In striking with the fist, it is necessary to stare at the finger tip or fist root, looking around with the posture, but the split vision should still look forward to the far distance - this is the training method to release the mind externally. Master Li said: ‘In training the standing posture, the vision should be far and the eye expression should be released outward. This body consciousness when developed or cultivated is what than commands the outward body shapes, the forms and techniques of Xingyi Quan.Ĭhen Quangong answers him and gives this example: It is a type of "unconscious consciousness" that is an awareness of the internal sensations of the body.
There is a type of Yi which is different from the type used in chi gong where the conscious mind, or the brain is used to direct the qi throughout the body. In the sense of Xingyi it does not mean that the brain is controlling the body but rather that the body has its own consciousness. According to Baidu it means: people apply the knowledge stored in the brain to the activities of thinking about the various feelings of life. "Ideological" however does not make sense but is the closest one can get in English it seems. Which can also be translated as "Ideological Awareness" (which might be a better way for us to think of it). In Chinese it is Yěshì sīxiǎng yìshí 也是思想意识. Part of the difficulty is to understand what is meant by "Ideological Consciousness" since that is not a meaningful phrase in English. Only by a high integration between the consciousness inside the body and the movement of the physical shape can there be Xing Yi Quan.”
The movement of the physical shapes are used to express the purpose of the conscious thought inside the body.
The intention inside the body is used to command the movement of the physical shapes. Only when this consciousness commanding the physical shape is sensed inside the body, can it be the ‘mind’ in Xing Yi Quan. Yi (mind) is also the ideological consciousness, but it is the ideological consciousness to command the internal sensation of the body. Only when this intention is manifested in the physical shape of the body, can it become Xing Yi Quan. Bai Jian Yun: “After listening to the explanation on the concept of Xing Yi Quan from School Uncle, can we understand it this way?: the “Form” in Xing Yi Quan is the physical shape in the boxing art, but not completely the same as the physical shape presented by the body in an ordinary boxing art, because in Xing Yi Quan there is an intention contained inside the body.