Xingyiquan is called pile foundation work, which is the source of all methods and the basis of all changes. There is a saying: "Gong Zhuang is a treasure, it is good to have it." If you want to learn Xingyiquan well, you must lay a solid foundation of Gong Zhuang. With a solid foundation in Gong Zhuang, Xingyiquan can be developed slowly and steadily, integrating inside and outside, and achieving the goal of "moving like a cunning rabbit and not moving like five mountains". On the other hand, without a solid foundation in Gong Zhuang, no matter how many Xingyiquan routines you learn and how hard you work, it is just a castle in the air.
Xingyiquan is also called "three talents", that is, three talents in heaven and earth; It is also the beginning of all the changes of Gong Zhuang and Xingyiquan, and the so-called "three-body" that should change with constancy is the truth.
Xingyiquan is Xingyiquan, five elements boxing.
Split, collapse, drill, cannon, horizontal and five fists are also named. Boxing is like an axe, sex is gold, shape is an arrow, and sex is wood; The drill fist is shaped like a cone and belongs to water; Gun fist is shaped like a gun and belongs to fire in nature; The horizontal fist is shaped like a beam and belongs to the soil. According to the theory of mutual development, horizontal boxing can produce split boxing, split boxing can produce drill boxing, drill boxing can produce collapse boxing, collapse boxing can produce cannon boxing, and cannon boxing can produce horizontal boxing. If everything is born, it can give birth to all kinds of fists. According to the theory of knowing each other, split boxing can defeat collapse boxing, collapse boxing can defeat horizontal boxing, horizontal boxing can defeat drill boxing, drill boxing can defeat cannon boxing, and cannon boxing can defeat split boxing.
A little more advanced is the twelve shape.
Twelve forms and meanings is a traditional form and meaning routine, which consists of boxing imitating the life forms and fighting skills of twelve animals. It includes dragons, tigers, monkeys, horses, catfish, chickens, swallows, harriers, snakes, aviaries, eagles and bears. Compared with the practice of Five-Shaped Boxing, it adds many techniques, postures and legs, with rich images and strong comprehensive strength. It is to improve physical fitness and change people's spiritual temperament, so as to achieve the purpose of prolonging life. It is to exercise and master various forces and engage in offensive and defensive combat capabilities.