Shaolin Kung fu vs Thai Kickboxing - Who is better among Both? Who will ...

Shaolin Kung fu vs Thai Kickboxing - Who is better among Both? Who will Win?

Shaolin temple has two main legacies which refers to Chan Buddhism, the religion of Shaolin, and Quan which refers to the martial arts of Shaolin. In Shaolin, these are not separate disciplines and monks have always pursued the philosophy of the unification of Chan and Quan. 

In a deeper point of view, Quan is considered part of Chan. As late Shaolin monk Suxi said in the last moments of his life, "Shaolin is Chan, not Quan."
On the Quan (martial) side, the contents are abundant. 

A usual classification of contents are:

Basic skills: 

These include stamina, flexibility, and balance, which improve the body abilities in doing martial maneuvers. In Shaolin kung fu, flexibility and balance skills are known as "childish skills" which have been classified into 18 postures.

Power skills:

Qigong meditation: Qigong meditation itself has two types, internal which is stationary meditation, and external which is dynamic meditation methods like Shaolin four-part exercise (si duan gong), eight-section brocade, Shaolin muscle-changing scripture and others.

The 72 arts: 

These Include 36 soft and 36 hard exercises, which are known as soft and hard qigong.

Combat skills: 

These include various barehanded, weapon, and barehanded vs. weapon routines (styles) and their combat methods.

Training

There are many of different schools of Shaolin kung fu with different approaches. Even at the Shaolin temple, considered as its birthplace, training schedules have varied from era to era, and it also varies from lineage to lineage among the monks. Besides, different practitioners have different priorities and so they have different exercises and different timings. There is no single defined schedule. However, the main streamline of daily activities in Shaolin temple is well defined. Since the ancient times, daily life of the monks at Shaolin temple has included studying and practicing Chan Buddhism, studying and practicing kung fu, and engaging in temple affairs, such as cleaning the temple, working on the farms, guarding the area, etc. The typical daily training schedule is:

5:00: Rising from bed
5:15–5:30: Sitting qigong
5:30–7:30: Morning run and kung fu practice
7:30-8:30: Morning meal
9:00–11:30: Performing temple tasks, like working at farms, chopping wood, and tending to commercial affairs; monks who are elders or children attend Buddhist classes

11:30–12:30: Lunch
12:30–5:00: Afternoon kung fu practice: martial exercises and combat skills
5:10–6:40: Evening Buddhist lessons
6:50–7:30: Dinner
9:00–10:00: Personal Time
10:00: Going to bed

At the morning training session, basic skills are practiced. Morning training begins with empty stomach, by warming up, which includes loosening up the body via rotating the joints and then by stamina training via endurance exercises such as various kinds of running, jumping, push-ups, etc., for 15–30 minutes. Then the "child skills" such as flexibility and balance are practiced for about a half-hour. Flexibility training is done via stretching exercises, and balance training is done via keeping the body balanced in different childish skills postures for a while. Usually, morning training takes 1 hour, but monks may train themselves by doing more basic exercises and other exercises such as practicing combat drills and routines, etc.
Afternoon training session usually begins at about 2:00-2:30, and may even begin at 3:00 at hot summer days. At this session, mostly the combat skills are practiced. These are usually practiced for 1–2 hours. In between, they may have a few 15-20-minute rest times, and may do other kinds of exercises at this session, which make the session to last for 2–3 hours.

Styles

Like the usual system of Chinese martial arts, Shaolin combat methods are taught via forms. Some forms, like Small Hongquan, have just one section, and some, like Big Hongquan, have 3 or maybe more smaller parts, which every part can be considered a form itself. Some forms that are technically closely related are coupled together and are considered of the same style (sub-style is a better choice for the word), like Small and Big Hongquan, which altogether make the Shaolin Hongquan style; or Small and Big Paoquan, which make Shaolin Paoquan, Small and Big Tongbiquan, which make Shaolin Tongbiquan, Qi Xing and Chang Hu Xin Yi Men Quan, etc. There are some styles with one form, like Taizu Changquan, and styles that have been expanded into 5, 10, 13, 18, or even more forms. For example, Luohan 18 hands, which was originally one form, was expanded into 18 forms until the late Ming dynasty; Luohanquan, which originally just had small and big forms, has been expanded into a system of 18 forms called 18 Luohanquan; Shaolin big Hongquan nowadays has 13 forms; etc. Indeed, these styles are not complete or stand-alone, this is just a classification of different forms of Shaolin kung fu based on their technical contents.

Shaolin kung fu has more than hundreds of extant styles. There is recorded documentation of more than a thousand extant forms, which makes Shaolin the biggest school of martial art in the world. In the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Shaolin monks chose 100 of the best styles of Shaolin kung fu. Then they shortlisted the 18 most famous of them. However, every lineage of Shaolin monks have always chosen their own styles. Every style teaches unique methods for fighting and keeping health via one or a few forms. To learn a complete system, Shaolin monks master a number of styles and weapons. 

The most famous styles of Shaolin kung fu are:

Arhat's 18 hands known as the oldest style.

Flood style: with the small form known as the son of the styles, and the big form known as the mother of the styles.

Explosive style: known as the king of the styles.

Through-the-Arms style 

7-star & Long Guard the Heart and Mind Gate style. 

Facing&Bright Sun style.

Arhat style known as the most representative style.

Vajrapani style.

Emperor's Long-range style: known as the most graceful style.

Guard the Home.

Chain Hands and Short-range combat. 

5 Combinations style.

6-Match style. 

Soft style.

Mind Confusing Path style.

Imitative styles including Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, Eagle, Monkey, Mantis, etc.).

Drunken style.

and many other styles, such as the southern shaolin styles, that traces their roots back to the southern shaolin temple in the fukien province, such as Hung Ga and Wing chun.
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