一、形意拳概说 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。与八卦拳、太极拳、少林拳并称为武林中四大名拳。关于形意拳的得名，说法不一：有人认为由于这种拳术要求“心意诚于中，肢体形于外”，外形和内意高度统一，所以称为“形意拳”；也有人认为这种拳术象形思意，取法为拳，表现了多种动物的特长，如虎的勇猛、猴的灵敏等，故名。关于形意拳的起源，据多数人考证是山西蒲州人姬隆丰所创，至今已有三百多年的历史。但也有人说是宋代岳飞所创。形意拳在河南、山西、河北一带广为流传，在不断发展中，逐步形成了不同的运动风格。
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.