Xingyi and the spear

[TheHype112]

Hello all,

I've recently sparked an interest in the internal arts, specifically Xingyi because from what I understand, it's attitude and it's hand/body structures are based on fighting with the spear, and the shaolin art I study also claims that.


I'm hoping some practitioners can answer a few questions:

What attributes of the spear are most present in Xingyi's mindset?
How does the spear translate into hand methods?
What effect of the spear translates in body methods?

Thanks!

[Buddy]

Xingyi's mindset is "You're in my space."
Movements go up to down; down to up; back to front; inside to outside; amd outside to inside.
Body method comes first. Long spear help with the body method.