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This is Master Lu's Health Center's Sun Bin Quan form. It's actually more formally called "32 Hands of Sun Bin" or something similar. It is performed here by Matt Stratton.
Take a look at this video for one of Master Lu's fellow students performing the same form:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z_c9oVz48lY
This is a favorite form around the studio because it is so different from other forms we use. As such, the techniques end up getting used a lot in sparring. This form has an interesting story behind it. Sun Bin was a famous General and martial artist in China many centuries ago. When he was training, he had a fellow student under the same teacher. When the two students left their teacher, Sun Bin became a military officer, and his kung fu brother became a warlord. As Sun Bin was the better student, his brother feared that Sun Bin would capture him. So, Sun Bin's brother invited him to dinner, and betrayed him by having his feet cut off. Sun Bin's brother nursed him back to health and set him free, feeling safe that Sun Bin could not defeat him. Sun Bin went back to his Master to beg for help. The Master was very wise, and had Sun Bin create special shoes and crutches so that he could stand and move. The Master then created a special fighting system which Sun Bin used to defeat his brother and bring him to justice. This is just one of the forms from that fighting system.
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