Hsingichuan

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BP Chan would often try to simplify things into quotes like the one above. I use a mic stand with the Coca-Cola bottle on it as a practice partner sometimes. The point of this example is to show that by turning my waist to the right and then to the […]

“It’s easy, turn to the left , turn to the ...

When training XingYiQuan it is necessary to understand Five Element Theory in the style that I practice. Spring time is the best season to train the wood element which would be the liver and gallbladder. These are best practiced facing east because the external of the liver on the body […]

Embracing the ribs and the liver… A further explanation

One of the more obvious reasons that one would embrace the ribs is to protect them from strikes. When the ribs are not embraced or the elbows are flared out or the fists put in unusual positions this has the effect of changing the angle of the elbow relative to […]

Embracing the ribs in Xingyiquan

Once upon a time I was quite fearful of this type of attack with a bladed weapon as I had my throat slit as a teen. I did not understand how to defend against a horizontal attack to my throat. Retreating from such an attack will most likely have the […]

Using the rising and falling actions of Chopping to enter ...

Xingyiquan – Training Santi Shi to change the Tendons The Xingyi Boxing Manual by Jin Yunting Has been translated into English in two different versions. The second translation has additional pages from the original text that were deleted in the first version. The translations are actually different as well as […]

Xingyiquan – Training Santi Shi to change the Tendons

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Santi Shi – Overcoming some difficulties in transitioning into posture This is a brief description of some of the difficulties one might in counter getting into the posture Santi Shi. A common thread that runs through all of the teachings of BP Chan is that when moving from Posture to […]

Santi Shi – Overcoming some difficulties in transitioning into posture

Shaving the joint I use a shaving technique where I slide my hand down my opponents arm until I feel his wrist joint with my pinky . I then sink and roll into the joint which grabs the fascia and pulls my opponent onto their toes making them easy to […]

Shaving the joint

BP Chan – “ upper hand middle finger to lower hand index finger“ “Upper hand middle finger to lower hand index finger“ was a comment that we often heard while we were trying to copy the movements of Mr. Chan. This critical alignment is something that I have observed very […]

BP Chan – “ upper hand middle finger to lower ...