What is
Xingyiquan?
Baguā Zhang, Tai Chi Chuan and
Xingyiquan are the three internal martial arts. Xingyiquan goes straight
to the center. Baguā Zhang goes around the center and Tai Chi Chuan gives
up the center.
The aims of practicing internal
arts are to exercise for health, to nourish energy and to promote
strength.
Xing means form:
According to Mr. Chan, It literally
means, “The form of thousands of things that shows outwardly.”
Yi means mind:
It literally means the heart
and the thought of the mind inwardly.
Quan means fist
or fighting form:
It literally stands for the
fighting system or style of fighting.
Xingyiquan means the heart and
the mind are within, and the form of thousands of things shows outwardly.
The inner and the outer are co-related, and it also means that the Qi
(chi) is one and keeps on flowing.
