What are the characteristics and advantages of Nanquan Kung Fu and Beiquan?

China ancient Wushu, known as Nanquan and Beitui, has different styles and distinctive features. The sun rises from the top of Mount Tai, and in the empty space, it opens wide, leaps forward and stretches generously, which are the characteristics of northern Wushu. The moon hangs on a small bridge in the bamboo forest. The small bridge is full of strength, wide and heavy, fast and compact, which is the characteristic of southern Wushu.

The differences of ancient martial arts styles in China can be distinguished by regions, but the key to this difference lies in the physical differences, that is, the differences of martial arts styles between North and South schools.

Compared with southerners, northerners have long legs, strong physique and outstanding strength, and their martial arts also highlight these characteristics. Boxing, for example, is often smashed, collapsed and rushed, and it also emphasizes throwing, rushing and bumping. These skills are based on strength advantage. As for the application and skills of leg technique, the Southern School is far behind.

Although southern Wushu can make use of the characteristics of flexibility and quickness, it can only offset the gap in attack scope and cannot make up for the absolute gap in strength. If we emphasize strength training, it will inevitably affect the flexibility of the body, so that the defects in the attack range will be exposed. It can be said that the core of the whole development of Nanpai Wushu is to increase the attack intensity on the premise of keeping the body flexible, and when this is realized, it is the time when Nanpai Wushu catches up with Beipai Wushu.

The expression "southern boxing with northern legs" can be considered as that in a certain period, southern boxing is stronger than boxing and northern boxing is stronger than legs.