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Hsing-i nonetheless proved its worth in regulated Chinese national boxing tournaments: its exponents led the winners of the tournaments held in Nanking (1928), Shanghai (1929), Hangchou (1929), and again in Nanking (1933). The most successful provincial competitions were conducted in Honan province by Ch'en P'an-ling, whose method we teach here.

Being a form of meditation, Hsing-i requires strong dedication to regular practice in a quiet place (Fig. 2). You must create for yourself a routine based on a quiet attentiveness, which may at first bore you. Ultimate skill comes from this quiet as much as from the physiological and psychological aspects of the exercise itself. When the silence releases its energy, a quiet mind is produced and your whole being becomes more active.

A system relying totally on body mechanics remains at the level of calisthenics and rudimentary fighting, Hsing-i trains the mind even more than it does the body. The mind wills and the body responds. There is a kind of reciprocity at work, for as the body is exercised dynamically and internally it returns health benefits to both itself and the mind. And the process continues, the mind being the master.