Five Form Fist

The is the origin of the senjutsu fighting-styles, learned by those who practice and master senjutsu. In total, there are five main different styles which allow the user to express their senjutsu chakra in unique, physical manifestations;


 * The is one of the five forms. It has also been called the . It is unknown where the art is taught.


 * The is one of the five forms. It is unknown where the art is taught.


 * The is one of the five forms. It has been noted that, of the five arts, it is the least used. It is unknown where the art is taught.


 * The, which relies on whipping and rattling senjutsu chakra to mimic a snake's movements, allowing for devastating results. It is taught at the.


 * The is one of the five forms. It is taught at Zugaishima.

Originally, when the conceived taijutsu, these different styles were originally one distinct art, which was the "Five Forms Fist". Originally, it consisted of the eighteen moves from the original taijutsu style. The Sage gathered together five animal sages — a tiger, crane, leopard, snake, and a dragon; the original sages. Together, they developed a numerous amount of techniques, which eventually numbered so high that they had to divide it into separate arts, forming the Five Form Fist and its five styles.

Derived Styles
In addition to the five main animals arts, other sages followed suit in the years following, developing unique styles derived from the Five Form Fist;


 * , a fighting style that mimics a frog's movements, mixed with senjutsu, to produce devastating moves and results. It is taught at.

These forms are considered vastly inferior to the original five, but still have merit when compared to other taijutsu techniques, due to the use of senjutsu.

Influence
According to legend,, a 13th-century Shaolin martial artist, used the original as a foundation, expanding its eighteen techniques into seventy-two. In, in the west of China, in the city of Lanzhou, he met , a master of "Red Fist" Hóngquán (紅拳). Li Sou accompanied Jueyuan back to Henan, to Luoyang to introduce Jueyuan to Bai Yufeng, master of an internal method. They returned to Shaolin with Bai Yufeng and expanded Jueyuan's seventy-two techniques to approximately one hundred seventy. Using their combined knowledge, they restored internal aspects to Shaolin boxing. They organized these techniques into Five Animals: the Tiger, the Crane, the Leopard, the Snake and the Dragon.