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External vs. Internal Chinese Martial Arts
In general, Chinese fighting arts have been classified as external or internal,
hard or soft. This classification system depends on the source of the energy
applied: In theory, an art may apply muscular and structural force (the external
element) activated by forceful muscular contraction (the hard aspect),
or it may depend on control of the circulation of an inner force called
qi (chi) (the internal factor), which can be accumulated in the dantian (area
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