Tai Chi Chuan, Baguazhang & Hsing-I

I find that I tend to get asked a lot questions on 3 main internal art of Tai Chi Chuan, Baguazhang & Hsing-I. These issues include but are not limited to:

How are they different? How are they the same? is one of the internal arts better than others? which one of them is better to fight? as for the internal arts best regards internal energy to fight? are all 3 main internal art equally healthy you? which one should I study? which one should I study first if I want to or are planning to study for more than one? What are actually those art?can they work together?

I will try to answer some questions in my next few posts and shed some light on these arts at the same time. This will of course be a comparison and contrast of Hsing-I, baguazhang and Tai Chi Chuan but I hope to do a little more than that with this series of posts on these 3 internal art.

All 3 of these arts is Chinese internal martial arts that use education of special body mechanics including internal and external adjustments and the training of the peace of mind and chi energy. All three art has very different methods to combat but sometimes they are similar and will use similar motions to each other. When you have been trained in one of them and then try it on one of the other differences in approach and methods are quite obvious, and only after you have studied more in depth aspects for quite a long time do begin they seem to be more as part of the larger image.

Hsing-I is an art that is known as very linear in strategy and generally applied when we move forward with a proposal on the wave like a sine wave. BA Gua athlete is known to travel and move around in circles that vary from very tight and close circles to circles of approximately 30 meters in diameter and walking circle is a signature practices of Baguazhang.TAI Chi Chuan practitioners is known for practicing slowly because that is what the evidence usually public.Tai Chi Chuan practitioners to focus more on the idea that control the immediate space around them and although there are plenty of movement fighting method is best thought of a more stationary practices than Hsing-I, or Ba Gua. I plan to explore these ideas in future posts.

Of 3 internal art Hsing-I, which generally are used most and is more difficult; Baguazhang is often a mixture of hard and soft often use force but sometimes use softness. TAI Chi Chuan is can be difficult aspects of it, but the most famous and most widely practiced at a high level as a soft art where the application of hard power is recommended and softness is desirable.

I will leave you with this now; one of my teachers who knew all 3 internal art and had them all equally says he better liked. It goes as follows.

Hsing-I am a metal Ball.
Baguazhang is a Barbed Wire Ball.
TAI Chi Chuan is an Energy Ball.

Until next time.
Good education to you.
Have it so good.
Sifu

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Hsing-I

Tai Chi Chuan, Baguazhang & Hsing-I compare & contrast (part 2)

  One of the first things to know is that for the 3 internal arts, Hsing-I (phonetically pronounced as Shing-ee) is generally the easiest and quickest to learn.As a fighting art tends to be much more aggressive and unbridled directly in approach than the other two; The internal adjustment training in Hsing-I am still a beginner quite a bit of time to understand but spirited struggling due to the nature of art there tend to be better feedback on what you are doing with special punches and strikes. 

  Hsing-I is an art that is known as very linear in strategy and generally applied when we move forward with a proposal on the wave like a sine wave. In the written material is often Hsing-I moved in a row or in a linear fashion.  If an opponent is 25 metres away and asked to describe the strategy for attacking Hsing-I doctors (we start they survived and ran away before they ran) and then can actually be the linear description provided.This vision of Hsing-I doctors may deteriorate the speed with which a genuine Hsing-I players covers space that is usually pretty fast, but is what is meant in General is not well and often missed by people simply note art how the speed and generated.  There is a whole principles at work for proper Hsing-I movement but I like the most about this is the measure of the movement. 

Hsing-I bend in the knees as if coming to jump high up in the air but then exploit this potential energy to cover ground vertically at high speed and without releasing the potential of contact made with an opponent, even when the goal is to always have more power to deliver them at any time; most often art moves in a vertical elliptical circular causing sine wave movement that would clearly be seen on display in the movement of a doctor was correct chart on a chart of someone standing on the page you are viewing the family tree of movement.  The doctor is often on a leg while other leg extends and as soon as the leg firmly touches the ground, then the other leg step forward.  This principle is based on the movement of a continuous fighting cock/rooster.

  The arms are usually moves in a circular manner first obtaining, and then striking on the outbound movement and then striking or defend or both at the next action that you want to collect. This makes a constant flurry of movement that is very circular in nature but it is also constantly moves towards the opponent without leaving any obvious opening for an opponent to attack or counter attack.Picture a sliding fan blade attached to a waggon and the wheel towards you while it is spinning a moving fan blade is difficult to poke a stick through when it sits on the site.If you hover over the wheel and start moving it forward at a rapid pace then becomes the timing and its capacity to avoid sheets directly much tougher.

An Hsing body integrity-I practitoner is an important part of the practice and iron body and palm training is an essential part of training to most Hsing-I practitioners.When Hsing-I practitoner becomes a opponents to be in the best location with the most powerful and fastest whole body power beats from both the hands and feet to try to overwhelm and run over your opponent so that your opponent is usually will turn away from became Hsing-I practitoner immediately after the initial contact.

There are five primary moves in Hsing-I; Three of these approaches is punches, one of them is an open hand to strike and the other which emphasises the Forearm; there are other types of movements and strikes in Hsing-I, they are based, however, directly by the 5 main movements. Hsing-I punches are carried out with the whole body strength and speed.

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