In terms of martial arts, it is the principle of all factions to practice the spirit inside and the muscles outside. Tai Ji Chuan, for example, advocated the unity of body and mind, and demanded "practicing Qi with the heart and transporting the body with Qi". Xingyiquan pays attention to "three combinations inside and three combinations outside", while Dahong Boxing and Shaolin Boxing also require both internal and external cultivation of essence, strength, qi, bone and spirit.

In the aspect of Wushu throwing, it also embodies the characteristics of combining internal and external, both form and spirit. For example, Wuqinxi is a wonderful effort to imitate five animals: tiger, deer, bear, ape and bird. Its essence is: "external movement and internal static, dynamic and static, both dynamic and static, both rigid and flexible, both internal and external repair."