It is a type of Kungfu, simple in appearance, with a very direct and deep development regarding its achievements.

It is strongly fight oriented. Many of the great fighters from the last period of imperial China practiced this style.

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An important characteristic is the short time it takes for its practitioners to master the concept of Fajing (发 劲) or "explosive emission of force". This feature has become the hallmark of this style.

 

Training practice begins with maintaining a static posture from short to gradually longer periods of time.

This strengthens the overall body structure, while also teaching it to relax the large muscle groups.

The more this musculature relaxes, the greater the potential of explosive force they will be able to generate.

It also serves to learn the correct positioning of the body, refine the respiratory work and focus the mind.

This posture is called Santishi (三 體 勢), which can be translated as "the potential of the three bodies".

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One of the most well-known and practiced elements of Xingyiquan is the “five-phase boxing” or Wuxingquan (五行 拳) method. These are five different ways to express power in one hit. That is, five types of body mechanisms, not five specific techniques, as many practitioners today believe it refers to.

 

12 animal techniques and ways of handling of various weaponry are also practiced - all following the general theory of the five basic mechanisms.