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Shaolin Kung Fu Styles

All styles of Shaolin kung fu have their own characteristics. There are many different styles in Shaolin kung fu. The techniques of a style are combined together in 'forms' (known as 'Kata' in karate). A form is called a 'Tao' in Chinese, and this part of kung fu is thus called 'Taolu'.  Every movement in a form offcourse represents one or multiple combat techniques, and are not just meaningless movements.

The Shaolin school of kung fu has developed and adopted many styles of kung fu. Off course there are also kung fu schools that practice only one of those styles, like for example the school of eagle kung fu.  That´s why you´ll also find a lot of these schools in the kung fu section...

There are a lot of different styles in Shaolin kung fu (more than 400 !), and we don't know them all, but we are giong to try to complete the list of the different styles, their history, characteristics, and their different fist-forms, as well as the weapons used in the different styles, in this section.

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