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Xingyiquan is one of the most popular Chinese internal martial arts. This book offers insights that students can use to deepen their understanding and practice of Xingyiquan. The authors demonstrate a variety of Xingyi forms and their martial applications. The practice of Xingyiquan, like Taijiquan, improves Qi circulation around the body and maintains health. In addition, the training builds up an abundant level of internal Qi so that both the phsyical and mental bodies can be strengthened.
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Xingyiquan is one of the most popular Chinese internal martial arts. This book offers insights that students can use to deepen their understanding and practice of Xingyiquan. The authors demonstrate a variety of Xingyi forms and their martial applications. The practice of Xingyiquan, like Taijiquan, improves Qi circulation around the body and maintains health. In addition, the training builds up an abundant level of internal Qi so that both the phsyical and mental bodies can be strengthened.
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This cleverly written book delivers exactly what is promised. The authors are very honest about the fact that the book is meant as an accompaniment to training with somebody mastering the art as well as a general guide for anybody wanting to read more about it.
Theory - A decent and interesting introduction to both internal martial arts as well as the origins and roots of Xingyiquan including both the legend and history of the style.
Applications - Step-by-step instructions with b/w pictures helps take one through the basic steps and postures of the art. Additionally, the authors provide example applications to help motivate the movements from the external martial arts perspective.
Fighting tactics and spirit - the texts related to this part assume a basic understanding of Chinese culture and element theory as well as Qi cultivation (e.g Qigong). Without this understanding, the pictures and described fighting techniques in themselves will probably not amount to much beyond viewing Xingyiquan as a short- to medium-range Chinese boxing- and simple kicking technique. The authors have gone to great lengths in taking Master Liang's art described by Dr. Yang who compares and appropriates it with various Chinese historical and scholarly articles on the subject providing a high level of detailed advice and insight which I find an incredibly useful and readily applicable addition to my Xingyiquan training. Note: For people who don't feel they have the basics in place for this part of the book, it is noteworthy that both author's have written great books that can help one understand the assumed basics.
Theory - A decent and interesting introduction to both internal martial arts as well as the origins and roots of Xingyiquan including both the legend and history of the style.
Applications - Step-by-step instructions with b/w pictures helps take one through the basic steps and postures of the art. Additionally, the authors provide example applications to help motivate the movements from the external martial arts perspective.
Fighting tactics and spirit - the texts related to this part assume a basic understanding of Chinese culture and element theory as well as Qi cultivation (e.g Qigong). Without this understanding, the pictures and described fighting techniques in themselves will probably not amount to much beyond viewing Xingyiquan as a short- to medium-range Chinese boxing- and simple kicking technique. The authors have gone to great lengths in taking Master Liang's art described by Dr. Yang who compares and appropriates it with various Chinese historical and scholarly articles on the subject providing a high level of detailed advice and insight which I find an incredibly useful and readily applicable addition to my Xingyiquan training. Note: For people who don't feel they have the basics in place for this part of the book, it is noteworthy that both author's have written great books that can help one understand the assumed basics.
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Xingyiquan: Theory, Applications, Fighting Tactics And Spirit showcases one of the best known of the Chinese internal martial arts. Originated by Marshal Yeuh Fei (a famous general of the Chinese Song Dynasty), xingyi means "Shape Mind" and quan means "Fist" or "Style", and the marital arts combination called xingyiquan derives its name from an imitation of the movements and inner characteristics of twelve animals. Enhanced with two sequences with many of their martial applications, as well as the famous fight set "Ann Shenn Pau", Xingyiquan is a single volume, highly recommended instructional presentation of traditional xingyiquan training methods (including a discussion of xingyiquan theories and principles derived from many of the ancient poems and songs) which is ideal for martial arts students and practitioners at all levels of experience.
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Very fine book on this still little understood art
20. Mai 2004
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Here noted Chinese style expert Dr. Yang Jwing Ming has teamed up with Shou-Yu Liang, a noted martial arts coach, to produce an excellent volume on hsing-i (I prefer the older spelling). There's an awful lot of material here, including several chapters totaling 75 pages devoted to Chinese philosophy and medical theory. But if you're like me, you've read enough of that and will probably skip over that material and turn to the pages showing the pictures of all the postures, forms, and applications. While I respect the Chinese traditions and Chinese culture for creating these arts, I prefer western scientific explanations based on anatomy, neurophysiology, and kinesiology rather than the Chinese ones, which should be thought of as pre-scientific metaphors for later rigorous and more scientific analysis.
For example, to give just one brief explanation without getting too technical, consider the neural reflex known as the reciprocal inhibition of flexor-extensor pairs. Such a pair would be the triceps and biceps muscles. This neural action speeds up the muscular response by reducing the opposing muscle's tension. When the internal arts such as Tai Chi and the others emphasize being soft and relaxed, this is one (among several) factors that if one is over-tense will be inhibited and will interfere with speed and overall agility. Although this reflex is not under voluntary control (being a spinal cord level reflex), overall muscle tension is controlled by an area of the brain known as the basal ganglia or telencephalic nuclei, a region of the brain just below the cerebral cortex. And this area of the brain does respond to voluntary control, and too heightened a state of mental anxiety, fear, and other factors can cause the basal ganglia to increase the level of muscle tension over what is optimal. This is one reason why the internal arts emphasize relaxation and not being too tense. But none of this was known until the last one hundred years.
But getting back to the book, I liked the chapters showing the basic postures and moving patterns, the five-phases linking form, the Xing-Yi long form shown, and the chapter on practical applications. As the authors point out, after the student has learned the basic postures, the 12 shapes form is usually taught. But here the authors did something different which was nice. They presented another form instead which is rarely seen, a combination of the five fists and the 12 animal shapes that was developed by Master Liang's teacher, Master Zheng. The chapter also includes some of the applications of this interesting form. I think this is the main strength and most useful feature of the book, since the 12 shapes form can be found in several other books.
In addition to the above, there is also a chapter on Xing-Yi Qi-Gong, an extensive appendix discussing Yue Fei's Ten Important Theses (the inventor of Xing-Yi), and a glossary of Chinese terms.
For example, to give just one brief explanation without getting too technical, consider the neural reflex known as the reciprocal inhibition of flexor-extensor pairs. Such a pair would be the triceps and biceps muscles. This neural action speeds up the muscular response by reducing the opposing muscle's tension. When the internal arts such as Tai Chi and the others emphasize being soft and relaxed, this is one (among several) factors that if one is over-tense will be inhibited and will interfere with speed and overall agility. Although this reflex is not under voluntary control (being a spinal cord level reflex), overall muscle tension is controlled by an area of the brain known as the basal ganglia or telencephalic nuclei, a region of the brain just below the cerebral cortex. And this area of the brain does respond to voluntary control, and too heightened a state of mental anxiety, fear, and other factors can cause the basal ganglia to increase the level of muscle tension over what is optimal. This is one reason why the internal arts emphasize relaxation and not being too tense. But none of this was known until the last one hundred years.
But getting back to the book, I liked the chapters showing the basic postures and moving patterns, the five-phases linking form, the Xing-Yi long form shown, and the chapter on practical applications. As the authors point out, after the student has learned the basic postures, the 12 shapes form is usually taught. But here the authors did something different which was nice. They presented another form instead which is rarely seen, a combination of the five fists and the 12 animal shapes that was developed by Master Liang's teacher, Master Zheng. The chapter also includes some of the applications of this interesting form. I think this is the main strength and most useful feature of the book, since the 12 shapes form can be found in several other books.
In addition to the above, there is also a chapter on Xing-Yi Qi-Gong, an extensive appendix discussing Yue Fei's Ten Important Theses (the inventor of Xing-Yi), and a glossary of Chinese terms.
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Useful compilation of old texts
30. Januar 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
The theory presented is the compilation of most Xing Yi classics, with original chinese characters and english translations, as well as the authors' interpretations of the passages. The presence of translated original texts is why I find this book valuable. The positions shown in the photographs are not to my liking (to not use a harsher word) - however, I don't do the same style of Xing Yi so I could be wrong. The Qi Gong shown seems quite silly.
Definitely a book to have if one is interested in Xing Yi theory. However, it is very light on the other three points brought to prominence in the title - there no applications shown other than the painfully obvious, fighting tactics and spirit are touched upon only in the compiled ancient texts, and even then only in the convulted way characteristic of old style Chinese texts.
Definitely a book to have if one is interested in Xing Yi theory. However, it is very light on the other three points brought to prominence in the title - there no applications shown other than the painfully obvious, fighting tactics and spirit are touched upon only in the compiled ancient texts, and even then only in the convulted way characteristic of old style Chinese texts.
3 von 3 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Nice classics.
5. April 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
The book is very good, especially because it has chinese characters, literary translation and commentary for all the classics it presents.
It has however one issue:
On page 237 of 2nd. edition 1st. print, Author writes: "Xing Yi Quan is sometimes called Xin Yi Quan because the heart plays such an important role."
This is wrong. Xin Yi Quan is the older name from when the style had only 10 animals and was called Liu He Xin Yi Quan. Xing Yi Quan inherited the classics from that style, which is why it is spelled that way. He should read up on that and correct it for next print.
I suggest he write a book with the classics of Xin Yi Quan, it has actually become a very popular style in Shanghai, China.
It has however one issue:
On page 237 of 2nd. edition 1st. print, Author writes: "Xing Yi Quan is sometimes called Xin Yi Quan because the heart plays such an important role."
This is wrong. Xin Yi Quan is the older name from when the style had only 10 animals and was called Liu He Xin Yi Quan. Xing Yi Quan inherited the classics from that style, which is why it is spelled that way. He should read up on that and correct it for next print.
I suggest he write a book with the classics of Xin Yi Quan, it has actually become a very popular style in Shanghai, China.
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