Which style of Xingyi/Xinyi do you practice? (Poll)

Ma Lineage Xing Yi

Found one of the two branches I study a combination of:
Kou Yun Shen - Wang Hsiang Chi - Chang Chao Tung - Wang Shu Chin - Tchoung Ta Tchen

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Ma lineage xing yi

Never heard of it (then again theres alot I have never heard of )

Is there any more info on this

“	Originally Posted By: Silo-Fu Kung-Fu Ma lineage xing yi Never heard of it (then again theres alot I have never heard of ) Is there any more info on this	”

Also known as Henan Style Xing Yi started by Ma Xue Li (a student of Ji Long Feng) in the Henan province. Only ten animal styles and no 5 elements. Not much info online that i've been able to find.

Ma style is the oldest branch of Xinyiliuhe. Ma Xueli (1714-1790) was one of the first students of Ji Lonfeng.

Check this link.

http://www.chinafrominside.com/ma/xyxy/xylhhistory.html

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Aja

Thanks for the info.

What really caught my eye was the name used (ma) is very similar to the name of the style of Kung-Fu I study and teach.

Always good to find out theres more and more information out there.

my shifu is a sun

Hebei from Hu Yezhen, was the teacher of Feng Zhiqian and he teaches my master.

ok this may well sound like a daft question but i'm gonna ask it anyway

in tai chi there are different styles which in some cases look very different, but the trained eye can spot similarities, or see moves that have clearly evolved from the same source

is this the same with the different styles in Xing Yi (and Ba Gua for that matter)?

and do the different styles all evolve from a common source?

cheers

Yeh this is the case. But can be a little harder to see that with Tai chi sometimes.

The main three branches originate from Li Lao Neng who learnt the Dai Family Xin Yi. This is the root and is still going strong. The main branches can look very similar but trained eye can see the differences ... and also vise versa!

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Chris

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The various styles of xingyi and xinyi show much more variance than the various styles of taiji, which are still extantly somewhat similar.

However, the styles of xingyiquan look rather similar to each other; the styles of xinyiliuhequan look rather similar to each other; and the styles of xinyiquan practiced by the Dai and Guo families in Shanxi also look similar to each other. Externally, however, xingyiquan does not look much like xinyiliuhequan or Dai/Guo family xinyiquan. Xinyiliuhequan has some vague similarity with Dai/Guo family xinyiquan, but still looks quite different.

They are all of the same family in the end, though. It is always interesting watching people perform this or that style, so that you can see the similarities for yourself.

All for one, one for all!

Wow so many styles of Xingyi I got lost for a minute reading that chinafrominside on Henan style

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