Showing posts with label San Ti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Ti. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The Simple, Versatile Xingyi Pi Chuan



I really like how this guy takes one seemingly simple posture, the "Pi Chuan" or splitting fist and works in so many variations. When you hold the posture still for meditation or strength training, it's called "San Ti", referring to three alignments.

When moving and changing from left to right and back, it's called Pi Chuan:


A very creative use of a seemingly simple posture...