一、翻子拳概說 Brief Introduction of Fanzi Quan
翻子拳是中華武術寶庫中的一個曆史悠久的優秀拳種，在明代名“八閃翻”，後俗稱“翻子拳”，“翻子”，屬短打類型的拳術。“閃”，即言其快，意為閃擺取勢如電掣雷動；“翻”，即翻生不息，連三拚四。翻子拳曆史悠久，明代戚繼光在其所著《紀效新書·拳經捷要篇》中談到翻子拳時說它是“善之善者也”，可謂讚譽備至，在他編著的三十二勢中吸取了屬於翻子拳的招法，並有數勢流傳至今，如“當頭炮”、“拗鸞肘”、“旗鼓勢”等。俗稱翻子拳為“八閃十二翻”，實際上是出自戚繼光《紀效新書·拳經捷要篇》中的八閃十二短。根據近代翻子拳家的傳授，它的正確名稱應當是八閃翻。但其出勢一律是“旗鼓勢”，這是分辨是否屬於翻子拳的標記。翻子拳早期主要流傳於河北高陽，清末傳到東北，當今在河北、遼寧、甘肅、陝西等地較為盛行。
Fanzi Quan is an excellent sort of Quan in Chinese Wushu.It was called“Bashan-fan”in Ming Dynasty，then“Fanzi Quan”or“Fanzi”.It is the face to face fighting.“Shan”means fast like thunder and lightening.“Fan”means continuity and ceaseless.Fanzi Quan has a long history.In Ming Dynasty Qi Jiguang praised this style of kungfu in his book“Jixiao xinshu，Quanjing Jieyao pian”that“It is excellent among the good.”He quoted movements from Fanzi Quan in his 32 postures and some even are popular now.For instance.Such as“Dangtoupao”、“Aoluanzhou”、“Qigushi”etc..Fanzi Quan is also called“8 Shan and 12 Fan”.which is from 8 Shan and 12 Duan from“Jixiao xinshu，Quanjing Jieyao pian”written by Qi Jiguang.According to modern Fanzi Quan masters，the name shall be Bashanfan.But the postures are all“Qigushi” which is the symbol of Fanzi Quan.It was mostly popular in Gaoyang，Hebei，then it spread into northeast China in late Qing Dynasty.It is popular now in Hebei，Liaoning，Gansu，Shanxi.