What are the routines of Xingyiquan? How to practice Xingyiquan? What are the steps and methods? What is the fitness effect of Xingyiquan?

The foundation of Xingyiquan is the Sancai Pile, often called the "Three Body Posture". The Sanshou style is the foundation of the foundation.

Shape Idea Boxing calls standing on piles as the foundation work, the foundation work is the source of all methods of Shape Idea Boxing, the basis of all changes. There is a mantra that says: "Stake work is a treasure, get it is good." If you want to learn Xingyiquan well, you should firmly lay the foundation of pile work. With a solid foundation of pile work, the practice of Xingyi Quan can be just solid and swift, inside and outside the six, to achieve "immovable as five mountains, moving as a cunning rabbit". On the contrary, there is no solid foundation of pile work, learned more Xingyiquan routines, under the deeper kung fu, is also a castle in the air, on paper.

The Xingyiquan foundation building three body style is also called "three talents", that is, heaven and earth and human three talents; is also the pile work and Xingyiquan all the changes in the beginning, the so-called "all changes are not different from the three body style" is the reason.

The mother fist of Xingyi is the Xingyi Five Elements Fist

Chopping, collapsing, drilling, gunning, and crossing are the names of the five fists. The shape of Chop Fist is like an axe, which belongs to gold; the shape of Avalanche Fist is like an arrow, which belongs to wood; the shape of Drill Fist is like a cone, which belongs to water; the shape of Cannon Fist is like a gun, which belongs to fire; the shape of Heng Fist is like a beam, which belongs to earth. By the theory of mutual generation, the horizontal fist can generate split fist, split fist can generate drilling fist, drilling fist can generate avalanche fist, avalanche fist can generate cannon fist, cannon fist can generate horizontal fist. As everything is born from the earth, so Yokoken can give birth to all kinds of fists. By the theory of mutual restraint, the split fist can overcome the avalanche fist, the avalanche fist can overcome the horizontal fist, the horizontal fist can overcome the drilling fist, the drilling fist can overcome the cannon fist, the cannon fist can overcome the split fist.

A little more advanced is the twelve shapes

The twelve shapes of Xingyi are the traditional Xingyi routines composed of twelve animal life forms and fighting specialties. It includes Dragon, Tiger, Monkey, Horse, Alligator, Chicken, Swallow, Harrier, Snake, Bird Terrace, Eagle, Bear. More than five boxing exercises, but also increased a lot of manipulation, body, legs and footwork, image rich, comprehensive strength, is to improve physical fitness, change the spiritual temperament of people, and then to achieve the purpose of prolonging life, but also exercise and master a variety of strength, engage in offensive and defensive combat capabilities.