Estevan -> RE: My other passion KUNG FOOO!!!! (Jan. 11 2008 6:01:02)
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xinyi liuhe is the father of xing yi quan, plus i think in xin yi there are alot more varied animal forms. did you do monkey squating, i was shown the exercise and it really works the back and shoulders hard. Xinyi liuhe (I was told) is older than wuxing xingyi, but as far as any direct connection is concerned - as my professor friend would say - "these things are hard to verify". But the two systems can be combined nicely. Xinyi liuhe has 10 basic animals and each of them has three main variations, moving up, down, and horizontal. And there are other movements that aren't any particular animals. I didn't learn a lot of it, but it was really nice. I don't know about 'monkey squatting' as a separate exercise, but there's some monkey stuff in the form and pretty well everything works the back and shoulders hard, never mind the legs! cheers Steve
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