Like tai chi, it is a hybrid internal martial art that exists in the middle ground between the psychological attitudes and emotional disposition of the Shoalin martial and internal power chi methods of the Taoists. Xing means the "form of something". Everything that manifests, at the level of either energy or matter has in one way or another a form, a shape, a cohesion, a configuration; the form of a cup, the form of a thought, the forms of different species or animals. In this style, the body will take form when assuming a posture to attack or defend.

Yi, in the context of the name, refers to the ability of the mind to create an idea and project it into the body, creating a functional physical form that is a way of moving, a fighting strategy, a fighting posture, or a kind of power.
Read More click here Xing Yi Quan or calls for the student to be able to believe that his body will automatically do what the mind tells it. Without limitations, the body and mind connect to create fluid movement.