Shaolin Kung Fu Styles
Zui
Quan (Drunken Boxing) (01)
(Also
have a look at the gallery > videoclips to see a very nice zui-jian
performance...)
The
Shaolin Zui Quan (Drunkards Boxing) style is probably one of the
most controversial styles known in Shaolin boxing. In this style
the performer acts to be drunk, to trick his adversary into
thinking he can't fight, while in fact he is sober. Than he
attacks with surprising, usually acrobatic, attacks.
There
are many legends about this style and its history. It is often
said, that when the monks saved the emperor, he gave them, as a
reward, the right to eat meat, and drink whine. Because of this
the monks were often found in a drunk state, and robbed. That's
why they invented the 'drunkards boxing'. This way no-one knew if
a monk was really drunk or not, so people were afraid of attacking
them.
Ofcourse
for performing a 'drunken boxing' form one should never be really
drunk. It could even be dangerous, because there are a lot of
difficult and acrobatic tumbling techniques included in this form.
During this form the hands are usually used as if they were
holding a whine-cup.
In
the Shaolin 'drunken' style there are two weapons that are being
used ; 'the drunken staff' and the 'drunken straight sword' (which
is the most seen), however even the drunken bench form, and other
´drunken´forms are being practised...
