Yiquan from Warriors of China Movie. Empty Mind Films

[badluckrabbit]

Qi represents the connection between the mind and body, so it is indirectly present in all arts whose goal it is to strengthen that connection. I think the narrator is implying that the concept of qi and its cultivation is not included in Yiquan's teachings.

[henryfred]

What is the piece of music in the beginning called? Pls send a pm also

[gandolflink]

it is important to understand that mind in yiquan does not mean the comparitive mind at all. this character means intent. this intent is the natural intent from natural exsistance. the problem is that most train without distinction between the intellectual mind and the intent feeling.If you have no method to become natural mind, then this practice distorts the intellectual mind to the point ofharm. You cannot just stand with a mental image and get Chi or bun lie, that is illusion.

[1yiquan]

Only if you know the correct way to stand though! I have met people who stand longer that that but can't touch me... I think most of them just wasting time.

[8matthewlee8]

what if they need the toilet.......they're fucked

[CottonBoxer]

to explain further, yiquan doesn't get caught up in talking about qi , but their qi/jin is developed much like many other internal martaial arts. i recall it said that the yin aspect of yiquan is not exoressed by most of it's people, only the very best can express this aspect too.

still they sure can express the yang aspect of fajin, very well. sorry about all the typos in my other comment. i type with 2 fingers & a thumb usually lol.

[jomushin7]

@CottonBoxer lol you know the trick. Of course it is working with qi without naming it. The founder of the system said there is no reliance on Qi. So why you mention Qi? You don't need the qi concept  to envolve very powerful qi. just lead the body by the mind. Where the mind goes there goes the qi. But Qi often is mistreated for tricks and cheats to impress the people. As I said the founder of Yiquan used to says there is no such thing like qi in Yiquan

[CottonBoxer]

comentator said theri is no reliacne on qi, it's obvious he didn't realize what he was saying at the time. focus on the mind allows for qi/jin to be useful in fighting 7 fajin of course.

that's why the public often has misconceptions on so many things now imho.

[CrazyNative4]

cool

[8matthewlee8]

these amazes me

[lordtains]

I don't quite get it. They do Zhang zhuang, at the exact same way Taijiquan does it. They do Pushing hands or Tuisho just like Tai Chi does it and their flowing movements are roughly the same. Taijiquan also uses visualisation to make the Chi flow, as well as relaxes the body and uses natural breathing to enchance it.

Where is this NOT Taijiquan?

[jomushin7]

@lordtains I don't train Yiquan. So maybe Iam wrong but as I have read the qi concept is not used in Yiquan. As I read the founder of the system said this. So the system depends only on mind and body without imaging of qi.

[jomushin7]

@lordtains lol just saw the moveclip and they say it also. And the mother of Yiquan system is not Taijiquan but Xingyiquan. Maybe you want to go to my channel :D I made a few playlists about internal chinese boxing and stuff

[DopoNotte]

@lordtains

It's not Taijiquan b/c it's Xingyiquan when you do the movements. Yiquan actually comes directly from Xingyiquan... Zhan Zhuang is most definitely used in both Taijiquan and Xingyiquan. Yiquan is a standing point, while Xingyiquan is the parent form.

[Ultimativnaruto]

VERY INTERESTING...

[yaolong626]

有些練意拳的人確實是練個三兩下就出來跑天下， 要不就是不願下苦功練站樁， 因為沒有三五年的基本樁功是沒辦法出來實戰的， 更何況是意拳講求功力的學到老站到老， 個人打意拳有個人的風格， 通常姚家一派是拳擊的風格， 意拳捨棄了套路， 不求形只求意， 純粹是真正的實戰拳法， 王薌齋在武術界風評不佳， 可能人家都認為他太自大， 因為他都說武術真正練好的沒幾人， 一些武術都有他的缺點， 他都依依的指出來， 所以很多人都認為他很自大自以為是， 但照我看來他只是把事實說出來， 沒有真正的好功夫怎敢批評其他拳種， 在當下早就被人斷手斷腳了。

[SullyIsPrime]

no chi = good

[Momentimum]

And for fun they play mind basket ball!

[OrlyDudeGuy]

@Momentimum let's play mind basketball

[heero7yui]

"In Yiquan, there's no reliance on qi"?! Not what I've heard.

[12Tamtui]

Peng Si Yu who was one of Wang Xiang Zhai's students was able to do the standing meditation all night no sleeping just meditation. now that is impressive!

[eliskander]

Say NO to china, say NO to tiger parts. Say no to destruction of endangered species, SAY NO TO CHINA!

[gammatnt]

@eliskander we eat what we want.

[Ultimativnaruto]

@eliskander FUCK YOU ASSHOLE IF I WOULD YOU IN THE STREET I WOULD YOU WITH ONE PUNCH DEFEAT!

[liverqiconstraint]

@eliskander endangered species are threatened in all countries, not just China.

[hugehalofan1]

@eliskander fuck you man China FTW

[ZurDruid]

wau !

[Tamakaiju]

It's not meant to make you a warrior. It's meant to make you strong.

[Ultimativnaruto]

@Tamakaiju NO IT MEANS THAT IS ONLY A PRACTICE FOR PEOPLES CONCENTRATION, BELIEVE IT!

[spiritboxer]

I Chuan is the core of structural integrity , free flowing movement and "natural" chi cultivation..the standing makes your root really connected but your arms are soft until discharge and then KABLAM............see ya !

[xxxxxNUMBER1xxxxx]

in every martial style it should be test in a real combat situation to know if it is effective or not

[meruawudang]

merci de tout coeur...

[MrRalteria]

Zhan Zhang - one of the most effective tools for developing efficient movement, power, listening, and balance.

[Waxfiretape]

Awesome find

[MASTERD128]

wow this music is correct for tai chi;-)

[PatrickXFCE]

Fascinating

[Tomstered]

Nice

[MartinRaetzJr]

Outstanding school. I like it very much.

[armandoRai]

exelent, un style unique

[ode638]

dude, zhan zhuang means standing very deep and it is very hard. the way you are training is useless, and it is just show.

[gtgunning]

Dude, these guys are NOT playing. You have no idea.

[07charlie08]

ummm wow you certainly dont know the meaning of zhan zhuang.

for zhan zhuang, you basically wanna gather qi, the energy and different schools have different ways.

zhan zhuang literally means "stand like a post" and you can further explain it into standing like a tree, or stand solidly, in physically and in attitude.

for the yi quan, your main goal is to direct your yi or "thought" or "qi" using the way of imagining holding a tree while stand in solid.

good luck and be open minded.

[noklarok]

dude you are talking shit

[interestingramble]

a clear vessel is a clean vessel untainted by corrupting thoughts and ready to be filled to fight.

[theScytheofGod]

Nice.

[1dragonleader]

and the european people, live from konsum and so ;O(

me to .(so bad i know......

i give me no time for it.

this is the truth.

so bad ,,, so bad.

[Peekingduck]

Awesome.

This is really tasteful and informative.

Thank you so much !

Empty mind films rules.

Nobody else makes accurate, beautiful martial arts documentaries anymore. But these guys put their hearts in it. Man I love the stuff they make.

The rest seem cheesy, shallow and MTV influenced.

[birdisheron]

"In Yi Quan there is no reliance on Qi..." 1:52 INCORRECT

Wang Xiangzhai developed the qi kung system, mind/intent boxing system from Hsing-I. The system is intent and qi. -and where the mind goes the qi follows.

[kingfreddys]

Yiquan is what Wang Xiangzhai belived to be at the essence of the internal martial arts, and it doesn't rely on qi theory for it to be taught to students.

[7Matahari7]

Exacty, besides, no Chi = no life,lol how could there be no Chi? Do people think those muscles work on their own? What is the point of the huanyuan postures, what r they gathering if it's not Chi? lol As I was taught, Yi Chuan posts develop and gather the Chi, and the releasing force is done less than the gathering so as to always keep more Chi.

[bigfatdick5000]

They have pushing hands. Tai Chi also have pushing hands. Wing Chun also have sticky hands.

This kind of hand-to-hand sensitivity drill is like a trademark unique to Chinese martial arts.

[syphen888]

...well not precisely. Cultures all over the wolrd use push hands. Just to mention one, the Greco/Romans have been doing this for thousands of years too, granted it's a little more rough.

I can certainly agree with how you may have come to your conclusion though.

[budobg]

I love and practice the internal styles. My favorite being daitoryu. But until you can make the internal come out in a split second notice you will half to rely on your novice practice. Even so called masters have a hard time using pure chi. perfect the basics to understand the secrets. Basics are the way to superioridty.

[Exciternvkz]

Excellent school Yiquan, good wizard Cui Ruibin and Gong Dong. At sdeduyuschy year plan to go there again.

[wudang1]

does anyone know how i can train with this teacher.iam from the uk

[WoodenChicken1]

There commentator was correct when he sd yiquan does not practice chi theory. If you read the later writings of Wang zhenzhai (founder of yiquan), you will see that. Also all of the teachings of master yao his successor. Standing everyday will only help if you study with an yiquan master. Otherwise, the door is closed.

[cfG21]

coincidentally this style is somewhat popular in japan and has some offshoots there as well. Does anyone know of another rare style that is hard to find about? it's called nature fist or natural school boxing?

[friedice1]

Nature fist or natural school boxing is known as Ziranmen. The offshoot of Yiquan in Japan is known as TaiKiKen.

[Wanderer123]

Fascinating!

[musicdisciple]

Lead with your intentions...

this is some deep martial art concept.

[rinpoche1]

Stand still for seventy minutes twice a day - now that will turn you into a warrior. Most people don't have the discipline to stand still for 90 seconds.

[ExMachine]

No it wont. Training is needed to do that. I have stood for more than 20 at least once a day for a year. It improved my posture, general health and muscle tone, but it doesn't alone have a combat application. Training is needed for that.

[razsecret]

beginners do 70... advanced stand as long as they like, up to two hours and only then start practice testing & explosive force, pushing hands, boxing the bag, sound test and free fighting. So time becomes timeless

[AtropoTronchesi]

@rinpoche1 True. That's the core of Yi quan. Training your steadyness first.

[FearThisChannel]

@rinpoche1 That's exactly the reason why people, even though mistakenly, think that martial arts are meant to kick butt.

[israelifaggot]

@rinpoche1, 5 minutes are tough enough let alone 70.

[kungfughost]

@rinpoche1 Stand too long hurt bone -------from ancient chinese medicine .

[Ultimativnaruto]

@rinpoche1 HAHAHAHA!

[8matthewlee8]

@rinpoche1 that alone wont turn you into a warrior butit will teach you the dicipline of a warrior

[Egg09Seed]

@8matthewlee8 You are right and wrong... Just standing won't do anything much other than give you strong legs. Yiquan has less to do with discipline and lots to do with relaxation, bodily alignment and intention... particularly intention.

Standing with relaxation and feelings of being supported and supporting pressure in different directions for 90 seconds will give more results than toughing it out and standing for seventy minutes without these feelings.

[chentaichiacademy]

I have tried the standing post for over a year and it works. Very good push hands, a lot to this style

[surrected4526]

This is wonderful news to me! I have never heard of this before. Thank you very much!!

[kwangAPORIA]

mistake in the commentary when the narrator says yichuan doesn't depend on chi

[HoustonShaolinTemple]

Yes I noticed that, also. Like in another film in this series which proclaims that there is a "Drunken Monkey" style of Shaolin. I think the producers of the series really didn't do their research. Yichuan is very much tied to the theory of chi, which is what the standing postures are there to develop, after all.

[tenmanotenshi]

there is a shaolin drunken monkey style...

[HoustonShaolinTemple]

Fascinating....Who told you there is a shaolin drunken monket style? And why is it that 7 shaolin monk masters in the states say there isn't? Did you just see some ignorant titles on youtube or do you have proof from a Shaolin master monk?

[tenmanotenshi]

well, i know because i personally practice shaolin monkey style, and the drunken variation. infact, monkey is my specialty. there are more than one shaolin temple you know, and styles that hold lineage to the temple, but were not necessarily made in the temple. maybe your monk masters trained at a temple, or school that did not have a drunken monkey style. and really, anyone who is bald,chinese,knows wushu, and wears a robe can claim to be a master these days.

[tenmanotenshi]

i am no trying to say that these people lied, im just saying, it is possible they were not true masters. not that i am a master at all or anything, just something to be considered. you should consider that of all the animal styles,and weapon styles of shaolin, there is a drunken variation of almost every one. and, since there are hundreds of shaolin styles, there is now way any monk could know them all, so maybe your monks just dont know drunken monkey

[HoustonShaolinTemple]

Tenmanptenshi, my master trained at the Shaolin Temple in Henan, THE Shaolin temple. The Shaolin Temple does not now, nor have they ever in their history, recognized the existence of a Shaolin Drunken Monkey style. You can ask the ABbot of the Shaolin Temple in Henan if you have any doubts. And I, too, have training in Drunken Style and have experience with Monkey style as well, and I know first hand from many Henan Temple trained masters, there is no Drunken Monkey style. And YOUR master is...?

[tenmanotenshi]

well, you spelled my screen name wrong XD

[tenmanotenshi]

anyway, since you asked, my teachers name is Steven Baugh.he is not my only teacher,or the one who taught me monkey style, but he is the head of my school. im not claiming to know more than you or your teacher, all i am saying is, yes i have personally seen a shaolin monk, from the temple, not a "shaolin" school, perform drunken monkey style, and not on youtube or anything, i seen him in person. and i personally practice the style.

[tenmanotenshi]

i in no way intend to question you master's knowledge or his legitimacy, but i must stress that, due to the quantity of styles practiced at the shaolin temples,for any single monk to know them all, would be nearly impossible. now maybe, the drunken monkey style was developed out of the temple, i do not know for sure myself. and maybe it is not wildly practiced, but,i do know that there are martial monks who practice the style. now,

[tenmanotenshi]

since you also practice shaolin style, i consider you a brother, or sister(which ever you are) and do not wish to argue or question your knowledge, if you still do not believe me i will not try to force you, i only hope that your training goes well for you. i wish you peace in this life and the next

[HoustonShaolinTemple]

The reason that I "don't believe you" is that there is absolutely no proof to back up your claim. I don't have any emotional investment in proving you wrong, just an investment in not supporting false information about Shaolin. Treating me as if I am being quarrelsome is a rather desperate tactic. Just admit that you are wrong, it's easier?

[xRH84x]

This is very good, i love it too practice too.

[zwathiroth]

This is good if you want to do internal practice along with your external practice without starting to learn new techniques.

This is Xingyiquan without the "xing", "form".

[7Matahari7]

Thee are all sorts of techniques in Yiquan, there is not a fixed series of movements(form/kata) is all. If you look into the art you will find it is very balanced and can be quite physical or "external."

[845tube]

................mind power.............

[845tube]

This is very high level Kung Fu.

[ElementAlkemy]

I want to go to China!

[wudang1]

Dukka88 have you challenge him how did you beat him, please let us know

[victoriliqchuan]

I'm consider lucky to met Jimmy Hoew in M'sia though I'm consider late at 40's for picking up M.A, one need to touch their hand to understand what internal art is all about. U can feel that u r under control with the opposite "ELASTIC" strength but at the same time the force can be PENETRATIVE though u may not c thru eyes

[victoriliqchuan]

For MA enthusiast who never hv the chance to test out those capable Master, my suggestion is find one try him and any of them who r willing to touch u hv to be gd, only those talk but never allowed others to touch r questionable, from there u will understand what is the diff btw Internal Vs External speed & power.

Cheers!

[victoriliqchuan]

Until u'll have touch Master Cui hand else, pls reserve ur comment.

I practice I Liq Chuan in M'sia & I do know what Master Cui can do. Basically he had make a life out from Yi Chuan day in day out, no doubt he is in his 60's, mind u anyone should think twice b4 try him out as his issuing force can kill, u need to touch his hand to understand what I try to tell. Be open mind,

[himalayanspirit]

If master Cui has such an incredible "killing force", then why does he need to learn Sanda/Muay Thai?

[victoriliqchuan]

Maybe u r misinformed, since when did Master Cui learn Sanda/M.thai ?

The modern Yi Chuan during & after Yao family is they adopted the effectiveness of BOXING approached in the 30's as they are one of the few selected people to be train for olympic games in the 30's but the China team never make it. ( If i'm correct )

[victoriliqchuan]

Those punching bag we saw in Yi Chuan Clip had different purpose for training, not for speed & power practice but more like testing out issuing jing/internal strength.

[MDIS]

Sanda is nothing more but a very modern variation of wushu with diluted muay thai aspects.

Kyokushin Karate do fighters also studied Muay Thai and copied the techniques.

Sanda is like a diluted and very young version of Muay Thai Kickboxing.

There have been coaches from China who studied Muay Thai before assimilating it to Sanda and other forms of Chinese kickboxing

[anhkhoinguyen]

Muay thai uses BOXING style combo n punches now does that mean there copying boxing style??of course not. besides have u watched a sanda fight? they uses mostly side kicks something thai boxers almost never uses. And sanda uses throws, trips n take down techniques from the clinch while thai boxers mostly knee n elbow n only uses twistin throws frm the clinch....thats a bigdifference...unless ur blind =P

[onebobtwo]

70 minutes

of standing still meditation

that is amazing

& definitely not

for the west

[razsecret]

70 minutes twice a day and that is only for beginners,the advanced students practice 2 hours in the morning and 1.5 at noon...good luck!

[Dukka88]

Warriors, not sure about that, nice people maybe. I live in Beijing and know Yiquan people, I won't say anymore but don;t beleive the hype or everything you hear, notice the young apprentice who WILL lsiten to his master or teacher and not make hm look bad nomatter what, oh yeah and they have SanDa whihc has distinct rules for 'fighting' Yiquan mayb good for health, maybe.

[charliehamnett]

douse anyone know the name of the flute peace at the beginning of this video?

[kingolaf99]

I think it's in the Shogun: Total War Mongol Invasion soundtrack.

[starwarsfan1985]

a little cultish

[Nofarewell]

The less cultish. This video maybe a bit mystic, but Yiquan is one of the most pragmatic and effective martial art.

[urbachmilf69]

coming from a star wars fan?? hahahahaha

[starwarsfan1985]

yeah...

[lbrother88]

it mite seem cultish wen you dont noe about it. but if u learn wat it is,the history and culture behind it u ll lose your ignorance.

[creationofself]

Ah man I thought they were going to start flying about like in the old kung fu movies. Probobly a waste of time.

[razsecret]

great video! as i am at this school practicing right now,i can only nod my head with joy of thorough practice, studying from the best.

[Peekingduck]

Outstanding.

Thanks

[ChenCenter]

great video guys!! truly wonderful

[pisisamio7]

Im so glad I subscribed to you guys, amazing stuff.

[TVrawks301]

What a different way of viewing things. Controlling your mind - still somewhat a strange concept in the US. No use of chi? No fighting? (at least not yet, maybe) So, it's a form of meditation maybe, like Tai chi or Qi Gong? It might still make in the US if someone want to try and bring it over! ;)

[FamilyQuan]

yeah, of course they fight - san da/free fighting is one of the core components of Yiquan; it just didn't get across very clearly in that clip. They're even amongst the first cross trainers, incorporating other martial arts including boxing, well before it was popular. Nice video - thanks for posting.