In physical Wu Qin Xi training, many details of the complex movement sequences have to be considered during movement performance, which might lead to a strong internalized attentional processing. From studies on the role of attentional focus during movement performance it is known that an external focus of attention alleviates movement performance, and therefore requires less effort, whereas an internal focus of attention requires more attentional demands. For instance, it has been shown that movement performance benefits from an external focus of attention in gymnastics (Abdollahipour et al., 2015). Several recent studies have provided evidence that movement efficiency, or the physical effort exerted to produce a given performance level or outcome, is also enhanced by an external focus (Zachry et al., 2005; Marchant et al., 2009). Benefits of directing external focus have been found to result in more effective motor performance than those inducing an internal focus by directing attention to the body movements themselves (Totsika and Wulf, 2003; Wulf et al., 2003, 2009; Wulf, 2007). It is argued that focusing on the intended movement effect facilitates the utilization of unconscious or automatic processes, resulting in greater movement ease or fluidity (Wulf et al., 2001; Wulf and Lewthwaite, 2010). Conversely, focusing on one’s own movements leads to a more conscious type of control, thereby constraining the motor system and disrupting automatic control processes (Wulf et al., 2001). It has been shown that relative to an internal focus, an external focus reduces attentional demands and results in the utilization of fast reflexive (automatic) feedback loops (Wulf et al., 2001). Transferring these findings on the physical performance of dynamic Qigong technique Wu Qin Xi, induction of internalized attention might be best reached with an attentional demanding complex motor task as in the movement sequences of Wu Qin Xi.