Essence of Shaolin 拳術精華

[Mark Blohm]

拳術精華
Mandarin: quán shù jīng huá

"The Essence of Shaolin is a highly secretive set. Uncle Righteousness taught this set only to me, he did not teach it to anyone else. Understandably, many people, including some masters, asked me to teach this set to them. But I declined, saying that I would teach this set only to my chosen successor.

The Essence of Shaolin is what its name suggests. It incorporates the best techniques in Shaolin Kungfu. Masters can use whatever skills or force they specialize in, to execute the techniques."(Link)


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[Leo Shaolin]

Dear Siheng,

Thank you for posting.

Can you please comment on the literal meaning of the Chinese characters, as the characters for Shao Lin are surprisingly not included?

Thank you and best wishes,

Leo

[Leo Shaolin]

After Sifu Mark Blohm's fast reply, I may post with a quote from our grandmaster:

The term, “Essence of Shaolin”, is my invention. In Chinese it is “Quan Shu Jing Hua”, which is literally word-by-word “Fist-Technique-Essence-Beauty”, and figuratively “Essence of Martial Art”. In Chinese, “fist-technique” means kungfu or martial art.

Source: https://shaolin.org/general-2/essenc...shaolin08.html

Best wishes,

Leo