Bodhidharma

[Sal Canzonieri]

"For those who do not believe the origins of wushu stem from Damo, there is another of Hui Ke being the actual proprietor. It was not an unusual thing for a man to "retire" from the world after a certain age, to leave worldly affairs behind and concentrate on the spiritual by becoming a monk; many soldiers, tired after years of battle, became monks to redeem their souls from the carnage they had instigated. Hui Ke was one such man; a retired General versed in wushu. It makes more logical sense for warrior arts to come to the temple from a warrior, not to mention the loss of a limb from battle rather than self-mutilation."


Yes, I'm more inclined to believe that Hui Ke, who there is lots of historical records of his existence, had a "hand" in the development of Lohan Shaolin Quan (sorry for the pun!) mostly because
the Lohan forms start on the LEFT side! Someone who lost their right hand would start their forms with the left hand!

Sal

[xanthic]

dear god, people are still replying on this post..............

[zachsan]

just saw sal's last post...

this is more for the benefit of others who may be reading this thread than for sal, who i think understands this fact, but that's hardly conclusive historical evidence.