| Shaolin Xiao Hong Quan is a routine of basic technique of Shaolin boxing. It is a required course to the beginners of Shaolin boxing. It has always been called "the mother of eighteen boxing". There are placing feet together, bow step, horse-riding stance, squat step and empty step in Xiao Hong Quan, which contains all the general stances of all the boxing. It contains hand forms like palm, fist and claw and so on. Its hand techniques consist of pushing palm, japing hand, pressing hand, hacking hand, brushing hands, blocking hands, upper-cutting hand, grasping miaotou hands and so on. There are punching fist, chopping fist, upper-cutting fist, hammer fist, side fist and so on in the fist method. There are slapping kick, side kick, hook kick and so on in the fist method. There are shrinking body and so on in the body technique. There are staring, gazing, glancing, glaring and so on in the eye techniques. All these form a complete technical set of the hands, feet, body and eyes. It is a systematical technique of attacking and defending with theory and method. All the features of Shaolin boxing are shown in Xiao Hong Quan: such as its small-and-exquisite posture, precise rhythm , forceful technique, plain structure, containing attacking and defending in every posture, practicing in one line and so on. |
