Because I am talking about a Chinese art and especially one that is considered a Chinese internal art and in relation to health and long life(very daoist and central to Chinese thought, certain Chinese terms and ideas that are fundamental to the topic are used.) External use of muscle meant by contractions using more force of exertion, vs internal relaxation of the muscle using a released force it is a little difficult to describe this and must be felt.
I'd think the kick-punch, because it appears to use a greater range of motion. And it looks like a lower impact (the "hard step" in the Xing Yi drill seems rough on the body for 1,000 repetitions).
Don't get too caught up on those two data points. It might be that the XingYi instructor had awful genetics and the Long Fist instructor had great ones. With a small sample, correlation is not a dependable predictor.
So, don't. What's the importance of the 1,000 times? Practice it 50 times, or 100. I think doing any single motion 1,000 times a day (or even 1,000 times in a row, just once) has a possibility of presenting a repetitive strain injury. And that's not good for long-term mobility, so not good for longer living.
Which, really, is a tremendous argument for living to 78.Well a lot of things influence a person's health and long life from diet to genetics or from a Chinese medicine opinion the xingyiquan guy just had to much sex
So if some guy was 100 and smoked would you smoke too?
Not all. There are several examples to be found of people living to 100 who had a drink (or more) every day of their adult lives. I've even seen some quoted as attributing their long life to that drink. Mind you, there's little evidence to support that, but it was their belief.
I don't know any link you want to relax your muscles from top to bottom sinking rooting sinking more, sinking more and more, eventually the legs will feel like hot lava moving down the leg.
I have done the XingYi Pi Chuan on the beach for 1 miles non-stop.That's 5280 feet. Since 1 XIngYi Pi Chuan takes less than 5 feet distance. That 1 miles training can be more than 1,000 reps. I can't do the long fist kick-punch drill for that many reps.
hot lava, that's a different take, I was trying to be water
Hot lava is reference to the qi and pressure building up in the legs it will make your legs spring. Basically by using an extreme you take a different shape and get a different type of energy that is not found in most external style
that's the link m looking for that explains the underpinning philosophyOf internal arts that you keep eluding to in your post
I would say in the case of xingyiquan san ti shi yes, gao style Baguazhang yes, however could not say for other internal arts or families, I don't see this extreme in Chen taijiquan or so much in liang Baguazhang and from Wang shu jins line.
I actually train like that sometimes. I can tell when it's time to stop or change gears because the technique begins to feel less committed and I begin to feel like I'm at a greater risk for injury if I continue. By less committed, I mean that either my mind or body isn't on focus. Things like abnormal discomfort or weakness are good reasons to stop or switch up the exercises.
Baguazhang is more focused on internal, the movement comes from the constant rotation of waist and spine. My sifu also trained in Wing chun under Lo Man Kam who thought of it as more internal but I never been interested in center line as Taijiquan and Xingyiquan deal with that. Baguazhang is more focused on off center line angling movement to basically get behind an opponent.
Baguazhang is more focused on internal, the movement comes from the constant rotation of waist and spine. My sifu also trained in Wing chun under Lo Man Kam who thought of it as more internal but I never been interested in center line as Taijiquan and Xingyiquan deal with that. Baguazhang is more focused on off center line angling movement to basically get behind an opponent.
