by Paul | Aug 28, 2015 | Xing Yi Quan
Last night we worked on snake applications again and Joe has some footage he’s working on to show some of this very soon. We worked on some grappling and escape in free application as well as looking at specific applications. I was thinking about the grappling...
by Paul | Aug 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Footwork is arguably the most important aspect of our Xing Yi training method, it is what saves you from being hit full on, draws the opponent into your range and allows you to enter to punish the opponent with your own strikes. I emphasise footwork and positioning...
by Paul | Aug 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Paul shows the head control strategy of Tiger using the tiger washes it’s face...
by Paul | Jul 31, 2015 | Xing Yi Quan
First take a look at the video above which goes over the very basics of how I train Xing Yi footwork. Footwork is arguably the most important aspect of our Xing Yi training method, it is what saves you from being hit full on, draws the opponent into your range and...
by Paul | Jul 31, 2015 | Xing Yi Quan
Every animal has a triple palm short sequence and today we are looking at Tiger. It makes good use of crossing your opponent multiple times to take the flank and can be used in a lot of ‘what if’ situations. As always, there are so many ways you can use...
by Paul | Jul 31, 2015 | Esotericisim, Xing Yi Quan
Yan Yi is one of the more secret arts which I practice to compliment my Xing Yi. There is so much to this art that it can be considered an art form in itself. Whilst this is an introduction, I barely scratch the surface of whats going on here and is an art I look...
by Paul | Jul 17, 2015 | Xing Yi Quan
Here I go into the first two movements from one of our tiger linking sequences. What to keep in mind and how to use it in application. As always, there are lots of different ways that these movements can be applied. This is one example and aims to give you a flavour...
by Paul | Jul 3, 2015 | Xing Yi Quan
I don’t actually do a lot of bag work, I generally try to train on other people. This is because the bag doesn’t react like a person, it doesn’t move, cover, double-over, tense-up, twist in different planes and so on. The bag is a simple piece of...
by Paul | Jul 1, 2015 | Xing Yi Quan
In this video I go into what the ‘xing’ really means and how you can try to embody it in your Xing Yi. Also included is a tiger linking sequence. The 形 Xíng of an animal represents the essence of what it is to be that species. It includes the understanding...
by Paul | Jun 30, 2015 | Xing Yi Quan
Basic three step sequence guys getting into spear basics after a long rest period. Here we have an offensive juan (reel) to clear, followed by a beng Qiang, countered by a zuan variant juan to defend followed with thrust to leg covered by a downward pi Qiang variant...
