Explore Wang Xiangzhai’s seven-step Yiquan training system—from Zhanzhuang, Shili, and Mocabu to Fali, Shisheng, Pushing Hands, and sparring.
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When learning Zhanzhuang/Pile Standing/Standing Meditation, practitioners go through some notable reactions.
Zhanzhuang exercise is usually known as “Post Standing”, “Pile Standing”, “Standing Pole”, “Standing Practice”, “Standing Meditation”, “Standing like a tree”, etc.
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‘Not moving may be the key to health and longevity’, the ancient Chinese gradually created a health-maintenance methodology by mimicking a tree and named it Zhanzhuang.
Where did Zhanzhuang originate from? How can we learn Zhanzhuang? Read More »
Based on MasterYao Chengrong’s traditional Yiquan teaching method and Master Yu Yongnian’s modern Zhanzhuang health-preservation teaching method, Master Zhang Yongmou developed a new martial art training system, putting forward the concept of “Yiquan martial art training as a healthy lifestyle,” integrating philosophical thinking into both his health-oriented and combat-oriented students.
During the Cultural Revolution, Yu Yongnian ’s spine was broken due to brutal mistreatment but was miraculously recovered by Zhanzhuang.
Yao Zongxun (姚宗勋), the successor of Master Wang Xiangzhai, founder of Yiquan, was one of the best martial artists in modern China.
Who Inherited Yiquan from Master Wang Xiangzhai? The Story of Yao Zongxun & Sons Read More »
My name is Song Gao (高松), I am an Yiquan/Zhanzhuang instructor, a 5th-generation Yiquan inheritor. My master is Zhang Yongmou (张勇谋), who learned Yiquan first from Master Yao Chengrong (姚承荣), son of Master Yao Zongxun (姚宗勋), and then from Master Yu Yongnian (于永年).
Discover the origins of Yiquan, the ancient practice of Zhanzhuang, and how legendary martial arts master Wang Xiangzhai created modern Yiquan.
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