I was always under the impression that this is why it was considered an amalgam of the three arts and yet slightly superior to those individually. It seems to be an attempt to make up for the deficiencies that each of those three arts have individually while saying something possibly unique in it's own way.
In any event, thanks for the info on this. LHBF is fascinating.
these words of you may bring more conflict from three arts practitioners. i do understand that you believe LHBF is the best of the best, as i have the same experience when playing taiji. but later i found out that there is no perfect thing in the world, even your loved LHBF and my Taiji. if so, you don't need to higher your LHBF by lower down other arts.
i have heard of LHBF in my living place, but until now i don't have a chance to meet with them. so i am so glad to find this topic in this forum, and talking with you. as you said your six harmonies is different from taiji or xingyi, with my short experience in taiji, i know taiji has specific requirement to achieve its own six harmonies, as chen style's 八面支撑 (Xue: plz help me to translate these words!). how dose your style do in training, if you are allowed to give us some hints?
and do you have some experience in application with other arts, as push-hands(i have been told by my master that LHBF also play push-hands) etc?