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Tien Shan Pai
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Tien Shan Pai (天山派) is a northern style of Kung-fu which originated in the Tien Shan mountains of
northwestern China. It is well known in Taiwan as an effective fighting style. At the same time it also contains
graceful empty-hand and weapons forms. It stresses rhythm, the demonstration of power accentuated by solid
thuds made by the hands, the emitting of power from the entire body, the coordination of the hands and feet as
well as blocks and strikes, high kicks and low sweeps, as well as locking and throwing techniques. Tien Shan
Pai self-defense is characterized by angular attacks coupled with multiple blocks. If one block fails, the
second can cover. Footwork is considered essential to countering attacks. Tien Shan Pai focuses on low and
steady steps to the side, along with swift "hidden" steps to trick the opponent. Paired boxing forms and
exercises are emphasized for timing and accurate evaluation of distance in reference to a moving, responsive
adversary.
Contents
� 1 History
� 2 Founding Legend
� 3 Modern Practitioners
� 4 Some Common Forms
� 5 Sources
� 6 External links
History
The following is a brief recent history of the Tien Shan Pai style:
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63rd generation Tien Shan Pai Grandmaster Wang Chueh-Jen came from a rich family. His father, Wang Ting
Yuen, was a well known Kung fu Master in Szechuan province. Grandmaster Wang first studied from his
father before his father hired a different master to teach him and his brothers at home. Wang eventually
inherited the Tien Shan Pai style from 62nd generation Grandmaster Ho Ta-Sun (also known as Ho Yuen-
Ching).
Tien Shan Pai has long been popular in Xinjiang, Gansu and other western provinces; however, it was not
well known in eastern China and Taiwan until Wang Chueh-Jen taught there. Through many years of study
and teaching, Grandmaster Wang refined a style of combat he called "radar style fighting". Many of his early
students competed in lei tai (full contact fighting) tournaments, all giving outstanding performances, with
some winning championships. At that time (1955), there were no weight divisions (until 1957, when three
weight divisions were established) and no protection. The last such tournament without protection was held in
Taiwan, Republic of China in 1986.
Grandmaster Willy Lin was born in 1938 in Tai-Chung, Taiwan. Lin became a student of Wang Chueh-Jen in
Tien Shan Pai in 1957 in his hometown of Taichung, Taiwan. For eight years, from 1960 until he emigrated to
the United States by way of Brazil, Willy Lin was the head instructor and primary assistant to Wang Chueh-
Jen.
In 1968 Willy Lin emigrated from Taiwan to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he taught martial arts to the Sao Paulo
Chinese Association and to the Sao Paulo Police Department. In 1970 he came to the United States, where he
opened his first school in 1971 in the Washington DC area.
Willy Lin was the first person to introduce and to teach Wang Chueh-Jen's system of Tien Shan Pai in the
United States. Willy Lin currently resides in New York. He still teaches, and does seminars on Tien Shan Pai,
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and on the forms which comprise it.
He brought Grandmaster Huang Chien-Liang to the United States in 1973 to become one of Lin's instructors
at the Lin Kung Fu School in Bethesda, MD. He also brought Grandmaster Tony Lin, and Grandmaster C.C.
Liu to the United States in the early 1970s to become instructors at the Lin Kung Fu Schools.
Huang claims that Wang Chueh-Jen informed Grandmaster Huang Chien-Liang that Huang was his only
"formal disciple" during a visit to the U.S. in 1985 at which time Huang assumed the title of 64th Generation
Grandmaster of Tien Shan Pai. Huang Chien-Liang is currently the President of The World Kuoshu
Federation (TWKSF), Vice President of the International Chinese Kuoshu Federation (ICKF), and President
of the United States Chinese Kuoshu Federation (USCKF).
Wang Chueh-Jen continued to teach Tien Shan Pai until his death in 1990.
Willy Lin, Huang Chien-Liang, C.C. Liu, and Tony Lin are a few of Wang's original students who are still
active practitioners and teachers of Tien Shan Pai in the United States today.
Founding Legend
Tien Shan Pai Kung fu originated in Xinjiang Province in Northwestern China. Legend has it that it was
practiced by monks who lived in a temple nestled among the snow-capped peaks of the Tien Shan mountains.
As the story goes, a young herdsman who was searching for lost animals wandered too far from home. The
grasslands he knew so well suddenly looked unfamiliar and he realized he was lost. Noticing an old monk
with long white beard approaching nearby, the boy stopped him and asked for directions. When he returned to
his village, the boy told his mother about the old monk. She replied he had met Tien Shan Lao Ren, a monk
who was noted for his martial arts skills. The mother encouraged her son to find the monk and learn his Kung
fu secret.
The young boy set out to find the old monk. His quest carried him deep into the mountains. He searched for
mile after mile, but could not find the old monk. At the point of physical exhaustion, the young boy stopped at
nearby stream to quench his thirst. While kneeling by the stream, he saw the reflection of a beautiful temple
nestled in a snow-capped mountain. Sensing he was close, the young boy hastened onwards.
After a long trek into the mountains, the boy finally arrived at the temple. However, his hopes were dashed
when the monk refused to accept him as a disciple. They were not permitted to teach outsiders, the monk
explained. But instead of going home as they suggested, the boy knelt in the snow outside the temple doors,
refusing to leave until the old monk would agree to teach him. On the second morning, he was discovered
lying unconscious from the cold and was taken into the temple.
Seeing his determination, the old monk reconsidered. Tien Shan Lao Ren decided to teach the boy, whom he
nicknamed Hong Yun (Red Cloud) because of the mist that rose from his bleeding knees when he was
discovered outside of the temple. He stayed in the temple until he grew to manhood, and when he left, he
eagerly passed on his skill to other dedicated students. Hong Yun Zu Shi, as the first to teach the monks
martial artistry to the outside world, is regarded as the founder of Tien Shan Pai.
Modern Practitioners
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Tien Shan Pai is an active style of Kung fu practiced by many in the United States and around the world.
Grandmaster Huang Chien-Liang resides and still teaches at the primary school in Maryland. Most
practitioners learn aspects of northern Shaolin Kung fu and Yang style Tai Chi Chuan as well as traditional
Tien Shan Pai.
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Some Common Forms
Kuo Shu Forms
Chu Chi Chuan ‘Primary Fist’
LianBu Chuan ‘Linking Steps Boxing’ (aka 龙拳 Lung Chuan ‘Dragon Fist’)
Chung Chi Chuan ‘Intermediate Fist’
Gung Li Chuan ‘Power Development Fist’
Man Jiang Hong ‘Whole River Red’
Mi Tsung ‘Lost Track’ Forms
Ji Chuan ‘Sudden Attack’
Pa Chi Quan ‘Eight Extremes Fist’
Lo Han Chuan "Lo Han Boxing"
Cha Chuan Jiao Men ‘Cha Fist Sect Boxing’ Forms
Tan Tui ‘Spring Leg’
Yuan Yang Chuan ‘Mandarin Duck Boxing’ Forms
Yuan Yang Tui ‘Mandarin Duck Kicks’
Sun Ping Chuan ‘Sun Ping Boxing’ Forms
San Shi Er Sun Bin ‘Thirty Two Sun Bin’
Liang Shan Chuan ‘Liang Mountain Boxing’
Shi Er Tui ‘Twelve Kicks’
Lian Huan Tui ‘Continuous Linking Kicks’
Mei Hua Chuan ‘Plum Flower Fist’
Shao Hong Chuan ‘Little Red Boxer’
Sources
Tien Shan Pai Association. 13 Dec. 2005 .
Lin Kung Fu. 2005. .
External links
� The Tien Shan Pai association (http://www.tienshanpai.org/tienshanpai/index.shtml)
� Tien Shan Pai association official list of schools
(http://www.tienshanpai.org/tienshanpai/schools/index.shtml)
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� Grandmaster Willy Lin who introduced Tien Shan Pai to the US (http://www.linkungfu.com/)
� Tien Shan Pai lineage and schools (http://www.linkungfu.com/tsplinks.html)
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