XY in New York City

ajc · #16 (**permalink**) July 18th, 2006, 11:19 AM

a little bit less. 2 lessons less to be exact.

i agree that it's insufficient; i try to go twice a week. but then again, once a week is better than nothing at all.

RobNyc · #17 (**permalink**) July 18th, 2006, 11:59 AM

but hey 2x a week for 90 u said which is good for 3 months?
if its like that then thats a MUST.

what style of Xingyi he teaches?
I am trying to see if theres any Henan style Xingyi which is the Muslim style also the most aggressive one. Have u tried his bagua ?

ajc · #18 (**permalink**) July 20th, 2006, 05:24 PM

just keep in mind that while it's good for 3 months, it's still only 10 lessons... but where else are you going to find $9 lessons.

frank teaches hebei style... i haven't tried his bagua but he has more bagua students than xing yi, and his bagua class is tought at the same time as xing yi. like his XY instruction, he has very clear, direct instruction for BGZ. lessons are interchangeable, so why not try both and see what you like?

RobNyc · #19 (**permalink**) July 20th, 2006, 05:49 PM

I'm not getting something here..

$90 for 3 months? or 90 each month ?

in a month how many times do you go per week ?

Thanks hope all is well

ajc · #20 (**permalink**) July 21st, 2006, 04:04 PM

it's $90 for 10 lessons, bottom line. you have 3 months to use those 10 lessons, you know what i'm saying? i usually go twice a week. i think i'm going to start doing it 3x, despite the typical sunday hangover.

keep in mind that henan style is 10 animals only, not the 5 elements (to the best of my knowledge, which is not very extensive). of course, all of the animals incorporate the elements, but i don't believe henan practitioners to purely-element line drills. if this is incorrect, somebody please let me know. thanks.

RobNyc · #21 (**permalink**) July 21st, 2006, 05:06 PM

Got'cha

So for example if I go 2x per week that'll be 90 per month (That sounds good to me) better than what all these schools are charging nowadays. Or if anything I'll see how I can make it unlimited if I get a good job soon so I can take up maybe Xingyi, Bagua too and the other good stuff .

So your heibei style I was reading it has a lot of fist and strikes with slightly less footwork. and Shanxi was said to be more evasive narrower stances and lighter footwork . I was given an example as with 1 style you strike strike move back, the other one strike strike and keep striking because it has so many techniques so i'm guessing that could be the one with the most animals and elements, then the henan / muslim style is aggressive so u hit hit hit but there's not as much techniques as the rest if im not mistaken

ajc · #22 (**permalink**) July 24th, 2006, 02:02 PM

right. 2x a week for a month and you'll have 1 or 2 lessons left for the next month, depending on what day the month ends. both shanxi and hebei have retreating strikes; i don't know much about shanxi but advance/retreat linking form exists in both styles, where you learn to generate force while moving backward as well as forward. in terms of technique, strategy, etc i can only claim ignorance by and large when it comes to henan.

Buddy · #23 (**permalink**) July 24th, 2006, 06:07 PM

Almost all of the xingyi that you will see in the west, particularly the US is Hebei.

RobNyc · #24 (**permalink**) July 25th, 2006, 02:07 AM

Thanks .

I look forward to hearing more from you guys