A video of the xingyiquan (形意拳) champion in Singapore's 2006 wushu competition.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Xingyiquan (形意拳) Competition Style
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I started my taiji journey proper in June 2005. This journal serves to publish the thoughts that I have while learning taijiquan.
About Me
I practise traditional taijiquan and pushing hands. My teacher is Master Kwek Lee Hwa from Singapore. Those interested in learning traditional taijiquan in Yokohama (where I stay now), please feel free to contact me.
The styles that I know are:
Chen Style Old Frame First Routine 陈氏老架一路
Chen Style Taijijian 陈氏太极剑
Yang Style 108 Routine 杨氏太极拳108式
Yang Style Taijijian 杨氏太极剑
Yang Style Taijidao 杨氏太极刀
Yang (Dong/Tung) Style Fast Routine 杨氏（董氏）快拳
Sun Style Taijiquan 孙氏太极拳
The styles that I know are:
Chen Style Old Frame First Routine 陈氏老架一路
Chen Style Taijijian 陈氏太极剑
Yang Style 108 Routine 杨氏太极拳108式
Yang Style Taijijian 杨氏太极剑
Yang Style Taijidao 杨氏太极刀
Yang (Dong/Tung) Style Fast Routine 杨氏（董氏）快拳
Sun Style Taijiquan 孙氏太极拳
Links
- Teck's Treehouse
- 楓雨日記
- Taiji@Kreta Ayer
- Japanese to English translations: Maple Rain Research
- Thoughts on Tai Chi
- Wu Xuan
- Learning to Fish in Singapore
- Talking Chen Taijiquan with David Gaffney
- The Tai Chi Notebook
- Taiji Scrapbook
- Shang Lee.com
- Wujifa
- wujimon
- Eishin Ryu Iaido Singapore
- GrahamB's blog
- Thoughts of a Taiji Beginner
- Yield Turn Push
- Chen Zhonghua
- Formosa Fitness
- Formosa Neijia
- ChanSiGong Blog
- yumintay
- SNWF Activities
- 新加坡武术总会活动
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4 comments:
What type of Hsing I routine is this?
There are so many styles of Hsing I.
Is there an official competition routine in China?
Do competitors make up their routines like gymnasts in their floor exercises?
I am not very sure, but this seems to be the standard competition routine for xingyiquan nowadays. Very different from tradition forms, if you ask me. It is a lot more flowery, but that is only to be expected since it is meant for competitions (and thus needs to look nice).
For wushu competitions, there are categories in which competitors are allowed to come up with their own routines (zixuan), but the routines need to meet certain rules, like have X number of jumps, X number of balancing stances, etc.
Indeed, there are many styles of XingYiQuan nowadays and this style is very flowery. It is mainly for competition purpose. Very different from traditional type...In fact, this routine starts to exist in Singapore since 1995. Now this person has stopped practicing this routine and has gone back to his traditional training.
I knew the person in the video from my school days, since we have the same wushu coach. Still keep in touch with my wushu coach even though I have switched my focus to taiji now. But I guess it is not what you practise that makes a difference, it is your attitude towards learning and training that counts. But I must say, the traditional forms can be applied, the competition forms less so. So to truly understand martial arts, sometimes we need to seek the traditional forms over what is the more popular, competition forms.
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