The Mysterious Power of Xingyi Quan of related interest The Five Levels of Taijiquan Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang Commentary by Master Jan Silberstorff Translated by Christina Schulz ISBN 978 1 84819 093 1 eISBN 978 0 85701 079 7 Bagua Quan Foundation Training He Jinghan Translated by David Alexander ISBN 978 1 84819 015 3 eISBN 978 0 85701 004 9 Tàijíquán Li Deyin Foreword by Siu-Fong Evans ISBN 978 1 84819 004 7 The Mysterious Power of Xingyi Quan A Complete Guide to History, Weapons and Fighting Skills MaSter C S taNg London and Philadelphia This edition published in 2013 by Singing Dragon an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers 116 Pentonville road London N1 9JB, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, Pa 19106, USa www.singingdragon.com First edition published in 2011 by Line of Intent, Inc. Publishing, London, UK Copyright © C S tang 2011, 2013 all rights reserved. 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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data a CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data a CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 84819 140 2 eISBN 978 0 85701 115 2 Printed and bound in great Britain CoNteNtS Disclaimer 8 acknowledgments 9 Preface 11 1 Introduction: The Way of My Xingyi Quan 13 Fine art and Xingyi Quan 13 The Beginnings of My Xingyi Quan 14 Xingyi Mixed Form 17 The Five Fists of Lee Ying ang 17 The Xingyi Five elements Fists of Ho Ho Choy 18 The Xingyi Manual and Five Xingyi tiger Forms of Zhang Jun Feng 20 Chu gui ting Xingyi Fists and Weaponry transmission 20 twelve Forms of Shanxi Xingyi 22 The richness of Liu Jing ru’s treasures 22 Xingyi twelve animals Dui Lian 23 The Castle of Niu Sheng Xian 23 2 The History and Development of Xingyi Quan 25 The origin of Xingyi Quan and Its Founder 26 The Development of Xingyi Quan 29 entering the Heart of Xingyi Quan 34 3 The Legend of Yue Fei 51 The Martial arts of Yue Fei 51 Yue Fei’s teacher: The Story of Zhou tong 56 4 The System of Xingyi Quan: Levels 59 Level 1 Basic exercises and Basic Forms 59 Level 2 twelve animals Forms 60 Level 3 Partner Drills and Set Forms 60 Level 4 Five elements Fists—application 60 Level 5 elementary Weapons Form 61 Level 6 Intermediate Weapons Form 61 Level 7 advanced Forms 61 Level 8 advanced Weapons Forms 61 暗勁 Level 9 an Jin—Concealed Power 61 化勁 Level 10 Hua Jin—transformational Power 61 5 The Basic Shapes 62 Hand Shapes 62 Stance Shapes 64 elbow Shape 70 Kick Shapes 71 6 The Culture of Santi Shi in Xingyi Quan 72 The Meaning of Santi 72 The Definitions of Xingyi 72 overview of Xingyi 75 Santi Shi: Substantial Standards and requirements 81 The Styles of Santi Shi Stance 84 7 Santi Shi: The Foundation of Xingyi Quan 90 James Carss Santi Shi 90 Partner testing 91 training 93 8 The Manuals of Xingyi Quan 94 9 The Theories of Xingyi Quan 96 The eight Characters Song 96 Xingyi Six Harmonies 98 10 The Basic Exercises 100 Single Hand Push 100 Double Hand Push 101 golden Chicken Shakes Wings 102 golden Chicken Lifts Wings 103 Press Pole 104 11 Five Elements Fists 105 The Theories of Five elements Fists 106 The Three Jin in Xingyi Quan 109 The training of Five elements Fists 113 The Movements of Five elements Fists 120 The applications of Five elements Fists 143 12 Xingyi Twelve Animals 163 The Theories of Xingyi twelve animals 163 The Individual animals 164 Conclusion 170 twelve animals Hebei Style 171 Illustrations of the twelve animal Sequences 172 The application of twelve animals Forms 209 The advanced Level of twelve animals Forms 230 The Health aspects of twelve animals Forms 231 The twelve Meridians 232 Best Hours for training 233 Important Songs of the twelve animals Forms of Xingyi Quan 234 13 Forms of Xingyi Quan 237 Five elements evolving Form: Single Side Form 237 Five elements evolving Form: Double Side Form 240 Five elements Destructing Form 247 Five elements evolving and Destructing Form 251 Five elements Chicken Four Form 252 Five elements Chicken Four Form (Wu Xing Shi Ba Chui) 264 eight Postures Form (Ba Shi) 266 Six Harmonies Form 274 Combination Form (Zashi Chui) 278 Xingyi twelve Combat Form 290 14 Two-Man Drill Partner Routines 304 Form 1: San Shou Pao (Three Hands Cannon) 304 Form 2: Wu Xing Pao (Five elements Cannon) 306 Form 3: Wu Hua Pao (Five Flowers Cannon) 317 Form 4: Fixed Step Wu Xing Pao (Five elements Fists Drill) 319 15 Xingyi Weapons Forms 332 Xingyi Dao—Saber 332 Xingyi Jian—Sword 333 Xingyi gun—Pole/Cudgel 334 Xingyi Qiang—Spear 337 Xingyi Lian Huan Dao (twelve Dao Linking Form) 339 application of Xingyi Dao 343 DISCLaIMer Please note that the author, contributors, and publisher of this book are not to be held liable in any manner whatsoever for any injuries that may result to any person from his or her reading or following the instructions contained herein. 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