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This style is also known as shaolin dilong (Shaolin ground dragon) and dishang gongfuquan (fist of ground kungfu).
Legends link this style with Southern Shaolin temple. According one of them, this style was developed by Wumei nun. Wumei taught her student Miao Jinhua, Miao Jinhua taught her son - Fang Shiyu. Fand Shiyu combined dishu quanfa and huaquan in one style. When Southern Shaolin temple was burned, Fang Shiyu escaped to Yongchun, then to Datian, then to Zhuyuansi temple (today's name is Guanyansi temple), and taught inside this temple. Style was transferred from generation to generation among monks, and was studied by Huikai monk. Huikai wondered on Fujian and Guandong provinces. In Fuzhou he taught Zheng Yishan from Nantai, Laoyazhou county. Zheng very appreciated this skill and waas very hard in choosing students. Once he had to escape to Yongzhou, and taught medicine-trader Zhuang Zishen, who lurked him.
According to another legend, in front of Southern Shaolin there was Bailiansi temple. Nuns from Bailiansi studied dog-fighting ground skill, and Qi Jiguang's methods, which were developed by General Qi during anti-japanese war. During Qing dynasty one nun, who is known as "mother Siyue", escaped to Yongchun - Yongqin - Fuqing - Fuzhou. In Yongqin she lived some time with Chen family, and taught them dishu quanfa. So this art became Chen family's art. It was transferred inside the family. Chen Yin studied this art from his grandmother. Occasionaly he killed a bandit and had to escape to Fuzhou, then to South-Eastern Asia. It is a reason why dog style is popular now in that places.
All legends link the creation of this style with women. The reason for this - women couldn't use "man"'s styles because wasn't strong enough, and their feet were deformed by tying, therefore woman couldn't stand strong during the fight. It was more comfortable for women to fight from the ground surface.
Methods of dog's groundfighting are divided on three levels. High-level methods are usual shaolin fighting methods (pic.1,4). If they don't help - you can sit and use middle-level methods (pic.2,5). From this position you can continue by high-level methods (stand up), or by low-level methods (lay down). Low-level methods are used from laying position (pic.3,6).
