Quote Originally Posted by Sal Canzonieri View Post
So, where did this '花' Hua Quan come from that Shaolin had incorporated?
Our legends say only that Venerable Zhishan of Shaolin Monastery created the fighting style called Hua Quan at Shaolin Si. These fighting methods were seen as an advancement in combat techniques. When Zhishan was killed, Hua Quan style stopped being practiced at Shaolin. Before the killing of Zhishan, his art were greatly respected at Shaolin, as it had contributed tremendous changes to the training of martial arts at Shaolin Monastery. During the Yuan Dynasty, the Shaolin monk responsible for bringing this art back out of obscurity was Venerable Qiu Yue Chan Shi – our ancestral master.
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