Originally Posted by
jack
Indeed the standing practice & San Ti stance are as tortuous as standing in an eskimo suit in Death Valley.
But is there any way to replace them?
There are ways to get around it sortof.. but what you make without them isn't xingyi
Kinda like.. "Can you make a cake without flour?"
"Well yes.. but then it's a torte!".
"The first stage is to get the Gang( hard, solid power). every movement should be done with full power and in hard way, also need to get the twisting and wrapping power, whole body's tendon and bones need to be stretched to get the Gang( hard) power. "
-Bi Tianzou -