Plum Flower Fist

Fist of Hua / Hua Quan  /  Mihua Quan

              The Flower Set is a very famous set in Southern Shaolin Kungfu. Many great Shaolin masters in the past, like Kam Foong Chi, the lady Shaolin grandmaster Ng Mui, another Shaolin grandmaster Miu Hean, Fong Sai Yoke and Wu Wai Thean specialized in this Flower Set. Yim Wing Choon was also an expert in this Flower Set, having learnt it from her teacher Ng Mui, and it was likely that Wing Choon Kungfu evolved from this set.

The Flower Set is well known for its fast and deceptive movements. About 25 years ago, I explained this set and some of its combat applications in a Chinese kungfu magazine. A combat sequence with its illustrations is reproduced below.