Archive for the 'Famous masters' Category



Wang Binkui & Wang Anping (Boxermanchris - YouTube)

Sunday 8 April 2007 @ 11:18 pm

Wang Binkui was a disciple of Wang Xiangzhai, the most famous expert continuing his style is his son Wang Yongxiang (see http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/wangyongxiang.htm).
Curiously in this footage the very beginning is not Yiquan but Xingyi (Mind body boxing) as he was performing Five elements forms. But this does not decrease the achievement that he attained as we can percieve in his movements. A very precious footage of authentic disciple of Wang Xiangzhai.
Wang Anping is quite famous in China and more recognized in the healing aspect than in pure combat (I has been always amazed by his big round outgrowth on his front).
For more information on Wang Binkui and sons:
- our web page:
http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/wangyongxiang.htm

- ebook and video:
http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/WangYX-ebook.html




Cui Ruibin (Boxermanchris - Source YouTube)

Sunday 8 April 2007 @ 10:25 pm

Cui Ruibin is performing quite accordingly to the Style of Yao Zongxun, all major techniques performed being similar to those of Yao’s son (Chengguang and Chengrong), large amplitude movements and emphasing generally forward issuing forward.




Yiquan of Master Li Jianyu at 76

Sunday 8 April 2007 @ 9:28 am

A rare footage of an authentic disciple of Wang Xiangzhai. In this video,even at 76 Li shows an exceptional vivacity.

Nota: sorry you may experiment some pb to download it (I tried several time before succeeding as it is very slow)

For more info on Li Jianyu: Andi Peng one of his most important discipline wrote an ebook called “The Wonder of Yiquan”
here is the link:
http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/Andy%20Peng%20Paypal.htm




A good lesson of martial application by Guo Guizhi

Sunday 8 April 2007 @ 8:56 am

Guo Guizhi worked in The Chinese National Railway Company and in this way he was naturally inclined to study first Yiquan with Dr. Yu Yongnian who was working at that time in the Chinese Railway Hospital, later he studied also with Yao Zongxun. Guo is among the first Chinese Yiquan experts to come in Europe to introduce this art and still figures there as a reference. He had always a reputation of fighter and we can still feel it here in the martial application through is now 74.
For about Guo Guizhi’s theoretical background: read his master Dr. Yu Yongnian’s articles:
http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/yu.htm
But also the famous ebook “Zhan zhuang and the Search of Wu”:
http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/Yu-YN-ebook.html




Wang Xuanjie (and not Wang Xuejie) -YouTube

Sunday 8 April 2007 @ 8:53 am

Interesting video which shows us the level of Wang Xuanjie besides all the books published by this later it is hard to find footage of him.
There is an interesting remark by:

pikeamus

I’m a big fan of yiquan, but I’ve got to say that this seems ridiculous. Master wang is approaching completely open and the other guy doesn’t move… what use would training like this be?

I was myself for a quite long time against the opening posture of Wang Xuanjie even in his zhan zhuang, but recently I may revise my position, we need to differenciate training/demonstration and real combat:

1) Wang was a real fighter and I don’t think that he would approach an unknown opponent with this large angle

2) Internal martial arts are basically question of opening and closing, and for most beginners the most difficult part are the shoulders than a larger angle may help, but even in the combat for strategic purposes and to “gather” internal strength you need to alternate open and close states in our body,

3) Yiquan develops naturally a kind of “iron shirt” that means that seniors practioners are not afraid from being punched on torso to attract opponent’s attention while launching their decisive attack…

More about Wang Xuanjie’s methods and its more recent development through his prolific disciple Li Zhaoshan:
http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/lizhaoshan.htm
but also his Dachengquan collection of three books, presented on:
http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/