Taido

Similar to Okinawan karate, this codified fighting art introduced a number of innovative techniques, such as spinning and twisting movements and complex footwork moves.

There are five types of body movement: “ten” involves rolling and tumbling; “nen” is a horizontal spinning movement; “hen” is falling while changing the body’s axis; “un” is an ascending or descending movement; and “sen” involves vertical spinning.

Different Type of Martial Arts

Chinese Martial Arts – Tai Sheng Men, Pao Chui, Ba Faquan

Tai Sheng Men

This system is named after the monkey king, Sun Wu Kong, a mythological figure who features in the book Journey to the West. Developed by Kau Tze while he was serving a prison sentence for murder, legend has it that he observed a colony of chattering monkeys from his prison-cell window. He watched their fighting and playful tactics in the trees, incorporated their characteristics into his own knowledge of tei tong, and created tai sheng men. The five personality types of monkeys as observed by the creator still exist in the movements today, and are called: tall monkey, wooden monkey, lost money, stone monkey, and drunken monkey.

Pao Chui

Different Types of Martial Arts

Chinese Martial Arts – Tai Sheng Men, Pao Chui, Ba Faquan

Tai Sheng Men

The first type of martial arts we explore is the system that isnamed after the monkey king, Sun Wu Kong, a mythological figure who features in the book

Journey to the West. Developed by Kau Tze while he was serving a prison sentence for murder, legend has it that he observed a colony of chattering monkeys from his prison-cell window. He watched their fighting and playful tactics in the trees, incorporated their characteristics into his own knowledge of tei tong, and created tai sheng men. The five personality types of monkeys as observed by the creator still exist in the movements today, and are called: tall monkey, wooden monkey, lost money, stone monkey, and drunken monkey.