Yuejia Quan pays attention to the regulation of breath, "when the energy is full, the strength will be full". When practicing, pay attention to using the mind to lead the qi, using the qi to command the form, and using the qi to urge the force. Combine inhalation and exhalation between movements. When inhaling, the qi should be stored in the Dantian, and the qi should be full, so that the qi can be stored in the dantian. When exhaling, the qi should be exhaled with a sound, and all the qi should be exhaled. The movements should be coordinated with each other, and the movements before and after should be coherent and natural. In most cases, when retreating, you need to accumulate energy and stay idle, while when attacking, you use energy to boost your strength.
Cultivation both internally and externally is a major purpose of practicing Yuejiaquan. If you only pursue physical strength and neglect internal conditioning, you will put the cart before the horse and achieve half the result with twice the effort. Only by doing it from the inside out can we have sufficient vitality, a majestic body, quick movements, and a solid exertion of force, so as to achieve the unity of the inside and outside, follow the heartbeat and shape, and connect the breath with the postures.
Yuejiaquan also pays attention to the mind, and also has higher requirements in daily sleep, food, conversation and behavior. Practitioners are required to be able to properly respond to various attacks under any circumstances. The boxing score goes: "I am sleeping on the bed, as if someone is standing in front of me, thinking about his hands and feet, and I push and hold him; I am walking on the road, as if someone is fighting with me, as if his hands are hairy, but my hands are merciless; I am When I eat before a banquet, it seems that a person is my enemy. Suddenly he comes, and my hand is sucking. When I talk to someone, I am afraid that the person will stick to me. (The first year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty), he served as Jianghuai Recruitment Envoy, led the army to fight against the Jin Dynasty, and moved to the east of Hubei area. He defeated Li Cheng twice, Zhang used it in Huangmei, and then moved to Hongzhou, leaving four sons to defend Huangmei. After the death of Fei Zu, the two ancestors Zhen and Ting lived in seclusion in Huangmei Mountain, and most of the soldiers of the Yue Family Army also disbanded their troops and went to work on the farm. The family boxing continues to be passed down here, from generation to generation. Its distribution area is centered on Huangmei Guangji and spreads throughout the counties in eastern Hubei, with many practitioners.
The basic theory is based on the eight characters of pushing, aiding, seizing, pulling, holding down, forcing, and sucking. It pays attention to swallowing, swallowing, and floating. The first step is to pile up the clouds, swallowing the body like a lotus and shrinking, and spitting out the hands like a snake. Running, the buttocks hit with the wind, and the weight is divided from left to right. Floating like a cloud and making a song, sinking like a stone thrown into the river, always looking left and right, sitting on the legs to hide the shadow, exerting force to say that you are jolted and trembling, and you need your hands and feet to breathe and sound.
Its style features a short and simple boxing frame, steady steps, sound with breath, multiple techniques, few leg techniques, heavy and practical martial arts, hand shape with a bit of palm, spiral palm, tiger head-holding fist, and step type Mainly eating chicken steps. The legs are bent, no matter how high or low, one to ten reflects the focus of immobility. The weapon routines include the Yuejia gun, hook sickle gun, double mace, double hammer, etc. The spear techniques are mostly stabbing, blocking, holding, picking, splitting, twisting, collapsing, etc. without any tricks. Holding the gun with the back handle, it has the fighting spirit, and its boxing methods or training methods include hitting sandbags to practice boxing, hitting the copy board to practice palm skills, and there are also family boxing and Sanshou, and single movements of family boxing techniques.