形意拳之五拳綱要/Xingyiquan Zhi Wu Quan Gangyao – Xingyiquan’s Essential Points of the Five Fists Part 1

•劈拳之綱/Pi Quan’s Main Points

兩拳似抱口中去, 前拳上鑽如眉齊。

後拳隨跟緊相連, 兩手抱脅如心齊。

氣隨身法落丹田, 兩手齊落後腳隨。

四指分開虎口圓, 前手高低與心齊。

後手只在脅下藏, 手足鼻尖三對尖。

小指翻上如眉齊, 劈拳打法向上鑽。

腳手齊落舌尖頂, 進步換式陰掌落。

The two fists resemble embracing & move past the mouth, the lead fist drills upward until level with the eyebrows. The rear fist follows closely & tightly connects, both hands embracing the ribs at heart level. The Qi follows the Body Method & falls to the Dantian, both hands evenly fall & the rear leg follows. The four fingers are separated & the Tiger’s Mouth is round, the lead hand is even with the heart in height. The rear hand is simply hidden below by the flank, the Three Points of hands, feet, & tip of the nose match. The little finger is overturned & rises to eyebrow level, Pi Quan’s Strike Method drills upward. The hands & feet evenly fall & the tongue thrusts upward, Advance Step & exchange the forms, a Yin Palm falls.