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Hello i was curious to see if anyone else has heard of and or ever seen vagabond style kungfu? I was trying to find anyone in my area of NY that has any knowledge of this style but now one i spoke with has heard of it before. I know there were a couple of book out in the past describing the vagabonds and their system howver due to the very nature of the way the system was originated i doubt seriously that anyone today practices it.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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Bum Rush? Re: Vagabond kungfu training
Mon, August 3, 2009 - 12:52 AMI suppose that you don't mean shanking and stomping and slap-jacks, and rocks?
perhaps:
"The so-called Beggar's style of Kung Fu is one of China's more unusual martial arts. It has a very interesting and varied history that spans many centuries and many provinces. The style is also known by the names of Wanderer's and Vagabond School/Style. As the name implies, it is a martial art that is practiced primarily among China's wandering beggar's population, who form a loose knit society that is found all over China. They are theequivalent to the infamous "Gypsies" of Europe, sharing the same transientlifestyle and sometimes "shady" practices.
The people of this "society" earn their living primarily by entertaining crowds of people with astonishing feats of acrobatics, magic tricks, and displays of Qi Gung prowess. They also sell herbal medicines, heal the sick and injured, perform exorcisms, break bad luck spells, make love potions, and do fortune telling. Sometimes they do burglaries, pick pocketing, and other forms of thievery. The feats of the Beggars are often legendary, as they thrill the crowds in the streets of China's major cities with their skills and magic.
Often, these Beggars found themselves in perilous situations. To protect themselves in their wanderings, they also practiced martial arts, which was composed of a mixture of Northern and Southern style techniques of Chinese martial arts. Over time, the Beggar's style came to be a blend of techniques from all over China that were very direct and severe in their application. More often than not, the style was used in life or death situations, especially since mercenaries and revolutionaries were recruited from the Beggar's ranks. The Beggar's are very secretive of their style and it is very difficult to learn the style's devastating moves if one is not a member of one of their sects.
Various Beggars joined themselves into sects to help take care of one another or to carry out some clandestine acts for the cause of good or evil. Many different sects were formed by the Beggars, some were politically motivated to help some group or another come into power, others were motivated by more selfish motives and were centered around thievery. Other Beggar's sects were associated with the occult aspects of Taoism. These types of sects are very strange and are divided into two main schools, the Orthodox and the Demoniac (also called the Sorcerous). The Orthodox school practices martial arts, magic, and healing for the good of others. On the other hand, the Demoniac school practices such things for more negative reasons. The two schools never intermingle, followers of one will never practice those of the other."
www.bgtent.com/naturalcma...ticle28.htm
you might search google for drunken kungfu also...
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