The universal post is a mystical form of martial arts We can never fully understand the way it is done It seems like an embrace with a smiling face You use your strength from within You are relaxed and use no force It is like clouds floating in the wind from all directions You use Read More
Tag: dachengquan
Sole contraction Relaxation activity in Yiquan
In Zhan zhuang nothing but your sole movement, Upward, downward, leftward, rightward, forward and backward movement. Rapidly, slowly and perduring movement. Running, jumping, trampling, rubbing, contraction relaxation movement. Expanding, pronating, sliding, filing and peeling off bone movement, Hand and foot are combining in stretching tendons movement, Pulling powerfully as body unified movement, Amazing springs, hooking Read More
Linking Activity in Yiquan
Local parts of body request: Sole stepping onto the ground, heel slightly lifted, sole like a spring, avoid ankle from shaking otherwise body will quiver. Both knees expanding, buttock tight and leg twisted, anus and belly (retracted as in) inspiration, hip twisting and crotch wrapping. Back and waist keep vertical, chest slightly withdrawn, shoulder expanding Read More
Yiquan training with Gao Cheng
Wang Xuanjie’s Teachings
Wang Xuanjie’s Dachengquan Duanshou by Wang Xuanjie Wang Xuanjie teaches in his siheyuan Dachengquan (Wang Xuejie) Wang Xuanjie was a student of Yiquan Granmaster Wang Xiangzhai. Books: Dachengquan by Wang Xuanjie Hai Feng Publishing Co. May 1988 ISBN: 9622381111 Links: Wang Xuanjie’s videos youtube.com
The Bridge Power Training Deeper Strength
The Bridge If you look carefully at the point where the pillars of a bridge bear the structure’s enormous weight, you will often find a small cylinder. This astonishing feature is known as a “bridge bearing.” The purpose of the bearing is to take the weight while giving the entire structure maximum flexibility. Bridge bearings Read More
Brief Bibliography of Master Yip Hei Sing
I was born in Longtouye House, Chaolang Village, Chashan Town, Dongquan County, Guangdong Province, China in 1930, on 17th June of the Lunar calendar. I had a craving for martial arts since I was young. Though I had learned Chinese martial art of Northern and Southern style, martial art was something beyond touch to me Read More
Grandmaster Wang Xiang-Zhai (1885-1963)
“All sorts of strengths originate in the void and nothingness, which can only be felt gradually by the tiny edges and corners of the body”. We must, first and foremost, avoid the use of clumsy force, in body and in mind. Using this force makes the qi stagnant. When the qi is stagnant, the yi stops; Read More
Yiquan
This introduction to Yi-Chuan was written by Wang Yu-Fong, daughter of the founder, Wang Xiang-Zhai Frequently in this modem era, filled as it is with technologies like computers and space-age travel, we make the mistake of perceiving martial arts in simple “what you see is what you get” terms. In other words, the practice and Read More
Yiquan Academy
Staring Master Yao Chengrong, the son of the late Master Yao Zongxun (the succesor of the founder of the Yiquan 意拳 style Wang Xiangzhai). Links: Yiquan Academy youtube.com Yiquan Martial Arst Academy yq-zywg.com Yiquan wikipedia.org
Wang Yu Fang Shi Li
Links: Yiquan by Wang Yu Fang neigong.net Yiquan wikipedia.org
Wang Xiangzhai – General Principles for Dachengquan
Directions in verse for Great Achievements Shadow Boxing Integrated with spirit and mind, This boxing is named Dacheng. With plain truth easy to understand, It is both interesting and enlightening. It has no method yet every method, for in boxing all methods are of no avail. With profound knowledge it helps to mould your temperament, Read More
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