Product Description

This is the most complete book on the art of xing yi (hsing Yi) available. It includes the complete xing yi history and lineage going back eight generations; manuscripts handed down from famous practitioners Dai Long Bang and Li Neng Ran; 16 health maintenance and power development exercises; qigong (chi kung) exerices; xing yi long spear power training exercises; and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29820 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 200 pages

Customer Reviews

One of the great internal martial arts books
This book will not teach you Wu Xing (the five fists of Xing Yi) or any of the animal forms and linking forms. It won't teach you how to fight. It is NOT another "chi gong" book. As the title states, it is "nei-gong" (roughly, "internal work" or "internal exercise") and it is specifically attached to one of the most effective of Chinese internal kung-fu styles, Xing Yi Quan. The historical, biographical and introductory material is excellent and valuable to anyone interested in martial arts, Chinese culture or exercise for health benefits. The exercises themselves are well-sequenced and, unlike so many other books like it (martial arts, yoga, or otherwise), the directions will actually show you how to do the exercises on your own. It still would help to have a highly-experienced teacher such as Tim Cartmell review them with you.

I practice Xing Yi and I do this nei-gong every day. It has deepened my practice and increased my power in a way that decades of hatha yoga couldn't. I recommend this book without reservation to anyone who wants radiant good health (or who wants to hit harder). Wang Ji Wu died at 100. The book pictures a number of Xing Yi masters who lived into their 90s (through the Cultural Revolution - quite a feat!). This nei-gong and this book can do the same for you.

A lifetime of health
I have had this book for ten years and have been practicing the exercises daily for roughly that amount of time as well. Though I was never really a practitioner of the internal arts, I have a clear understanding of Chi-development.I notice that alot of the readers reviews state that they are practitioners of Xing Yi and for that purpose,this book is helpful in many ways. However, this book is not just for the Xing Yi student,it can be utilized just for the exercises alone as the book states.In the book there are case studies of different types of people most of whom arent martial artists and they have benefited greatly from these easy to learn exercises. If you are student of Xing Yi or any art and have at least some knowledge of chi-Gong and want to do exercises that will give you a lifetime of health and vibrancy, then this book is for you.This book is by far my most prized book. The exercises are easy to do and learn,and with consistent practice can give you a good sense of well being.

Global coverage of Xingyiquan
Tim Cartmell is always a must have when it comes to martial arts. But this book is very well written. He doesn't do what so many writers do. He gives parameters of what is and what is not acceptable in Xingyiquan. And not "HARD and FAST on what Xingyiquan is all about.
He allows the art to speak for itself.
This book is for anyone of any style Xingyiquan who is looking to better him or herself in this amazing Chinese Internal Martial Art.