The Beijing YiQuan Institute, Beijing ZongXun WuGuan is the major association for all YiQuan practitioners in China, being created by Master Yao ZhongXun, the successor of Great Master Wang XiangZhai (founder of YiQuan) to serve as a place of exchange and research for further development in Chinese Martial Arts.

Its President is now Mr. Yao Cheng Guang, son of Mr. Yao Zhongxun. Honor President Mrs. Wang Yufang, daughter of the Great Master Wang; Honor President Mr. Huo Zhenghuan, the first vice Chairman of Asia Wushu Association.

Its aim is to share its  knowledge with all sincere students, willing to learn a real martial art. Beyond any geographic or cultural boundary.

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Yiquan Correspondence Courses Part 1 - Part 4

　

As a great  martial art, YiQuan makes it possible to improve your strength quickly (effectively and definitely), by exciting your whole body, enabling you to become powerful without building muscles. Releasing your inner potential, this art is quite easy to learn, can generate power in an amazing way; but this requires dedicated practice to acquire its essence - the real essence of traditional Chinese martial art. YiQuan based on traditional Xingyi Quan, was founded in 1920s by the Great Master Wang Xiangzhai. YiQuan's training includes Zhangzhuang, Shili, Fali, Mochabu, Tuishou and Sanshou etc. I particularity  focuses on dual aspects: improving health and acquiring devastating combat abilities.

-- Yao Chengguang

My friend Jin Shan and me are practicing Tai Chi for several years. Interested in YiQuan, but especially curious to "see" his legendary power, one day we decided to meet Master Yao at his home in Beijing.

After a very warm welcome, he served us a traditional cup of tea, then we started to ask him many questions concerning Chinese martial arts and effective free fighting: we were so surprised by his simplicity but especially by the relevancy of his answers which gave us so directly compared with so many "Masters" who will keep them as "secret" .

Later my friend Jin Shan asked Master Yao to practice some pushing hands: it was amazing with almost no perceptible effort  my friend (who weights more than 200 pounds)  flew literally  on the wall 3 meters away, unable to resist to this sudden amount of power!

Then I decided myself to "taste" this issuing force: unfortunately for me, in the very few seconds of the pushing hands, Master Yao just slightly flapped on my chest with the reverse of  his hands, and then...Gee!!

I was not able to breath for a few seconds and was almost dropping on the ground if my friend did not pull me up at that time.

After this meeting it was evident that Master Yao was THE instructor we were looking for several years: possessing himself the real "kungfu" of Chinese martial arts but also willing to explain the authentic knowledge!!!

That is how we met Master Yao, and now Jin Shan and me are his students.

Liu Bo & Jin Shan - Beijing 2003

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