Dai Family Xinyiquan - 1985 - Early Footage Ma Erniu, Wang Yinghai, Gao Xiquan
"Rare footage of early Dai Family Xinyiquan from Qi County, the cradle and until now the center of the style. The video features two famous disciples of Dai Kui: Ma Erniu (1906-?) and Wang Yinghai (1926-2012), as well as Gao Xiquan (1948-2017), son of Gao Shengzhen (another disciple of Dai Kui).
Apart from the common parts of the
system - Five Elements Fists and Ten (Animal) Shapes - less known methods are
also presented, including the famous Three Fists, Seven Canons and Five
Shoulder (Strikes), as well as a few very rare routines.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of
the demonstrations are differences in the signature movement of the system -
the Body Method. The core method of Dai style is the Squatting Monkey exercise,
which trains Contracting and Expanding (Shu-Zhan) of the body. While Gao Xiquan
presents very standard - clear and obvious - Body Method which most of the
practitioners nowadays display, Ma Erniu's body shows hardly any Contracting
and Expanding. Sun Yemin, Song style Xinyiquan practitioner and a researcher of
the history of Xinyi/Xingyi, who spent many years in Shanxi in the 80s,
speculated that Dai Kui had probably changed the training methods of the family
system after working as the martial arts instructor for Yan Xishan's army in
Inner Mongolia. The main change was done to the Squatting Monkey exercise
- making the range of the movement
bigger. This could also explain why Contracting/Expanding is not very
pronounced in Xingyiquan of Li Luoneng.
While this is only speculation, there is general agreement that Ma Erniu's method is very valid - and Ma was very respected in Qi County.
On another note: Ma Erniu was famous
for his hard power - while the general principle in Dai Family practice is to
release power (use hard power, so-called "fast power"), he could
release power with each movement. This was apparently linked to the fact that
he began his studies of Dai style Xinyiquan very early, as a boy, and never
married.
00:50-02:01 - "Ten Lines of Zha
Shi" (Crushing Postures). Most other disciples of Dai Kui practice either
4 or 5 lines, Ma Erniu was the only one who taught 10 lines of the routine.
This is the longest routine of the system and contains movements from Praying
Mantis system which Dai clan learnt from Jin Shikui.
02:02-02:28 - "Essentials of Ten
Methods". Rare routine based on the basic theory of Xinyiquan attributed
to Cao Jiwu (Ji Longfeng's disciple)
02:29-03:15 - "Boxing Method of
Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Eight Military Formations" routine. Very rare
routine based on using military formations, following eight trigrams patterns,
on the battlefield. Shi Xiongba, another disciple of Dai Kui, revealed the
detailed theory as well as the names of the movements of the routine during the
Wushu Survey conducted in early 1980s.
03:16-03:44 - Dantian Squatting AKA
Squatting Monkey, most important method of the system. Gao demoes it in both
the slow and fast manners.
03:45-04:18 - Dantian Shifting AKA as
Footwork
04:22-04:45 - Dantian Shooting
04:47-05:19 - Dantian Smashing
05:20-06:05 - Three Fists (Drilling,
Wrapping, Treading)
06:07-06:45 - Five Elements Fists
06:46-07:01 - Horizontal Fist
07:02-07:09 - Crushing Fist
07:10-07:15 - Canon Fist
07:16-07:25 - Drilling Fist
07:26-07:49 - Dragon (Shape)
07:50-08:03 - Tiger
08:04-08:28 - Monkey
08:30-08:44 - Horse
08:45-08:56 - Snake
08:57-09:14 - Bear
09:15-09:30 - (Sparrow) Hawk
09:31-09:40 - Swallow
09:41-09:50 - Eagle
09:51-10:07 - Rooster
10:08-10:38 - Canon of Piercing the
Sky
10:40-11:08 - Canon of Digging the
Ground
11:18-11:31 - Linked Canons
11:32-11:53 - Canon of Chasing the
Wind
11:54-12:14 - Canon of Capturing the
Sides
12:15-12:30 - Canon of Touching the
Side
12:31-12:56 - Hawk (Shape) Shoulder
12:59-13:25 - Ploughing Shoulder
13:26-13:50 - Crossed-shaped Shoulder
13:51-14:20 - Wind Wrapping Shoulder
14:21-14:45 - Falling Slope Shoulder
More information about Dai Family Xinyiquan:
Dai Family Xinyiquan - The Origins and
Development: http://www.chinafrominside.com/ma/xyxy/daihistory.html
Dai Family Xinyiquan - Technical
Characteristics: http://www.chinafrominside.com/ma/xyxy/daitech1.html
Please note that the explanation on the soundtrack not always point at the movements that are performed at the moment, hence I provided the above details for easier navigation.
For more information about traditional martial arts of China please visit:
www.ChinaFromInside.com
Source:https://tv.sohu.com/v/cGwvNTQ4MzM1Mi81MzY5MDU1OS5zaHRtbA==.html"
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