Which brings us back to the newer Shaolin Da Hong Quan form, it still doesn't seem to share anything with Xiao Hung Quan, not even Tong Bei roots. But the older Da Hong Quan shaolin form I have seen, which is very uncommon, I have only seen it once, does indeed share many moves with both Xiao Hong Quan and Tai Tzu Quan forms of Shaolin.
I learned the so called traditional Da Hong Chuan years ago. It has many similarities to it's cousin, Shao Hong Chuan. In fact, the pattern is quite similar; the difference lies within some of the movements. I think I have a slideshow of it in the Slideshow Library.
The three stage, commonly taught, Da Hong Chuan, now in Shaolin, has no apparent link to the traditional version. It is about 200 steps in length, commonly taught in three separate "forms" of 60 - 70 steps, of which, the first stage is usually taught. Few people know the second two stages. I think I have a video of part of the first stage, in the Decheng school section (the French kid that everyone wrote shit about). If I remember correctly, that was stage one of Da Hong, or, some part of it.
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