Enskilment into the Environment: the Yijin jing Worlds of Ji
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:46 am
Interesting read - martial arts research sections
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid= ... MGM5M2IyYg
Abstract
The Yiji jing 易筋經 (The Canon for Supple Sinews) of 1624 describes martial training
currently practiced, particularly in Chinese communities. This article compares two forms that
the two co-authors learnt in different places: Singapore and Kunming in the People's Republic
of China. One form is known as the Hong Fist (hongguan 洪拳) version of the Yijin jing, the
other was taught as a form of qigong 氣功. This article focuses on the training of the authors
in their respective practice. It demonstrates that the techniques learned instilled in the authors
an attentiveness to the meanings that shaped their practice. These meanings were not
primarily comprehended in a cognitive fashion but felt and experienced. In particular, the
materiality of the environment, or more precisely the resistances that the environment posed
to a practitioner, appear to have shaped the practice of the Yijin jing in distinctive ways. As
argued here, the practitioners enskilled themselves through their practices into a world of
either jin 筋/勁 (sinew/power) or qi 氣 (breath/wind).
Key words: Yijin jing 易筋經, qigong 氣功, jin1 筋 (sinew), jin4 勁 (power), qi 氣
(breath/wind), enskilment
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid= ... MGM5M2IyYg
Abstract
The Yiji jing 易筋經 (The Canon for Supple Sinews) of 1624 describes martial training
currently practiced, particularly in Chinese communities. This article compares two forms that
the two co-authors learnt in different places: Singapore and Kunming in the People's Republic
of China. One form is known as the Hong Fist (hongguan 洪拳) version of the Yijin jing, the
other was taught as a form of qigong 氣功. This article focuses on the training of the authors
in their respective practice. It demonstrates that the techniques learned instilled in the authors
an attentiveness to the meanings that shaped their practice. These meanings were not
primarily comprehended in a cognitive fashion but felt and experienced. In particular, the
materiality of the environment, or more precisely the resistances that the environment posed
to a practitioner, appear to have shaped the practice of the Yijin jing in distinctive ways. As
argued here, the practitioners enskilled themselves through their practices into a world of
either jin 筋/勁 (sinew/power) or qi 氣 (breath/wind).
Key words: Yijin jing 易筋經, qigong 氣功, jin1 筋 (sinew), jin4 勁 (power), qi 氣
(breath/wind), enskilment