Aryana Libris

Author : Frantzis Bruce
Title : The power of internal Martial Arts and Chi Combat and energy secrets of Ba Gua, Tai Chi and Hsing-I
Year : 2007

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Hsing-I Chuan as a martial art. Like tai chi, hsing-i is a hybrid internal martial art. It exists in the middle ground between the psychological attitudes and emotional disposition of the Shaolin martial arts and internal power chi methods of the Taoists. The name hsing-i chuan is composed of three terms: 1. Chuan (see p. 122), which translates as “fist.” The word pertains to everything concerned with defeating a human being in physical combat. 2. Hsing, which means “the form of something.” Everything that manifests, at the level of either energy or matter has in one way or another a form, a shape, a cohesion, a configuration—the form of a cup, the form of a thought, the forms of different species of animals. More specifically, hsing indicates the form or shape the body will take during a martial posture assumed for hitting, throwing, or controlling an opponent. 3. I, specifically in the phrase hsing-i, refers to the ability of the mind to create an idea and project it into the body, creating a functional physical form, that is, a way of moving, a fighting strategy, a fighting posture, or a kind of power. ...