一、形意拳概說 Brief Introduction of Xingyi Quan
形意拳又名“心意拳”、“心意六合拳”、“行意拳”、“六合拳”等。與八卦拳、太極拳、少林拳並稱為武林中四大名拳。關於形意拳的得名，說法不一：有人認為由於這種拳術要求“心意誠於中，肢體形於外”，外形和內意高度統一，所以稱為“形意拳”；也有人認為這種拳術象形思意，取法為拳，表現了多種動物的特長，如虎的勇猛、猴的靈敏等，故名。關於形意拳的起源，據多數人考證是山西蒲州人姬隆豐所創，至今已有三百多年的曆史。但也有人說是宋代嶽飛所創。形意拳在河南、山西、河北一帶廣為流傳，在不斷發展中，逐步形成了不同的運動風格。
The Xingyi Quan is also called Mind-and-Will Quan，Will and Six conformity Quan，Form-and-Will Quan、Six-Conformity Quan etc..It is one of the most famous four styles of Quan in Chinese Kungfu，and the other three are Bagua(Eight-triagram) Quan，Taiji Quan，and Shaolin Quan.There are different explanations about the name of the Xingyi Quan.Some people think the boxing requires the “mind and will inside，and the actions of body out side，”so it is called Xingyi Quan, meaning the conformity of form and will.Some people think it reflects advantages of animals such as the power of tiger and the agility of monkey.Many people proved that Xingyi Quan was created by Ji Longfeng from Puzhou，Shanxi and has a history of over 300 years.But some people said it was created by Yue Fei in Song Dynasty.Xingyi Quan is very popular in Henan，Shanxi and Hebei.It has formed different styles during the continuous development.