Healing posts - Basics of Testing force & steps in Yiquan Yao Chengguang Yiquan Combat Science(1)

As Yiquan (or Dachengquan) is based on the practice of post standing or zhan zhuang, Yao’s method is also focusing in this first video on the training of Healing posts or yang sheng zhuang, the fondamentals in Testing force and steps. Largely recognized for its health nenefits, Healing posts are also the necessary basis before training Combat as they are the first “layer“ in setting up a whole body and yet unified power but also the required mental/bodyrelaxation within the post. Selection of the most important stances: standing/sitting/lying. In accordance to the principle of minimum movements or rather from non-moving to moving, Yao introduces already in this first video, testing force which will help the practitioner to extend the spatial dimension of his issuing internal power but still within healing application.