THanks, always loved to watch Monkey Gung fu and always wanted to learn but now too old to learn this, the body doesn't the way it used to ;( I started martial arts when I was 10, over 40 years ago now.
REPS ADDED. THANX FOR THE SHARE.
Matsuda learned t'ai-shing pek gwar (dasheng pigua) from Yin Yoga founder Paulie Zink. Paulie is who Matsuda refers to in the book as the very flexible guy. Here's Paulie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypax7esDXGQ
Northern monkey is just called houquan.