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Chinese Martial ArtsDiscuss Chinese style Martial Arts here - Chinese Kempo, Kung Fu, Jeet Kune Do, Pa Kua Chang, San Shou, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, Wushu
I had some free time this morning so I thought I would do some research on some martial arts styles and I found this one. I have seen this in action before and I have to say that I was very impressed, but it was on a video demenstration. I was wondering if anyone actually knows someone who studies in this style or who knows a something about it.
Here is what I have found:
Xing Yi Quan (sometimes known as Hsing-I) is known as Mind Boxing, or in another translation, Form-Will-Boxing. The pronouciation of Hsing-I is “Shing-ee”.
Hsing-I is characterised by five distinctive actions, namely the five fist elements. These elements are the Splitting Fist, Drilling Fist, Crushing Fist, Pounding Fist and the Crossing Fist. These five basic actions of splitting, drilling, pounding, crossing and crushing are related to the five elements of traditional Chinese medical theory and philosophy, ie. metal, water, fire, earth and wood, respectively.
In addition to these, Hsing also teaches the 12 styles of animal movements such as Dragon, Tiger, Horse, Cock, Turtle, Hawk, Swallow, Snake, Falcon, Eagle and Bear.
Each animal form has characteristic postures and stances, combined with a characteristic way of fighting.
Hsing-I belongs to the Chinese internal arts (together with Pa Kua and Tai-Chi), and shares some types of weapons training, namely the straight sword (Jen), the curved sword (Dao) and the long spear (Chiang). In contrast to Pa-Kua and Tai-Chi, movements in Hsing are more linear combined with a straight forward attack. The the emphasis is on developing very powerful strikes that are able to deliver inner energy (Chi) at the opponent.
its an art that uses the Hands, Feet, Elbows, Knees, Shoulders, Hips and Head along Grappling, Throwing, Trapping and Locking techniques. It is an art that i would say is very well rounded art that also places some epmhasis on internal cultivation so it is also good for stress relief and better outlook on life.
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Leisure may not be an option for this indefatigable human instrument of martial arts. It is the Tao, sort to speak passably, that he his set on such credenda, to which he may not abdicate. It is the WAY, the Do, of what certitude he has.
i wouldnt say much better fighting system because that all boils down to the indiviaul
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Leisure may not be an option for this indefatigable human instrument of martial arts. It is the Tao, sort to speak passably, that he his set on such credenda, to which he may not abdicate. It is the WAY, the Do, of what certitude he has.
however internal arts do give more long term benefits than external arts. if we cloned someone and put one on internal course and one on external eventually the internal practitioner would out doo his external counterpart
you cant be sure of that both are good for health if done in a non destrutive way. Look at Jhoon Rhee he is in alot better shape/health then many internal masters.
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Leisure may not be an option for this indefatigable human instrument of martial arts. It is the Tao, sort to speak passably, that he his set on such credenda, to which he may not abdicate. It is the WAY, the Do, of what certitude he has.
many external styles incorparte internal training as well so you dont really need both
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Leisure may not be an option for this indefatigable human instrument of martial arts. It is the Tao, sort to speak passably, that he his set on such credenda, to which he may not abdicate. It is the WAY, the Do, of what certitude he has.
' we learn wing chun.. it is quick and easy to master'
'we learn shaolin it trains the mind and body to do great things'
'we learn tai chi it is the height of our training as it leads to dragon kung fu, this is a difficult art to master but it is much stronger than the other animals which are external'
it gave me the opinion that internal are better than external.. maybe i read him wrong
it all comes down to personal preference he prefers internal so he naturally sees them as better.
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Leisure may not be an option for this indefatigable human instrument of martial arts. It is the Tao, sort to speak passably, that he his set on such credenda, to which he may not abdicate. It is the WAY, the Do, of what certitude he has.
Xing Yi Quan
yes, Ive been knowing about this art for some time...
(or reading)
Linear Mode
