This
article was originally written by Wang Xin Ming in an old copy of Wushu
magazine from the 1980s. Wang Xin Ming is a famous martial arts
historian and has written many books on Xingyi and Xin yi. Although
Xinyi is now much better known in the West, the following article is
still worth reading.
Xinyi Quan (full name: Xin yi Liu He Quan) (Heart Intention
Boxing) and Xingyi Quan (Form Intention Boxing) have a deep relationship, but
they are not contemporaneous styles, and were created at different times. The
basic stances are different and should not be conflated together. Xingyi is a
branch that evolved out of Xinyi.
For many years now, people have mentioned both styles
together, thinking that is one style with two names. In the “Sports
Encyclopedia” there is an entry stating that “one of the names of Xingyi is
Xinyi quan.” Many experts of Xingyi quan also insist on this interpretation.
This is due to a number of martial arts historians working backwards from the
currently popular Xingyi Quan, rather than placing an emphasis on the how Xinyi
was first developed and broke off into its different branches. They have
performed a vertical study of the geographical areas where Xingyi had spread,
but have neglected to do a horizontal study taking into consideration the Xinyi
of Henan (Ma Xueli) and Shanxi (Dai Longbang). They have narrowly focused only
on the few extant historical materials, neglecting to do more research in the
ancestral villages on the on the founder of Xinyi Quan and other representative
individuals of the style, as well as a detailed study of other martial arts
styles in those areas. Hence they reach erroneous conclusions.
This author’s opinion is that Xinyi and Xingyi should not be
put together for discussion. The reasons are the following:
2) The difference in name
3) The difference in the basic stances
4) From the perspective of fighting
5) From the perspective of lineage
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