With detailed photographs and clear instruction for practice, this is the first book comprehensively to cover the history, development and training methods of this rarely taught esoteric internal martial art. The deceptively simple postures and movements of Yiquan are highly effective for achieving results for both health and combat, making it very appealing to martial artists, and Master Tang here reveals the secrets of a martial art still surrounded in mystery. He also provides a history of the origins and lineage of the Yiquan tradition, as well as detailed information on the stances and movements, weapons, and programs, grading and teaching. This complete guide to Yiquan will be essential for anyone interested in Yiquan or oriental martial and internal arts more generally.
Acknowledgements.; Disclaimer.; Foreword.; Introduction.; 1. History of Yiquan.; 1.1. Origin.; 1.2. The Founder - Wang Xiangzhai.; 1.3. Establishments.; 1.4. Anecdotes about Wang Xiangzhai.; 1.5. Development and Thoughts.; 1.6. Liang Zi Peng's influence.; 1.7 Bruce Lee and Yiquan.; 2. My way of Yiquan.; 3. Wang's valuable words.; 4. Theories and System of Yiquan.; 5. Quick Start - Liang's Three Treasures.; 5.1. Zhan Zhang.; 5.2. Dun Yao.; 5.3 Tuo Yao.; 5.4 Cuo Yao.; 5.5 Prostration.; 6. Zhan Zhang - Static Stances.; 6.1. Before practice.; 6.2. Postures of Stances.; 6.3. Test Stance.; 6.4. Postures of Masters.; 7. Shi Li - Test Strength.; 7.1. Basic Front Shili.; 7.2. Advanced Side Shili.; 7.3. Ten Combat Shili.; 8. Mo Ca Bu - Footwork.; 9. Fa Li - Emit Strength.; 9.1. Fixed step Emit Strength.; 9.2. Moving step Emit Strength.; 10. Fa Sheng - Emit Sound.; 11. Tui Shou - Push Hand.; 11.1. Patterns.; 11.2. Training.; 11.3. Techniques.; 11.4. Competition Rules.; 12. Dan Cao - Punch fight.; 13. Duan Shou - Combat free sparring.; 13.1. Principles of Yiquan Combat.; 13.2. Yiquan Palm strikes.; 12.3. Yiquan Kicks.; 14. Advanced Techniques.; 14.1. Big Step Stances.; 14.2. Fist Stances.; 15. Fist Dance.; 16. Yiquan Weapons.; 17. Special Features.; 17.1. Easy Health Hunyuan Zhang.; 17.2. Super-national Power.; 18. Programs, Grading and Teaching.; 19. Conclusion.
This book is clearly the fruit of many decades of intensive research and practice under the old generation of Yi Chuan masters. It gives very lucid, detailed descriptions of the entire training system, as well as revealing the previously hidden theories and training concepts which give this system the essence it is famous for. Extensive photos of both the author and many old masters bring the text to life. This work is a remarkable achievement in the field of Chinese martial arts.
