Originally Posted by
spiner
I've heard that people often compared xingyi with western boxing. One thing that really stand out for me as being different (purely in punching) is that xingyi have those stance switching punches in the forms, where the back leg becomes the front leg after the punch, like how pi and zuan quan are done.
I want to ask
1. Is it actually used or just for training purposes?
2. How well does it work? What are the benefits of learning how to use this punch?
3. Is there a weakness to this kind of punch? Boxing doesn't seem to teach this are part of their curriculum. At least my old boxing coach didn't teach me this.
4. If it does have a weakness, how does xingyi deal with it.