Quote Originally Posted by Siu Lum Fighter View Post
Ah yes, but the the sets were supposedly kept secret throughout most of their history. From what I understand, a great deal of information was not copied down. The bare remnants of what was copied was likely destroyed. Hebie and Shandong were victims of so many wars and invasions. It's very possible that there is an incomplete history there.
Correct, the sets were kept secret, during the Qing dynasty, that's one factor.

The other factor is that as long as someone studied more than one style, it will have an effect of improving and condensing movements in sets.
3 thousand years of Chinese martial arts has shown that.

It's not a big deal if Ku Yu "improved' the original 12 sets of Kanjia Quan, made them into ten sets. That's just want a master can do if he is truly a master.

BUT, don't forget, the he might have changed nothing and the sets had evolved over time from the 12 sets of Kanjia Quan to the 10 sets of Bak Silum, via all the people that taught it from 1780s to Ku yu's time period.

Lots of time for condensing and making the sets more 'efficient and effective'.