http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX2gWr2AqNc
I found this clip a while ago. Is this still xingyi? This clip changed my idea of what xingyi is like completely.
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At 2:30 he discussed zuan quan.
My Japanese is not good, but from what I understand. He is saying that in zuan quan you aim for the gaps in their guard. When he demonstrate it with the leading arm, it looks like a jab while moving sideways. When he did it with the rear arm, it's some strange hook like strike.
Really different from the uppercut like motion that most teachers show as zuan quan, like what Mr Yang Hai did in his video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQZ3xn-UmjI
I don't get it. I can see that both ways of doing it can be consistent with the "water flow through gaps" saying in zuan quan, but what exactly make both of them zuan quan? Just the strategy?
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I have never seen heng quan done this way on video. I've always seen heng quan done as a side punch. This clip made heng quan look like a hook.
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This is also the first time I've seen xingyi focus so much on angles. This teacher seem to like flanking his opponent when ever possible. Around 7:28 he even mention it's dangerous to just go straight in. Most xingyi clips gave me the impression that they like overpowering people with forward momentum: parry, slip any incoming punches and force a head on collision.