Northern ShaolinBak Sil Lum, Bei Shaolin
History: This style is attributed to Gan Fenchi, a layman disciple of the Shaolin Monk Chao Yuan (secular name Zhu Fu), who both lived under the reign of Emperor Yong Zheng (1723-1735). There is a famous legend of how Gan Fenchi was asked to demonstrate for the emperor, who was looking for new bodyguards. Gan did not support the Qing rule, but went to penetrate the palace, then excused he from service. Yong Zheng's 4th son was Emperor Qianlong, who expanded China to the greatest extent of any emperor in history. This Shaolin style picked up its confusing name from its most famous exponent Ku Yu Cheung (Gu Ruzhang) (1894-1962). Ku was one of the top fifteen champions of the famous national martial arts examination by the Guoshu Institute of Nanjing in 1929.
Along with four other masters, Wan Lai Sheng, Wai Lai Min, Li Xian Wu and Fu Zhen Song, he immigrated south to spread northern martial arts. Together they became known as the Five Southbound Tigers. He settled in Guangdong, translated his terminology to Cantonese, and thus the name Bak Sil Lum. This style has a core ten handsets, a wide variety of weapons, iron body and iron palm. It is recognised by Shaolin temple as an authentic Shaolin school, but it is no longer practised at the temple itself. Due to the higher population of Southern masters who immigrated to other countries, this style has spread farther worldwide than many of the styles, which are practised at Shaolin Temple today.
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