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Liuhequan
(fist of six co-ordinations)
Liuhequan was transferred from master Tong Zhongyi to his daughter Tong Peiyun, who became a heiress of family sets. At the october of 1928 on Nanjing all-China guoshu trials Tong Zhongyi defeated famous wushu master Wu Shaoji from Sichuan province.
'Liuhe' means 'six directions' - north, south, east, west, up and down. In liuhequan it is necessary to co-ordinate hands and gaze, step and body, mind and force. Style's specific: leaning on five animals forms (dragon, tiger, crane, hare and monkey) and moving on direktions of eight trigrams (qian, kan, xun, gen, li, kun, dui and zhen); it is necessary to move like swimming dragon, to be calm like lieing tiger, to be quick like dodge hare, to be adroit like monkey, to be light like crane in the skys.
Basic sets: 12 tantui exercises, oncoming cannon strikes, fist of moving dragon, fist of the art of changing, operating fist, set of six families, eight-steps moving, changings of meihua plum. Style also includes 72 qinna grasps and shuaijiao. Weapon sets: liuhe dao (six co-ordination's broadsword), liuhe jian (six co-ordination's sword), liuhe gun (six co-ordination's pole), xing dao (operating broadsword), kan dao (cutting broadsword), chunqiu dadao (halberd of "Spring and Autumns" period), xingzhe bang (monk's staff), baxian jian (sword of eight immortals), sanjiegun (three-sectional staff), Sun Bin guai (crutch of Sun Bin), shuang ji (pair of pole-axe), shuang gou (pair of hooks), guai jin jian (crutch vs. sword), sanjiegun jin jian (three-sectional staff vs. sword), dandao jin qiang (broadsword vs. spear), gun jin qiang (pole vs. spear).