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Great article Brian.
Would love to study xingyi but unfortunately no one around here teaches it.
Look forward to the rest of your article.

Half way through the article, but wanted to drop you a line (in case i get diverted), and say that it's a great article. There is unfortunately little written on Xingyiquan in English. Some good stuff, but not much. Keep up the good work.

Thanks folks, yeah I will try and add a bit more covering the next few moves, but it will be sometime after the New Year holiday.

take care,
Brian

You're off to a good start there, Brian. I like it.
I would mention something about the footwork - side stepping, attack, retreat, chase, duck, pivot, .... it's all in that little tiny 90 second form - pretty amazing.
I might also mention the importance of posture training. Xingyi trains you to generate power through proper posure and timing. It starts with 5 element and animal training, developed with creative and destructive sequences, and further refined in the linking form with the more complex body movement and footwork.
I really like your description of it being "balls to the wall" for 90 seconds like in a street fight - I feel exactly the same way. I often practice it more than once without pause to work on endurance as well.
Nice contribution!
Steve