As a practitioner of Xing yi since 1993 I would like to thank you for your insight and informative videos on this rare Martial art. I as a practitioner of this can attest to how it may look simple but, it is Not. The only advice I would give is to Keep training. Their is so much to learn.As with any worthwhile endeavor practice breeds competence. Thank you again.
Thank you Master Yang for your generosity in sharing so much details about Santishi. Will try my best to practice with my new knowledge. Your videos are precious. Thank you again!
I really appreciate you doing these videos. Just getting into Xingyi via Dr. Yang & Liang Shou-Yu. Looking forward to deepening practice in the future, for now one step at a time. ☯️🚼
Thank you master Yang for this amazing introduction video. I have been a long time fan of yours and I have been watching your videos here on TH-cam for about a decade. I have been patiently waiting for the online courses you said you were going to create on your website for over 5 or 6 years now. I hope with the release of these introductory videos you plan on finally offering the in depth Xingyi instructional video course you have promised us. I would love at least a solid bunch of Ji Ben Gong or foundational Xingyi training videos to start off with and then leading to learning the 5 Elements. The only question I have is how come you only mentioned 2 out of the 3 main branches of Xingyi? There is 1. Hebei, 2. Shanxi, and the 3rd style is from Henan.
Hello, I remember your account... Sorry for not being able to release the online learning system as early as promise. I have been preoccupied by different obligations. Now, I have more time so I am waiting for the lock-down finishes so that I can shoot instructional videos. I want to provide a high quality learning materials... In my opinion, and I have been promoting this kind of concept in China, that Xingyi should not include Xinyi. Xinyi (more specifically, it was the Dai Family Xinyi, not other Xinyi) is the parent form of Xingyi. From the body structure and contents of each style, they are totally different styles now. This is why I always say that there are only Hebei and Shanxi Xingyi in Xingyi style. Thanks,
Thank you so much for this high-quality video. I will read the comment section and see if any questions that I might have are already approached. I see that you are very communicative with the comment section. I have liked, subscribed, and commented.
Master Yang, this video was awesome. Learned a lot of simple applications to improve my practice. You have to write a book on this topic. Hard copy lives on forever. Thank you for sharing.
Hello, hope you are well. Just came across your video and found it very informative, and am looking forward to watching more. Thank you. Take care. Stay safe. John.
Thanks for the commentary, as a Hebei style student, this resonates very well with my understanding of Xingyiquan and hope to see more videos! I like the multiple triangles explanation and the small dynamic adjustments in the Santishi.
You're very welcome! I only share the information which I think are useful to the community. Also, I hope you will keep practicing and make more progress in the future. Thanks .
Thank You for u last answer and this information. My main Art is Bujinkan ninjutsu thats why i studing all the other ..mainly Xing Yi Quan and Bagua to do it all in one i fought for peace in this sad reality. I m working in hospital (one of the worlds bests...a lot Dr. from Asian ...)..."only" kitchen but so much work...(we were very good -but now no people from outside..and working twice for lower money) 10 hours with all this stuff... tempratures from 300 ° until - 20 the air full water from the machines and chimcals ..a lot of noise..in the past it was hard now it s hell... i dont think anymore and fight.. ( we have people who are older etc. & i try 2 help them so how much i can...)... We near at the end of matirial.... but we always get it in time...but i miss people... (we are not the "hot spot" of virus but normal we are full ..80%only very ill.. )I think i got Corona by myself and i do a lot of bagua and tai chi (+ quarantine) cause ..it was like drunken in water, when u breath active...& so i do... .Then i go home and all the people.....planning holiday, party...politican spend money to econemy ...on the way i help some....than newes everbody kills everbody..on the other side now i know what i want. Ahja ;), i want to finish my studings about Historical Art, Archäologie, Cultural sience, Media, practical pictural art ....& kick some asses to save the world... :D Thank You, Master.
Big respect and appreciation to you as you are working in hospital to help those who got the Covid19! I hope you will be safe. Also, practicing any style of martial art will not only help us maintain a good physical fitness, but also help us to be strong mentally. I hope you will keep practicing! Again good luck to you!
Thank you for doing these videos, I greatly enjoy your content. I practice He Bei Xingyiquan and I would like to ask if during your next Q&A you would discuss the 7 Stars and if there are exercises for including them in Xingyi practice. Thank you again.
Thank you for the information. I have background in budo, and one of the things that impresses me about xing yi is that kuzushi and attack happen simultaneously. This implies the use of good timing as well. Also, the heel rooting in a backstance is an ability i see in only advanced practitioners. Heel rooting is a lost art in many styles. I think xing yi is a key to unlocking some of stance-based attacks and the use of things seen in (karate) kata such as double downward block at the end of a sequence - it's not a block, it's a posture-breaking thrust of the entire body with a sinking aspect. What a gem you have there. Cheers!
Thank you master Yang. I would love to have a 12 Animals course. I feel like this subject is often neglected and treated as just another form for people to learn.
Single movement I have seen you mention this twice I think that I must have over looked this aspect. Unfortunately my training has been very incomplete. I have focused mostly on santi and other held stances, but I think you have opened my eyes to the concept of single movement. Perhaps even though I am isolated the single movement may be the most important way to train movement, I also had not noticed so many triangles. I sent you a video of me practicing my singing exercises while standing in san ti last October. I will begin to pay more attention to these multiple triangles in order to improve my structure. And I will be very vigilant to search out single movements
You should meet my Xing Yi master, you would have much to share. He is a gracious and gentle man yet has a flexible and unbreakable iron center. You should push hands with him. Thank you for sharing your knowledge as I find all true understanding of Xing Yi to be vital to my training.
This was an excellent video. I am a current practitioner of Xingyi and have been for a number of years. It was only recently that I found an instructor who could help me advance from where I was. I have practiced different forms of martial arts, including Aikido and Taiji, but Xingyi has always been the school that I was interested in learning.
@@HaiYangChannel Thank you. Once my instructor moved on, I used your Five Elements and Linking Form video to learn the elements. I watched that video a few hundred times. I learned a lot from your teachings.
I love your videos! You consolidate all of the research into a short lecture so well. Thank you! You mentioned 10 years for Taiji, 1 year for Xingyi, how long for Bagua?
Once again, thank you for sharing so freely and putting such thought into these lectures. I've never practiced Xingyiquan, but I've always suspected that the system of pa kua chang in which I began my training (and which still forms the fundamental basis for the more martial side of what I practice today) had a strong element of Hsing-i incorporated within it. In particular, there is a major emphasis in this pa kua system on linear drills and very application-oriented sequences/forms which are short, "obvious" or "simple" (for lack of a better word), and involve frequent expressions of fajin in strikes, steps, and combos. I understand that fajin is part of any martial art really, especially internal arts, but I hope you get the general point I'm trying to make in describing the system in which I began my study of pa kua. Unfortunately, the historical roots of the style are "shrouded in mystery" and so I could never discover from my Sifu at the time whether the system had its origins in one of the pa kua lineages that are known to have consciously incorporated hsing-i movements and principles and cross-trained with hsing-I practitioners on a regular basis. Your breakdown of the focus and structural elements of the santi stance has helped me more clearly distinguish it from the fighting/dragon posture that is used in my old pa kua system's linear practices. The two postures look almost identical, aside from some slight differences in the angle of the front foot and the level of the lead hand, but your analysis here in this vid has really helped me to understand how they are, in fact, different and provide for a readiness or poise to move or react in two very distinct manners. Thank you once again. To be perfectly honest, I've achieved more clarity and answers to several questions I've had from watching these two latest lecture vids of yours than I did from YEARS of asking questions of my previous teacher. Again, these are gold and I hope that many other people will come to appreciate them as such. Be safe.
Hello, thank you for your inputs. It is very common for someone to integrate some Xingyi elements to your own practice. Also, I am very happy to know that this video can provide a bit help for you to understand what you are practice, which is the objective of my video initially. I prefer to analyze the technical parts of any style so that I can understand the overall big-picture of the development of the system. Again, I like your writing very much. Thank you.
brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/the-voices-of-sun-lutangs-teachers/ Reading Sun Lu Tang's descriptions really helped me to connect why so many things in taichi, bagua, and xingyi are very similar. In ways more than simply all being derived from the principles in the I-ching and Tao Te Ching.
@@HaiYangChannel Yang Shifu, actually I should somehow call you Shi Gong, one of your student named Diep Phuong in Canada taught Xing Yi to one of the guy I respect who taught me some Xing Yi techniques. You take care Sir, hopefully things can be normal soon.
Oh. He had practiced with me for years. And even today we have contact after he moved to Toronto. He is a very nice person and has been working hard in martial arts. It is good to know he taught you xingyi.
No Sir, I never met him, but Mr Phuong taught Xing Yi Quan to Mr Nghia Le, one of the man I respect alot, who also taught me some of Xing Yi movements. At that time I did not understand about Chinese martial arts, but now the more I look the more I am awed and want to take up real training to add up to my martial arts training. I hope that the pandemic will soon be over, so that I could travel to be your student. You take care Yang Shi Fu !
Thank you for sharing as always. I can relate very much to the fact that XingYi is deceivingly simple. I have been practicing for almost 2 years and it feels like a deep well. I enjoy the discoveries of getting it “perfect” by finding new details every practice. Only after these moments I can realize and appreciate the depth of every movement, especially the simplest ones which I often come back to. That aside, your videos are getting better and more structured. The 3 videos have been very informative introduction to Internal Style. I hope your channel grows bigger and could help your effort in popularizing the Internal Martial Arts.
Great to hear! I am learning how to create videos recently. It is much easier to teach in person but hard to shoot a video...but practice will make it better. Thanks for your encouragement.
Thank you very much for this wonderful video. I am currently daily practicing 8 Pieces of Brocade Qigong, 20 minutes of Santi Zhan Zhuang, Sun style Taichi (72 and 98) as well as Xingyi forms like 5 element linking fist and Zhashichui. I did practice some Bagua years ago and found your Baguazhang to be helpful. As someone who has studied several different styles of martial arts it’s very helpful to hear someone focusing on fundamentals like the Santi and the triangles. I completely agree with simplicity=sharpness and your concerns about how the Wushu movement in China has misunderstood key principles of Xingyi (stereotyping it as soft). Also as someone who has been speaking and reading Chinese for over 40 years I am grateful that you make references in Chinese. I would also like to hear you talk about some of the health, spiritual and moral dimensions of martial arts too. BTW, I live in Pennsylvania so let me know if you have any long-distance learning opportunities. I am sure you are a great teacher and have great students. Like the Chinese saying goes: 嚴師出高徒。 非常感謝您！魏世德牧師。
Wu is such a common "sound" and it is used almost everywhere. So, I need to know which Wu you are talking about first. Of course you can practice them together.
老师，which order of videos you recommend to people that is interested on the practice of Wudang/hebei martial arts？ I don't know if check the forms first or your introductory video. 谢谢你的课，我得好好学习，好好工作。老师加油！
Hello, I think start from practicing Santi stance first. Then, five elements. I have these videos in my channel. Please check it out and try to follow the movement:) Thanks,
Thank you very much. I always watch your videos. I'm from Argentina and I practice Wu Shu Kung Fu Bak Siu Lam style and I'd love to learn more about Hsing I, which I'm doing thanks to you! Many thanks.
@@HaiYangChannel Liu He Ba *Fa*, also known as Water Boxing aka Six Harmonies Eight Methods Boxing. Dear God, yes, man! Its origins are credited to the Song Dynasty Taoist sage Chen Tuan (Chén Tuán 陳摶, also known as Chén Xīyí 陳希夷 or by his nickname, Chen Po), who lived in the late ninth and early 10th centuries.
Of course I know that story and I have heard about it for decades. But it's just some legendary stories without a solid written evidence to support that claim. This is one of the reasons why Liu He Ba Fa is not commonly recognized as a style in China. At most, it is a combination of Xing Yi, Tai Chi and Ba Gua, based on most people's belief.
Excellent video. Do you consider the 8 word skill (bazigong) to be part of the core Xing Yi Practice? As in, after a practitioner has become comfortable with the 5 elements and 12 animals, are the 8 word skills a crucial addition or would more benefit be gotten by focusing that time on the elements and animals? Thank you.
Hello, great question. I think you must have had a lot of training experience. In my opinion, people should not practice the 8-Word too early. Because the body structure and force of this practice is different from other materials in Xingyi. So, I would keep learning other routines and refine 5-element and 12-animal first. Then, gradually, practice 8-word one by one when keeping practicing others. Thanks,
Depends on what people are looking for and their physical and learning style... it is a good question, I think I will make a video for it. Thanks you for asking me this one.
Hai Yang, you are one of the few who can put the theory and practice together. It's a shame the true essence of such beautiful arts is becoming lost. I hope we can preserve their methods and deep teachings through the next generations, so the study of the way through martial arts can continue. Do you know Li Shao Geng or Cui Tong Yi?
Thank you for your comments. We should integrate the theory part and practice together since they are one unity. Sure I know them, they are in Tianjin. Cuo Tongyi is Cui Zhenxian's son. Li xiaogeng learned the same style as Cui Tongyi. They still practice and teach even at their senior age. Did you study with them?
@@HaiYangChannel I thought you would know them! My teacher was a student of Li Laoshi. He has many great stories of his times in Tianjin. They sound like tough old guys with some scary power! The Li Cunyi style I study comes from this line. However I have also been introduced to Zhang Zhaodong style from my teacher, which is very long and expansive in personal comparison. I would like to ask you, what do you feel you have learned from the Li Cunyi and Zhang Zhaodong lines that you study? Other than different outside form, what have they taught you?
@@heartandmindmartialarts8570 Oh, it is good to know that your teacher learned from them. I have left Tianjin and moved to Canada for 20 years now. But still, I have a lot of contacts in the martial art community in China. So, I still remember their names. Regarding your question, I am not sure I fully understood it or not. It seems you ask me about what is the "inside feeling" between these two lines... if so, I have to say that it is not that easy to answer it here since different people feel differently. My personal experience now is that there is no difference to me anymore from years ago no matter how do I practice since I have internalized what I have studied years ago. It is very hard to remember a feeling...which is a normal issue for any people. Sorry for not being able to answer it clearly.
@@HaiYangChannel not a problem, it wasn't a very straightforward question! Perhaps asking what you have gained from say, Taiji, Xingyi and Bagua would have been better? I guess it's a bit like saying the different arts are like different trees. As you progress, you learn more about all the details and qualities of the different trees but in the end they are all trees the same. I hope to meet you one day in Canada!
ah Xingyiquan, the main art i'm focusing on. So much to learn. I would love to train with you to fix up my structure and learn some Xuedian stuff some day. I've been told that Santishi is not a fighting stance, just a method to train alignment and structure. What's your take on it? If it's not a fighting stance what should the stance be? I believe MonkeyStealsPeach did a video series exploring different styles of Xingyi here on TH-cam that is pretty interesting. Thanks again for the wonderful introduction!
Hello, I'd like to answer your question. Any stances can be used in self-defense if we know how to practice it. However, a stance is just a stance since a stance will not have "speed," "power", or other elements for self-defense purposes. Therefore, there is no such "fighting stance" in xingyi if we focus on the specific function of a stance... I do not know anything about money steal peach. are you talking about a movement? I will check it out soon. Thanks.
@@HaiYangChannel Monkey steals peach is a TH-cam channel, he produced videos where he visited masters from Hebei, and people from the Dai, Song and Che family as well I believe.
@@MegaptereMetal I just checked it out. I recognized a couple of friends of mine in the video. I was from Tianjin. And I was in Tianjin when Tang Shengjun was interviewed. The world is so small:):):) Good to see that some people can go to Tianjin to interview some of my friends.
Hello Hai Yang Sifu I have 2 questions. Are you looking through the Tiger mouth in the distance or do you focus on the tip of the index? It seems 2 methods can be used but I would love to hear your version. And the other question is about the lower Dan Tian hand. Do you keep some space or do you stick the the side of the palm on the Dan Tian? Thanks for your time.
Great questions! for the first one, I prefer let my students to focus on the direction of the finger tip of index finger. The lower palm can stay on the stomach and it is better to be like this in the beginning. Thanks.
Xiexie sifu. There is no xing yi teachers near me and very little on TH-cam about it, and I am totally obsessed with it and would love to learn. I have two questions. First What is the first form you teach your students after they have a handle on San ti? And would you consider doing a video on that form so people like me can learn a little of this beautiful art? My second question is i bought a book called hsing-i chuan by James McNeil and Andrew Jackson and I was curious if you know of them and if you think their teaching is authentic? Thank you again for all the effort you put in, I really enjoy your videos. Amituofo!
Hello, thank you for your comments. I think I will gradually add more materials to the TH-cam channel about xingyi practice. After practice of Santi, they should practice 5 elements and 12 animals. And other materials as well. I am in the process to develop an online teaching system. I will start to shoot the video after the virus issule settles down so that we can start to work at the studio. I have no idea about these two gentlemen at all. I am not active in the martial art community, so I only know a few people outside of China in this community. So hard to give you an answer about it, sorry for it.
@@HaiYangChannel ok thank you so much for all that information and for taking the time to respond to me. I love Chinese kung fu! I used to train karate and I injured my knees really bad and stopped training all together for a few years. Than this year I couldn't live without martial arts anymore. I always had interest in wing chun so I learned siu nim tau by watching videos of master ip man and Samuel kwok and that form alone literally saved my life. I have continued learning what I can and Since than have begun practicing yi jin jing and have felt my body transforming. I have been rebuilding my body over the past sixth months and been learning as much as I can about the internal styles now. I feel that I am on the right track to becoming healthier and stronger now in my 30s than I was in my teens and 20s. I owe it all to Chinese martial arts and philosophy. I am also taking classes to learn Mandarin so hopefully someday I can travel to the birthplace of your wonderful arts and dedicate the rest of my life to learning from some true master's like yourself. Again thank you sifu from the bottom of my heart. All good luck and heavens blessings on you and your family. Amituofo.
I’m a skinny guy and I think the swallow style of xingyi could be perfect for me to train because its agility and fast moves. Unfortunately, there are no xingyi masters here and it s quite difficult to learn just only watching the videos. I’ve been practicing santi stance many years and 5 elements too but without the actual teacher, therefore, probably I’m still very far from knowing it right and well. And so far, I’m not even came to study the animal form yet though I look forward to see the swallow form.
Hello, I have read your post for a couple of times in order to have time to think about how to respond it. In my opinion, being skinny is not a problem at all. What you can do is just to adjust your practice in terms of structure and posture, not the contents of xingyi. One should practice the whole system no matter their body shape, not only choose some parts of it due to their physical condition. Also, I am working on developing an online program and i hope it will be ready in the future. Thanks,
@@HaiYangChannel Thank you! The basic exercise is very important but only the master can see and adjust the student rightly and to correct the errors. Anyway, I keep looking your videos and try to do it right. Xingyi health exercises would also be really interesting to see and to practice!
Hai Yang How do you distribute the weight on the legs when taking the combat stance Pi? And the force distribution when performing the Pi both in attack and defence? Xie xie!
There's a Martial Art school on the Astral Plane invite only, When I started practicing Hsing I. A master came to me in my dreams and showed me there was telekinesis connected with the Metal form , Ya can believe this or not , On another note Im glad your uploading again, I think its time to return practice .
Do you realize that the beginning of your comment can easily be interpreted as obnoxiously silly or even mockery? If not, then I guess you're smoking the good greens.
@@pgskills Naw I wasn't , I put it out there to see if anyone else experienced it , And to be honest I wasnt even a great student like my Martial Brothers who practice all the time, But I do know there something magical with the internals , Someone went to attack me before , And my 3rd eye open up everything thing slowed down like the matrix and I was showin to do Hsing i wood and It worked, Another time bagua close the door push the moon work from an attack from behind with a stick , Both instances I didn't even know I was being attack
@@corehydration9796 OK then. There's nothing magical or mystical being discussed here in this video or on this channel by this teacher. If anything, practicing martial arts (or any physical discipline) to a high level should help a person achieve an informed understanding and grasp of reality. You learn about the realities of your own body -- its limits and its potentials. You learn about the realities of your own psychology -- your fears, determination, and discipline. You learn about the realities of the art - its points of focus, its weaknesses, its tactics. Perhaps most importantly, you learn about the reality of fighting and violence. You learn how truly fragile the human body can be, how easy it is to hurt others or be hurt yourself. Perhaps you can learn something about the reality of darkness, pain, even death. And, in so doing, perhaps you learn to appreciate how short and precious life is and why you shouldn't waste yours. There's nothing magical here for you.
Tell you what. You know someone is a great teacher when they can make me want to practice standing in Santi.
As a practitioner of Xing yi since 1993 I would like to thank you for your insight and informative videos on this rare Martial art. I as a practitioner of this can attest to how it may look simple but, it is Not. The only advice I would give is to Keep training. Their is so much to learn.As with any worthwhile endeavor practice breeds competence. Thank you again.
You don't want master status, but if anyone deserved it, you do. Keep the training on a 100% level. Hai Style will be revered for years to come.
Reminder about triangle shapes in San Ti and how to apply in standing is excellent! Thank you!
I loved your demos on TH-cam f th on years ago and I'm so appreciative of th your rhoyghts.
Thank you.
这些细节很重要。形意看出来很简单，而且不简单。
Bravo Master, it is very exciting to learn so much from you.
This style has incredible strikes and footwork! Im sure this ancient art has many lessons even for people training for modern MMA/kickboxing/muay thai
And you are a pleasure to listen to! Subscribed
I do not have any knowledge about mma kickboxing or muaythai. But I think different styles can help each other. Thanks.
Thank you Master Yang for your generosity in sharing so much details about Santishi. Will try my best to practice with my new knowledge. Your videos are precious. Thank you again!
You are very welcome and thank you for your comment.
I respect this man, trying to restore the his martial art to a more effective state
Xie'Xie. I study Taijiquan over 20 years, but I am interested in learning about many internal styles.
I really appreciate you doing these videos. Just getting into Xingyi via Dr. Yang & Liang Shou-Yu. Looking forward to deepening practice in the future, for now one step at a time. ☯️🚼
Good to know.
Adding this Triangle concept to the 6 External Harmonies from Liuhe is useful thank you!
great knowledge thank you master hai yang
I love Xing Yi and this will most certainly help me as a beginner.
You are very welcome.
Thank you master Yang for this amazing introduction video. I have been a long time fan of yours and I have been watching your videos here on TH-cam for about a decade. I have been patiently waiting for the online courses you said you were going to create on your website for over 5 or 6 years now. I hope with the release of these introductory videos you plan on finally offering the in depth Xingyi instructional video course you have promised us. I would love at least a solid bunch of Ji Ben Gong or foundational Xingyi training videos to start off with and then leading to learning the 5 Elements. The only question I have is how come you only mentioned 2 out of the 3 main branches of Xingyi? There is 1. Hebei, 2. Shanxi, and the 3rd style is from Henan.
Hello, I remember your account... Sorry for not being able to release the online learning system as early as promise. I have been preoccupied by different obligations. Now, I have more time so I am waiting for the lock-down finishes so that I can shoot instructional videos. I want to provide a high quality learning materials...
In my opinion, and I have been promoting this kind of concept in China, that Xingyi should not include Xinyi. Xinyi (more specifically, it was the Dai Family Xinyi, not other Xinyi) is the parent form of Xingyi. From the body structure and contents of each style, they are totally different styles now. This is why I always say that there are only Hebei and Shanxi Xingyi in Xingyi style.
Thanks,
Xing yi quan is amazing, I would love to learn it down in montreal one day. You seem like a great teacher too.
You are welcome to visit us in Montreal.
Thank you so much for this high-quality video. I will read the comment section and see if any questions that I might have are already approached. I see that you are very communicative with the comment section. I have liked, subscribed, and commented.
Thank you ShiFu for sharing with us all this valuable Knowledge! These are essential lessons for any martial practitioner!
Glad you think so and thank you.
Thank you for your genuine passion at this time.
My pleasure!
Greetings Master Yang!
You have just acquired a new student!
I liked, and subscribed!😊
WElcome.
Thank you for sharing, and for your work.
Welcome!
Thank you for sharing, it is nice to see such qualified insight into Xingyi.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you sir❤
Excellent video (again) with a lot of insightful explanations and substance!
Thanks fred, I hope you will put more video on FB as well.
Really informative and explained very well, thanks a lot for this video
Glad it was helpful!
This video is good starting point for me
thanks.
Thank you
Master Yang, this video was awesome. Learned a lot of simple applications to improve my practice. You have to write a book on this topic. Hard copy lives on forever. Thank you for sharing.
Yes, I am working on it. Thank you for your advice.
Amazing concept..im very interested, ive applied concepts here to other styles like okinawans
Great!
Hello, hope you are well. Just came across your video and found it very informative, and am looking forward to watching more. Thank you. Take care. Stay safe.
John.
Welcome aboard!
Gracias Maestro! 🌊
Thanks,
Thanks for the commentary, as a Hebei style student, this resonates very well with my understanding of Xingyiquan and hope to see more videos! I like the multiple triangles explanation and the small dynamic adjustments in the Santishi.
You're very welcome! I only share the information which I think are useful to the community. Also, I hope you will keep practicing and make more progress in the future. Thanks .
Excellent... Thanks...
Thank you too.
muchas gracias maestro por sus videos he aprendido mucho de artes marciales e idioma chino. saludos desde chile
Thank you.
You are doing great work, very inspiring- thank you! I have subscribed to your channel:)
Thanks and welcome
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Thank You for u last answer and this information. My main Art is Bujinkan ninjutsu thats why i studing all the other ..mainly Xing Yi Quan and Bagua to do it all in one i fought for peace in this sad reality. I m working in hospital (one of the worlds bests...a lot Dr. from Asian ...)..."only" kitchen but so much work...(we were very good -but now no people from outside..and working twice for lower money) 10 hours with all this stuff... tempratures from 300 ° until - 20 the air full water from the machines and chimcals ..a lot of noise..in the past it was hard now it s hell... i dont think anymore and fight.. ( we have people who are older etc. & i try 2 help them so how much i can...)... We near at the end of matirial.... but we always get it in time...but i miss people... (we are not the "hot spot" of virus but normal we are full ..80%only very ill.. )I think i got Corona by myself and i do a lot of bagua and tai chi (+ quarantine) cause ..it was like drunken in water, when u breath active...& so i do... .Then i go home and all the people.....planning holiday, party...politican spend money to econemy ...on the way i help some....than newes everbody kills everbody..on the other side now i know what i want. Ahja ;), i want to finish my studings about Historical Art, Archäologie, Cultural sience, Media, practical pictural art ....& kick some asses to save the world... :D Thank You, Master.
Big respect and appreciation to you as you are working in hospital to help those who got the Covid19! I hope you will be safe. Also, practicing any style of martial art will not only help us maintain a good physical fitness, but also help us to be strong mentally. I hope you will keep practicing! Again good luck to you!
Thanks sir you are very Knowledgeable. 💯💪🏼
So nice of you
Thank you for doing these videos, I greatly enjoy your content. I practice He Bei Xingyiquan and I would like to ask if during your next Q&A you would discuss the 7 Stars and if there are exercises for including them in Xingyi practice. Thank you again.
Yes, absolutely
Thank you .
You are very welcome.
Thank you for the information. I have background in budo, and one of the things that impresses me about xing yi is that kuzushi and attack happen simultaneously. This implies the use of good timing as well. Also, the heel rooting in a backstance is an ability i see in only advanced practitioners. Heel rooting is a lost art in many styles. I think xing yi is a key to unlocking some of stance-based attacks and the use of things seen in (karate) kata such as double downward block at the end of a sequence - it's not a block, it's a posture-breaking thrust of the entire body with a sinking aspect. What a gem you have there. Cheers!
Thank you for sharing your information. And thank you for your comment.
Thank you master Yang. I would love to have a 12 Animals course. I feel like this subject is often neglected and treated as just another form for people to learn.
yeah, i really want a video explain about 12 animals move and how to practice them
Not sure a short video will be able to cover it or not. Let's see what I can for it in the future.
It depends on people's background. IT wouldnt' help much without a solid foundation of 5-element before practicing 12-animal forms.
@@HaiYangChannel I would be willing to pay for a distance course on the 12 Animals in detail. I understand it's a long endeavor.
Single movement I have seen you mention this twice I think that I must have over looked this aspect. Unfortunately my training has been very incomplete. I have focused mostly on santi and other held stances, but I think you have opened my eyes to the concept of single movement. Perhaps even though I am isolated the single movement may be the most important way to train movement,
I also had not noticed so many triangles. I sent you a video of me practicing my singing exercises while standing in san ti last October. I will begin to pay more attention to these multiple triangles in order to improve my structure. And I will be very vigilant to search out single movements
Good to know that you are on the right path. Thanks.
You should meet my Xing Yi master, you would have much to share. He is a gracious and gentle man yet has a flexible and unbreakable iron center. You should push hands with him. Thank you for sharing your knowledge as I find all true understanding of Xing Yi to be vital to my training.
Yes, good idea. But I even do not know his name:)
Thank you Laoshi.
Thank you Juan!
This was an excellent video. I am a current practitioner of Xingyi and have been for a number of years. It was only recently that I found an instructor who could help me advance from where I was.
I have practiced different forms of martial arts, including Aikido and Taiji, but Xingyi has always been the school that I was interested in learning.
Great to know that you are practicing Xingyi! IT is a great style and I hope you will keep working on it! Thanks,
@@HaiYangChannel Thank you. Once my instructor moved on, I used your Five Elements and Linking Form video to learn the elements. I watched that video a few hundred times. I learned a lot from your teachings.
@@crossdimensiongaming5171 Please keep to do so, and I will put more videos. Thanks and you are welcome to ask questions here.
I love your videos! You consolidate all of the research into a short lecture so well. Thank you!
You mentioned 10 years for Taiji, 1 year for Xingyi, how long for Bagua?
Thank you for your comments. I cannot recall any sayings about Bagua...:)
@@HaiYangChannel You have been practicing for so many years now. What's your personal practice? Basics, forms and sparring?
Once again, thank you for sharing so freely and putting such thought into these lectures. I've never practiced Xingyiquan, but I've always suspected that the system of pa kua chang in which I began my training (and which still forms the fundamental basis for the more martial side of what I practice today) had a strong element of Hsing-i incorporated within it. In particular, there is a major emphasis in this pa kua system on linear drills and very application-oriented sequences/forms which are short, "obvious" or "simple" (for lack of a better word), and involve frequent expressions of fajin in strikes, steps, and combos. I understand that fajin is part of any martial art really, especially internal arts, but I hope you get the general point I'm trying to make in describing the system in which I began my study of pa kua. Unfortunately, the historical roots of the style are "shrouded in mystery" and so I could never discover from my Sifu at the time whether the system had its origins in one of the pa kua lineages that are known to have consciously incorporated hsing-i movements and principles and cross-trained with hsing-I practitioners on a regular basis. Your breakdown of the focus and structural elements of the santi stance has helped me more clearly distinguish it from the fighting/dragon posture that is used in my old pa kua system's linear practices. The two postures look almost identical, aside from some slight differences in the angle of the front foot and the level of the lead hand, but your analysis here in this vid has really helped me to understand how they are, in fact, different and provide for a readiness or poise to move or react in two very distinct manners.
Thank you once again. To be perfectly honest, I've achieved more clarity and answers to several questions I've had from watching these two latest lecture vids of yours than I did from YEARS of asking questions of my previous teacher. Again, these are gold and I hope that many other people will come to appreciate them as such. Be safe.
Hello, thank you for your inputs. It is very common for someone to integrate some Xingyi elements to your own practice. Also, I am very happy to know that this video can provide a bit help for you to understand what you are practice, which is the objective of my video initially. I prefer to analyze the technical parts of any style so that I can understand the overall big-picture of the development of the system. Again, I like your writing very much. Thank you.
brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/the-voices-of-sun-lutangs-teachers/ Reading Sun Lu Tang's descriptions really helped me to connect why so many things in taichi, bagua, and xingyi are very similar. In ways more than simply all being derived from the principles in the I-ching and Tao Te Ching.
@@HaiYangChannel Thank you very much. I'm glad that my feedback is appreciated by you in this way. Be well.
I am truly grateful to you .... I hope you continue your noble work. His explanation of San Ti is very useful and has helped me a lot. Thank you.
Thank you, I will keep adding more materials.
Easy to learn, hard to master.
Please upload more videos of forms and applications of xing yi, they are very good as you explain and practice
Well, application is not the main objective of this video series.
@@HaiYangChannel I am not talking about this series, but you have others where you show form and applications
@@HaiYangChannel you are an expert and I would like to see more of that type, since in Colombia there is not much reference of xing yi
THank you Yang Shifu, I would love to visit and practise Xing Yi whenever this pandemic is over !
You are very welcome to come to practice with us. Take good care.
@@HaiYangChannel Yang Shifu, actually I should somehow call you Shi Gong, one of your student named Diep Phuong in Canada taught Xing Yi to one of the guy I respect who taught me some Xing Yi techniques.
You take care Sir, hopefully things can be normal soon.
Oh. He had practiced with me for years. And even today we have contact after he moved to Toronto. He is a very nice person and has been working hard in martial arts. It is good to know he taught you xingyi.
No Sir, I never met him, but Mr Phuong taught Xing Yi Quan to Mr Nghia Le, one of the man I respect alot, who also taught me some of Xing Yi movements.
At that time I did not understand about Chinese martial arts, but now the more I look the more I am awed and want to take up real training to add up to my martial arts training.
I hope that the pandemic will soon be over, so that I could travel to be your student.
You take care Yang Shi Fu !
Thank you for sharing as always. I can relate very much to the fact that XingYi is deceivingly simple. I have been practicing for almost 2 years and it feels like a deep well. I enjoy the discoveries of getting it “perfect” by finding new details every practice. Only after these moments I can realize and appreciate the depth of every movement, especially the simplest ones which I often come back to. That aside, your videos are getting better and more structured. The 3 videos have been very informative introduction to Internal Style. I hope your channel grows bigger and could help your effort in popularizing the Internal Martial Arts.
Great to hear! I am learning how to create videos recently. It is much easier to teach in person but hard to shoot a video...but practice will make it better. Thanks for your encouragement.
Thank you Master Hai for this video! I'm practicing yiquan. What do you think about zhan zhuang training?
Hello, Yi Quan is great! I will make a video to talk about Zhan Zhuang.
Very Nice.. Xie Xie
Thanks,
Thank you very much for this wonderful video. I am currently daily practicing 8 Pieces of Brocade Qigong, 20 minutes of Santi Zhan Zhuang, Sun style Taichi (72 and 98) as well as Xingyi forms like 5 element linking fist and Zhashichui. I did practice some Bagua years ago and found your Baguazhang to be helpful. As someone who has studied several different styles of martial arts it’s very helpful to hear someone focusing on fundamentals like the Santi and the triangles. I completely agree with simplicity=sharpness and your concerns about how the Wushu movement in China has misunderstood key principles of Xingyi (stereotyping it as soft). Also as someone who has been speaking and reading Chinese for over 40 years I am grateful that you make references in Chinese. I would also like to hear you talk about some of the health, spiritual and moral dimensions of martial arts too. BTW, I live in Pennsylvania so let me know if you have any long-distance learning opportunities. I am sure you are a great teacher and have great students. Like the Chinese saying goes: 嚴師出高徒。 非常感謝您！魏世德牧師。
Hello, great to know that you have time to practice so many materials everyday. It takes some determination and persistence. Thanks.
This is very interesting, thank you very much!
I like your new photo:)
@@HaiYangChannel Thank you!
记得当初站桩先站半个小时站够了在练招，不过真站够腿已经没法走路了， 以前老师傅教人先让每天别人站半小时桩，连站一个月后捏捏腿脚看是不是呢块料最后考察人品，不行就别练深的，我个人理解桩是用特定姿势让力作用在骨头和筋膜上就像锻炼肌肉么样哪里有力哪里就有反作用了，为了承受作用的力骨骼和筋膜开始成长但是慢，三年才到一个临界点，所以有三年武生打不过戏子的说法，而且一般站桩都是腹式呼吸为的是练内息，从空气中补充能量到自己经络中，混元的意思就是先天元气和后天真气混在一起先天元气是初始量没法增加到后天真气可以。当气开始补完12正经开始往奇经八脉走的时候就是暗劲了在充满一些细微默数的经络就是化劲了
有意思。如果用英文写，更好。那样更多的人neng读懂。
Is the word “Wu” used in hebei style Hsing Yi Chuan?
And is it good to practice yang style 108 tai chi form with Hsing Yi together on the same day?
Wu is such a common "sound" and it is used almost everywhere. So, I need to know which Wu you are talking about first. Of course you can practice them together.
@@HaiYangChannel I got the answer from one of you other videos, but would wu kung mean 5 life? Or something else?
Nice and insight full video!
Glad you liked it! Thanks,
老师，which order of videos you recommend to people that is interested on the practice of Wudang/hebei martial arts？
I don't know if check the forms first or your introductory video. 谢谢你的课，我得好好学习，好好工作。老师加油！
Hello, I think start from practicing Santi stance first. Then, five elements. I have these videos in my channel. Please check it out and try to follow the movement:) Thanks,
@@HaiYangChannel 谢谢老师 😊
Thank you very much. I always watch your videos. I'm from Argentina and I practice Wu Shu Kung Fu Bak Siu Lam style and I'd love to learn more about Hsing I, which I'm doing thanks to you! Many thanks.
You are very welcome. Any styles are good if we are enjoying doing it. Thanks.
Thank you, you are such a badass teacher!
Badass is an interesting word...
In this context, it means awesome if you didn't know!@@HaiYangChannel
Thanks. I learned a new term:)
I am surprised not to hear Liu He Ba Fa being mentioned as a fourth internal style of China along with the other three. Why is that?
Is Liu He Ba Gua a well developed style? Not sure.
@@HaiYangChannel Liu He Ba *Fa*, also known as Water Boxing aka Six Harmonies Eight Methods Boxing.
Dear God, yes, man! Its origins are credited to the Song Dynasty Taoist sage Chen Tuan (Chén Tuán 陳摶, also known as Chén Xīyí 陳希夷 or by his nickname, Chen Po), who lived in the late ninth and early 10th centuries.
Of course I know that story and I have heard about it for decades. But it's just some legendary stories without a solid written evidence to support that claim. This is one of the reasons why Liu He Ba Fa is not commonly recognized as a style in China. At most, it is a combination of Xing Yi, Tai Chi and Ba Gua, based on most people's belief.
Excellent video. Do you consider the 8 word skill (bazigong) to be part of the core Xing Yi Practice? As in, after a practitioner has become comfortable with the 5 elements and 12 animals, are the 8 word skills a crucial addition or would more benefit be gotten by focusing that time on the elements and animals? Thank you.
Hello, great question. I think you must have had a lot of training experience. In my opinion, people should not practice the 8-Word too early. Because the body structure and force of this practice is different from other materials in Xingyi. So, I would keep learning other routines and refine 5-element and 12-animal first. Then, gradually, practice 8-word one by one when keeping practicing others. Thanks,
thank you master. what is the most difficult internal style to learn
Depends on what people are looking for and their physical and learning style... it is a good question, I think I will make a video for it. Thanks you for asking me this one.
My xingyi quan not same
Not a prblem.
Hai Yang, you are one of the few who can put the theory and practice together. It's a shame the true essence of such beautiful arts is becoming lost. I hope we can preserve their methods and deep teachings through the next generations, so the study of the way through martial arts can continue. Do you know Li Shao Geng or Cui Tong Yi?
Thank you for your comments. We should integrate the theory part and practice together since they are one unity. Sure I know them, they are in Tianjin. Cuo Tongyi is Cui Zhenxian's son. Li xiaogeng learned the same style as Cui Tongyi. They still practice and teach even at their senior age. Did you study with them?
@@HaiYangChannel I thought you would know them! My teacher was a student of Li Laoshi. He has many great stories of his times in Tianjin. They sound like tough old guys with some scary power! The Li Cunyi style I study comes from this line. However I have also been introduced to Zhang Zhaodong style from my teacher, which is very long and expansive in personal comparison.
I would like to ask you, what do you feel you have learned from the Li Cunyi and Zhang Zhaodong lines that you study? Other than different outside form, what have they taught you?
@@heartandmindmartialarts8570 Oh, it is good to know that your teacher learned from them. I have left Tianjin and moved to Canada for 20 years now. But still, I have a lot of contacts in the martial art community in China. So, I still remember their names.
Regarding your question, I am not sure I fully understood it or not. It seems you ask me about what is the "inside feeling" between these two lines... if so, I have to say that it is not that easy to answer it here since different people feel differently. My personal experience now is that there is no difference to me anymore from years ago no matter how do I practice since I have internalized what I have studied years ago.
It is very hard to remember a feeling...which is a normal issue for any people.
Sorry for not being able to answer it clearly.
@@HaiYangChannel not a problem, it wasn't a very straightforward question! Perhaps asking what you have gained from say, Taiji, Xingyi and Bagua would have been better? I guess it's a bit like saying the different arts are like different trees. As you progress, you learn more about all the details and qualities of the different trees but in the end they are all trees the same.
I hope to meet you one day in Canada!
ah Xingyiquan, the main art i'm focusing on. So much to learn. I would love to train with you to fix up my structure and learn some Xuedian stuff some day.
I've been told that Santishi is not a fighting stance, just a method to train alignment and structure. What's your take on it? If it's not a fighting stance what should the stance be?
I believe MonkeyStealsPeach did a video series exploring different styles of Xingyi here on TH-cam that is pretty interesting.
Thanks again for the wonderful introduction!
Hello, I'd like to answer your question. Any stances can be used in self-defense if we know how to practice it. However, a stance is just a stance since a stance will not have "speed," "power", or other elements for self-defense purposes. Therefore, there is no such "fighting stance" in xingyi if we focus on the specific function of a stance... I do not know anything about money steal peach. are you talking about a movement? I will check it out soon. Thanks.
@@HaiYangChannel Monkey steals peach is a TH-cam channel, he produced videos where he visited masters from Hebei, and people from the Dai, Song and Che family as well I believe.
@@MegaptereMetal I just checked it out. I recognized a couple of friends of mine in the video. I was from Tianjin. And I was in Tianjin when Tang Shengjun was interviewed. The world is so small:):):) Good to see that some people can go to Tianjin to interview some of my friends.
@@HaiYangChannel thanks for the reply! And wow, really is a small world.
@@NoverMaC Yes, it is.
Hello Hai Yang Sifu I have 2 questions. Are you looking through the Tiger mouth in the distance or do you focus on the tip of the index? It seems 2 methods can be used but I would love to hear your version. And the other question is about the lower Dan Tian hand. Do you keep some space or do you stick the the side of the palm on the Dan Tian? Thanks for your time.
Great questions! for the first one, I prefer let my students to focus on the direction of the finger tip of index finger. The lower palm can stay on the stomach and it is better to be like this in the beginning. Thanks.
Hai Yang thanks a lot for the answer.
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Thank you :)
I would love to learn xue dian substyle
I will put more materials in the future.
发个
好啊。
Xiexie sifu. There is no xing yi teachers near me and very little on TH-cam about it, and I am totally obsessed with it and would love to learn. I have two questions. First What is the first form you teach your students after they have a handle on San ti? And would you consider doing a video on that form so people like me can learn a little of this beautiful art?
My second question is i bought a book called hsing-i chuan by James McNeil and Andrew Jackson and I was curious if you know of them and if you think their teaching is authentic? Thank you again for all the effort you put in, I really enjoy your videos. Amituofo!
Hello, thank you for your comments. I think I will gradually add more materials to the TH-cam channel about xingyi practice. After practice of Santi, they should practice 5 elements and 12 animals. And other materials as well. I am in the process to develop an online teaching system. I will start to shoot the video after the virus issule settles down so that we can start to work at the studio.
I have no idea about these two gentlemen at all. I am not active in the martial art community, so I only know a few people outside of China in this community. So hard to give you an answer about it, sorry for it.
@@HaiYangChannel ok thank you so much for all that information and for taking the time to respond to me. I love Chinese kung fu! I used to train karate and I injured my knees really bad and stopped training all together for a few years. Than this year I couldn't live without martial arts anymore. I always had interest in wing chun so I learned siu nim tau by watching videos of master ip man and Samuel kwok and that form alone literally saved my life. I have continued learning what I can and Since than have begun practicing yi jin jing and have felt my body transforming. I have been rebuilding my body over the past sixth months and been learning as much as I can about the internal styles now. I feel that I am on the right track to becoming healthier and stronger now in my 30s than I was in my teens and 20s. I owe it all to Chinese martial arts and philosophy. I am also taking classes to learn Mandarin so hopefully someday I can travel to the birthplace of your wonderful arts and dedicate the rest of my life to learning from some true master's like yourself. Again thank you sifu from the bottom of my heart. All good luck and heavens blessings on you and your family. Amituofo.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. It is great to know that you benefit from practice, and this is the real practice. Again, thanks.
I’m a skinny guy and I think the swallow style of xingyi could be perfect for me to train because its agility and fast moves. Unfortunately, there are no xingyi masters here and it s quite difficult to learn just only watching the videos. I’ve been practicing santi stance many years and 5 elements too but without the actual teacher, therefore, probably I’m still very far from knowing it right and well. And so far, I’m not even came to study the animal form yet though I look forward to see the swallow form.
Hello, I have read your post for a couple of times in order to have time to think about how to respond it. In my opinion, being skinny is not a problem at all. What you can do is just to adjust your practice in terms of structure and posture, not the contents of xingyi. One should practice the whole system no matter their body shape, not only choose some parts of it due to their physical condition. Also, I am working on developing an online program and i hope it will be ready in the future. Thanks,
@@HaiYangChannel Thank you!
The basic exercise is very important but only the master can see and adjust the student rightly and to correct the errors. Anyway, I keep looking your videos and try to do it right. Xingyi health exercises would also be really interesting to see and to practice!
@@marek8734 Great. If you have some simple questions, just write in the comment area and I will answer them for you.
Hai Yang How do you distribute the weight on the legs when taking the combat stance Pi? And the force distribution when performing the Pi both in attack and defence? Xie xie!
Very good question. In combat the weight distribution should be dynamic or not on one leg only. Thanks.
There's a Martial Art school on the Astral Plane invite only, When I started practicing Hsing I. A master came to me in my dreams and showed me there was telekinesis connected with the Metal form , Ya can believe this or not , On another note Im glad your uploading again, I think its time to return practice .
Do you realize that the beginning of your comment can easily be interpreted as obnoxiously silly or even mockery? If not, then I guess you're smoking the good greens.
Maybe he was kidding:)
@@HaiYangChannel Yes. LOL. Sometimes it's best to assume that is the case. :)
@@pgskills Naw I wasn't , I put it out there to see if anyone else experienced it , And to be honest I wasnt even a great student like my Martial Brothers who practice all the time, But I do know there something magical with the internals , Someone went to attack me before , And my 3rd eye open up everything thing slowed down like the matrix and I was showin to do Hsing i wood and It worked, Another time bagua close the door push the moon work from an attack from behind with a stick , Both instances I didn't even know I was being attack
@@corehydration9796 OK then. There's nothing magical or mystical being discussed here in this video or on this channel by this teacher. If anything, practicing martial arts (or any physical discipline) to a high level should help a person achieve an informed understanding and grasp of reality. You learn about the realities of your own body -- its limits and its potentials. You learn about the realities of your own psychology -- your fears, determination, and discipline. You learn about the realities of the art - its points of focus, its weaknesses, its tactics. Perhaps most importantly, you learn about the reality of fighting and violence. You learn how truly fragile the human body can be, how easy it is to hurt others or be hurt yourself. Perhaps you can learn something about the reality of darkness, pain, even death. And, in so doing, perhaps you learn to appreciate how short and precious life is and why you shouldn't waste yours. There's nothing magical here for you.
武术精髓外站桩。看过已转当年已出师的尚云祥弟子在他面前一直装不会武术的样子，尚云祥说你打个劈拳看看。做了个姿势整个酒楼都在震。小二上来做积。
发力就是要那样。