Shaolinquan

Shaolinquan is a great system that embraces a great variety of different styles, including dahonquan, xiahonquan, paoquan, meihuaquan, qixingquann, and luohanquan. Shaolingquan , as it is taught at the Shaolin Monastery in Songshan Henan Province, features simple, straight, small, compact and very forceful postures and movements. One peculiarity is this the fist strikes out with the arm neither bent nor totally stretched out. The conclusion of a movement is often accompanied by snorting.