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

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

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invent Sun Style Tai Ji Quan. His name has become well known wherever Chinese martial arts are practiced.

Sun Lu Tang's treatise on Xin Qi Quan, published in 1915, was his first work and it was the first book published publically in China which intergrated the theories 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 and interview with his daughter, Sun Jian Yun.

Contents

Editor's acknowledgments
Forward to the english translaton
Sun Lu Tang: His life and teaching
Introduction
A biography of sun Lu Tang
Sun Lu Tang's Xing Yi Quan
An interview with Sun Jian Yun
Xing Yi Quan Xue -The study of form-mind boxing
Translation notes
First preface
Second preface
Third preface
Author's preface
Directions to the reader
Part One-The study of Xing Yi in Wu Xing since teh separation of heaven and earth
The study of wu ji in xing yi
The study of qi in the emptiness of xing yi
The study of tai ji in xing yi
The study of liang yi in xing yi
The study of trinity in xing yi
The important points of xing yi practice
The study of the five fists of xing yi quan
The study of splitting fist (Pi quan)
The study of smashing fist (Beng quan)
The study of drilling fist (Zuan quan)
The study of pounding fist (Pao quan)
The study of crossing fist (Heng quan)
The study of advancing and retreating: Linking the five fists
The study of Wu Xing pounding of teh creative and destructive five fists
Part Two-The study of the xing yi Twelve forms derived from heaven and earth
The study of dragon form (Long xing)
The study of tiger form (Hu xing)
The study of monkey form (Hou xing)
The study of horse form (Ma xing)
The study of water lizard form (Tuo xing)
The study of chicken form (Ji xing)
The study of sparow hawk form (Yao xing)
The study of swallow form (Yan xing)
The study of snake form (She xing)
The study of Tai bird form (Tai xing)
The study of eagle form (Ying xing)
The study of bear form (Xiiong xing)
The study of the twelve forms united into one: Zu Shi Chui
The study of the whole in application: An Shan Pao Quan
Postscript
About the translato

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