THE FOUNDERS OF ZHOU JIA QUAN
ZHOU LONG, ZHOU XIE, ZHOU BIAO, ZHOU HAI, ZHOU TIAN"
The Founders of Zhou JIa Quan
Zhou Long, Zhou Xie, Zhou Biao, Zhou Hai and Zhou Tian Brief introduction to Zhou Jia Quan Zhou Jia Quan is also called Zhong Wai Zhou Jia, which was formed in Guangdong province. Zhou Jia Quan belongs to the southern Shaolin Kung fu style, with unique features. The creator of Zhou Jia Quan was Zhou Long, and he imparted the Quan to his four younger brothers, Zhou Xie, Zhou Biao, Zhou Hai and Zhou Tian. Zhou Long had an old name of Zhou Lin, another name of Zeshu. He was born in Tangxia village, Xinhui country, Guangdong province. Zhou Long was fond of Kung fu since his young. He had ever followed his uncle Zhou Xiong to study Hong Jia Quan, and had also learned Kung fu from a famous master named Zhou Geng in his village. Later, he studied Cai Jia Quan from Cai Jiu. In 1909, Zhou Long went to Malaysia to make a living, and at that time, he learned Shaolin Kung fu. In 1913, he went back to Guangdong and Hong Kong. Zhou Long combined the best of Hong Jia Quan, Cai Jia Quan and Shaolin Quan together, and created a new Quan School, which was called Zhou Jia Quan. Zhou Long and his four brothers played a vital role in spreading Zhou Jia Quan. After Zhou Long become famous in the Kung fu circle, he was once appointed as the chief coach of the Fu Army in Guangdong province. During the first half of 20th century, many successors of the second generation of Zhou Jia Quan become far famed in Guangdong and Hong Kong. Soon after the Zhou Jia Quan was formed, it was handed down to many regions, such as Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Xinhui, Jiangmen, Nanhai, Zhaoqing, Deqing, Wuzhou, Huizhou, Dongguan and etc. The Vietnam and Malaysia were the first countries to spread the Quan. Later on, Zhou Jia Quan prevails all over the world. At present, there are more than one thousand Zhou Jia Quan Kung fu centers around the global. Since Zhou Jia Quan was widely spread in the world in an early time, it is also called "Zhong Wai Zhou Jia" in the oversea countries. Most of the Zhong Wai Zhou Jia Kung fu centers abroad state their Quan to be one branch of the real Shaolin Kung fu, which shows that Zhou Jia Quan is developed based on the ancient military Kung fu techniques. Zhou Jia Quan was formed based on Hong Quan and Cai Jia Quan. It was developed from the south Shaolin Kung fu, which was evolved from the ancient central Chinese Kung fu. In practice, Zhou Jia Quan requires training the strength of the body and all kinds of attacking and defending techniques. It has very strict requirements on the training of waist, legs and stances. Besides plenty of training methods, Zhou Jia Quan also has varied forms of hand skills and leg techniques, which are included in a series of set routines. The main set routines in Zhou Jia Quan are Xiao Hua Quan, Xiao Fu Hu Quan, Guo Zi Quan, Wan Zi Quan, Hu Bao Quan, Ying Zhua Quan, Liu Jiao Zhong Quan, Luo Han Quan and So on. Among the classical Kung fu techniques of Zhou Jia Quan, there are the typical ten mail hand forms, which include Zhao, Qin (drawing and pulling), Sao (sweeping), Gua (hitting from upward to downward), Cha (inserting), Pao (throwing), Zhou (hitting by elbow), Shuai (swinging), Gua (hitting horizontally) and Zhuang (bumping). These ten hand forms could be found in many important set routines of Zhou Jia Quan. In Zhou Jia Quan, there is a unique beginning form for every set routine, which is the group movements of "Mei Ren Zhao Jing (the beauty looking into the mirror)". It is also a very practical attacking technique. The typical techniques in Zhou Jia Quan contain Hu Die Zhang (butterfly palm). E Hu Qin Yang (hungry tiger catching a goat). Lan Gan Jie Shou (blocking hand method). Gui Wang Shan Shan (the King swaying a fan), Fu Hu Zhang (subduing tiger palm), Chuan Xin Zhang (heart punching palm), Ma Liu Tou Tao (the monkey stealing the peach), Yin Yang Pan Long Shou (Yin Yang dragon hand method), Da Peng Zhan Chi (a big roc spreading its wings), Luo Han Chu Dong (the arhat coming out the cave) and etc. There are lots of weapons in Zhou Jia Quan, including the broadsword, harrow, large fork, cudgel, hoe, crutch, shoulder pole, bench and so on.. |
周家拳源流
開山祖師-周龍、周協、周彪、周海、周田。 二十年代嶺南武林稱為周家五虎,享譽達半世紀。 周家拳創于清末民初,當時武林稱此拳派為洪頭蔡尾。 拳法創自周龍,乃參合洪拳、蔡拳与及北少林有所發明而来。後流傳廣遠、聲名鼎盛,故為周家拳。 周家拳概況 周家拳,也稱中外周家,屬南少林拳系的武功,形成於廣東,自成一體。周家拳始創者為周龍,周龍後將武功傳授給他本家另外四兄弟,周協、周彪、周海和周田,也稱周家五兄弟。 周龍原名周林,字澤樹,中國廣東新會棠下人氏。周龍自幼即仰慕國術,跟叔父周雄學習洪家拳法,同時又追隨鄉中名拳師周耕習拳術,後又跟蔡九公學蔡家拳械。一九零九年,周龍到馬來西亞謀生,同時習得少林功夫。一九一三年返香港、廣東。其時將在南洋所學得之中國中原少林系拳術和洪家拳術、蔡家拳術之拳法腳法共治一爐,遂創出洪頭蔡尾之拳術、自成一派名為"周家拳"。 周龍及其四兄弟為周家拳術的重要傳播者。周龍成名後曾被聘為廣東福軍總教頭。其後周家五兄弟再傳授的第二代拳術傳人,民國期間馳騁於粵港武林界,不少人成為聞名的武功人。 周家拳術形成後不久,便開始向外傳播,逐漸流傳於廣州、香港、再至珠三角的新會、江門、中山、南海、後又傳至由西江而上的肇慶、德慶、梧州及東江一帶的惠州、東莞等地。除粵港桂三地外,海外較早傳播周家拳術的有越南、馬來西亞、新加坡等國。隨後,漸再傳於世界各地。現在,周家拳在海內外有一千多個舘口。由於周家拳在海外傳播較早較廣,海外周家拳還被稱為"中外周家"。中外周家在海外各地拳舘多以少林正宗之名,足見其法歸宗,是古代中原兵家拳術兵器流傳的結晶。 周家拳術的形成以洪拳、蔡家拳為基礎,屬古代的中原拳術武功南傳的南少林拳系的衍生武功。周家拳術的武功學習過程要求訓練拳腳的動力發揮和各種攻防技巧。腰馬步的基礎訓練要求嚴謹。 周家拳除有多類練功功法外,許多武功攻防手法、腳法和腰馬習練方法都體現在一系列的拳術套路中。 周家拳的主要套路有小花拳、小伏虎拳、國字拳、萬字拳、虎豹拳、鷹爪拳、羅漢拳、六角種拳等。 周家拳術流傳的兵器不少,包括大刀、耙、大叉、單刀、雙刀、棍、鋤、柺、擔挑、板凳等。 周家拳經典的武功手法中,典型的有十大手法,分別是招、擒、掃、掛、插、拋、㬹、甩、撞、掛。周家拳的許多重要拳套中都包含有周家十大手法的武功方法。 另外周家拳門中,開樁"美人照鏡"除了體現門中之禮,還是一種極為實用的武功攻擊形式。周家拳的典型武功手法還有蝴蝶掌、餓虎擒羊、欄桿截手、鬼王搧扇、伏虎掌、穿心掌、馬騮偷桃、陰陽蟠龍手、大鵬展翅、羅漢出洞等。 |