Zui Quan (Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 醉拳; pinyin: Zuì Quán, literally Drunken Fist, also known as Drunken Boxing or Drunkard's Boxing) is a traditional Chinese martial art. It is a style of wushu that imitates a drunkard in its movements. The postures are created by momentum and weight of the body, and imitation is generally through staggering and certain type of fluidity in the movements. It is considered to be among the more difficult wushu styles to learn due to the need for powerful joints and fingers. Zui Quan is sometimes called Zuijiuquan (醉酒拳, literally "drunken alcohol fist"). Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Chinese martial arts, often abbreviated as CMA, refers to the enormous variety of martial art styles native to China. ... Gun (staff) event at the 10th All China Games Wushu (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally martial arts), also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu, is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. ...

Style

'Drunken Boxing' techniques are based on the legend of the 'The Eight Drunken Immortals' of the Taoist Sect from Chinese Mythology. Each of the techniques in the Drunken Set demonstrates an attribute of one of the Immortals. These "elements" from all eight Immortals' styles are combined to form a beautiful and effective fighting art. The Eight Immortals crossing the sea, from Myths and Legends of China, 1922 by E. T. C. Werner. ... For other uses of the words tao and dao, see Dao (disambiguation). ... Chinese mythology is a collection of cultural history, folktales, and religions that have been passed down in oral or written form. ...

Drunken boxing includes almost everything contained in any other kung-fu style and above all that it contains a deceptive philosophy. As the pugilist staggers about, he or she is concentrating on creating momentum and avoiding attacks with the style's trademark unorthodox adaptive moves; for example, if someone is going to push the pugilist, he or she rolls over his arms and hits him, and sometimes sinks his or her weight upon him, according to the situation.

There are two kinds of Drunken Boxing, traditional and contemporary. Traditional Drunken Boxing is fight oriented. Contemporary Wushu Drunken Boxing is acrobatic and is very different from the Traditional Drunken Boxing. Contemporary Wushu exaggerates its drunken appearance, so much so that anyone actually under the influence of alcohol would have a tough time performing such actions. Traditional Drunken Boxing also involves stumbling and staggering, but not to such an extreme as Contemporary Wushu Drunken Boxing. Functional group of an alcohol molecule. ...

Origins

The style is ancient, so much so that its conception is shrouded in myth. According to legend, it originated with the poet Li Po in the Tang Dynasty, but there are five other stories of its beginnings. Li Po redirects here. ... China under the Tang Dynasty (yellow) and its sphere of influence Capital Changan (618–904) Luoyang (904-907) Language(s) Chinese Religion Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism Government Monarchy Emperor  - 618-626 Emperor Gaozu  - 684, 705-710 Emperor Zhongzong  - 684, 710-712 Emperor Ruizong  - 904-907 Emperor Ai History  - Li Yuan...

The first story is that monasteries had tournaments between each other; one year, a master spoke to his pupils. He said that should they win that year, they would celebrate for six months. When the competition came, they won, and, true to his word, the master began the celebrations. However, the other monasteries sought revenge, and when they came to the monastery of the celebrating monks, the monks were so drunk that it seemed that they would be unable to defend their home. The master still managed to defeat the vengeful monks, and thus created 'The Drunkard's Fist'.

A second story is that an unnamed hermit (his drinking habits are unmentioned) lived alone in a cave in the Qingcheng Mountains, well placed to learn styles from which to create his own. When he became old, he soon felt that he needed to transmit his art so that it may continue. He began teaching a child, his only disciple. However, realising that he would not be able to teach the whole style to the student before his own death, he taught him a poem in which the precepts of his style were contained. He then told the student to study the paintings upon the cave walls, so that he may know the style. After the master's death, when the student attempted to read the paintings, he found that he couldn't understand the paintings and, disheartened, he decided to leave. Before he did so, he got drunk and returned to the cave. When he gazed at the paintings, he found that they began to move, and he discovered the workings of the style. Mount Qingcheng is a mountain in Guanxian, Sichuan, China. ...

The third story is a tale of the Eight Immortals. According to legend, they were invited to a banquet in an undersea kingdom. However, they arrived intoxicated and rambunctious. The kingdom's guards attacked them, and even though they seem too drunk to retaliate, they offhandedly created a new style, taking advantage of their drunken state. The guards were defeated, and their "Drunken" technique was created (another version tells that they arrived to the banquet and got drunk during the festivities, and were then attacked by the guards). The Eight Immortals crossing the sea, from Myths and Legends of China, 1922 by E. T. C. Werner. ...

A fourth story is that policemen in China would carry liquor during the winter to keep themselves warm. This worked, but they noticed that their fighting suffered because of their intoxication. So, gradually over time, they adapted and created a style which could be practiced while drinking without detriment.

A fifth story is that the monks of Shaolin created this very special style. Attracted by the famous invincibility of the Shaolin monks, many visitors came to their monastery to learn from the masters of Shaolin about their fighting style. Since they were not real monks, they were allowed to drink alcohol. Some of them got drunk, were challenged and, of course, defeated by the challengers. The masters, feeling responsible for their students, thought of a new fighting style. Using this style, it wouldn't be obvious if the Shaolin monks were drunk or not - obviously drunk students were able to terribly defeat their challengers, since they were not drunk but using the new Zui Quan style. Main gate of the Shaolin Monastery in Henan, China. ...

The last is the story of a young man who offended a Kung Fu master, who issued him a challenge. The young man knew that his kung fu was no match for the master's, became very upset, and got drunk. Thinking that by drinking he had thrown away any little chance he may have had, he went into the fight recklessly. To everyone's surprise, the young man, who had been stiff and awkward before, had now become loose, flexible, unpredictable, resistant to pain, and totally fearless. He defeated the master, and later developed a style based on his fluke.

Media

Film

• The style is portrayed in the 1978 Jackie Chan film Drunken Master, in which he plays Wong Fei Hung, a juvenile delinquent sent by his father to learn Zui Quan from his uncle, a master in the art. This is followed up by the 1994 film Drunken Master II or The Legend of Drunken Master, in which Jackie Chan returns as Fei Hung, now skilled in Zui Quan (after the first film).
• In The Matrix, during Neo's initial "training", Drunken Boxing is shown on the monitor as one of the styles of martial arts he is learning. He uses the technique very briefly at the beginning of his first fight with Morpheous, right before he brushes his nose twice with his thumb.

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Television

• Zui Quan was featured on an episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, in which martial arts expert Jet Li explained this style.
• In the television special Fight Science, Alex Huynh displayed drunken boxing in a segment on Chinese martial arts.
• In a Super Sentai called Gosei Sentai Dairanger, one of the main rangers, Tenjisei Kazu/Kirin Ranger, has mastered the Drunken Fist.
• In episode 17 of another Super Sentai called Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, the "monster of the week", Yie-Ar, used Drunken Fist to beat back the female rangers. Umeko countered by drinking his sake, allowing her to also use Drunken Fist, though she passed out afterwards.
• In a Metal Hero series Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya there was an enemy called Kaorin Dragon, master of Zui Quan. The actor was a Zui Quan expert.
• In the MTV2 television series The Final Fu one of the competitors, Jonathan Phan, used Drunken Boxing to fight against one of his opponents.
• In an episode of WMAC Masters Star Warrior took a Drunken Style stance during a match against his brother Superstar, which then caused Superstar to give up and forfeit the match. It was later revealed in the episode that Star Warrior had used Drunken Style to save Superstar from a group of co-stars who were angered over his showboating nature. Star Warrior had posed as a drunken homeless person and took down all of Superstar's attackers with Drunken Style.

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Books

• A popular book describing one of the forms is Zuijiuquan (A Drunkard's Boxing) by Cai Longyun and Shao Shankang (ISBN 962-238-003-4; 1982; Chinese and English).

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Videogames

• The character Bo' Rai Cho from Mortal Kombat uses Drunken Fist as his primary fighting style. (secondary in Deception). The name Bo' Rai Cho comes from the Spanish word "borracho", meaning drunk. It was cleverly lifted from Spanish and turned into a Chinese name. Bo' Rai Cho has a love for alcoholic beverages (most notably rice wine), and is credited as being the creator of the Mortal Kombat universe's version of the style.
• Brad Wong of Dead or Alive 3 and Dead or Alive 4 is a practitioner of Zui Quan; as is Shun Di of Virtua Fighter series, and Chin Gentsai, of the King of Fighters series.
• Lei Wulong of Tekken features Zui Quan techniques as part of his move set.
• In the Wu-Tang Clan inspired game Wu-Tang: Taste the Pain, the rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard used the Drunken Boxing technique.
• A character from the videogame Ōkami seems to practice Zui Quan, as seen in the E3 2005 trailer.
• In the Warcraft Universe Pandaren are known to use a combination of the drunken boxing technique and the Shaolin fighting style.
• In the video game Def Jam: Fight For NY, rapper Flava Flav uses Drunken Boxing as his fighting style.
• In the BioWare title Jade Empire, drunken boxing is one of the fighting styles available later in the game. But the code will be available in the first seconds of the intro to unlock it before.
• In Tekken 2,3,4,5, Character Lei Wulong Drunken Combos.

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Anime/manga

• Drunken Boxing was used in the anime Dragon Ball, under the Japanese name Sui Ken.
• In the anime and manga Naruto the character Rock Lee is a natural user of the suiken or Drunken Fist, as seen in his fight with Kimimaro and Raiga (from the fillers); however, Lee is only able to use the style when he is actually inebriated.
• During the Dark Tournament arc of the anime/manga YuYu Hakusho, the main character Yusuke Urameshi battles Chu, a warrior who uses the Suiken style.
• In the manga Ranma ½, during the "Romeo and Juliet" story arc, Ranma is force-fed a bottle of sake by Kuno in an attempt to get her drunk, and responds with Zui Quan (or "Drunk-Fu", as she calls it in the English translation), before falling asleep.
• In the anime series Negima!?, martial artist Ku Fei is revealed to possess suiken abilities as one of her powers in the final episode. However, she never actually uses the power and just gets drunk on the gourd-filled sake.
• In the anime series Soul Hunter, Taikoubou eats an alcohol-filled peach to allow him to use his 'Drunken-Fist Technique.'

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See also

• Zhou Tong (archer)

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External links

• IMDB entry for 'Jui kuen', aka. 'Drunken Master'
• IMDB entry for 'Jui kuen II', aka. 'Drunken Master II' or 'The Legend of the Drunken Master'
• Flying Eagle Martial Arts Academy gives a much more in-depth background on 'Drunken Boxing'and other forms of wushu
• German page about Zuijiuquan (Google translation here)