already did this, for 25 years I researched who taught what to who, when and where.
Most people aren't reading Chinese researchers articles. Most answers people are asking we already answered there many years ago.
1. that BaPan Zhang stuff is long debunked. I have a whole section in my book that explains the baloney that was told step by step.
2, Tongebi is a very ancient Chinese martial art, and it was integrated into Shaolin.And that's where Chen got it from. There was a Professor Yang on this forum some years back who wrote many articles about its history, and how it got incorporated into Chen Taiji, step by step. I am sure you can find it in the archives here. I have a bunch of Chinese language books that examined this topics. So, this is already a moot point. I have a whole chapter in my book.
3 - Another topic already solved in China. Yue Fei style is the same as saying Henan Folk martial arts. They are the martial arts that the Southern Song dynasty soldiers practiced when they came back into civilian life. They were Yue Fei's amy's soldiers. Many of these techniques were quite common and found their way into many martial arts that were from Henan, including Henan Xinyo Liuhe Quan. And they are also in all the Hakka martial arts of southern china. Also, a chapter in my book.