Table 5 Standardized hunyuan zhuang intervention training procedures.

From: Hunyuan zhuang improves interoception: evidence from an expert-novice study and a pilot randomized controlled trial

Week

Teaching Content

Duration(minutes)

1

Introduction of Content

 

※ Team building

5

1. History, heritage, and development of Yiquan

10

2. Characteristics, functions, and values of Yiquan

10

3. Theoretical foundation and cultural essence of Hunyuan Zhuang

10

4. Structural framework and apparent functions of Hunyuan Zhuang

10

Warm-up Activities

15

(1) Body patting/warm-up

2

(2) Static stretching

3

(3) Jogging × 400 m

3

(4) Dynamic stretching

3

(5) Breath regulation

2

(6) Closed-eye environmental awareness exercise

2

2–5

Main Teaching and Practice

 

1. Warm-up activities (as above)

15

2. Hunyuan Zhuang instruction

10

3. Structural framework adjustments of Hunyuan Zhuang

15

(1) Adjustments to upper limbs

3

(2) Adjustments to lower limbs

3

(3) Adjustments to the torso

3

(4) Integrated structural adjustments

6

4. Alternating control of tension and relaxation in Hunyuan Zhuang

15

(1) Local tension-relaxation exercises

3

(2) Whole-body tension-relaxation exercises

3

(3) Full-body tension-relaxation exercises

3

(4) Exercises focusing on tension in specific areas

6

5. Relaxation adjustment

5

6–8

Advanced Practice

 

1. Warm-up activities (as above)

15

2. Key techniques and common mistakes in Hunyuan Zhuang

10

3. Resistance training in Hunyuan Zhuang

15

(1) Forward-backward resistance

3

(2) Left-right resistance

3

(3) Upward-downward resistance

3

(4) Six-directional resistance

6

4. Intention regulation and enhancement of “Hunyuan Strength”

15

(1) Perception and association exercises with internal/external body regions

3

(2) Exercises using intention directed toward visible objects

3

(3) Exercises using intention directed toward non-visible objects

3

(4) Perception of body “emotion” and surrounding “environment”

6

5. Relaxation adjustment

5