Xing Yi Quan Xue : The Study of Form-Mind Boxing

by Tang, Sun Lu

• ISBN13: 9780865681859
• ISBN10: 0865681856
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Unique Pubns

Summary

The name Sun Lu Tang rings familiar to almost anyone who has studied one or more of the major "internal" styles of Chinese martial arts. Because Sun was highly skilled in Xing Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang, and Tai Ji Quan, he wrote five different books on these subjects and synthesized the three arts to invent Sun Style Tai Ji Quan. His name has become well known wherever Chinese martial arts are practiced. Sun Lu Tang's treatise on Xing Yi Quan, published in 1915, was his first work and it was the first book published publically in China which integrated the thories of martial arts with Chinese philosophy and Daoist Qi cultivation theories. In addition to the original text of Sun's Xing Yi Quan book, this English translation also includes a detailed biography of Sun Lu Tang and an interview with his daughter, Sun Jian Yun. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Editor's Acknowledgments	vi
Forward to the English Translation	vii
His Life and Teaching	1	(50)
Sun Lu Tang
Introduction	2	(3)
A Biography of Sun Lu Tang	5	(37)
Sun Lu Tang's Xing Yi Quan: An Interview with Sun Jian Yun	42	(9)
The Study of Form-Mind Boxing	51	(16)
Xing Yi Quan Xue
Translation Notes	53	(1)
First Preface	54	(2)
Second Preface	56	(3)
Third Preface	59	(1)
Author's Preface	60	(3)
Directions to the Reader	63	(4)
Part One-The Study of Xing Yi In Wu Xing Since the Separation of Heaven and Earth	67	(80)
The Study of Wu Ji in Xing Yi	68	(2)
The Study of Qi in the Emptiness of Xing Yi	70	(2)
The Study of Tai Ji in Xing Yi	72	(2)
The Study of Liang Yi in Xing Yi	74	(2)
The Study of Trinity in Xing Yi	76	(3)
The Important Points of Xing Yi Practice	79	(2)
The Study of the Five Fists of Xing Yi Quan	81	(36)
The Study of Splitting Fist	83	(6)
Pi Quan
The Study of Smashing Fist	89	(8)
Beng Quan
The Study of Drilling Fist	97	(6)
Zuan Quan
The Study of Pounding Fist	103	(8)
Pao Quan
The Study of Crossing Fist	111	(6)
Heng Quan
The Study of Advancing and Retreating: Linking the Five Fists	117	(16)
The Study of Wu Xing Pounding of the Creative and Destructive Five Fists	133	(14)
Part Two-The Study of the Xing Yi Twelve Forms Derived From Heaven and Earth	147	(162)
The Study of Dragon Form	151	(6)
Long Xing
The Study of Tiger Form	157	(8)
Hu Xing
The Study of Monkey Form	165	(8)
Hou Xing
The Study of Horse Form	173	(6)
Ma Xing
The Study of Water Lizard Form	179	(8)
Tuo Xing
The Study of Chicken Form	187	(10)
Ji Xing
The Study of Sparrow Hawk Form	197	(8)
Yao Xing
The Study of Swallow Form	205	(8)
Yan Xing
The Study of Snake Form	213	(8)
She Xing
The Study of Tai Bird Form	221	(8)
Tai Xing
The Study of Eagle Form	229	(4)
Ying Xing
The Study of Bear Form	233	(6)
Xiong Xing
The Study of the Twelve Forms United into One	239	(46)
Za Shi Chui
The Study of the Whole in Application	285	(24)
An Shen Pao Quan
Postscript	309	(1)
About the Translator	310