One of many hardest issues I believe that there’s to convey in Xing Yi, to the angle new scholar, is how the 5 fists work with the stepping. On a regular basis I see individuals doing the arm positions of the 5 fists in a extremely stylistic and exact means, however the physique isn’t proper. If the physique isn’t proper then the fault can normally be discovered within the legs and waist, and probably it’s the stepping. In Xing Yi your stepping is the supply system for the ability of the physique.
The phrases of the Xing Yi Traditional of Unification apply right here:
“When the higher and decrease transfer, the centre will assault.
When the centre strikes, the higher and decrease assist,
Inside and exterior, entrance and rear are mixed,
That is referred to as “Threading into one”,
This can’t be achieved via pressure or mimicry.”
i.e. the whole lot strikes collectively, as one.
On this video I have a look at a number of the widespread faults I see in Xing Yi stepping, which could possibly be described as issues of partiality. First, the foot arriving earlier than the hand, then the hand arriving earlier than the foot, and eventually the foot and hand touchdown (i.e. ending their journey) on the similar second with no penetration.
The true Xing Yi stepping is deeper and extra penetrating. You’re hitting the individual (or bag) whereas your entrance foot remains to be within the air, as you progress via them, displacing their mass. That’s the trick.
(N.B. this type of putting in Xing Yi is extra standard within the Hebei type – different types of Xing Yi have totally different specialties).