This style was created by Dai Family living in Qi County in northern China’s Shanxi Province. Like many Traditional Chinese Arts the history of the art is often debated.  Its most well known practiconer was Dai Longbang, who inherited the Intention Boxing passed within the Dai family and later learned Xinyiquan  as well as Praying Mantis style.( Both Dai Shi Xinyiquan and Che Xingyi quan are taught in our Xinyi dao System)

Dai style has a deep system of dantien development which takes many years and uses the Squatting Monkey posture as it's base.The basic stance and  footwork appear to be very different than Modern Xingyi Quan.  Traditionally the focus on Internal methods is very sophisticated and the student only learns new material after having developed the dantien. The Bu Fa (footwork) and Di Pan (low stances)are trained extensively and it is only later that the 5 Jin are shown. Dai Xinyi has a very strong point of Internal development and close range fighting and power.

Dai Xinyi strong point is that of Internal development, more focus is on internal and and much less on outward shapes. This method also is it's weak point as it takes very long to develop and is why Che Yizhai and Li Luoneng modified the art and created more outward shapes and focus on much faster results by balancing the yin and yang side of the art.