Wang Xiangzhai about fighting


"When you meet opponent, your body is like fire. You destroy him easily as if there was no barrier for you. What is attack? What is defense? Attack is defense, defense is attack. Each action is in the right place. The only thing which you can plan in advance is unexpected changes. Spirit must be in each movement. You must be cruel, only then you have chance to win. What is dodging? What is moving into opponent? Dodging is moving into opponent, moving into opponent is dodging. You don't need to seek something unusual. You don't need to seek visual aesthetics."

 Wang Xiangzhai - "The right path of yiquan"

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