[Hengest]

zefff: Should I forget my address as well, cos that's not gonna help stop a pint glass to the face either.

Bloodybirds: I agree in principle old chap, but since this list was started three years ago and the thread is now six pages long, I think it's a little late to start worrying about parameters.

[Gazelle]

Originally Posted by Bloodybirds

There is 10 row tan tui, 12 row tan tui (style, system, or form depending upon who you talk to) etc. Soooo...before we get into a list, I believe we should form a consensus on what is defined as a style, as a system, and as a form. For instance, in old Chinese style books, the words move and form may be interchangeable.

My 2 cents worth.

I agree. Wouldn't be much point in speaking the same words and meaning different things. We wouldn't understand eachother, same words or not, their different meanings would mean we're speaking a different language.

[Bloodybirds]

Hengest, I will not be 50 until next year, so please acknowledge a transition stage at least, young whippersnapper!! LOL! I did not realize this thread was 3 years old. Most of the styles have been listed but, as an example, I saw dim mak listed as a style, as well as xinjinquan or drunken.....dim mak is an external technique manifested with internally adverse results to the blood circulatory system and chi progress through the meridians, drunken is a form/system present in many northern systems, and while there is one style of mantis, there are 12 systems under it.....soooo, as I said, I believe the list provided was really good but still incomplete and also needed to be parsed some. Of course, we did not get into North v. South, why the styles are so different, family v. Shaolin (for instance my Ying jow, white crane, and long fist could be considered potentially Shaolin but my Nine Bird is a family style from my Shaolin master's master in Hong Kong. Chen style tai chi is essentially a family and village style/system, that propagated the other four major branches of tai chi and their derivatives).

Just like there are several ryu systems of Okinawan karate, derivatives of Wing chun/tsun, etc. I agree with the comments maybe it is too late to categorize or define so I will leave my comments at that.

Not bad for an old chap, huh Hengest!! That is okay, I lived in English territories for a total of 3 years (Hong Kong and London) so old chap over there is actually still complimentary I hope....LOL!!