Chapter 137: [097] Fractured Martial Arts, Lost Inner Power, ‘Storm’ Strikes_6
At this moment, he maintained absolute silence, quietly watching Wang Longhu think, not daring to make a sound to disturb him.
Slowly standing up, Wang Longhu walked three steps away and performed the entry-level pile skill of Baji Fist — Liangyi Posture.
This pile skill was taught to Wang Longhu by Hong Wentai when teaching him Baji Fist, but Wang Longhu, having prior experience with the Three-Body Style, never switched pile skills to learn anew.
Liangyi Posture is also called Embracing Infant Posture by the elder Martial Artists of Baji Fist, where the key movement looks like ’embracing an infant with hands supporting a mountain.’
To the public, Baji Fist belongs to the type that emphasizes strong training of muscles, bones, and skin, using powerful strikes from the body’s hardest parts to defeat opponents — External Boxing.
Yet unbeknownst to many, Baji Fist has its own method of using Qi — Baji Exhale.
Exhale can balance the internal pressure of the Martial Artist’s organs, tightening the muscles when exerting force. With high internal organ pressure, quickly expelling air from the lungs can balance the organ pressure, preventing injuries and containing the complementary balance theory of Yin Yang and the Five Elements.
And Baji Exhale is practiced using the ’Hum and Ha Two Forces.’
When practicing, Baji Martial Artists take a deep breath and sink it to the lowest part of the abdomen — this is the Qi Sunken Guanyuan Acupoint’s intake. Then, there are practices like releasing Qi through the nose and mouth using the full-body strength — the guiding and Qi flow methods.
Hum Force is made by closing the lips and humming through the nostrils, followed by Ha Force with an open mouth.
Nostrils for Hum, mouth for Ha, Qi circulating the entire body, strength through the palms and fingers. When practiced well, the sound is like thunder, and hand movements resemble a landslide — incredibly terrifying.
Wang Longhu took a deep breath as if a giant whale swallowing the sea, drinking boundless seawater into his body, forcing it down to three inches below the navel at the Guanyuan Acupoint.