Zui Quan - Zui Quan Within Chinese Martial Arts

Zui Quan Within Chinese Martial Arts

Many traditional Chinese martial arts utilize drunken techniques and fighting philosophy within forms and techniques. For example:

• Some lineages of Choi Lei Fut contain "drunken" forms and there are also "drunken" segments contained Jow-Ga Kung Fu. Choi Lei Fut drunken technique teaches feints, explosive power generation, swaying motions and various other distraction techniques.

• Monkey Kung Fu contains a variation of monkey style called "Drunken Monkey" which involves "a lot of throat, eye and groin strikes as well as tumbling and falling techniques. It incorporates a lot of false steps to give the appearance of defenselessness and uses a lot of off-balance strikes. The practitioner waddles, takes very faltering steps and sometimes fall to the ground and lies prone while waiting the opponent to approach at which time a devastating attack is launched at the knees or groin areas of the opponent."

• Performance Wushu contains several exhibition forms known as "drunken" forms, but which bear no actual connection to the forms found in traditional Chinese martial arts.

• Some Family styles of Kung Fu have Drunken within their training as well. In modern times the Ma Family Style known as Ba Ying Quan (Eight Shadows Style) has a large Drunken curriculum with a long involved hand form and weapon sets including staff, spear and sword.

• Most lineages of Hung Gar and Hung Fut contain drunken forms.