Advanced Combat posts & Testing Force in Yiquan
by Yao Chengguang

Considered as one of the most advanced form of Combat Post, "Bird Flying With Difficulty" is now exposed in this DVD no3, according to the progressive "Seeking Force" approach on separated directions up to "Liu Mian Li" six directions simultaneously. Thus positionning the highest requests in combat post as "Liu Mian  Li" while internal power is even more adaptative. 

Two interesting sitting variant of Combat Post are proposed which are complementing the previous ones especially useful for  "Desktop" training and deepening sensations for Changing Directions and Simultaneous Directions in Seeking Force.

As a central training in Yiquan before starting the Issuing Force or "Fali". Yao is introducing Testing Force exercises, involving the acquired Universal power (Post standing) into a more dynamic and enlarged space. The first required training is Fixed Step Testing Force and here ten different Test Force exercises.
After a certain time they will propulse progressivelly the skills of the practitionner up to a level of a more flexible, unified internal power within movement itself.
This state of relaxation and entiress in Testing Force can related to the purpose of the original martial Tai Chi Chuan but with a much clearer background provided by the previous fondamental work  of static postures and Seeking Force proper to Yiquan.