Introduction to the Basics
There is some confusion when trying to write out the Chinese names in English. Today Pinyin is the accepted form used to write Mandarin/Pu Tong Hua in English, however, in the past there were different versions when trying to write Cantonese or Taiwanese in English. As a result there are different spellings trying to depict the same character. Vegetable in pinyin is cai but tsai in Taiwanese and sometimes choy in Cantonese. Likewise naming the hands and techniques also go through this confusion. Qua shu can be called kwak shu, kwok shu or kwak siu and quak siu. Chop shu can be chok shu or choq siu. I try to put both versions down when I know them. To make it more confusing there is a chok shu, upper cutting hand, and chop shu, intercepting blade hand, to use these terms interchangably doesn't really work. Unfortunately most people would not recognize today's standardized pinyin for any of these hands. Here's how different the name of this style is between the old Cantonese way and modern pinyin for Mandarin:
Kwong Sai Jook Lum Tong Long Gee Pai vs Jiāngxi Zhúlín Sēnlín Xiūdàoyuàn Tángláng Jiātíng. Not even close!
Kwong Sai Jook Lum Tong Long Gee Pai vs Jiāngxi Zhúlín Sēnlín Xiūdàoyuàn Tángláng Jiātíng. Not even close!
Mor ShuQua/Kwak Shu
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Chok/Chop Shu
The Beggar's Hand
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Setting the Bridge
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Opening video with sound track
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