Traditional Shaolin Curriculum

[HeartbreakRidge]

I know i am probably starting off a thread that has already been flogged to death. but i wasnt able to find it, or neway else on the net for that matter, so i was wandering is there a set group of standard shaolin sets, not chinwoo, but shaolin. I know that there is XiaoHong Chuan and Da Hong Chuan but what other forms, and in what order do you people practice them, in my search i have seen many forms most of which are probably the same with different names, and then there is wushu, and an infinite amount of mcdojos peddling im gonna kick ur ass chuan as authentic shaolin. So could people please help just to sort it in my own head If you dont know for sure, then put your own forms list up and i suppose we could pick out the common denominators, that which has been around the longest must surely have travelled the furthest being the logic. Thanks

[norther practitioner]

It really depends on the teacher (and subsequently the student). I'm sure that some of the songshan guys will give you a sample list.

jiebegong
wubu
xiaohongchuan
etc.

[GeneChing]

There's plenty of different curriculams for Shaolin. Just because it doesn't match with what's happening at Songshan Shaolin, does not mean it has no validity. Bak Sil Lum is a perfect example - according to their history, they left the temple long ago. That's still valid as authentic Shaolin. There are other Shaolin systems that are also equally valid. Here's an e-zine article I did that addresses your question to some degree.

[oasis]

read all 3 pieces of that article series gene wrote. many schools will share several of the forms gene listed in that 'ten list' but then differ depending on what each monk learned from his specific teacher.

i'll give you an example of a general order we do forms at my school:
lohan shi ba shou
lian huan quan
xiao hong quan
ba bu lian huan quan
zhao yang quan
yin shou gun (staff set)
chang quan
tong bei quan
...
da hong quan