形
形意拳
Xingyiquan
Xíngyìquán · "Form-Intention Fist"
A direct, aggressive internal art built on five elemental fists and twelve animal forms.
- Family
- internal
- Region
- Shanxi & Hebei, China
- Era
- 17th–19th century
Signature emphases
特- linear
- explosive— fa-jin from short distance
- rooted
- internal
- striking
- spiral
- footwork— Follow-step (跟步)
- weapons
Voices
言崩拳似箭。
"Beng Quan is like an arrow shot."
— Xingyi proverb
半步崩拳打天下。
"With half a step of Beng Quan he crossed the empire."
— Of Guo Yunshen