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Xingyiquan (Hsing I Ch’uan) Of the three primary “internal” arts of China, xingyiquan(also spelled hsing i ch’uanand shing yi ch ...

Cao Jiwu had a disciple named Dai Longbang who had previously been a taijiquan master. He trained his two sons, who introduced h ...

Training in xingyi consists of a series of standing meditations (called “standing stake”), stretching and conditioning exercises ...

broadsword, needles, and the halberd. In addition, a Hebei stylist will also learn the basics of bagua, including forms called “ ...

Tang, Sun Lu. 1993. Xing Yi Quan Xue: The Study of Form-Mind Boxing. Pacific Grove, CA: High View Publications. Whitewood, Robb. ...

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Yongchun/Wing Chun Yongchun(perhaps better known outside Asia by its Cantonese name wing chun) is a Chinese martial art that is ...

tem. This system was capable of defeat- ing the existing martial arts practiced by the Manzhou and Shaolin defectors and, owing ...

Noting that the earliest solid evidence of yongchun places it in the coastal regions of southeastern China, alternative early hi ...

changer). Chen learned elements of the art by peeping through a crack in the pharmacy door and, after repeated appeals, eventual ...

stance, which calls for feet shoulder-width apart with the toes and knees turned in at 45-degree angles. The system favors flowi ...

Green, Thomas A. 1997. “Historical Narrative in the Martial Arts: A Case Study.” In Usable Pasts.Edited by Tad Tuleja. Logan: Ut ...

About 30,000 Slings, arrows, and atlatls (Nahuatl; spear throwers) are years ago developed. About 9500 B.C. Metal is refined. Ab ...

About 1500 B.C. Near the ford at Jabbok, the Hebrew patriarch Jacob wrestles with a spirit being, thereby earning the title of “ ...

immunity from all types of weapons. Hanuman has since be- come the patron saint of Indian and Pakistani wrestlers. 776 B.C. Acco ...

About 460 B.C. The Hellenic historian Herodotus describes the practices and culture of some female warriors he calls the Amazons ...