Yi Quan Training Holding Strong Structure - Kung Fu Report  

Absolutely brilliant content.

I'm so glad your covering yi chuan and so much more along with the Wing Chun system. Just brings back memories of the 10 year run I did in Chinatown and privates with my schools top students, back in my late 20s early 30s.. I am going to join your online school, get back in my attic which I made into a kwoon years ago, still have my Mook Jong and all equipment. I also want my kids to learn, I want to pass it down. just wanted to lose some weight first! lol My Sifu used to say "Just jump back in, start slow, change and re build your mind body and soul..." Its such a great art.

I'll keep saying this until the cows come home. the BEST on RU-vid. by far

So happy to see more Yiquan content coming out.

Man, you are an encyclopedia standing on two feet! I am familiar with the idea about closing the centreline but not opening it like in yiquan. That was a brilliant explanation.

This guy is a smart,yiquan fighter!👌

Re. matches where Wang Xiangzhai lost or was evenly matched, Wang stated that 2.5 people understood martial arts. Xie Tiefu (Xinyi) was one, Wu Yi Hui (Liu He Ba Fa founder and one time president of the Nanjing Guoshuguan) was another, and he listed as a half a white crane master he had exchanged evenly with (which implies Wang considered himself as having a half understanding). If he was beaten by two people, that would suggest they were Xie Tiefu and Wu Yi Hui. Some details of this history are difficult to confirm. The white crane masters name seems to be a mix of two practitioners from the Zonghequan lineage. It doesn’t seem that Xie Tiefu has been identified. It’s possible the name was distorted in transmission or that it was encoded so only lineage holders from that master would know (one theory is Xie means thanks, Fu means master, and Xie Tiefu is actually “Thank you master Tie”).

Very late in the 1900’s, grand students of WXZ traveled around China engaging in challenge matches. The only reported difficulties were with the He lineage Zhaobao Taijiquan masters of Xi’an. This is one of the Xi’an Lineages “Zheng Wuqing (1895-1984), one of the famous two Zheng's that are descendant from He Style Taijijquan (disciple of He Qinxi) . Zheng Wuqing taught a smaller frame (higher stance and smaller body frame) consisting of 75 Postures. Zheng Wuqing is said to have taught … mostly … the Cheng jia (Heritage Frame). The Chengjia frame is an even more formless small frame approach emphasizing light, agile, harmonized and gentle movements. The circles are reduced and small but in continued mutual lines as per the percepts of Zhaobao Taijiquan. Zheng Wuqing moved to Xi'an in 1938 and had taught in the local branch of the Huangpu academy. He became known as one of the 'two heroes' of Taijiquan in the Northwest. Some of the known recent generation masters of this style include Shi Maoyuan, .. and Liu Rui”. A google search for Liu Rui and Taijiquan will turn up video of his form and push hands application.

this style intrigues me ..I like the fact that you move your opponent when he punches at you.. That reminds me of pentjak silat..I watch a lot of videos and not alot of practitioners break the structure when they are training.. You have good stuff!

Brilliant. Thank you for this Adam. Again, thanks Chris for taking the pain.

Good explanation of merits and attribute of both Wing Chun and I Chuan.

Wanted to thank you. Will make it more manifest in future. I’ve aspired to do real standing practice, and it has always competed with meditation, internal MA work, praying, other self improvement. I would do 20 minutes Zhan Zhuang, or leave my arms at my side and do a bit longer, or do a bit of San ti. Other things as well You cleared things up for me. You said standing is preliminary work for sitting, which I’ve certainly done much more of, but without life changing breakthrough. You described the effect it has on application of power freely, with minimal structure. Though I can’t claim to be a martial artist, it is at least very important to me as an essential vital life skill. You’ve made the Taoist attitude clearer- the practical for living and for life intention of the practices. And you’ve said or suggested other values and ideas that filled gaps in my understanding, cannot explain but Hakka did something. You tipped me over finally. Just did my third day of zhan zhuang for a thousand count. The old masters didn’t have timers, I think. Has averaged 40 minutes. I’ll raise the count until I have an hour. I’m really grateful. This is already more focused and dedicated than ever before, and my plan is to make it permanent, until I’ve gotten all I can out of it. 30 years maybe? Maybe it is a permanent thing. You were the final catalyst. Thank you. Oh. And haven’t watched this vid yet. Maybe I’ll be editing this in a few minutes. Yes. In fact, a tremendous video. And the comments following… (Not referring to mine) Also, it has gotten so that I really am impressed by Chris and his contribution.

Hi sifu Adam, is there a video where you teach Zhan Zhuang? Thanks

Awesome form ❤

Phenomenal!

Master Chen.. Sifu, you are so amazing..thank you. Chris you're a good student and Computer genius...

Some of the Yiquan masters train sanda teams. My friend got a letter of introduction to visit and train with one of them. He said the coldness (speed and non telegraphic character) of the coaches strikes was unreal. He said he registered the sound and the feel of the impact before he visually registered the coach throwing a strike. After that the coach told him that the combat post was the most important training for combat and that it trained all the attributes needed. During sparring, the coach would enter on one line while presenting a threat, then use the mocabu coordination to shift to another line to get an unopposed strike.

The bringing of the feet together in the manner of Yiquan mocabu creates the coordination needed for ambiguous entry angle changes. With that coordination you can force the opponent to guess at your entering line, with a wrong guess resulting in their structure, intention and momentum being stuck on the wrong line during your entry. If you have mastered how to draw during an entry, you can use the stepping to empty them out. If it’s done correctly it will look like the opponent gets frozen in place for a split second during your entry. With Yiquan’s speed this is sufficient to land a strike completely unopposed.

It would be awesome if it was possible to learn this online

In a previous video on Yi Quan, Adam mentions “opening the pores”. Any chance of elaborating on this concept? Is it related to “pore breathing” in Neidan? Thanks for the awesome videos, and your eternal suffering is appreciated, Chris!

One of the best yi quan practitioners I ever saw struggled with an opponent that did center line chain kicks. He went straight back instead of going off on a diagonal to get out of the other guy's center line attack. However, this was a friendly match. A real fight, I do not think his opponent would have been allowed to get into that position.

So look adam chan I'm going to be straight and honest with you the original martial arts that I wanted to train as a kid we're Kung Fu karate Taekwondo they are Wing Chun Kung Fu kyokushin karate Taekwondo itf these are the best most well known used and practice styles of kung fu karate Taekwondo ever effective and work in self-defense street fighting 👍👊

Do you have a video on countering a leg takedown?

where is your school?

Manny Paquiao also fought in other styles ,being a Phillipino ,what do you feel about the way he fought?

Also Adam Chen one more question which of the three wudang styles is more effective in fighting tai chi bagauzhange xing yi quan I need to know because I want to add it to my list of martial arts that I want to learn wing chun kung fu sanda kyokushin karate Taekwondo itf I need one more please tell me

Actively evasive but deactive counter, my uncle told you. 😅

2:00 its all uppercheast ,teel to the newbiesss!

Great explanation loved will keep that in mind

3:00

Chris needs to do more arm conditioning. 😉 ❤

Yo sup Sifu Wing Chun Adam Chan wid much Warrior Born respects to you homie I am a Muay Thai Kickboxer and Judo mixed Brazilian Luta Livre and Sambo catch submission wrestling with Aikido mixed Tensho Kakie push hands techniques yo. Well I have also recently are taking both Tactical Kali Sikaran knife defence and Silat double tekpi or sai with golok machete defence both the sai or tekpi and golok machete are very similar to Wing Chun double Butterfly knives fight applications. But I have never seen Wing Chun Tactical knife Defense homie accept Wing Tsun knife fighting BWTA System which is very similar to TKDD knife training concepts yup just RU-vid channel both Wing Tsun knife fighting BWTA or TKDD knife training homie fight well yo💚💯🕊🙏🤲✌🎓⛑🛡⚔🥊🥋🦁🪖👊😎.

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Ninjutsu is like japan. Kung fu is like the mountain rigs. Its colors are like the enviroment. Comparing styles is like comparing music. I dont make a difference between rock and rap. All martial arts that are artsie are from the same branch. All kung fu is all kung fu. Bujikan and shaolin temple.

I thought Wang lost to Wu Yi Hui

Chris will have iron body in the future

Looks like sinking your weight - aikido technique.

You barely touched on the explanation. I'm still not sure how you were able to block without a strong stance.

Too orderly and mechanical. Fake.

by the way Wang Xiang Zhai had nothing good to say about wing chun long fist or any of the other hard styles he fought he called them too hard or too soft and said they were superficial and insubstantial , a wast of time

Your statement was wrong about Wang Xiang Zhai , he did lose to a Xing I master yes and the only other man he lost too was Wu Yi Huai, the grandmaster of Liu He Ba Fa, both of them beat him 10 out of 10 fights , the White Crane master and Wang was a tie , so he said after 40 years of traveling through the whole country of China i found only two and a half real masters , just saying