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…
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Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part II
The following forms the second part of my translation of a long interview with Cui Ruibin (taken from here ). “A: Just now, you said that there was quite a difference between the teachings of M Yao Read more…
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Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – An Interview with Cui Ruibin, part 1
I have been interested in Yiquan (‘intention boxing’), also known as Dachengquan (Great Achievement Boxing), the chinese martial art famous for its focus on the practice of ‘zhan zhuang’ (stake standing) as a training method for Read more…