Xue Sheng
All weight is underside
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The thing about East Wind's post is that he did not distinguish between the front foot from the back. The front foot definitely lands much earlier before the strike, but the back foot is almost simultaneous with the strike.
The back foot is planted/rooted/solid either slightly before or at the same instant of the actual strike. Otherwise you loose force and go backwards and Xingyi does not go backwards in this instance of attack (although Xingyi can attack going backwards). Just move forward and extend your arm to hit something and then hit it without that back foot being rooted and you will see you loose power.
Would you know of any Xing Yi videos that looks very representative of the step and could you post it if it exists? In some Xing Yi videos I've seen sometimes the back foot is even completely off the ground at the moment of striking.
I have already post Xingyi videos of Di Gouyong on MT doing 5 elements. If I can locate them I will post a link here.
I cannot speak for all styles of Xingyi. I have not seen or experieinced what you are talking about in Hebei 5 elements or the linking form. Nor have I seen it in the 12 animals form, but I have limited training in 12 animals so it is possible I suppose.
But I have only seen and trained Hebei style and some mixed but I do not believe I have ever seen Shanxi or Henan styles. But it is my understanding that Shanxi has lighter footwork than Hebei and Henan is more aggressive than Hebei, but I cannot tell you this from experience only what I have read about them.