Kung Fu - Xing Yi Chuan

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Introduction | History | Training | Styles
The Twelve Animals

Xing Yi Chuan, or Hsing-I Chuan, is a very old internal art often attributed to “General Yueh Fuei”, a famous
Chinese Military hero. Yueh Fuei attributed a wandering Taoist as his teacher whom had no traceable name.
Some people believed the art should be dated at least as far back as 550 AD during the Liang Dynasty. Xing Yi
Chuan is considered by many to be one of the most powerful forms of Chinese Kung Fu.

Xing Yi Chuan is known for its vigorous and powerful movements and abundant releases of “fah jing” energy.
This method of Kung Fu is tight in form keeping a well-guarded movement structure that is quick and extremely
powerful. Xing Yi Chuan offers some of the most sophisticated martial arts techniques known today. It also
offers a balance approach to health and fitness, which is vigorous non-degenerating to the body.

In Xing Yi Chuan, students’ starts with a regiment conditioning exercises to first build balance, muscle strength,
and mental discipline. Forms are then taught, each with its own emphasis on an aspect of movement, parry,
strike and footwork. Early Xing Yi Chuan training involves both slow and normal speeds and does not concern
itself with immediate power. As the student progresses to a higher level, internal training focus turns to
cultivating chi and power. Xing Yi Chuan practice involves qigong or energy building forms as well as
self-defense, herbal medicine, acupressure, and massage.

Continuous Five Elements
Continuous Five Elements form show the five crucial links that combine the five energies. The focus is on the
harmony of the five energies necessary for the cultivation of chi. The training of this form provides the
foundation to learn the fighting applications of Xing Yi Chuan system.

Twelve Animals
The Twelve Animals form helps the student of Xing Yi Chuan in the conditioning and strengthening of the
whole body. The animals found in this form are dragon, tiger, monkey, horse, turtle, rooster, hawk, sparrow,
snake, ostrich, eagle, and bear. Each animal is unique to the Xing Yi Chun system. Each style of animal trains
for a different way to generate power using certain parts of the body.

Combination Set
Combination Set combines the Five Elements and Twelve Animals form into integral form. This highly important
set in Xing Yi Chuan system provides a training of the system as a whole rather than its parts. Combination Set
contains both internal and external training and can help the student reach the peak physical condition.

Xing Yi Chuan, “body-mind boxing”, is a comprehensive system of life training and discipline to provide the
practitioner with a greater awareness of how to maintain one’s health, vitality, and life in the highest level of
comfort and success possible. It offers the vigorous training and honing of body reflexes and control highly
developed combative skills and the ability to defend oneself with ease and agility. Xing Yi Chuan is a complete
and wholistic path of development.