《南北拳术教范》李存义

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李存义（1847年-1921年），原名存毅，字肃堂，后改名存义，字忠元。生于清道光二十七年，河北省深县南小营村人。少时家贫，以帮人赶车为生，及长习长短拳技并周游各地。中年师从形意拳名家刘奇兰学艺，后至京与程廷华等为友，并兼从董海川习八卦掌，其八卦掌技艺多为程廷华所授。曾任两江总督督标把总，后至保定开设万通镖局，兼收徒授艺。
1900年，李先生以53岁之龄，毅然投身义和团，手持单刀上阵，奋起抗击外敌，一时间，”单刀李”之名不胫而走。晚年弃镖行，专志授徒。宣统三年（1911），与叶云表在津创办中华武士会。后任教上海精武体育会、南洋公学院（交通大学前身）等地。先生生前，于北方武术界威望甚高。
1921年去世，终年74岁。著名弟子有黄柏年、郝恩光、尚云祥、马玉堂、李星阶、傅剑秋、陈泮岭、田鸿业、薛颠等。
李存义（1847年～1921年），字忠元，清末深州（今深州市）南小营村人。他出身贫寒，自幼爱好武术。20岁时向刘奇兰、郭云深学形意拳，还从董海川学八卦掌。精研数十年，实力大进，名扬武林，又精于刀术，故有“单刀李”之称。曾在北京打败号称世界第一的白人力士，获得政府赐予的一等金质奖章。他为人厚道，轻财好义，与武林名家大刀王五、程廷华等过从甚密，与“闪电手”张占魁情同手足。光绪十六年（1890年），李存义在军人刘坤一帐下教士兵练武，屡建功绩。后到保定开万通镖局。他一把单刀，所向披靡，无人敢劫他的镖。因存义从不看重钱财，镖局终因资本不足而关闭。1900年去山西向宋世荣老师求教内功并与宋铁麟先生交流武技获益匪浅，返河北后与其师兄弟交流，武功大有长进。八国联军侵华时，53岁的李存义参加义和团，奋勇杀敌，每战必先。他曾率众夜袭天津老龙头火车站，痛杀守站俄兵。义和团失败后李存义先生在刘快庄暂避,教了一批弟子。一次，李存义单身一人在涿州遇上一名强盗，强盗用大棍向他猛打，竟一下也打不着，存义不慌不忙，还不时用手中的小柳枝划强盗眼睛，强盗累得气喘吁吁，只得跪地求饶。一年夏天，存义坐大车从外地回家，在武强县遇上一伙歹人行劫。存义手摇一把纸扇，说：“要银子有的是，请你们自己上车拿吧。”一个歹人跳上车，存义将纸扇轻轻一抖，即把歹人打下车去。又一人跳上车，存义一挥手，这人又趴在车上。领头的认出是“单刀李”，赶紧上前赔礼认错。民国元年（1912年），李存义在天津创办北方最大的民间武术团体—-中华武士会，亲任会长，教授形意拳。沧州刘某善用大杆，能用杆尖将碡碌挑起，在沧州设拳场多处。他找李存义比武，问李用什么器械。李答：“我要用器械，就不任此会长了。”刘某大怒，用杆尖用力向李存义腹部挑去。李存义竟然上前一步，运气用腹部顶住杆尖，大杆弯曲成弧状。刘某大惭，回沧州关闭了拳场。李存义闻讯后，亲往沧州与刘某讲和，并帮他恢复了拳场。之后，李存义应约到上海精武体育会教拳。
李存义参考《五行拳谱》、《连环拳谱》及谭腿而创编了十六路的《拳术教范》，又编写了《刺杀拳谱》，对推广形意拳做出突出贡献。他晚年在家乡南小营村传授拳术，村前街、后街都设有练武场，村民习拳练武蔚然成风。李存义教授门徒数百人，较著名的有尚云祥、黄柏年、周玉祥、王俊臣、李彩亭、李耀亭、马振玉、郝恩光、李文豹、傅剑秋、马玉堂、陈泮岭、田鸿业、薛颠等。
为李存义先生之关门弟子，北大学生时期即利用课余时间前往李老隐居之山上从学，钻研形意门之拳械功夫。
形意拳本名心意六合拳或意拳，由明末武将山西姬隆丰所创，姬隆丰擅大枪，由枪法变拳法，且融入少林拳精华，创五行十形之心意六合拳。而后河北李洛能将心意拳改称形意拳，风格也与原心意拳不同。原心意拳者多弓步侧身，形意拳则为。特有之三七步，而增，鼍两形为十二形拳。形意拳者，象形取意，老祖宗的哲学观中，五行金，水，木，火，土为天地之组成元素，由易之无极生太极两仪四象后，再形成五行，谈中国玄学山医命卜相则不能不论五行，老祖宗以五行来分类天地万物，堪舆学中以阳宅外观分类为五形宅，论其生克制化，而拳法家将拳势归类为五行，如鹤拳的五形手．而形意拳祖宗将攻守之法分为五行即劈，躜，崩，炮，横。另外形意拳即为由枪所创之拳，则与枪法又脱不了关系，五行拳势中，具备枪法拦拿札之意，以滚动之浑圆力为主，有压，挑，劈，崩，进，抖……等等枪法之术。
而形意拳于五行之基础外，又加十二形之飞禽走兽，所谓天地五行，万物十二形之组合，五行则东方甲乙木，南方丙丁火，中央戍己土，西方庚金辛，北方壬癸水为十天干之数，十二形则十二地支之数。中国人有十二生肖象十二时辰，形意以十二拳龙形，虎形，猴形，马形，猴形，鼍形，鸡形，鹞形，燕形，蛇形，鹰形，熊形，然万物莫不由天地阴阳五行之气所化，因此十二形之基础在于五行拳，而五行又由四象，三才，两仪，太极所生，因此五行拳之基在于三体式，形意之五行十二形诸拳式莫不由三体式所化。如三体式化作劈拳，劈拳有正劈拳与反劈拳，龙形，鹰形即反劈掌所化。形意拳中五行为正，而十二形为奇，奇正相生，循环无端。
而形意拳托附达摩，岳武穆所创是否如此，习者不必追究，交给历史学家去考证，所谓达摩西来一字无，全凭心意用功夫，任何学问莫不由心意而成就。故古人推功于达摩，岳飞等的精神罢了。形意拳之短打直进用于战阵中最为适合，无花俏之招法，长劲亦是最快。两军交战，千军万马中，要能有闪转腾挪之地不易，只有直行直进，走亦打，打亦走，如黄河之决堤。
因此陈师早年曾将形意拳送军中审核为莒拳之战斗拳技形意拳之传授仅习五行与七星连环拳，李存义先生虽补足形意门之拳艺，然其教授仅注重五行与连环。五行与连环可谓形意拳必修之科目，而十二形拳古之形意名家有仅习一形或数形者，因十二形是高级之科目，无五行基础，十二形无法练好，五行练得好，对于十二形则能易于体会．古云教拳不教步，教步打师父，七星连环有形意步法与身法奥妙，有迷踪拳之称。
形意五行连环拳-黄连顺示例 ~传自陈泮岭宗师《前中央国术馆副馆长》
拳经云，静为本体，动为作用，寂然不动，感而遂通，是化劲练神还虚之用也。明暗劲之体用，是将周身四肢松开，神气缩回而沉于丹田，内外合成一气，再将两目视定彼之两目或四肢，自己不动而为体也。若是发动，刚柔曲直，纵横圜研，虚实之劲，起落进退，闪辗伸缩等变化之法，此皆为用也。此是与人相较之时，分析体用之意义也。若论形意拳本旨之体用，是自己练趟子为之体，与人相较之时，按练时而应之为之用也，虚实变化不自专用，因彼之所发之形式而生之也。
练习拳术，刚柔、虚实、巧拙不可不察也。刚者有明刚，有暗刚，柔者有明柔，有暗柔也，明刚者，未与人交手时，周身动作、神气皆露于外，若是相较，彼一用力抓住吾手，如同刚钩一般，气力似透于骨，自觉身体如同被人捆住一般，此是明劲之内劲也。暗刚者，与人相较，动作如平常，起落动作亦极和顺，两手相交，彼之手指软似棉，用意一抓，神气不只透于骨髓，而且牵连心中如同触电一般，此是暗劲中之内劲也。明柔者，视此人之形式动作，毫无力气，若是知者视之，虽身体柔软无有力气，然而身体动作，身轻如羽，内外如一，神气周身并无一毫散乱之处，与彼交手时，抓之似有，再用手或打或撞而又似无，此人又毫不用意于己，此时明柔中之内劲也。暗柔者，视之神气威严，如同泰山，若与人相较，两手相交，其转动如钢球，手方到此人之身似硬，一用力打去，则彼身中又极灵活，手如同鳔胶相似，胳膊如同钢丝条一般，能将人以粘住或缠住，自己觉着诸方法不能得手，此人又无有一时格外用力，总是一气流行，此是暗柔中之内劲也。此是余与人道艺相交，两人相较之经验也。以后学者若遇此四形式之人，量自己道理之深浅，神气之厚薄而相较量。若是自己不能被彼之神气欺住，可以与彼相较；若是睹面先被彼之神气罩住，自己先惧一头，就不可与彼较量。若无求道之心则已，若是有求道之心，只可虚心而恭敬之，以求其道也。兵法云，知己知彼，百战不殆，能如此视人，能如此待人，可以能无敌于天下也。并非人人能胜方为英雄也。虚实巧拙者，是彼此两人一见面数言就要相较，察彼之身形高矮，动作灵活不灵活，又看彼之神气厚薄，一动一静言谈之中，是内家是外家，先不可骤然取胜于人，先用虚手以探试之，等彼之动作，或虚或实，或巧活拙，一露行迹，胜败可以知其大概矣。被人所败不必言矣，若是胜于人亦是道理中之胜人也。就是被人所败，亦不能用奸诈之心也。余所以练拳一生，总是以道服人也。以上诸先师亦常言之，亦是余一生所经验之事也，以后学者，虽然不用奸诈，不可不防奸诈，不然时常被人所欺也。
形意名家李存义先生: 形意拳，发源于山西。由姬隆丰传于山西祁县戴龙邦，及河南马学礼；戴龙邦又传河北涂州李洛能；于是形意拳在国内分别为山西，河南、河北三大主脉。李洛能传郭云深、刘奇兰；刘奇兰传李存义；李存义传尚云祥、傅剑秋、薛颠等。其中最足道者，为清咸丰年间郭云深先生与八卦传授人董海川先生，在京都比武三日，互相订交，所以郭云深先生擅形意之名，誉满两京。惟郭云深先生尚仅习得形意拳五行，环，及十二形之半，后由李存义先生，重访山西祁县，始得全艺而归，于是形意拳在河北一脉中，补足了形意十二形、安身炮、杂式锤、八式等。形意拳属河北一脉之能发扬光大着，李存义先生之功不小。
形意拳为内家三拳之一，打法多直行直进，与八卦之横走，太极之中定有显著之差别．
李存义（1847年—1921年），字忠元，清末深州（今深州市）南小营村人。
他出身贫寒，自幼爱好武术。20岁时向刘奇兰、郭云深学形意拳，还从董海川学八卦掌。精研数十年，实力大进，名扬武林，又精于刀术，故有“单刀李”之称。曾在北京打败号称世界第一的白人力士，获得政府赐予的一等金质奖章。他为人厚道，轻财好义，与武林名家大刀王五、程廷华等过从甚密，与“闪电手”张占魁情同手足。
光绪十六年（1890年），李存义在军人刘坤一帐下教士兵练武，屡建功绩。后到保定开万通镖局。他一把单刀，所向披靡，无人敢劫他的镖。八国联军侵华时，53岁的李存义参加义和团，奋勇杀敌，每战必先。他曾率众夜袭天津老龙头火车站，痛杀守站俄兵。
一次，李存义单身一人在涿州遇上一名强盗，强盗用大棍向他猛打，竟一下也打不着，存义不慌不忙，还不时用手中的小柳枝划强盗眼睛，强盗累得气喘吁吁，只得跪地求饶。一年夏天，存义坐大车从外地回家，在武强县遇上一伙歹人行劫。存义手摇一把纸扇，说：“要银子有的是，请你们自己上车拿吧。”一个歹人跳上车，存义将纸扇轻轻一抖，即把歹人打下车去。又一人跳上车，存义一挥手，这人又趴在车上。领头的认出是“单刀李”，赶紧上前赔礼认错。因存义从不看重钱财，镖局终因资本不足而关闭。民国元年(1912年)，李存义在天津创办北方最大的民间武术团体一中华武士会，亲任会长，教授形意拳。沧州刘某善用大杆，能用杆尖将碡碌挑起，在沧州设拳场多处。他找李存义比武，问李用什么器械。李答：“我要用器械，就不任此会长了。”刘某大怒，用杆尖用力向李存义腹部挑去。李存义竟然上前一步，运气用腹部顶住杆尖，大杆弯曲成弧状。刘某大惭，回沧州关闭了拳场。李存义闻讯后，亲往沧州与刘某讲和，并帮他恢复了拳场。之后，李存义应约到上海精武体育会教拳。
李存义参考《五行拳谱》、《连环拳谱》及谭腿而创编了十六路的《拳术教范》，又编写了《刺杀拳谱》，对推广形意拳做出突出贡献。
他晚年在家乡南小营村传授拳术，村前街、后街都设有练武场，村民习拳练武蔚然成风。李存义教授门徒数百人，较著名的有尚云祥、黄柏年、周玉祥、王俊臣、孙禄堂、褚桂亭、李彩亭、李耀亭、马振玉、郝恩光、李文豹等。民国10年（1921年），李存义保镖于郑州（今任丘市），因病逝世，安葬于南小营村，终年74岁。
1.李存义单身一人在涿州遇上一名强盗，强盗用大棍向他猛打，竟一下也打不着，存义不慌不忙，还不时用手中的小柳枝划强盗眼睛，强盗累得气喘吁吁，只得跪地求饶。

一年夏天，存义坐大车从外地回家，在武强县遇上一伙歹人行劫。存义手摇一把纸扇，说：“要银子有的是，请你们自己上车拿吧。”一个歹人跳上车，存义将纸扇轻轻一抖，即把歹人打下车去。又一人跳上车，存义一挥手，这人又趴在车上。领头的认出是“单刀李”，赶紧上前赔礼认错。
沧州刘某善用大杆，能用杆尖将碡碌挑起，在沧州设拳场多处。他找李存义比武，问李用什么器械。李答：“我要用器械，就不任此会长了。”刘某大怒，用杆尖用力向李存义腹部挑去。李存义竟然上前一步，运气用腹部顶住杆尖，大杆弯曲成弧状。刘某大惭，回沧州关闭了拳场。李存义闻讯后，亲往沧州与刘某讲和，并帮他恢复了拳场。
Li Cunyi (1847-1921), originally named Cunyi with the name Sutang, was later renamed Cunyi with the name Zhongyuan. Born in Nanxiaoying Village, Shen County, Hebei Province in the 27th year of the Qing Dynasty’s Daoguang reign. When I was young, I was poor and made a living by helping people drive cars. I also learned long and short boxing skills and traveled around the world. He studied under the middle-aged master of Xingyi Quan, Liu Qilan, and later became friends with Cheng Tinghua and others in Beijing. He also studied Bagua Palm from Dong Haichuan, and his Bagua Palm skills were mostly taught by Cheng Tinghua. Formerly served as the Governor General of Liangjiang, and later opened the Wantong Escort Agency in Baoding, where he also received apprentices and taught skills.

In 1900, at the age of 53, Mr. Li resolutely joined the Boxer Rebellion, wielding a single sword to fight against foreign enemies. For a while, the name “single sword Li” spread widely. In his later years, he abandoned his escort business and devoted himself to teaching apprentices. In the third year of Xuantong (1911), he and Ye Yunbiao founded the Chinese Samurai Association in Tianjin. Later, he taught at Shanghai Jingwu Sports Association, Nanyang Public College (predecessor of Jiaotong University), and other places. Before his death, the gentleman had a high reputation in the martial arts industry in the north.

He passed away in 1921 at the age of 74. Famous disciples include Huang Bonian, Hao Enguang, Shang Yunxiang, Ma Yutang, Li Xingjie, Fu Jianqiu, Chen Panling, Tian Hongye, Xue Ding, and others.

Li Cunyi (1847-1921), also known as Zhongyuan, was born in Nanxiaoying Village, Shenzhou (now Shenzhou City) in the late Qing Dynasty. He came from a poor background and has been fond of martial arts since childhood. At the age of 20, he learned Xingyi Fist from Liu Qilan and Guo Yun, and also learned Bagua Palm from Dong Haichuan. After decades of intensive research, his strength has greatly improved, he is famous in the martial arts world, and he is proficient in swordsmanship, hence he is known as the “Single Blade Li”. He once defeated the white warrior who claimed to be the world’s number one in Beijing and was awarded a first-class gold medal by the government. He is a kind person who values wealth and righteousness. He has a close relationship with famous martial arts experts such as Da Dao Wang Wu and Cheng Tinghua, and shares the same brotherhood as the “lightning hand” Zhang Zhankui. In the 16th year of the Guangxu reign (1890), Li Cunyi taught soldiers martial arts under the command of Liu Kun, a soldier, and repeatedly achieved great achievements. Later, open Wantong Escort Agency in Baoding. He is a single sword, invincible, and no one dares to rob his darts. Due to Cunyi never valuing money, the escort agency was eventually closed due to insufficient capital. In 1900, he went to Shanxi to seek internal skills from Mr. Song Shirong and benefited greatly from exchanging martial arts skills with Mr. Song Tielin. After returning to Hebei, he communicated with his martial brothers and made great progress in martial arts. When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Li Cunyi, 53, joined the Boxer Rebellion and fought the enemy bravely. He once led a night raid on Tianjin Laolongtou Railway Station, killing the Russian soldiers guarding the station. After the failure of the Boxer Rebellion, Mr. Li Cunyi took refuge in Liu Kuaizhuang and taught a group of disciples. Once, Li Cunyi, alone in Zhuozhou, encountered a robber. The robber hit him with a big stick, but couldn’t hit him at all. Cunyi remained calm and occasionally scratched the robber’s eyes with a small willow branch in his hand. The robber was gasping for breath and had to kneel down to beg for mercy. One summer, Cunyi drove home from another place and encountered a gang of robbers in Wuqiang County. Cunyi shook a paper fan and said, “If you have enough silver, please get in the car and get it yourself.” A villain jumped into the car, and Cunyi gently shook the paper fan to knock the villain out of the car. Another person jumped onto the car, Cunyi waved his hand, and this person was lying on the car again. The leader recognized “Single Blade Li” and quickly went forward to apologize and admit his mistake. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Li Cunyi founded the largest folk martial arts group in northern China, the Chinese Samurai Association, in Tianjin. He personally served as the president and taught Xingyi Fist. Cangzhou Liu is skilled in using a large pole and can lift the wheel of a cart with the tip of the pole. He has set up multiple boxing courts in Cangzhou. He approached Li Cunyi for a martial arts competition and asked him what equipment he used. Li replied, “If I want to use an instrument, I won’t let it grow anymore.” Liu was furious and used the tip of his pole to forcefully thrust at Li Cunyi’s abdomen. Li Cunyi unexpectedly took a step forward and luckily pressed his belly against the tip of the pole, bending the big pole into an arc. Liu was greatly ashamed and returned to Cangzhou to close the boxing ring. After hearing the news, Li Cunyi personally went to Cangzhou to make peace with Liu and helped him restore the boxing ring. Afterwards, Li Cunyi was invited to teach boxing at the Shanghai Jingwu Sports Association.

Li Cunyi referred to the “Five Elements Fist Manual”, “Chain Fist Manual”, and Tan Leg to create the 16th Route “Fist Teaching Model”, and also wrote the “Assassination Fist Manual”, making outstanding contributions to the promotion of Xingyi Fist. In his later years, he taught martial arts in his hometown Nanxiaoying Village. There were martial arts training centers in both the front and back streets of the village, making it a common practice for villagers to practice martial arts. Professor Li Cunyi has hundreds of disciples, including famous ones such as Shang Yunxiang, Huang Bainian, Zhou Yuxiang, Wang Junchen, Li Caiting, Li Yaoting, Ma Zhenyu, Hao Enguang, Li Wenbao, Fu Jianqiu, Ma Yutang, Chen Panling, Tian Hongye, Xue Ding, etc.

As a close disciple of Mr. Li Cunyi, during his student years at Peking University, he used his spare time to study the martial arts of the Xingyi Sect on the mountain where Li Laoyin lived.

The original name of Xingyi Boxing is Xinyi Liuhe Boxing or Yiquan, which was created by Ji Longfeng, a military general in Shanxi at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Ji Longfeng was good at big guns, changed from marksmanship to boxing, and integrated into the essence of Shaolin Boxing to create five elements and ten forms of Xinyi Liuhe Boxing. Later, Hebei Li Luoneng renamed Xinyi Quan as Xingyi Quan, and the style was also different from the original Xinyi Quan. Genxin Yi Quan often involves bowing and turning sideways, while Xingyi Quan does. The unique three or seven steps, and the two forms of the alligator are twelve shaped fists. In the philosophical view of our ancestors, the Five Elements of Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth are the constituent elements of heaven and earth. After the Four Elements of Tai Chi, Two Yi, and Four Elephants are formed from the Infinity of Yi, the Five Elements are formed. When it comes to the divination of Chinese metaphysical mountain medicine, we cannot ignore the Five Elements. Our ancestors classified all things in heaven and earth based on the Five Elements, and in the study of Kanyu, the appearance of Yang Mansions is classified as the Five Elements Mansions. When it comes to their birth and restraint, the Fist Master categorizes the Fist as the Five Elements, Like the five shaped hands of Hequan, the ancestors of Xingyi Fist divided the methods of attack and defense into five elements: splitting, bouncing, collapsing, artillery, and horizontal. In addition, Xingyi Fist, also known as the Fist created with a gun, is closely related to the Gunmanship. In the Five Elements Fist, it has the meaning of Gunmanship to block, capture, and control, with the main focus on the round rolling force. It includes techniques such as pressing, picking, splitting, collapsing, advancing, shaking, and so on.

In addition to the foundation of the Five Elements, Xingyi Fist also includes twelve forms of birds and animals, known as the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth, a combination of the twelve forms of all things. The Five Elements are the Eastern Jia Yi Wood, the Southern Bing Ding Fire, the Central Garrison Earth, the Western Geng Jin Xin, the Northern Ren Gui Water, which is the number of ten heavenly stems, and the Twelve Forms are the number of twelve earthly branches. The Chinese zodiac has twelve zodiac signs resembling twelve hours, which are represented by the twelve fists of dragon, tiger, monkey, horse, monkey, alligator, chicken, kite, swallow, snake, eagle, and bear. However, all things are transformed by the Qi of the yin and yang elements of heaven and earth. Therefore, the foundation of the twelve forms lies in the Five Elements Fist, which is derived from the Four Symbols, Sancai, Liangyi, and Tai Chi. Therefore, the foundation of the Five Elements Fist is in the Three Body Form, The five elements and twelve forms of form and meaning are all transformed by the three postures. The three body style is transformed into a split fist, which includes a forward split fist and a reverse split fist. The dragon shape and eagle shape are transformed into a reverse split palm. In Xingyi Fist, the five forms are positive, while the twelve forms are peculiar, and the odd and positive are interdependent and endless.

And whether the Xingyi Fist was created by Yue Wumu to support the Dharma or not, learners do not need to investigate, and it is left to historians to verify. The so-called Dharma Xilai has no word, and all knowledge is achieved by heart and effort. Therefore, the ancients attributed their achievements to the spirit of Da Mo, Yue Fei, and others. The short and straight strokes of Xingyi Fist are most suitable for use in battle formations, with no fancy moves and the fastest long strength. In a battle between the two armies, it is not easy to have a place to move and move in the midst of thousands of troops. The only way is to go straight and move forward, fight and fight, just like the Yellow River breaking through its banks.

Therefore, in his early years, Chen Shi sent Xingyi Quan to the military for review as the combat boxing technique of Ju Quan. The teaching of Xingyi Quan only studied the Five Elements and Seven Star Chain Fist. Although Mr. Li Cunyi supplemented the martial arts of Xingyi Gate, his professors only focused on the Five Elements and Chain Fist. The Five Elements and Linking can be regarded as a compulsory subject in Xingyi Quan, while in ancient times, there were famous practitioners of Xingyi Quan who only studied one or several forms. As the Twelve Forms were advanced subjects without a foundation in the Five Elements, they could not be practiced well. If the Five Elements were practiced well, it would be easy to experience the Twelve Forms. Gu Yun taught Quan not to teach steps, but to teach steps to hit the master. The Seven Star Linking has the secrets of Xingyi footwork and body method, and is known as the Lost Fist.

Form and Meaning Five Element Chain Fist – Huang Lianshun Example~From Master Chen Panling’s “Former Deputy Director of the Central Chinese Academy of Art”

According to the Fist Classic, stillness is the essence, movement is the function, stillness, and sensation is achieved, which is the use of transforming strength, practicing spirit, and returning emptiness. The use of light and dark energy in the body is to release the limbs around the body, retract the energy, and sink into the elixir field. The internal and external energy is synthesized, and then the two eyes or limbs are fixed, and the body is formed without moving. If it is activated, methods such as rigidity, softness, straightness, vertical and horizontal circular grinding, virtual and real strength, ups and downs, rolling and stretching, etc. are all used. This is the meaning of analyzing the body when compared to humans. If the fundamental purpose of Xingyi Quan is to practice and use it in one’s own way, and when compared to others, it should be used according to the time of practice. The changes in reality and emptiness are not exclusive, but are born out of the form that they produce.

Practicing boxing requires attention to its hardness, softness, virtuality, and clumsiness. The strong have clear hardness, there is dark hardness, the soft have clear softness, there is dark softness. When the clear hardness is not in contact with someone, all the movements and energy around the body are exposed. If compared, the other forcefully grasps my hand, like a hook, with strength penetrating through the bone, and consciously feels like the body is bound by someone. This is the internal strength of the clear strength. Dark Gang, compared to humans, has normal movements and extremely smooth ups and downs. Their hands intersect, and their fingers are soft like cotton. With a deliberate grasp, their aura not only penetrates into the bone marrow, but also touches the heart like an electric shock. This is the internal force of Dark Power. A wise and gentle person, depending on their form and actions, has no strength. If a wise person sees it, although their body is soft and powerless, their body movements are as light as feathers, both inside and outside the same, and their aura is not scattered at all. When dealing with someone, they grasp them as if they are there, and then use their hands to hit or collide with them as if they are not there. This person does not have to pay attention to themselves, and at this time, the strength within the wise and gentle person is also there. The dark soft person looks dignified, like Mount Taishan. If compared with a person, his hands intersect, and his rotation is like a steel ball, his hands seem hard on his body, and if he hits hard, his body is extremely flexible, his hands are like glue in the swim bladder, and his arms are like steel wire strips, which can stick or entangle a person. He feels that he can’t use all kinds of methods, and he does not use any extra force at a time. He is always popular. This is the internal force in the dark soft. This is the intersection of Yu and Humanity Art, and the experience of the two is also compared. In the future, if scholars encounter these four forms of people, they will compare the depth of their own principles and the thickness of their aura. If one cannot be deceived by their aura, one can compare with them; If you are covered by the aura of the other person before seeing your face, and you are afraid of one head first, then you cannot compete with them. If there is no desire to seek the Tao, then it is already there. If there is a desire to seek the Tao, one can only humbly and respectfully seek its way. The military strategy is to know oneself and the enemy, to be invincible in all battles, to be able to treat others in such a way, and to be invincible in the world. Not everyone can win as a hero. A person who is skilled and clumsy in both reality and virtuality is someone who, as soon as they meet, will compare their physical height and movements, whether they are flexible or not, and also observe their aura and thickness. In a conversation of movement and stillness, it is a matter of whether they are internal or external, and one should not suddenly win over others. First, use their empty hands to test them. When their actions are either virtual or real, or skillfully and clumsily, and their deeds are revealed, their victory or defeat can be determined. It is not necessary to say that one has been defeated by others. If one is superior to others, it is also a victory in the doctrine. Even if defeated by others, one cannot use a deceitful heart. I have practiced martial arts all my life, always using the Tao to persuade others. As the predecessors mentioned above often say, it is also something that I have experienced in my lifetime. Although scholars in the future do not need to be deceitful, they must guard against it, otherwise they will often be deceived by others.

Mr. Li Cunyi, a renowned figure and meaning expert, said that Xingyi Fist originated in Shanxi. It was passed down by Ji Longfeng in Dai Longbang, Qixian County, Shanxi Province, and Ma Xueli in Henan Province; Dai Longbang also passed on to Li Luoneng from Tuzhou, Hebei; Therefore, Xingyi Quan has three main branches in China: Shanxi, Henan, and Hebei. Li Luoneng passed on to Guo Yunshen and Liu Qilan; Liu Qilan passed on to Li Cunyi; Li Cunyi passed on to Shang Yunxiang, Fu Jianqiu, Xue Ding, and others. Among them, Mr. Guo Yunshen and Mr. Dong Haichuan, who taught the Eight Trigrams during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, competed in martial arts for three days in Kyoto and made friends with each other. Therefore, Mr. Guo Yunshen was skilled in the name of form and meaning, and was renowned in both capitals. However, Mr. Guo Yunshen only learned the five elements, rings, and half of the twelve forms of Xingyi Quan. Later, Mr. Li Cunyi visited Qixian County, Shanxi Province and returned with all his skills. Therefore, Xingyi Quan supplemented the twelve forms of Xingyi, Ansheng Cannon, miscellaneous hammer, and eight forms in the Hebei branch. Xingyi Quan is a branch of Hebei that can be greatly developed, and Mr. Li Cunyi’s contribution is not small.

Xingyi Quan is one of the three internal martial arts styles, with a striking difference from the horizontal movement of the Eight Trigrams in Tai Chi

Li Cunyi (1847-1921), also known as Zhongyuan, was born in Nanxiaoying Village, Shenzhou (now Shenzhou City) in the late Qing Dynasty.

He came from a poor background and has been fond of martial arts since childhood. At the age of 20, he learned Xingyi Fist from Liu Qilan and Guo Yun, and also learned Bagua Palm from Dong Haichuan. After decades of intensive research, his strength has greatly improved, he is famous in the martial arts world, and he is proficient in swordsmanship, hence he is known as the “Single Blade Li”. He once defeated the white warrior who claimed to be the world’s number one in Beijing and was awarded a first-class gold medal by the government. He is a kind person who values wealth and righteousness. He has a close relationship with famous martial arts experts such as Da Dao Wang Wu and Cheng Tinghua, and shares the same brotherhood as the “lightning hand” Zhang Zhankui.

In the 16th year of the Guangxu reign (1890), Li Cunyi taught soldiers martial arts under the command of Liu Kun, a soldier, and repeatedly achieved great achievements. Later, open Wantong Escort Agency in Baoding. He is a single sword, invincible, and no one dares to rob his darts. When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Li Cunyi, 53, joined the Boxer Rebellion and fought the enemy bravely. He once led a night raid on Tianjin Laolongtou Railway Station, killing the Russian soldiers guarding the station.

Once, Li Cunyi, alone in Zhuozhou, encountered a robber. The robber hit him with a big stick, but couldn’t hit him at all. Cunyi remained calm and occasionally scratched the robber’s eyes with a small willow branch in his hand. The robber was gasping for breath and had to kneel down to beg for mercy. One summer, Cunyi drove home from another place and encountered a gang of robbers in Wuqiang County. Cunyi shook a paper fan and said, “If you have enough silver, please get in the car and get it yourself.” A villain jumped into the car, and Cunyi gently shook the paper fan to knock the villain out of the car. Another person jumped onto the car, Cunyi waved his hand, and this person was lying on the car again. The leader recognized “Single Blade Li” and quickly went forward to apologize and admit his mistake. Due to Cunyi never valuing money, the escort agency was eventually closed due to insufficient capital. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Li Cunyi founded the largest folk martial arts group in northern China, the Chinese Samurai Association, in Tianjin. He personally served as the president and taught Xingyi Fist. Cangzhou Liu is skilled in using a large pole and can lift the wheel of a cart with the tip of the pole. He has set up multiple boxing courts in Cangzhou. He approached Li Cunyi for a martial arts competition and asked him what equipment he used. Li replied, “If I want to use an instrument, I won’t let it grow anymore.” Liu was furious and used the tip of his pole to forcefully thrust at Li Cunyi’s abdomen. Li Cunyi unexpectedly took a step forward and luckily pressed his belly against the tip of the pole, bending the big pole into an arc. Liu was greatly ashamed and returned to Cangzhou to close the boxing ring. After hearing the news, Li Cunyi personally went to Cangzhou to make peace with Liu and helped him restore the boxing ring. Afterwards, Li Cunyi was invited to teach boxing at the Shanghai Jingwu Sports Association.

In his later years, he taught martial arts in his hometown Nanxiaoying Village. There were martial arts training centers in both the front and back streets of the village, making it a common practice for villagers to practice martial arts. Professor Li Cunyi has hundreds of disciples, including famous ones such as Shang Yunxiang, Huang Bainian, Zhou Yuxiang, Wang Junchen, Sun Lutang, Chu Guiting, Li Caiting, Li Yaoting, Ma Zhenyu, Hao Enguang, Li Wenbao, etc. In the 10th year of the Republic of China (1921), Li Cunyi’s bodyguard passed away due to illness in Zhengzhou (now Renqiu City) and was buried in Nanxiaoying Village at the age of 74.

1.Li Cunyi, who was single, encountered a robber in Zhuozhou. The robber hit him fiercely with a big stick, but couldn’t hit him at all. Cunyi was not in a hurry and occasionally scratched the robber’s eyes with a small willow branch in his hand. The robber was gasping for breath and had to kneel down to beg for mercy.

One summer, Cunyi rode a large car home from another place and encountered a gang of robbers in Wuqiang County. Cunyi shook a paper fan and said, “If you have enough silver, please get in the car and get it yourself.” A villain jumped into the car, and Cunyi gently shook the paper fan to knock the villain out of the car. Another person jumped onto the car, Cunyi waved his hand, and this person was lying on the car again. The leader recognized “Single Blade Li” and quickly went forward to apologize and admit his mistake.
Liu in Cangzhou is skilled in using a large pole and can lift the wheel of a cart with the tip of the pole. He has set up multiple boxing courts in Cangzhou. He’s looking for Li Cun