The Xingyi Boxing Manual: Hebei Style's Five Principles and Seven Words

by John Groschwitz (Translator), Jin Yunting

Famed for its clear-minded, unstoppable practitioners, the martial art of Xingyi is known for both its street fighting quality and its spiritual practice. Written in China before World War II and never previously available in English, this is an invaluable illustrated guide for today's practitioner of this traditional martial art. Coming directly from an eighth-generation practitioner of a famous lineage, this book is a distillation of the knowledge and experience of many of the major figures in the history of Xingyi boxing. It offers a rare and unique perspective on the martial and healing aspects of the internal art of Xingyi Quan.

Genres: Martial Arts

96 pages, Paperback

First published March 2, 2004

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is so much bad information on martial-arts that I like to go back to original source material. This book is a very rare glimpse into this truly authentic Chinese style of 'boxing'. It is nice to see this translation. External and internal principles are addressed and explained. Of interest to anyone seeking to further their knowledge of authentic fighting styles.

[Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

The translator is my teacher, so I'm biased

[Alberto · Rating 5 out of 5]

This little book is packed with insight and information.

[Errol Orhan · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a book it does not get any better than this. I believe the source material was meant to be 'read' alongside instruction from a competent teacher. There are some valuable videos online but I would recommend having a look at Byron Jacobs' videos as he covers the five fists in ten minute primers of his Mu Shin Martial Culture Channel. He incorporates quotes from this book to illustrate stances and movements.