yes males are to put the left hand first which is the dragon (yin qi) and tiger (right hand) is yang qi but for the lower body the left hand is yang and right hand is yin, which is to say males are yin externally - as the yang qi gets lost as the "substance."
Have you seen Santi Shi explained based on dragon and tiger before? or these complementary opposites of the right hand to the left foot and the left hand to the right foot? I can only find those two sources - and just the one is explicit and the other saying it is dragon and tiger qi. Then I found several sites of Western teachers who do not explain this cross or complementary opposites - noncommutative phase as it is called in Western math. So to me this is the secret of the training and yet it does not seem to be well understood by many teachers?!
I will look on the youtube vids of Santi Shi - but from my search of websites - those are the only two hits I got giving this secret of the Santi Shi training.
I noticed that the lower tan t'ien definitely is hot after the training - so this is a good sign that the Yuan qi is being created from the alchemical process of shen under the jing - and the yin-yang qi undivided is the yuan qi.... and the diaphragm muscle is sore....
So the goal is to restore the generative force - as the yin qi energy - which is the first step to activate the T'ai Chi of the ancestral cavity - the third eye - from the lower tan t'ien being filled with yin qi energy. The yin jing has to be converted to yang jing (yin qi) instead of being deconverted into generative fluid as it normally would do so - for males.
And so it has to be restored to a 16 year old - which is different depending on the ancestral generative force of the person, the age of the person, how celibate they have been, how much of their qi they have already used up, etc.
And as I quoted - most people never even get past this first stage of the training and so the training stays on a physical level. But it seems that - the actual Daoist aspect of the training is not even understood by most? No one explained it to me when I first posted on the Santi Shi posture.... Anyway like I said - I am just learning. But it is very affirming to discover the secret of this standing exercise if the same secret of the book [i]Taoist Yoga: Alchemy and Immortality[/i]. The author of that book was also a martial artist as well - so he assumed people doing the small universe meditation would also be doing a foundation training in martial arts.
Yiquan book details the "hot qi" sensation - after training many years, holding stance at least 45 minutes at a time
It expressly raised the pithy guiding principle that the “The power exists in the sinews and the spirit in the bones.”https://neigong.net/tag/ichuan/
Master Wang was the opinion that the most martial art systems put too much value in the movements of the body, instead or the development of the inner force. He also was convinced that the knowledge has to be taught freely and without any mystirious secrets.Yi Quan Martial Arts Academy
This internal energy circulating within the organs and the meridians is called “Shen” or “Heart Spirit.”
While it is beyond the scope of this article to present an in-depth discussion of the concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine and qigong practice, it should be noted that many current Yiquan students outside of China are taught solely to utilize standing meditation to increase their internal energy. By practicing the standing postures alone, they are not practicing the complete system of Yiquan, and it is difficult to use this energy for fighting.
While practicing the standing postures is excellent for health, it is unfortunate that some Yiquan teachers are either unfamiliar with the complete system of Yiquan or purposely withhold its martial aspects. Such teachers give their students the impression that their standing meditation will, in and of itself, enhance their fighting ability.
Therefore, standing meditation is utilized both to relax the mind and the soft tissues, as well as to create an environment for hardening the bone and centering our mental state. Paradoxically, in Yiquan, one’s mental state must be both relaxed and focused simultaneously, Intention, or yi, cannot be only concentrated, as this too will lead to tightening of the soft tissues and inefficient force emission during fighting. Although to be both relaxed and focussed at the same time may seem to be paradoxical, in truth, it is not contradictory; both processes can occur simultaneously in a natural state of awareness.Yes focus is left brain while visualization is right brain! Fascinating:
In addition, the postures will allow us to sink our energy and lower the center of gravity to the Dantien in order to develop a deeper root. This permits our emitted force to be conducted up from the ground through the legs, hips, waist, shoulders and upper extremities, as opposed to only from one part of the body. This greatly enhances the power and speed of “Fali.”http://mitqigong.blogspot.com/2011/11/dachengquan-martial-essence-of-wang.html
While the emitted force appears to be sudden and explosive to outsiders, internally one may first sense an internal drawing-in of the energy prior to its emission. This process is called “She Sen,” namely, the ability to gather energy and emit force.
Originally Xingyiquan was called Xinyiquan. “Xin” means heart, and so the name meant “Heart and Mind Fist”. This meant the heart and mind were more important than the external shapes.https://www.scribd.com/document/339222433/Fundamentals-of-Dachengquan-pdf
"First he went to Shaolin temple where he learned xin-yi-ba 心意把 (a system related to xing-yi-quan) from monk Henglin (also known as Changlin or Xianglin - later Doshin So, founder of Shorinji Kempo learned from the same monk).
So it says the standing posture should be at least 40 minutes for the Daoist internal alchemy to take effect!!
pdf on the lineage of Yi Quan
And so the Lower Tan T'ien is limited - and not the real deep level:
And yet developing the intestinal qi is the foundation:
In the West, Yiquan became known through two books written by Wang Xuanjie - Dachengquan and Dacheng Kungfu. Wang Xuanjie was a student of two of Wang Xiangzhai's students (Yang Demao and Li Yongzong) - despite claims to the contrary in his books.
So those quotes above are from Wang Xiangzhai
“It is very simple,” promised Mr. Han. “There are three steps of the esoteric training.” The first, cruder in motion and more strenuous than more advanced forms, is primarily concerned with hardening the bones of your body to their true strength. The next step is entirely concerned with training the muscles of the body, until they are soft and flexible, and instantly responsive to your will. The third and last step, is a lightening of the physical boy through breathing, by this time scientifically established to coordinate with your actions. Moreover, [“]your nerves become assets, and not handicaps.” he pronounced, casting an appraising look at his interviewer.https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/the-xingyi-manual-of-sun-lutang/
During the extended period of training, the concentration upon proper breathing results in a noticeable development of the solar plexus. It is declared that a glance at the candidate’s solar plexus will unfailing reveal the stage of his advancement in body-control. “This is because Wu Hsu is founded upon the belief that the fires of life are centered in the solar plexus, and only when they are wisely and consciously developed, does the solar plexus register development,” revealed Mr. Han.
I have come to learn that what we have before we are born is our innate quality and what we gain after we are born is our acquired quality. Innate energy lies in the kidneys. Acquired energy lies in the spleen. Innate energy is the fundamental form of energy. It prefers stillness. When the mind is stored away, there is stillness. Acquired energy is the functional form of energy. It prefers movement. When the mind expresses, there is movement. Thus I understand that the energies of the five major organs – the energies of water [kidneys], wood [liver], fire [heart], earth [spleen], metal [lungs] – cycle around, generating each other, in accordance with the energies of sky and ground, passive and active, and the five elements, cycling uninterruptedly. As this cycling sends energy coursing through to the eyes, ears, and skeletal frame, spirit is expressed and there is wisdom. Then by coursing through to the muscles, bones, and vessels, essence is expressed and there is beauty. The body is thereby strong, alert, and cleansed. But how could one who is not good at sustaining one’s health understand this?https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/the-xingyi-manual-of-liu-dianchen/
If the innate energy is lacking, then the acquired energy must assist it. The method of assisting should lie in filling the energy and nourishing the blood. But to develop the energy and blood, you must first gather the energy in the elixir field. Once energy fills the elixir field, it then internally reaches to the five organs and externally expresses in the four limbs, further enhancing the practiced skill.
The method of practice is half gathering [energy], half wielding [energy]. Gathering has to do with methods within the “eight requirements” [explained in the following chapter], such as: your tongue should prop up, your teeth should be closed together, your anus should be tucked in, and your “three centers” should be combined [The center of your headtop goes downward, the center of your foot goes upward, and the center of your hand withdraws.], and also you must send out your diaphragm. If energy can course through all of the five organs – heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys – one after another without obstruction, then it will be fulfilling what is said within the eight requirements that “the five elements should be smooth”.
After doing this for a long time, the energy will begin to be able to fully collect in your elixir field. Although you are gathering, if you are not good at wielding, you will still not be able to express it skillfully. You must send energy collected in your elixir field upward from your lower back to dwell in your chest, fill your abdomen and organs, be concentrated at your ribs, and flush your brain. Additionally, in your ordinary practice, your body will be unusually upright and your hands and feet will be unusually maneuverable. When dealing with an opponent’s attack, your posture will be adaptive. Responding to the changes of your posture, the energy will go along with it and arrive in an instant. When your adaptiveness is beyond description, this is what it means to be good at wielding. And so gathering and wielding should be part of your hard work on a daily basis.
Tuck in your anus to lift its energy up into the elixir field. The energy gathered there then goes from the spine straight to the headtop, then returns and then goes up again, circulating round and round endlessly. As it says in the Manual: “By tucking in the anus, the inside is lifted [energetically].”O.K. I took several hours to search the Santi Shi vids on youtube - watched all of them, plus the Yiquan vids, etc. and then I did another internet search.
Amazingly NONE of them refer to this Daoist alchemy secret of the left hand focused on the right foot and the right hand focused on the left foot.
http://elixirfield.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-lower-tan-tien-is-definitely.html
I quote from the original teachers of Yi Quan - documenting directly the connection to the small universe or microcosmic orbit meditation - http://rumsoakedfist.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23868&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45#wrap So that thread on what "yi" means - gets into this a bit:
[quote]It's about training the nervous system of both sides of your body equally, so that the nerves, neuromuscular junctions, etc. are the same on both sides.
貫穿 Guanchuan is threaded from end to end, but developing a body that is 不偏不倚 Bupianbuyi (Even Handed) connects the thread into a circle, a circuit.
So that one's Yi-Qi-Li can travel in a circuit.
It's also about the meridians, in tcm you can needle the Jing Mai in, say the uninjured knee, to relieve the swelling in the injured knee (as needling the swollen knee could bring more blood and swelling into it). See Distal Points and "great loops"~ http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=28439
More importantly is that you want the Luo Mai (vessels of the primovascular system) to be developed evenly, and equally throughout your whole body, as these small channels transport fluids, nutrients, and neurotransmitters around our body.[/quote]
So they quote this acupuncture article that gives this secret principle:
[quote]
The principle of great loops treatment is simply that, for pain on or around a joint, go to the joint on the opposite quadrant of the body, as shown in the joint correspondence pictures above, and palpate for very tender points. When treated, these distal points will likely be highly effective for relieving pain in the symptomatic area. [/quote]
And so the right elbow goes to the OPPOSITE left knee, etc.
http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=28439
left shoulder to the right hip, etc.
And so doing a follow up on the author:
The Law of Correspondance is summarized in the acupuncture classic the Nei Jing, paraphrased as follows (assume a vice-versa after each statement):So the "six harmonies" are actually from Daoist alchemy:
“For diseases of the upper body, treat the lower body. For diseases of the right treat the left. For diseases of the front, treat the back. For diseases of the inner, treat the outer.”
This Law is clearly manifested through two acupuncture methods – micro-systems and Great Loops distal acu-points. Few schools or seminars, however, teach the underlying energetic principles that make these techniques work.
‘Eyes go with the mind, Mind goes with the Qi,Uncle Jin Yun Ting wrote the following poem about the 6 harmonies:
Qi goes with the Body, Body goes with the Hands,
Hands go with the Feet, Feet go with the Hips.’
The Essential Points in Xingyi Boxing’s Six Harmonies and the Extremities
The heart harmonizes with the intention;
the intention harmonizes with the Qi;
the Qi harmonizes with the power;
these are the three internal harmonies.
The hands harmonizes with the feet;
the elbows harmonizes with the knees;
the shoulders harmonizes with the hips;
these are the three external harmonies.
These together are called the six harmonies.
The left hand harmonizes with the right foot;
the left elbow harmonizes with the right knee;
the left shoulder harmonizes with the right hip,
and conversely so on the right side.
The head harmonizes with the hands;
the hands harmonize with the body;
the body harmonizes with the footwork.
Are these not also external harmonies?
The heart harmonizes with the eyes;
the liver harmonizes with the tendons;
the spleen harmonizes with the muscles;
the lungs harmonize with the body;
the kidneys harmonize with the bones.
Are these not also internal harmonies?
Are there then truly only six harmonies?
Actually, these only describe the constituent parts.
In the end, if one moves, then there are none that do not move;
if one harmonizes, then there are none that do not harmonize.
The five elements and the head, torso, and limbs can be known from this.
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