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Obtaining essence from different kinds of kungfu: Xinghong Wang
He is good at the skills of such Internal Kungfu[1] as Chen Style Taijiquan(or Tai Chi Boxing), Yang Style Taijiquan, Xingyiquan, etc. In addition, he has been familiar with ancient kungfu-related books, has visited kungfu experts in many places, has always been humbly open to seek advice from others, has had a deep understanding of traditional kungfu culture, has been both hard-working and good at understanding of the subtleness of Taoism. Thus, he has grasped the essence of internal kungfu after decades of training. The description of his kungfu capacity in the official archives of the Beijing Wushu Association is "he has mastered the explosive one-inch-punch, and he is highly skilled in dispersing force[2]". And his Kungfu capacity has been highly recognized by both traditional Wushu grandmasters and international fighting sport grandmasters.
He is Xinghong Wang, a World wushu champion, a famous contemporary martial arts grandmaster and the Executive Vice President of Beijing Chen-Style Taichi Kungfu Association.
He has won the championships of Taijiquan and Taiji Sword in the 5th Yongnian Guangfu Taichi Contest and the championships of Taijiquan and Taiji Sword in Beijing International Wushu Tournament. He has also won good results such as championships and high rankings in international and provincial contests held in Beijing, Hong Kong, Henan, and Hebei for many times. In addition, he has served as the instructor and assessor of Chinese Wushu Duan Rank certification system.
He practiced traditional martial arts since childhood and made friends with many contemporary fighting sport grandmasters. He not only is acquainted with famous martial arts celebrities, but also has a close relationship with many true martial arts grandmasters who are not very famous. He not only paid attention to martial arts fighting skills, but also emphasized in the health preservation effect of martial arts. He is proficient in both martial arts theories and martial arts practice, good at both sports and science, and excellent in both personal virtue and talents.
In terms of martial arts attainments, he has learned from and exchanged with many grandmasters and experts and so he is able to understand the essence of traditional martial arts internal kungfu skills. In Xingyiquan, he systematically learned its technique and internal kungfu skill training system, and acquired the “explosive force” of xingyiquan which is also the essence of xingyiquan. Thus he has established the foundation of his practical kungfu self-defence ability. In Yang Style Taijiquan, He started with looseness and softness training, and developed the true spirit of Tai Chi. In Chen Style Taijiquan, he systematically absorbed the actual self-defence skills and internal kungfu skill system, comprehended the emptiness and quietness of Taichi, is able to skillfully master the dispersing force and discharging force. Thus his Taijiquan movements are in combination of both hardness and softness, are in synergy of both muscle movements of limbs and subtle movements of the body, and are both as strong as the tiger and as weak as the still water. When he push hands with his opponents, his whole body is a complete system which is very relaxed and flexible and agile and thorough so that he is able to use his discharging force to throw his opponents meters away after using his dispersing force. Actually, when he competes with his friends, he can often use only one hand to defeat his friends who are using both hands, or he can just stand with one foot to defeat his friends who stand normally with both feet. And he can discharge the one-inch-punch force with his palms, elbows and shoulders suddenly and explosively.
When an outsider think about Taijiquan, he will think that Taijiquan moves slowly. But Xinghong Wang, able to strike his elbows nine times per second and capable of throwing ten straight-arms punches in one second, can actually move faster than the great grandmaster Bruce Lee who is famous for his super speeds. His capacity shows that the real Taijiquan can be both slow and super fast. It needs to be mentioned that he never did any specialized training to improve his speeds, but his super fast movements are only result of normal Taijiquan training which emphasizes the importance of relaxing the spirit and the body. This process of achieving super fast speeds by just following the normal everyday training is also an indication of the effectiveness of internal kungfu training system. It also shows that the training can be very fruitful as long as the practitioner follows Taoism and truly comprehend the rules. Although he has profound skills, he abides by martial arts morality. He is respectful to his teachers and friends, he has a kind heart and harmless hands. When he competes when people, he always pay attention to friendship and never harms his opponents. He opposes flaunting his superiority over others and hurting people in competition. When he pushed hands with others, he can always win without harming others, which can show the unspeakable charm of internal kungfu.
He graduated from Tianjin University, majoring in thermal engineering and English, and received double bachelor's degrees in "Engineering" and "Arts". At the same time, he loves Chinese ancient culture and has studies many Confucian classics, history, philosophy and literature of ancient times. He also studied Buddhism and Zen and use their knowledge to comprehend martial arts, and benefited a lot. He has successfully held middle and higher management positions in different companies. During this period, he was enthusiastic about the popularization and dissemination of kungfu and taught hundreds of Chinese and foreign students. And he is now in charge of the publicity affairs of the Beijing Chen-Style Taichi Kungfu Association. In this post, he made full use of traditional media and modern media and expanded the influence of the Beijing Chen-Style Taichi Kungfu Association. During the process, he also promoted the dissemination and popularization of Chinese traditional wushu, and has always paid attention to combining traditional wushu system with modern fighting sports system.
（Editor: Qiang Liu）