What are the characteristics of Shaolin Luohan Quan?

Shaolin Luohan Quan is the ancestor of all kinds of Shaolin boxing, his characteristics are "clear and concise, short and compact, flexible and changeable." The essence of Luohan Quan says, "It is like an arrow in the hand, like a sheep in the hand, and when a move is successful, it is a chain of strikes."

Luohan Quan's boxing theory is permeated with the traditional Chinese philosophical viewpoint of "mutual birth and mutual restraint, this and that, and the opposite of what is extreme". Its hand shape changes reflect the yin and yang five elements. Luohan Quan hand shape according to the "five elements" is divided into five branches: "Yang palm for water, standing palm for wood, pouncing palm for fire, clenched fist for earth, hook hand for gold." At the same time, the various hand shapes have different movement requirements: "Water branch like flowing clouds and water, wood branch interspersed like moving arrows, fire branch like inflammation rushing to the sky, wood branch under the heavy as iron, gold branch deformation like a hook." Variable "three palms, a fist and a hook" creates the flexibility of Luohan Quan, often in the actual combat can be a surprise victory.