Ethan singh Posted June 21, 2022 I read that in the past something happened in china that caused the best martial arts masters to immigrate to other countries such as Indonesia so does anyone have anymore information about this and if you do please share it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
statusquovadis Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) (deleted) Edited June 27, 2022 by statusquovadis Unsure of relevance in view of "teacher" tag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ethan singh Posted June 28, 2022 The teacher tag means that this topic is about finding a teacher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bull Posted June 28, 2022 On 21/06/2022 at 8:02 PM, Ethan singh said: I read that in the past something happened in china that caused the best martial arts masters to immigrate to other countries such as Indonesia so does anyone have anymore information about this and if you do please share it The thing that happened in China was the Communist Revolution which brought the Chinese Communist Party to power in 1949. After this came the Cultural Revolution, during which all that was best in the old China was brutaly supressed. This included Taoism and Buddhism and all that went along with it such as martial arts, health cultivation and philosophy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sketch Posted June 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, Bull said: The thing that happened in China was the Communist Revolution which brought the Chinese Communist Party to power in 1949. After this came the Cultural Revolution, during which all that was best in the old China was brutaly supressed. This included Taoism and Buddhism and all that went along with it such as martial arts, health cultivation and philosophy. This step away from cultural traditions in China was preceded by the boxer rebellion, nicely framed at the beginning of this video by Scott Park Phillips, who has written fine books on martial arts history. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bull Posted June 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Sketch said: This step away from cultural traditions in China was preceded by the boxer rebellion, nicely framed at the beginning of this video by Scott Park Phillips, who has written fine books on martial arts history. Very interesting, thank you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sketch Posted June 28, 2022 As far as Indonesian Martial arts is concerned, I know there are many and various. My only personal contact has been with students of Poekelan, a broken mirror system derived from Chinese animal forms. There are even folkloric claims that Bodhidarma sailed to the islands after his sojourn in China. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard Posted July 15, 2022 On 22/6/2022 at 5:02 AM, Ethan singh said: I read that in the past something happened in china that caused the best martial arts masters to immigrate to other countries… The Communist take over caused this. Most migrated to Taiwan, a country that today is more traditional than the mainland. Excellent teachers live in Formosa, including He Jinghan & Luo Dexiu, teachers of Ba Gua Quan and Xingyi Quan respectively. Further info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_of_the_government_of_the_Republic_of_China_to_Taiwan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
