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Nam Pai Chuan is a Shaolin kung fu style with centres in the UK

United Kingdom

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, Belgium

Belgium

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, France

France

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, Canada

Canada

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, Japan

Japan

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, Australia

Australia

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and Malaysia. The name means "North-South Fist" and indicates its origin in the central Chinese style called "Fat Gar Kuen

Fut Gar

Fut Ga or Buddhist Style is a relatively modern Southern Shaolin style of Kung Fu devised primarily from the combination of Hung Ga 洪家 and Choi Ga 蔡家 kung fu...

". This style was brought to Malaysia by Cho-Si Seh Koh San, who became abbot of the Siong Lim Temple in Singapore

Singapore

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, and died in 1960 at the age of 74. One of his students was Quek Hen Choon, who is famous for his demonstrations of Ying Qigong

Qigong

Qigong or chi kung is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation...

. The style was brought to London in 1979 by one of his students and founder of Nam Pai Chuan, Sifu Christopher Lai Khee Choong, and has since expanded to include many centres around the UK and other countries.

Nam Pai Chuan is a very broad style, and includes kicking, punching, chin na

Chin Na

Chin Na or Qinna is a Chinese term describing techniques used in the Chinese martial arts that control or lock an opponent's joints or muscles/tendons so he cannot move, thus neutralizing the opponent's fighting ability...

locking, take-downs, throwing, pressure points dim mak, weapons and many other techniques, as well as Chi Gung

Qigong

Qigong or chi kung is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation...

(breathing energy exercises).

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