Shaolin Tongbei Chuan (fist)

Chinese Shaolin Tongbei Chuan or Tong bei fist(literally ¡°Spreading Power from the Back Boxing¡± ,is one of the popular shaolin kung fu styles in northern China.More and more people learn shaolin Tongbei fist nowadays.

Shaolin Tongbei Chuan¡¯s basic precepts are Daoist in nature and many of the training methods in Tongbei quan are similar to those of the internal styles. In traditional Tongbei fist training, several parts are included; they are basic training (Stance, arm techniques, leg techniques and conditioning), combinations, forms training, two person free sparring, weapons training, and qigong (Chi kung )training.Shaolin Tongbei fist training emphasizes the combination of inner core and outward application.

Application of the Five Elements to Tongbei fist Theory: Wuxing Tongbeiquan takes the five elements as its core and back-through as its application. Back-through Boxing takes the five elements of traditional Chinese philosophy as its basic theory. This philosophy believes that heaven is an ecosystem while the human being is a small one but the principles of the systems remains constant regardless of the size.

The five elements of the heaven are metal, wood, water, fire and earth while those of the human being the heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney. The five elements of Boxing are wrestling, batting, piercing, axing and boring. The Chinese boxing philosophy believes that everything in the world finds its roots in the five elements while all Boxing schools are also based on its five elements.