Matthew Staley, Martial Poet, Pt. II

“Shi Fu said the reason you can’t really find good xyq stateside, or anywhere really is that it requires alot of one on one becuase the shapes are easy to learn anyone can copy them and externally look like they have good xing yi quan but internally the hamster is off making love to the [...]

Matthew Staley, Martial Poet

So, Matt and I are discussing the effects of Zhang Zhuang practice as we are taught it (which differs from other methods, like Wang Peisheng’s, for example, in that you aren’t consciously moving Qi or directing force from place to place, you are merely adjusting the intricacies of your posture) and he had this to [...]