Xing Yi Quan (Form & mind boxing), starting from a standing posture called San Ti, with the body weight mainly resting on the back leg. A Xing yi quan fighter uses efficient coordinated movements to generate bursts of power intended to overwhelm the opponent, simultaneously attacking and defending.

This style uses five hand techniques corresponding to Chinese
theory of the Five Elements or Five Phases, Splitting Fist
(Pi Quan), Crushing Fist (Beng Quan), Drilling Fist
(Zuan Quan), Pounding Fist (Pao Quan) and Crossing Fist
(H Quan).

The Five Elements of Xingyiquan
Metal	Pi	Splitting	Like an axe chopping up and over.
Wood	Beng	Crushing	Arrows constantly exploding forward.
Fire	P/td>	Pounding	Exploding outward like a cannon while blocking.
Water	Zuan	Drilling	Drilling forward horizontally like a geyser.
Earth	H	Crossing	Crossing across the line of attack while turning over.

Xing yi quan includes twelve animal imitation boxing forms, such as
Chicken, Snake, Crocodile, Hawk, Tiger, Horse, Swallow, Tai bird,
Dragon, Monkey, Bear and Eagle.

The Twelve Animals of Xingyiquan
Chicken	Ji
Snake	Shtd>	Includes both Constrictor and Viper styles.
Bear Eagle	XiYing	In Xingyi, "the Bear and Eagle combine," meaning that the Bear and Eagle techniques are often used in conjunction with each other.
Crocodile		The animal here is meant to represent the Yangtze River alligator
Horse	Ma	uses left to right movements similar to the tiger form but with closed fists
Tiger	Hu	The hands mimicking the attacks of a pouncing tiger.
Swallow	Y/td>
Tai		A mythical Chinese bird
Monkey	Htd>
Dragon	L/td>	The only "mythical" animal taught.
Hawk	Y/td>

History

Xing Yi Quan was created by Ji Long Feng (1602 1683) from Zuencun Village of Yongji County in Shanxi Province. Ji travelled to Shaolin Temple, Luoyang in Henan and Qiupu in Shanxi province. Ji passed the art of xing yi on to Cao Ji wu. During the Qing Dynasty, it was passed to Dai Long Bang , Li Neng Ran, Gao Yun Shen, Li Kui Yuan, and then to Sun Lu Tang.

There are many styles of internal martial arts, but xing yi quan is one of the three major ancient Chinese boxing arts, the other two being Taiji quan and Ba gua Zhang.

In 1983 master Ji Jian Cheng, a professional coach who taught SuFi Jerry Nicholls the fundamentals of Chinese Martial Arts, was sent by the government to study at the prestigious Chengdu Martial Arts Institute in Sichuan province. While there he became the personal student of Master Wang Shu Tian, a well known teacher of Xing Yi and Ba Gua. Wang had studied for a short time with the famous old master Sun Lu Tang and later with Suns senior student Zheng Huai Xian. With master Wang, Ji studied Sun style Xing Yi and Ba gua.