 Eagle Claw Grandmasters Leung Shum and Lily Lau believe " Jow Tong " ( the Cantonese rendering of his name ) was a monk who brought young Yue to the Shaolin Monastery and taught him a set of hand techniques , which Yue later adapted to create his Ying Kuen ( Eagle fist ) . Liang Shouyu states practitioners of Emei Dapeng Qigong believe Yue trained under Zhou as a child and competed to become China 's top fighter at an early age . Their lineage story dictates Zhou also took Yue to a " Buddhist hermit " who taught him said qigong style . Northern Praying Mantis Master Yuen Mankai says Zhou taught Yue the " same school " of martial arts as he did his Water Margin students and that the General was the originator of the praying mantis technique " Black Tiger Steeling [ sic ] Heart " . Although Martial arts historian Stanley Henning admits that Yue 's biographies do not mention boxing , he says " he [ Yue ] almost certainly did practice some form of bare handed fighting " to prepare for his weapons training . But he does not suggest who Yue might have learned it from . 
 Eagle Claw Grandmasters Leung Shum and Lily Lau believe " Jow Tong " ( the Cantonese rendering of his name ) was a monk <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>who</mark></a>brought young Yue to the Shaolin Monastery and taught him a set of hand techniques , which Yue later adapted to create his Ying Kuen ( Eagle fist ) . Liang Shouyu <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>states</mark></a> practitioners of Emei Dapeng Qigong believe Yue trained under Zhou as a child and competed to become China <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>top fighter at an early age . Their lineage story <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>dictates</mark></a> Zhou also took Yue to a " Buddhist hermit " <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>taught him said qigong style . Northern Praying Mantis Master Yuen Mankai <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>says</mark></a> Zhou taught Yue the " same school " of martial arts as he did his Water Margin students and that the General was the originator of the praying mantis technique " Black Tiger Steeling [ sic ] Heart " . Although Martial arts historian Stanley Henning <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>admits</mark></a> that Yue <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>biographies do not mention <a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>boxing</mark></a> , he <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>says</mark></a> " he [ Yue ] almost certainly did practice some form of bare handed fighting " to prepare for his weapons training . But he <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>does</mark></a> not suggest who Yue might <a href='been_done' title='12'><mark>have</mark></a> learned it from . 
Eagle Claw Grandmasters Leung Shum and Lily Lau believe " Jow Tong " ( the Cantonese rendering of his name ) was a monk brought young Yue to da Shaolin Monastery and taught em a set of hand techniques , which Yue later adapted to create his Ying Kuen ( Eagle fist ) . Liang Shouyu state practitioners of Emei Dapeng Qigong believe Yue trained under Zhou as a child and competed to become China  top fighter at an early age . Their lineage story dictate Zhou also took Yue to a " Buddhist hermit " taught him said qigong style . Northern prayin Mantis Master Yuen Mankai say Zhou taught Yue the " same school " of martial arts as he did his Water Margin students and dat the General was tdaoriginator of the pprayinmantis technique " Black Tiger Steeling [ sic ] Heart " . Although Martial arts historian Stanley Henning admit tdatYue  biographies do not mention no boxing , he say " he [ Yue ] almost certainly did practice some form of bare handed fightin " to prepare for his weapons training . But he do not suggest who Yue might done learned it from .