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Wu Li taught Liu Yuanbo the Standing Three-body Position in the room, which is the most fundamental and essential stance in Xingyi Fist.

"The most important aspect of the Three Body Formation is to strengthen the spine. Once the spine is well-trained, it drives the entire skeletal system, and your bones will be well-trained too," Wu Li positioned Liu Yuanbo into a Three Body Formation, then pressed his fingers onto Liu Yuanbo’s spine and pushed down vertebra by vertebra, helping Liu Yuanbo to feel how the spine influences the whole body.

"Internal Fist involves training the bones and muscles, which is actually similar to modern combat sports’ focus on core strength," Wu Li said to Liu Yuanbo, "You’ve trained in boxing before, so you should know that when boxers throw powerful punches in the ring, they rely not on the muscular strength of their arms but on their core strength, which includes twisting their waist and hips, shifting their center of gravity, and using the body’s weight and inertia to strike the opponent."

As he spoke, Wu Li demonstrated a rotating body punch, "What is the core? The core area of the human body is centered around the lumbar spine—pelvis—hip joints, including the muscles, tendons, and ligament systems attached around them. Most human movements require the core area for generating power. Training the spine with the Three Body Formation equally affects the core area. Once the Three Body Formation is well mastered, the waist and hips will naturally be strengthened, and when exerting force, the core strength will naturally be involved."

Liu Yuanbo had trained in boxing before, so when Wu Li explained the Three Body Formation using the concept of boxing’s core strength, he had a sudden moment of clarity.

A true transmission can be conveyed in a single sentence, whereas a false one requires thousands of volumes; although Wu Li himself hadn’t reached the Master Realm, with a complete legacy given by the system and having temporarily achieved such levels through using the Experience Card, he could certainly elucidate the profound principles of martial arts from a higher perspective for Liu Yuanbo.

"Master, I’ve heard that in Traditional Martial Arts, there’s a distinction between Ming Jin, Dark Force, and Hua Jin. Which realm have you reached now?" Liu Yuanbo suddenly asked.

Wu Li smiled, "The division into Ming, Dark, and Hua was first put forward by Grandmaster Guo Yunshen of Xingyi Fist; they are actually three training methods of the fist, and strictly speaking, they do not represent levels of realm."

"Ah?" Liu Yuanbo was somewhat surprised, "Shouldn’t Hua Jin be more powerful than Dark Force, and Dark Force more powerful than Ming Jin?"