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I'm using shocking power to mean short, sharp bursts of power which can either knock you off your feet (if directed 'through' the person) or nauseau / possibly internal injuries if directed inwards / downwards.

@Trick, agree it would have been nice to see them spar, but v difficult to get TCMA people to do that on camera, as I am sure you will know if you live in China.

I’ve just finished the ep:6 on Song family XYQ, and in my opinion it continues to confirm what I’ve seen online from that Song family place, it’s a good place to visit for study.
Seemingly quite different from the Che stylists in the previous episodes.
they seem and want to be seen as “fighty”, but comes not in an impressive way, technically and mentally.
But with the Song family place I can’t feel the “need” to see their true fighty’ness, there’s seemingly a honesty to that place I like, hope to go there one day.

Monkey Steals Peach
Oct 26, 2019

In this episode, we visit Qi County in Shanxi province to learn about the art of Dai Family Xinyi Quan. This is the art from which modern Xingyi has evolved from and it is both rare and incredibly conservative.
In this series, I team up with Paul Andrews of Xingyi Academy and Jon Nicklin to travel to Tianjin, Shanxi and Henan to explore the various styles of the art of Xingyi Quan. We will cover the Hebei Style of Li Cun Yi, Song and Che Family Xingyi in Taigu, Dai Style Xinyi in Qi County and Muslim Xinyi Liuhe in Henan Province.

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Xingyi Academy with Paul Andrews
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxBW...

Check out Jon's blog about his experiences in China
http://wulinmingshi.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv4DiaU4o48

Didn't like the XYLH at all. Must be the particular style but it looked stiff, not much movement in the torso and what was with the hard breathing.

AJG wrote:Didn't like the XYLH at all. Must be the particular style but it looked stiff, not much movement in the torso and what was with the hard breathing.

The Luoyang style is quite different, and this video has had really mixed reactions from my XYLH friends. Some love it, some hate it.

There is a quite a bit of variation in how the moves / forms are done in Xinyi Liuhe branches - Shanghai vs Henan, etc. Think the good thing nowadays is students get to see the variations and can use their own judgment as to what style of practice feels right for them.

For people following this topic, I have also done a short blog post summing up some observations from the visits to Dai style teachers as part of our Shanxi trip: http://wulinmingshi.com/2019/11/26/xingyi-roots-series-dai-style-xinyiquan/