八要者何? - What are the Eight Essentials? The Eight Essentials are the core of Xingyiquan's Neigong, & an excellent Health Cultivation practice. Today we're going…
Continue reading → 形意拳八要檢/Xingyiquan Ba Yao Jian – Xingyiquan’s Eight Essentials Examined
If someone put you on the spot & demanded that you summarize yourself in only six words, would you be able to do it? All…
七疾者, 眼要疾, 手要疾, 腳要疾, 意要疾, 出勢要疾, 進退要疾, 身法要疾也。習拳者具此七疾, 方能完全制勝。所謂縱橫往來, 目不及瞬, 有如生龍活虎, 令人不可捉模者, 唯持此耳。 The Seven Quicks are The Eyes must be Quick, The Hands must…
Continue reading → 形意拳七疾/Xingyiquan Qi Ji – Xingyiquan’s Seven Quicks: The Long Version
Recently, while perusing Twitter, I happened upon a retweet from the illustrious Ed Latimore regarding Offensive Strategy. Here's the tweet in question: Now, I'm a…
心與意合，意與氣合，氣與力合，內三合也，手與足合，肘與膝合，肩與胯合，外三合也，此為六合，左手與右足相合，左肘與右膝相合，左肩與右胯相合，右之與左以然，以及頭與手合，手與身合，身與步合，孰非外合，心與眼合，肝與筋合，脾與肉合，肺與身合，腎與骨合，孰非內合，豈但六合而已哉，然此特分而言之也，總之一運而無不動，一合而無不合，五形百骸，悉用其中矣。 The Xin & Yi combine, the Yi & Qi combine, the Qi & Li combine, are the Internal Three Harmonies. The Hands & Feet…
Continue reading → 岳飛六要論/Yue Fei Liu Yao Lun – Yue Fei’s Sixth Essential Thesis
第二節: 變化/Di Er Jie: Bianhua -Section Two: Variations 拳雖有五而寔有神妙之功用自其變化言之則。劈拳有六, 鑽炮横各有七, 崩拳有九, 共三十六套。以下分述之凡前所有者皆列每段之首。 Although there are only Five Fists, it is said that the spiritually subtlety…
形意拳/Xingyiquan It's very common for beginners to be confused about the name "Xingyiquan," these days. Unfortunately, it's nearly as common to find intermediate students who…
•Here's the other text I used as reference for my piece on the Meaning of "Xingyi." Broaden your understanding to deepen your Kung Fu!• by…
Continue reading → 形意玄義/Xingyi Xuan Yi – The Profound Meaning of “Xingyi”
•While working on an upcoming piece about the meaning of the name "Xingyi," I found myself retranslating this text on that very subject. It was…
Continue reading → Translation Update: 形意說/Xingyi Shuo – Xingyi Theory
七疾者, 眼要疾, 手要疾, 腳要疾, 意要疾, 出勢要疾, 進退要疾, 身法要疾也。習拳者具此七疾, 方能完全制勝。所謂縱橫往來, 目不及瞬, 有 如生龍活虎, 令人不可捉模者, 唯持此耳。 The Seven Quicks are: Eyes must be quick, Hands must be…
Continue reading → 形意拳七疾/Xingyiquan Qi Ji – Xingyiquan’s Seven Quicks: The Short Version
