五行拳

wǔxíngquán
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Five Elements Fist (core form set of Xingyiquan martial arts)

Examples

Wǔxíngquán shì xíngyìquán de jīběngōng.
The Five Elements Fist is the foundational set of Xingyiquan.
Tā měitiān zǎoshang dōu liàn wǔxíngquán.
He practices the Five Elements Fist every morning.

Tips

culture
Core form of 形意拳 (Xingyiquan). Each of the five fists maps to one of the 五行 (five phases): splitting = metal, drilling = water, crushing = wood, pounding = fire, crossing = earth. Each phase also corresponds to an organ in Chinese medicine, so training doubles as qigong.

Stroke Order

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