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Yiquan
Yiquan (pronounced ee-chuan) is a modern martial and healing practice
developed by Master Wang Xian Zhai. Training
in Yiquan is founded in the practice of Zhan Zhuang (站樁), standing meditation.
These practices develop incredible strength and coordination in the
practitioner and cultivate deep mindfulness and awareness.
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Sifu Fong Ha
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Devon Hornby teaches Yiquan
at the center. He studies and teaches under Sifu Fong Ha. Sifu Fong
studied yiquan from Han Xingyuan a renowned
disciple of the founder of Yiquan, Wang Xiangzhai.
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Han Xingyuan
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Yiquan 意拳 literally means intent (or
mind) fist and is also known as Dachengquan (大成拳) or great accomplishment fist. Yiquan is a modern, essentially formless, martial and
healing art developed by Master Wang
Xiang Zhai (王薌齋). It represents a return to what is essential and a
dramatic rejection of the senseless and burdensome, technique based,
training methods of many traditional healing and martial arts.
Grandmaster Wang
Xiangzhai
(1885-1963)
We must, first and foremost, avoid
the use of clumsy force, in body and in mind.
Using this force makes the qi stagnant.
When the qi is stagnant,
the yi stops; when the yi stops, the spirit is broken.
A small movement
is better than a big movement,
No movement is better than a small movement,
Stillness is the mother of all movements.
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Wang Xiangzhai
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In quietude you are like a maiden
In motion you are like a dragon.
The mountains seem to fly when you
apply your mind,
The seas overflow when you apply
your power.
One should know that if one can take the
time to practice martial arts,
do it without any method, freely and
slowly perceiving by intuition,
the results will be great.
To sum up, what cannot lead to comfort,
happiness, and gaining strength
does not deserve to be called martial art.
In movement, slow excels over quick, be
relaxed rather than impatient, the movement should be slight and the
spirit full. When one wants to move one will stop, when one wants to
stop one will move, furthermore, when moving one cannot help but stop,
when stopped, one cannot help but move.
Why move? Why be still?
What are the results?
What is the phenomenon in the middle of
the process?
Thus perceive by intuition, and you will be
approaching the truth!
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