Hsing-I 5 elements combat application

Hsing-I Xingyi internal kung fu applications

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• arts
• kung
• fu
• internal
• applications
• theory
• hsing-i
• xingyi

[Anandfulness]

I'm curious, what advantages does Hsing-I have compared to muay thai or other ''hard'' styles? 

[BambooMountain]

@Anandfulness advantage is such a wide open word. i feel that if you really enjoy your art and continually grow within it then that's the key. but to try and answer your question in a fight i always say it depends of the person. in hsing-i training the focus is more on developing tendon power which will increase as you age where as the inverse is usually true of the external artist since the focus is on muscular development. in my opinion this is the main advantage between internal and external

[weefunker]

Anyone ever actually used this in a fight? doesn't seem as though it would work in real life to be honest

[BambooMountain]

@weefunker ya hsing-i has been used on the battle field in many wars pre and post fire arms. it was also considered the body guard style in china. its reputation stands on its own. as for personal knowledge, i have worked as a bouncer for over 20 years now, i'm 145 lbs soaking wet and i'm still here.

[vinograd007]

This technic he shows is amazingly functional to my eye of experienced boxer. It's good for its simplicity, because under the adrenalin rush that's the only thing that works. This could be well used in mma, rather than all kinds of fancy wu shu styles.

[andysun73]

@BambooMountain I think internal arts will take what ever martial art you are learning to another level and then theres the health side to. I don't think external arts can make you healthy like Tai Chi or Hsing.

[HerBareS]

@Anandfulness only 0.005% of this "chi stuff" is done directly in a martial art. Chi means to bring your body, mind and enviroment in a harmony so the energy in your body, wich have every living body cause of circulation and dinamics, can do the maximum. In life, in love and on the battlefield. To know an application or be able tho use amazing body mehanichs have not much to do with chi it maybe acumulates it. Chi isnt magic energy meant to be shot from your body to hurt someone...

[Anandfulness]

@HerBareS I chose for martial arts because of the self-defense aspect, but now I'm staying with it because I also appreciate the quality it brings to my life in other aspects.

As for Chi, I believe you can use your body mechanics and rigorous training to exceed a normal person's power and achieve a certain 'state'. But some ''chi stuff'' is bullshit, there are charlatans everywhere, and some ''chi stuff'' isn't because it is based on logic and experience. I believe what I see with my own eyes.

[HerBareS]

@Anandfulness it is the generating of chi (qi), I mean every style even every activity generates and manipulates chi but internal styles shows you ways how to do it. As BambooMountain said you need to love your art and everything it involves, if you dont like this " chi stuff" and this meditative and yogic aspects of a martial art it is just nothing for ya ;)

[bortomatcha]

great video

[valgorlin]

@vinograd007 believe it or not classical styles are best used by those who boxed/wrestled/jujitsued/muyth­aied.

its becaue they know angles of attack and are used to things being thrown at them. they understand the base destuctive power of tiger and other forms of hsing i. they know how small movement timed hit harder then big muscle swings.

[BajoCLF]

@Anandfulness I recomend to search for "fajin". Very interesting.

[Anandfulness]

@BambooMountain : Thank you, yes, this style seems more like a path of life than just something you learn to defend yourself.