Many schools of Chinese martial arts have this action. In modern times, there is a relationship between "Shaolin Thirteen Grasps" and "Shaolin Five Fists".

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Quite deep, take the meaning of "dragon, snake, phoenix, monkey, tiger, leopard, horse and other thirteen kinds of animals, with claws instead of fists, imitation of "dragons, snakes, tigers, leopards, cranes, apes, eagles" and other thirteen kinds of animals to create a set of light and agile grasping methods. Shaolin thirteen grasps, martial arts boxing. Legend has it that during the Yuan Dynasty, there was Bai Yufeng, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, a dragon, a tiger, a snake, a leopard and a crane five-shaped boxing, at the age of fifty, he traveled to Henan, Mu Shaolin martial arts, climbed Song Mountain into Shaolin and learned from the warrior monks, and absorbed the essence of Shaolin boxing on the basis of the five-shaped boxing, and developed a set of Shaolin thirteen grasping techniques. Due to the difference in the portal, this fist is never lightly passed on to others, and there are still few practitioners. Before the liberation, the Central Graphic Museum had a number of secret masters who practiced this skill, and Yang Xiufu, a native of Linyi, Shandong, who was the first student of the Engraving Museum, obtained this skill, and later passed on to Liu's in Shanghai. In 1976, Yuan Mingchu, the former Shanghai Sports Team, presented this skill, which was refreshing. In 1979 and 1980, at the Chinese Martial Arts Observation and Exchange Conference, Yuan Ming offered Shaolin 13 again, which was appreciated by martial arts people at home and abroad. "Shaolin Thirteen Grabs" and "Shaolin Five Fists" have a deep origin, taking the meaning of "dragon, snake, phoenix, monkey, tiger, leopard, horse and other thirteen kinds of animals, named after the claw instead of boxing, the first Shaolin boxing master Wang Wenyu in the late Qing Dynasty in modern times is the most. Wang Wenyu is good at the tiger up the mountain hammer, the tiger down the mountain hammer, the black tiger hammer, the string of horses, thirteen grasps and other pictographic boxing, because he is good at practicing the big gun, so the people of the rivers and lakes call "the big gun Wang Wenyu". "Playing four doors" is another set of Shaolin thirteen grasp of boxing, the form of the drill from the "single demolition" straight practice, to the "front and back, left and right" four practice methods, from the real one-way to the enemy, into the flexible four-sided attack of the enemy, three steps can be practiced, reflecting the Shaolin boxing method "punch the lying cow" of the technical characteristics.

According to legend, there was Bai Yufeng, a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi, who was good at striking, roaming all over the world, and improving his martial arts. When traveling in Henan, Mu Shaolin martial arts, then entered the Songshan Shaolin Temple to learn from the monks, and then returned to Shaolin. He continued to absorb the essence of Shaolin martial arts, integrated the old methods, and created the five elements of dragon, tiger, snake, leopard, and crane. "Shaolin Thirteen Grabs" is derived on the basis of the Five Elements Boxing. "Shaolin Thirteen Grasping" is named after taking the actions of thirteen kinds of animals, such as dragons, snakes, phoenixes, monkeys, tigers, leopards, horses, cranes, eagles, cows, rabbits, swallows, and chickens, and highlighting the claws of grasping, taking, and teasing.

"Shaolin Thirteen Grasps" has technical content such as exercises, routines, and loose hands. The routines include "single trip", "four doors", and "pair demolition". "Single trip" is composed of thirteen pictograms; "Four Gates" is composed of a single line of main movements to form the corresponding "door", according to the east, south, west, north four directions of the change of exercises, each door is more independent exercises; "Split" is based on the "single trip" main action of the technique as the content, by two people according to the fixed action choreography into a routine for practice.

Features of "Shaolin Thirteen Grasps":

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The main claw methods of "Shaolin Thirteen Grabs" are: grasping, teasing, digging, pushing, picking, pounce, covering, splitting, supporting, hugging, picking, etc. There are many claws, dense, and in the practical of the strike, pay attention to a grasp and change, generally to attack the opponent's part and change.

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The change of "spray, buckle, pull" refers to the straight wrist of the arm forward, down or up with the claw finger or claw center to "spray" the opponent, in the moment of hitting the opponent's body, that is, the wrist is bent, "buckle" the finger, and then the elbow is bent back to "drag". This method is used to pry, dig, pounce, cover, pick and so on. The change of "top, buckle, send" refers to the arm standing wrist forward with the claw root "top" to hit the opponent, in the moment of hitting the opponent's body, that is, "buckle" the wrist, "buckle" the finger, and the homeopathic wrist "send" out; The use of claws requires highlighting the "five fast", that is, fast spraying, fast buckle, fast dragging, fast topping, and fast delivery; The leg methods of "Shaolin Thirteen Grabs" are: stepping, rubbing, stomping, kicking, kicking, hooking and other methods. Leg method is required to be high but not waist of the low leg, short and powerful, fast up and down; commonly used dark legs, such as: stepping, stomping, rubbing and other leg methods, the range of action is small, the speed is fast, unexpected; such as: "single trip" in the "dragon line", only "green dragon probe claws", "green dragon into the sea", "Mount Tai pressed the top", "even three grasping" these movements, but the action must be stamped; in such as "Feng Zhan" in a total of seven actions in addition to "even three grasping", there are two legs rubbing, three stomping of the dark legs. In the "Shaolin Thirteen Grabs", there are many movements that pay attention to "short and rapid sounds" when exerting force, and often have "oh", "he", "hmm" and other sounds; generally in the downward direction, such as "cover" and "pounce", the sound of "噫" is adopted; in the upward direction, such as "support" and "tease" actions, the sound of "he" is adopted; and in the forward direction, such as "push, dig" action, the sound of "hmm" is adopted. This kind of closed glottis and internal pressure vocalization often require "the sound to be sent with the hand, the hand to fall with the sound, the sound heart and hands and feet, through one breath", which can promote strength and increase fist momentum.