Yiliquan

[Wu_Style_Disciple]

I am curious if there are there any Yiliquan practitioners on the board? Yiliquan is the martial art created by Philip Starr (and his own Sifu).

[Wu_Style_Disciple]

Thanks. Yes, I have both of his books and find them very useful.

Phillip Starr posted on eF in the past. Dennis Mace and Matt Stone from the Seattle area used to post as well. Dennis and Matt were/are both very knowledgeable, pretty decently-skilled and favored hands-on teaching and contact work in practice.

Starr's books, one on his own training history (http://www.amazon.com/Making-Butterfly- ... 283&sr=8-2) and the other on body mechanics for martial arts (http://www.amazon.com/Martial-Mechanics ... 283&sr=8-1) are both good reading.

[chrislomas]

I am proud to say I practice yiliquan (not to any level). Truly incredible the way this lineage has dove tailed the various strands of the arts they inherited (Northern Shaolin, Hsing Yi, Bagua and yang Tai Chi) into a perfect fit - still capable of exhibiting the spirit of each art yet also capable of blending them seemlessly. IMO Sifu Starr with his 50 years of honest hard practise and contemplation is truly a martial arts genius

[Jake]

I am curious if there are there any Yiliquan practitioners on the board? Yiliquan is the martial art created by Philip Starr (and his own Sifu).

Sifu Starr was my teacher 27 years ago when I was a kid.(early teens)

I used to stay at his house on the weekends, as would other senior students who were hella older than I was at the time.

It was an incredible surrounding for a young student, as it was all REAL SHIT.

I wish I had a time machine.