Hsing-I: Chinese Mind-Body Boxing, intitially published in 1974, was one of the first books on the subject in Engish and has remained one of the best. A wealth of knowledge is compiled here form the author's tutelage under some of Taiwan's most famous and proficient martial artists.

Within this book you will find:

The history and meaning of Hsing-I Ch'uan
The fundamental posture requirements
Detailed instruction in the five forms: splitting, crushing, driling, pounding,and crossing
Fighting functions of the five forms
The twelve animal styles
The consecutive-step Yunnan Boxing Form
Advice from the masters

Robert W. Smith is one of America's great pioneers in the Asian martial arts and has written numerous books and articles on these ancient fighting traditions. Smith is the author of Pa-Kua: Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-Defense and Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods, also available from North Atlantic Books. He lives in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Contents

Preface
1 The name and the history
2 Hsing-i and internal boxing
3 The primary requirements
4 The five basic actions
A. The preliminaries
B. The heart ot the matter
Splitting
Crushing
Drilling
Pounding
Crossing
C. Linking the five forms
D. The function of the five forms
E. Functions equated to the five elements
5 The twelve styles
6 Consecutive step Yunnan Boxing
A. The form
B. The function
7 Advice from the masters