Description: The Zhuang minority tribe has one of the largest populations of any minority in China, with over 15 million people, most of which reside in the Guanxi region and the rest living in Yunnan. They trace the origins of their kung fu all the way back to 777 which was during a particularly unstable period of the Tang dynasty. During this period, China suffered many invasions from the Border States of Tibet and Yunnan from which the Tang dynasty never fully recovered. The Zhuang tribe staged their own revolution named Du Lau Qi Yi. Today one can see paintings depicting the revolution on the walls of a cave located in the

southwest portion of Guanxi. These paintings also display early renditions of Zhuang Quan armed fighters and horsemen. Up until the Song Dynasty, their fighting style was known as Nan Man Quan (southern barbarian fist).

This style includes a wide array of weapon forms including broadsword, straight sword, spear, bow, blowguns and throwing darts. Its character is very powerful and hard. It is a close range combat style that focuses only on methods of killing. Shouts used to channel chi are spoken using the Zhuang language.