Healing posts - Basics of Testing force & steps in Yiquan

By Yao Chengguang

As Yiquan (or Dachengquan) is based on the practice of post standing or zhan zhuang,  Yao's method is also focusing in this first video on the training of  Healing posts or yang sheng zhuang, the fondamentals in Testing force and steps.

Largely recognized for its health nenefits, Healing posts are also the necessary basis before training Combat as  they are the first "layer" in setting  up a whole body and yet unified power but also the required mental/bodyrelaxation within the post. Selection of the most important stances:  standing/sitting/lying.

In accordance to the principle of minimum movements or rather from non-moving to moving, Yao introduces already in this first video, testing force which will help the practitioner to extend the spatial dimension of his issuing internal power but still within healing application.

The last part of this video is explaining the basis of Dachengquan steps: mocabu (mud stepping). Again deploying the spatial dimensionsof internal power,  two stepping methods: fixed steps and  moving step.  The inheritance of Baguazhang steps (Eight Hexagrams Boxing) can be also perceived in these steps for those familiar to Baguazhang, the successive leading authorities of Yiquan contribute to its evolution  for more martial efficency (timing and positionning) and health benefits (especially for body's motor system ).