Xingyi on Film — Video Index

Video for Xingyiquan (形意拳), by branch. No film of Li Luoneng or Guo Yunshen survives; the moving record begins with the early-20th-century holders. ⭐ = archival / named master; [demo] = modern lineage demonstration.

Foundations — the Five Elements (五行拳)

• 邸國勇 Di Guoyong — 五行拳 — the best single foundational reference (劈鑽崩炮橫), Beijing standard

• 孫祿堂 形意 鑽拳 — breakdown — ties to the Sun Lutang texts held in the codex

河北 Hebei branch (Li Cunyi / Shang Yunxiang lines)

• ⭐ 尚雲祥 Shang Yunxiang line — via 李文彬 Li Wenbin (near-archival; Li Wenbin d. 1997) · b

• 河北李存義派 — 劈拳綳拳暗勁

• 郭雲深派 — 形意五行拳 / 半步崩拳

• 徐紀 Adam Hsu — 形意五行拳 (Wutan-adjacent Hebei transmission)

山西 Shanxi branch (Che style)

• 車氏形意 五行拳 — the older regional branch

See also

Xingyi (形意拳) — the style overview

Guo Yunshen (郭雲深) — half-step Beng Quan

Che Yizhai (車毅齋) — leader of Shanxi Xingyi

Video Library — all styles