> FUKIEN TEMPLE-only 24 forms???
>
> If Shaolin Do is from the Fukien Temple, why do they have so little material
> from the temple it came from? They have more material from the other temples
> by far! How is this explained?
In the same book you got that information from, it goes into the history of Su
Kong. Normally, very few were allowed to learn all of a style and almost never
more than one because of issues of trust. Since Su Kong was orphaned and raised
in the temple by the monks, they had complete trust in Su Kong. He was the first
to go around to all the temples and master every form of shaolin. Thus, Su Kong
knew everything in ALL the temples but was at the Fukien temple during his life.
Grandmaster Ie was Su Kong's direct student. He learned everything Su Kong
learned.
You Say: Well, the temple was burned losing a lot of documentation on all
those forms.
How could he remember all that?
Answer: Some of this survived when the temple was burned because the monks
had knowledge in advance that the troops were coming to raid the temple(the
leader was shaolin). When the troops arrived, they found the temple already
burned. The shaolin monks burned the temple themselves. Since they knew in
advance about the plot, they obviously took some stuff with them.
Anyway, Sin The was a direct student of Grandmaster Ie. Therefore, as proved
above, he knows more than just what was at the Fukien temple.
Were you in active in debate in school James? You argue like a CX'er.
B Slone