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Liuhe Bafa Wikipedia

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Liu He Ba Fa (also called: Six Harmonies Eight Methods, water boxing, Temple Style, or Hwa Yu after the mountain where it was conceived), (alternately spelled: LiuHeBaFa, Liu Ho Pa Fa, Lok Hup Ba Fa, Lok Hop Pat Fat, and abbreviated as: LHBF or LHPF)

Liu He Ba Fa is a form of Chinese Neijia|nei-gong or internal exercise with combat fighting applications. It is the 'fourth internal art', the other three being Hsing I, Bagua and Tai Chi - all of which it outdates.

Its' principles are associated with a 'water' exercise method known during, but predating the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The Taoist sage Chen Po (Chen Tuan, Chen Xi Yi, Chen Hsi I) is credited with its development. He was associated with the http://www.damo-qigong.net/huashan.htm Mt. Hua Taoist monastery on Mount Hua|Hua Shan in Shensi Province.

Liu He Ba Fa proponents say that it contains form and principle elements from Bagua Zhang, T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Hsing I Ch'uan, all of which appeared after the Song dynasty. Each of these art forms are believed by some schools to share principles extending back to various precursor disciplines, Tao Yin, for one example.

The 'core' exercise is usually taught in 66 forms, in two parts, for health or martial purposes. The complete Liu He Ba Fa-system, taught in Nanjing by Wu Yi Hui, includes training derived from external-styles reworked to complement the core form. There are very few teachers with the full knowledge of the LHBF-system.

Last Modified:   2005-11-04