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Master Bo Jia cong is a 3rd generation inheritor of Yi Quan, President of Beijing Yi Quan Research Institute and meber of Beijing Wushu Association.The Bo Jiacong series of 5 instructional videos all with hardcoded English subtitles.Stake ExerciseThe basis of Yi Quan’s practice lies in a series of standing postures where the student “relaxes while practicing, and practices while relaxing”. Recalling its basis in the internal martial arts, Yi Quan starts with stance training that is dynamic and helps develop internal strength for both self defense and health aspects. It is here that health, martial practice and meditation meet.Try ForceIn this DVD the Yi Quan (Mind Boxing) is explored with specific movements. A number of exercises are given with details of structural considerations and proper alignment for creating power. Keeping to the Yi Quan philosophy of simplicity the actions are easy accomplished by the kind of essential movements that could be explored for a lifetime.Single HandIn this disk the Yi Quan (Mind Boxing) is explored with single action movements. A number of exercises are given with details of structural considerations such as body and spinal alignment. Keeping to the Yi Quan philosophy of simplicity the actions are easy accomplished by the kind of essential movements that could be explored for a lifetime.Applying ForceThis is a disk on “Fa Li” or “issuing power” This phase of Yi Quan’s (Mind Boxing) method concentrates on essential martial movements and the proper energy or power issued with their practice. A number of exercises lightly but definitely issue the correct actions for martial application. As is typical of Yi Quan the attempt is to strive for simplicity and motions that are natural yet truthful. This aspect of the training is more martially than health oriented but retains Yi Quan’s directness and accessibility.Free SparringThis aspect of the training, known as “San Shou” which implies “Free Hands” or applied self defense. This is a little more straight forward from the self defense standpoint that its sister method of “Tui Shou” or Push Hands. Yi Quan fighters surprised many people in the 1920’s with their powerful showings in certain tournaments and, at the same time, their deceptively simple methods of training: right out of the heart of their mother system, Xing Yi.