Originally Posted by
Tainan Mantis
The chapter on questions on answers, where empty hand is mentioned, is chiefly on weapons. The chapter finishes with a brief mention of empty hands.
....鐵拳則有太祖溫家之類。短打則有綿張。任家之類。皆因獨步神奇。....
Iron Fist has both Taizu and Wen Family. Short Strikes has Mian Zhang.
(Here it is likely a typographical error, and the meaning can be Soft Palms or Continuous Palms)
No matter what the style, they all have their unique characteristics.
Something very interesting to note about this is that Short Strikes is placed in the sentence opposed to the words Iron Fist.
Iron Fist is this...., and Short Strikes is this....,
Does anyone use the term Iron Fist?
The term has been in use in Shandong to represent a form of Longfist.
Anywhere else?