Xingyiquan
Che style Xingyi of Bu Bingquan
Because most practitioners of xingyi in the West belong to the Hebei branch, the giants of that subset (Guo Yunshen, Li Cunyi and Sun Lutang to name but three) are, if not household names, then Read more…
Xingyiquan
Song style Xingyi in Shanghai – Li Guoliang
Below is a translation of an excerpt from this article: “The Song-style xingyi master Li Guoliang is a noted fighter who received the full transmission from Hao Zhanru, who was a student of Jia Yun-gao (one Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Final Part
A: Has M Yao’s Yiquan moved away from M Wang’s Yiquan in its appearance? C: On top of the foundation laid down by M Wang, M Yao made his Yiquan clearer, more detailed. He used Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part VII
A: Nowadays, a lot of the people who practice Yiquan never saw Wang Xiangzhai for themselves, they’ve only heard or read about him. These people all want to develop M Wang’s ability to ‘launch’ people Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – part VI
A: Just now we got to talking about how you quit your job for Yiquan, what was all that about? C: In 1981, soon after M Yao and I had returned from Shanghai, in order Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part V
A: We’ve long heard that Yiquan’s penetrating power (chuan tou li) is formidable. Did M Yao set you any ‘rules’ for responding to challenges? C: At first, there were no rules. Later on, there was Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part IV
A: Some people say that M Yao was conservative, that he didn’t teach openly, how would you respond to this? C: It wasn’t like that. A lot of people learnt Yiquan from M Yao, both Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part III
A: You mentioned punchbag work just now. Is there a process to this too, or did students just start straightaway? C: There’s a sequence to everything. M Yao divided our punchbag training into several stages. Read more…
Baguazhang
Ma Style Bagua – Guo Shilei
Guo Shilei is a young martial arts teacher in the city of Dongguan, in Guangdong (Canton) province. He teaches the 3 big CIMA: taiji, bagua and xingyi, but I decided to include him in this Read more…
Baguazhang
Song Changrong’s Baguazhang
When people talk about ‘Song style’ in a bagua context, there are actually two styles that could be meant: one is the bagua of Song Yongxiang (passed on by Liu Wancang of Beijing and his disciples), while Read more…