Quote Originally Posted by bawang View Post
the prototype southern kung fu style was a group of mid 1800 navy boxing sets with no name and numbers only, with the set san zhan.

in 1900s this loose group diverged into many styles. the visits of okinawa students from 1850 to 1900 documents the change and evolution of this group, and when they diverged with okinawa karate. okinawa karate is actually one of the most oldest southern kung fu styles. the visits showed that people who taught okinawa people over 50 years suddenly rearranged this original form in late 1800s early 1900s and created crane, tiger, etc.
Awesome. Never knew that. any links? Maybe my above post was a tad backwards, then. Were the differing san zhan sets perhaps from different sailors and later became associated with the different kung fu styles?