Are you guys being serious? Hsing I isn't like wing chun? It's all ba gua?
That's all wrong. Someone's wc can be like another's hsing I. The arts themselves don't look like anything in particular. They look how each individual makes them look. So everyone doing hsing I is supposed to look and feel the same? Body types, temperaments, experiences all make someone's body move differently. I always get a good laugh when an instructor says to me, "That doesn't feel like hsing I.". Hsing I does not feel like anything!
During sparring you won't be able to notice any of these percieved differences. You might be able to see me pull off a variation of pi quan and callnit hsing I but I bet I could find a variation of pi in a wc
form or any form.
Jake,
I am a bit surprised to hear you talk about this issue the way you are when your teacher is one of the biggest non-believer in internal and having styles(not a knock to your teacher).