Advanced Zhanzhuang Online Course
Combat Stances for Advanced Training
In this advanced Zhanzhuang online course, you will systematically learn the Combat Stance, its principal transformations, and the specific Yi designed for each stance.
Combat-step stances are practiced not only for health development but also as a foundation for combat training. The course is more physically and mentally demanding than basic Zhanzhuang, opening a new dimension of practice while supporting further improvement in body awareness, stability, coordination, and overall physical condition.
This course has English subtitles. The narration is English.
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Requirements:
- 1. Must have enough practice with Parallel-step Zhanzhuang (Health Stances)
Material Includes:
- 1. Instructions to Combat-step stances
- 2. Two special supplemental exercises
- 3. 60 practicing drill videos
Target Audience:
- 1. Interested in Zhanzhuang (Standing Meditation)
- 2. Wishing to develop body and mind together
- 3. Wishing to improve health more effectively
- 4. Interested in Yiquan or Chinese martial arts
What You Will Get:
- 1. Fast results of health improvement
- 2. Advanced level of Zhanzhuang(站桩)
- 3. Combat-step stances
- 4. Solid foundation for further Zhanzhuang/Yiquan studies
Zhanzhuang Postures in this Course:
In this advanced Zhanzhuang online course, you will systematically learn the Combat Stance and all its transformations and their designed Yi (a Chinese word for intent).
Briefly on Zhanzhuang & Yiquan
Zhanzhuang is also known as “Post Standing”, “Pile Standing”, “Standing Pole”, “Standing Practice”, “Standing Meditation”, “Stand like a tree”, “Stand still be fit”, etc. Yiquan(意拳), a Chinese traditional martial art, has preserved the origin of Zhanzhuang and developed it as the fundamental part of its training system. A posture of Zhanzhuang is called a stance. All stances in this course are from Yiquan Zhanzhuang.
Yiquan Zhanzhuang are generally divided into two categories: Parallel-step Stances (introduced in the Basic Zhanzhuang Course.) and Combat-step Stances (shortened to Combat Stances). Combat stances are more advanced, which are designed not only for health but also for combat purposes.
Combat stances are challenging but can further develop your body and mind alignment so that the health effect of Zhanzhuang can be more effective and efficient.
In the parallel step our body weight is evenly distributed on each foot. In the combat step, our weight is unevenly distributed on each foot and different parts of each foot, which makes combat-step stances more difficult to keep. But one must know that Parallel-step stances are basic and vital in Zhanzhuang. Combat stances can hardly be learned without enough practice of Parallel-step Stances, which is why our Basic Zhanzhuang Course is the prerequisite to this course if you have never practiced Zhanzhuang before.
This course is especially designed for those who wish to challenge themselves with advanced Zhanzhuang and to gain health benefits more quickly and thoroughly.
After completing the course, you will be expected to understand & do Zhanzhuang at an intermediate level. You can constantly improve your health as long as you continue Zhanzhuang on a daily basis. You will also have the capability to learn highly advanced Zhanzhuang and a variety of Yiquan skills.
If you haven‘t, you can start to learn Basic Shili Course, Basic Friction Steping Course.
Course Curriculum
Advanced Zhanzhuang Online Course
Lesson 1
The Combat Stance
Lesson 2
All Transformations and Training Yi for the Combat Stance
Lesson 3
The Shaking and Dropping Exercise
Practice Video Introduction
Introduction to the 60 Practice Drills
30-min Practice Videos（15 of them）
45-min Practice Videos（15 of them）
60-min Practice Videos（30 of them）
About the Instructor
I am Song GAO, Yiquan inheritor & instructor, Zhanzhuang expert in health & wellness.
I was born in 1987 and grew up in a village in China. I began professional Yiquan and Zhanzhuang training with Master Zhang Yongmou, a fourth-generation Yiquan inheritor, in 2016.
After four years of training at Master Zhang’s Yiquan school, including three years as an assistant instructor, I became qualified to teach. I began teaching online in early 2020.
I traveled to the United States to teach Zhanzhuang and Yiquan in both 2024 and 2025.
I accepted my first two disciples in 2024: Hosh from Bisbee, Arizona, and Lyle from New York City. In 2026, Gregor from Slovenia became my third disciple.
In 2026, I largely achieved my goal of becoming a full-time Yiquan teacher.
