Peter Wei Sheng Zhu – Yi Quan: The Art of Intent and Standing Meditation
Direct lineage instruction from Master Peter Wei Sheng Zhu, third-generation successor to founder Wang Xiangzhai
This course includes
- 46 lessons (5h 50min)
- Watch on any device
- Progress tracking & resume
What you’ll learn
- The foundational standing postures, with correct alignment.
- Movement exercises drawn from standing: Bird Leaving Home, Push the Boat, Waving the Hands in the Sea, Turning the Circle
- The Yi Quan Qi Gong set as taught by Master Zhu
- The Long Stance, the martial meditation posture of Yi Quan
- The principles of Yi (intent) — focus, attention, and the mind’s role in generating power
- Sustainable daily practice, with supporting warm-up and joint mobility work
About this course
Yi Quan means “mind-intent boxing,” and it strips internal martial arts back to their root. There are no forms to memorize and no set sequences. You stand, and you learn to feel and direct what’s happening inside the body. Everything in the art grows out of that.
This course is a complete transmission from Master Peter Wei Sheng Zhu, a third-generation lineage holder in the direct line from founder Wang Xiangzhai (1885–1963) through Han Xingqiao. Master Zhu trained under Han in China before bringing Yi Quan to Australia in 1983. After more than 40 years of daily practice, he’s teaching it publicly for the first time.
The training comes in two parts. Richard Robertson, Master Zhu’s senior student of over 25 years, builds your foundation: the standing postures, breathing, alignment, and the movement and warm-up work that supports them. Master Zhu then teaches the advanced material, including the old standing methods, the complete Yi Quan Qi Gong set, the Long Stance, and the inner principles of intent that turn stillness into genuine internal power.
Between the lessons, Master Zhu tells stories of his own teacher Han Xingqiao and the early Yi Quan masters, from Wang Xiangzhai himself to old-timers like Big Nose Li and Spectacle Chen. You come away inheriting some of the culture the art grew from, not just a set of exercises.
Included with the course is a 44-page PDF guide covering the history of Yi Quan, its training methods, and rare archival photographs of Wang Xiangzhai, Han Xingqiao, and Master Zhu.
Some come to Yi Quan for the internal roots of martial power. Others come for the calm and clarity that deep standing practice brings. Either way, the course gives you a structured path through the three things the art is built on: intent, alignment, and awareness.
Course content
7 sections · 46 lessons · 5h 50min
01 INTRODUCTION | 2 lessons
- 1. Welcome to the Yi Quan Course
1:33 - 2. Yi Quan Downloadable Companion PDF
02 Standing Foundations | 7 lessons
- 1. First Standing Posture
33:57 - 2. Details of the Arms and Hands When Standing
7:39 - 3. Second Standing Posture
16:33 - 4. Details of the Eyes and Focus When Standing
3:00 - 5. Third Standing Posture
18:30 - 6. Follow-Along Standing Meditation Session
20:20 - 7. Breathing Explained and Integrated with Intent
5:29
03 Stretching and Preparation | 5 lessons
- 1. Rehabilitation and Warm-Up Exercises
19:46 - 2. First Stretch After Standing
11:47 - 3. Second Stretch After Standing
8:47 - 4. Third Stretch After Standing
10:01 - 5. Follow-Along Stretching Session
4:51
04 Movement Exercises After Standing | 17 lessons
- 1. Bird Leaving Home
6:09 - 2. Bird Leaving Home: Side View
2:10 - 3. Bird Leaving Home: Details
9:03 - 4. Pushing the Boat
1:53 - 5. Pushing the Boat: Side View
1:49 - 6. Pushing the Boat: Details
5:37 - 7. Waving the Hands in the Sea
3:13 - 8. Waving the Hands in the Sea: Side View
2:14 - 9. Waving the Hands in the Sea: Details
4:49 - 10. Waving the Hands in the Sea: Details – Part 2
7:04 - 11. Waving the Hands in the Sea: Footwork
3:59 - 12. Turning the Circle
10:40 - 13. Turning the Circle: Side View
3:48 - 14. Purpose of the Movements Explained
8:38 - 15. How to Train: Developing Consistency and Depth
5:21 - 16. Health & Healing Aspects of Yi Quan
8:12 - 17. Anatomy of Yi Quan
9:41
05 ADVANCED TRAINING with MASTER PETER ZHU | 4 lessons
- 1. The Old Standing Method
5:35 - 2. Health Standing Postures: Follow-Along
12:01 - 3. Yi Quan Qi Gong Set: Full Sequence
10:32 - 4. The Long Stance: Martial Meditation Posture of Yi Quan
10:07
06 Master Zhu’s Personal Insights | 7 lessons
- 1. How to Stand: Advanced Insights – Part 1
5:14 - 2. How to Stand: Advanced Insights – Part 2
6:38 - 3. Six Harmonies: Whole Body Integration
3:21 - 4. Yi Quan: Essential Points When Standing
3:25 - 5. Focus and Intention: The Core of Yi Quan – Part 1
2:41 - 6. Focus and Intention: The Core of Yi Quan – Part 2
4:42 - 7. Breathing in Yi Quan Practice
3:27
07 Wisdom and Stories of the Masters | 4 lessons
- 1. Stories of Master Wang Xiangzhai
4:47 - 2. Stories of the Old Masters: Big Nose Li
8:28 - 3. Stories of the Old Masters: Spectacle Chen
3:54 - 4. Stories of the Old Masters: Continued
8:12
Your teacher
Peter Wei Sheng Zhu
Instructor · Australia
Peter Zhu is a third-generation lineage holder of Yi Quan, in the direct line of Wang Xiangzhai to Han Xingqiao to Peter Wei Sheng Zhu. He began training under Master Han in China before establishing Yi Quan in Australia in 1983. Over more than forty years of continuous daily practice he has refined and extended the art, drawing it together with his work in Tui Na and Chinese medical theory. His approach holds natural posture, relaxation, and awareness to be the true source of internal power. He now shares a lifetime of training publicly for the first time, in order to preserve a lineage standing at the intersection of martial cultivation, health, and self-transformation.
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