Yiquan video blog by Dr. Zhu

Jianwu (Healing Dance) is the overall expression of all your skills in Yiquan, some are against it as it goes against the famous principle of no taolu (predefined linking forms) in Yiquan but in the other hand how can we achieve better fluidity between several techniques without linking them altogether?
In this footage, we can appreciate a quite good general whole body, except in some acceleration where the head seems to precede other parts of the body (you can therefore read his intention).
Jianwu is also not only the practice of the form but also the mind, then the beginning and the end of its performance should be in perfect harmony as opening and closing “doors”.
What can you read more in this performance?
For more info about Jianwu:
Li Zhaoshan has written Authentic Healing Dachengquan which includes a large section on Jianwu presenting each on its 36 Forms in detail.
http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net/lizhaoshan2-paypal.htm

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.

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

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

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/

C’est un grand jour

Yves