Xing Yi Quan Xue: The Study of Form-Mind BoxingThe name Sun Lu Tang rings familiar to almost anyone who has studied one or more of the major "internal" styles of Chinese martial arts. Because Sun was highly skilled in Xing Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang, and Tai Ji Quan, he wrote five different books on these subjects and synthesized the three arts to invent Sun Style Tai Ji Quan. His name has become well known wherever Chinese martial arts are practiced. Sun Lu Tang's treatise on Xing Yi Quan, published in 1915, was his first work and it was the first book published publically in China which integrated the thories of martial arts with Chinese philosophy and Daoist Qi cultivation theories. In addition to the original text of Sun's Xing Yi Quan book, this English translation also includes a detailed biography of Sun Lu Tang and an interview with his daughter, Sun Jian Yun. Book jacket. |
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Ba Gua Zhang Beijing Black Tiger Coming body Cheng Ting Hua Closing Form Crane Spreading Wings crossing fist Daoist Drilling Fist elbow eyes look father fist heart upward Fist with Step foot steps forward Footnotes forefinger Golden Cock Guo Yun Shen hand draws back hand falls Hebei internal Qi left fist left foot steps left hand draws left hand stretches Li Kui Linking Fist martial artist martial arts motion number of repetitions pad-step pounding fist practice Principle The Study Qing Dynasty right fist right foot steps right hand draws right hand stretches Section Four Shen Pao Quan skill smashing fist sparrow hawk splitting fist stable straight Sun Cun Zhou Sun Jian Yun Sun Lu Tang Sun's Tai Ji Quan Tang's Turning Back Form waist Water Lizard wrist twists strength Wu Ji Wu Xing Xing Yi boxing Xing Yi Quan Yi Jing Yin and Yang Za Shi Chui