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My Jhong Law Horn (迷蹤羅漢) (Mandarin: Mizong Luohan) or Lost Track Arhat Fist is a northern Shaolin style of kung fu based on deception and mobility. It is a combination of two styles (Mizongquan and Luohanquan), with a lineage that can be traced directly back to the Shaolin temple during the Tang dynasty.
My Jhong Law Horn is an external style, with distinct internal influences. It draws on many aspects of the external northern Shaolin long-fist style, and the internal styles Tai Chi Chuan and Pakua Chuan, which are often taught alongside it in modern times. It is characterized by deceptive hand movements, intricate footwork, varied kicks, and high leaps. In execution, the style changes very quickly.
The emphasis on flexibility in northern Shaolin styles is the guiding principle of My Jhong, and this is evident in the versatility of its attacks and the extent to which it integrates the concepts of many internal styles. An increased emphasis on mobility often comes at the price of power, but My Jhong compensates for this by providing a means for the dynamic generation of power. My Jhong's unique fa ching (discharging of force) comes from the combination of the internal corkscrew power of Chen-style Tai Chi and the external snapping power of Shaolin long fist. The result is an efficient production of force through the dynamic motion of multiple elements of the body, the mastery of which gives a My Jhong practitioner the capability of generating force quickly and flexibly from any distance.
This system was presided over by Grandmaster Ye Yu Ting in the twentieth century until his death in 1962 at the age of 70. A number of his students (among them Master Chi-Hung Marr) emigrated to the United States in the 1960's and have continued to teach this system in locations around the U.S. and Canda.
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