Hsing yi quan

[jjy5016]

Hsing yi demo by master Han Xing Yuen

http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/6176287-1307145872.html

(No killing of small cuddly animals occurred during the filming)

[mixjourneyman]

Its all very unified and clear, but where is the force?

[GrahamB]

Its all very unified and clear, but where is the force?

All around you young Padawan.

[jjy5016]

It does not seem like he's issuing force in that performance Mix. Just demonstrating the hsingyi that he learned from his father. Then again Han was one of those old timers that could issue force from any point on his body automatically so he didn't have to show it in his form practice.

This is merely a clip from an old film that's about 30 - 40 minutes long. I've had the film for years but saw no sense in putting clips up because there's nothing to see really. Han demonstrates hsingyi forms, the first and second palm changes from bagua and lots of yiquan postures and moving drills. Rather boring if you ask me but it has historic value.

[xingyijuan]

Keep on with the force, don't stop. Don't stop 'till you get enough.

At that age, you shouldn't bother with demoing force.

[mixjourneyman]

I would love to see the bagua if your up for posting it!

[xxxxx]

Please, contain yourselves when the need to offer an individual joke in a serious thread arises. At least joke after making some contribution to the topic. Humor all by itself only helps derail the discussion.

[shawnsegler]

oh please.

S

[GrahamB]

Oh, tripple please. This is emptyflower, not some pious Tai Chi chi-hugging board. HTFU.

G

[Felipe Bidó]

Get back on topic kids.

I'm loading the video now...let's watch.

[Ian]

Why does he perform pi quan with the leading hand facing downwards?

[Josealb]

Hmmm...i cant watch it because im at work. But i wanna see the leading hand downwards thing. I remember that Sun Lutang mentioned he did it like that in the beginning but changed it (good for application but not so good for cultivation).

Or whas it Santi instead of Piquan?

[Felipe Bidó]

You mean facing downwards instead of 'to the front'?

[fuga]

Thanks for sharing that.

[Ian]

You mean facing downwards instead of 'to the front'?

Yeah. To me it seems that 'to the front' adds more power.

Of course, palm down is good for other things.