Hong appended the term, "Practical Method" (实用拳法, shí yòng quán fǎ), to his teaching method to emphasize the martial aspects of his study and training, as well as the harmonized training syllabus joining gōng (功) and fǎ (法) aspects of training within the Yilu (first road). Some started calling the system Hong Style Taijiquan, but Hong Junsheng objected to this designation. He claimed he was not the creator of anything. Everything he taught was Chen style Taijiquan as taught to him by his teacher, Chen Fake.