The Xingyi Boxing Manual

Written in the 1920s, published in 1931, and now available for the first time in English, The Xingyi Boxing Manual: Hebei Style's Five Principles and Seven Words clearly explains the concepts and images behind the five elements of Xingyi. Compiled by Jin Yunting, student of Shang Yunxiang and Sun Lutang and grand-student of Li Cunyi, this true boxing classic provides a wealth of information for every practitioner, including: Images of each posture, Songs and images of the five elements, The guidelines for practice contained in Xingyi's "Seven Words", Essential points of the Six Harmonies and the extremities, Historical notes and biographies. Coming directly from an eighth-generation practitioner of a famous lineage, this book is a distillation of the knowledge and experience of many of the major figures in the history of Xingyi boxing. It offers a rare and unique perspective on the martial and healing aspects of the internal art of Xingyi Quan. Book jacket.

Jin Yunting was a student of Shang Yunxiang and Sun Lutang and grand-student of Li Cunyi.

John Groschwitz began his martial arts training in 1995 with the study of Northern Shaolin. He began training in Xingyi Quan in 1996 and is currently an Assistant Instructor in Xingyi with the North American Tang Shou Tao Association. In addition to continuing study in the above arts, he has also studied Lanshou Quan, Gao-style Bagua Zhang, Water Boxing, Yang-style Taiji Quan, and various systems of Qi Gong, in the U.S. and Mainland China.