the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

For your viewing pleasure
(or perhaps your displeasure - all in the eye of the beholder LOL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89D1Xr6E-N4

Dec 17, 2023 BEIJING
We are in Beijing to explore the Chinese martial art of Xingyi with master Tongan Jia. Xingyiquan fighting art uses fast powerful attacks often in a straight or angular direction, closing down the opponent very fast. Most often the opponent is overwhelmed by the speed and intensity of the straight-line punches.

To me these episodes are pretty typical of what you get when you take TV people who have no idea about CMA to make a series....Everything that is said in this episode could have come straight out of a book (6 harmonies, form-mind fist, etc). It does not really get into the 'meat' of what makes xingyi formidable as a style (whole body power, inch force, etc).

Not saying there is anything bad about the teacher / group featured (pretty sure Jia Yong'an is from Luo Xingwu's combined xingyi + bagua branch), just that the interviewers were asking the wrong questions!

still enjoyed it a lot, and looking forward to episode 14.

looks like ep 14 is out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1PRWeT9fRg