(DOWNLOAD) "Hsing-I" by Robert W. Smith & Allen Pittman ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Hsing-I
- Author : Robert W. Smith & Allen Pittman
- Release Date : January 10, 2012
- Genre: Martial Arts & Self Defense,Books,Sports & Outdoors,Nonfiction,Philosophy,Training,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 7804 KB
Description
Master Chinese internal boxing or Hsing-I with this illustrated martial arts guide.
Unlike most martial arts, Chinese internal (soft-style) boxing does not depend on muscular strength. The secret behind its power lies in the cultivation and practical application of internal energy—ch'i, There are basically three soft-style martial arts: T'ai-chi, already well known worldwide, and Hsing-I and Pa-kua, relative newcomers to the West. Although they are not essentially fighting arts but living arts, they are devastating as systems of self-defense.
This martial arts book outlines the history of Hsing-I—a style of boxing given form (Hsing) by the mind (i)—and gives a thorough account of the philosophy behind the techniques. It also presents to the West for the first time the orthodox style of the late Chinese Hsing-i master Ch'en P'an-ling.
Described here in great detail and fully illustrated are the basic techniques, the five fists of Hsing-i, a linked form of the five fists, and the twelve animal styles.