Animal Stances in Xingyi Quan

[edededed]

I think you misunderstood me - I would say that stance (i.e. a way of standing, "tachi" in Japanese) is different from step (i.e. a way of stepping, "bu" in Chinese) in idea. I am mostly against the idea of posing before fighting (i.e., fighting stances), not the idea of training certain postures to instill various body principles.

[Harvey]

I've heard the cross legged stance with weight forward called a pheonix step rather than back weighted in the dragon step

[Josealb]

Harvey, like the photo in my avatar? thats our version of Dragon.

[johnrieber]

man, this thread is giving me a serious case of nostalgia. in the old days, someone would already have responded:

all true xingyi stances are animal stances. rum-sluggin' flesh-eatin' babe-pullin' ass-kickin' animal stances.

sigh. reckon i must go dig up some chopper reid clips on youtube now, to HTFU-myself up.

[Shaolin Warrior]

Thank you all once again . Interesting

I've heard the cross legged stance with weight forward called a pheonix step rather than back weighted in the dragon step

. This is along the lines of what I was thinking.I thought it was Chicken step??? Same thing??

Harvey, like the photo in my avatar? thats our version of Dragon.

This is more forward than most I have seen . Is this what Harvey is talking about?

as i understand it, its chicken step all the way

Will you explain what you mean, please??

[Shaolin Warrior]

Harvey, like the photo in my avatar? thats our version of Dragon.

If you do not mind,Who is your teacher and which version do you practice / teach?

[Harvey]

Harvey, like the photo in my avatar? thats our version of Dragon.

actually really front weighted and slightly more upright with a slight twist out of the lead hip rather than into like the dragon

[Josealb]

If you do not mind,Who is your teacher and which version do you practice / teach?

I dont mind. The guy in the avatar would be my grand teacher, my teacher being Deng Fuxing.

I dont teach, just practice. I do the standard version and our own, considering there's a slight difference in the intention department.