Layers of internal training

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Title

Layers of internal training

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Qi (2017), Ripski, Neil.

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Abstract

Internal martial arts has three distinct levels or depths to it, none exclusive of the others but each level more difficult to the next. Wai or the outside or surface level of the art is the learning and practicing of basic postures or choreography. The second or middle layer of training (Zhong) is like the muscle under the skin of the previous layer. Deeper into the body the training goes, becoming mechanical and physiological correction of posture, origin of and cascades of movement throughout the muscularity of the body. The third or deepest layer of training in this model is Nei or inside, most often referred to as Neigong, the bones of the training. This is the layer of training that is most difficult to undertake as it is a study of the self.

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Language

English

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Subject

volume

27

issue

2

page start

7

page end

9

Alternative Title

Qi

Date Created

2/1/2019

Type

Journal Article

issn

1056-4004

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