Author: thomas
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XinYi LiuHe in Zhoukou
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Yiquan Rumen
Author: Master Yao ChengRong Translator: J. P. Lau Translator’s Note: In English, “Yi” means mind or intent, “Quan” means fist or martial art, “Ru” means enter or cross and “Men” means door or threshold. The literal meaning of the phrase “Yiquan Rumen” is “the learning of the rudiments of Yiquan”. A lot of Yiquan enthusiasts…
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The Use of Sound and Breath Control in Yiquan
by Master Yao ChengRong Translator: J. P. Lau In Yiquan, the “use of sound” and breath control are employed together in a practice known as Shi Sheng. This practice functions primarily as a mechanism to augment one’s ability to marshal the entire body into action during a release of power. Sound vibration/enunciation coordinated with the…
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A radical reviewing: the ineffectivity of the karate tsuki
Extracted from the book: Histoire de Karaté-dô Written by Kenji Tokitsu After many years of intensive training, Shigeru Egami reviews the basic fundamental techniques of karate. He makes two radical criticisms that we will review in order: • the karate tsuki is not effective. • the makiwara is more damaging than useful. In his texts…
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Yiquan Not-So-Straight Straight Punch
Author: Master Yao ChengRong Translator: J. P. Lau Translator’s Note: This article has been edited for English readers. You must learn to effectively deliver the straight punch from your ready stance, from any hand position. There should be no wasted motion and no give-away movement preceding the punch. Upon completing the punch you must immediately…
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Power discharge in yiquan
By Yao Cheng-rong Translated by Tu-Ky Lam An overview of power discharge People who practice martial arts must have heard of the term “jing” which means strength, or power. When we hit an opponent or throw him away with force, we discharge our power, which is called “Fa li” in Chinese. If we want to…
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Finer points of yiquan push-hands
By Yao Cheng-rong Translated by Tu-Ky Lam Push-hands, which is a combined application of zhan-zhuang (standing practice), shi-li (testing of energy) zou-bu (stepping) and fa-li (power discharge), is an important part of Yiquan training, aiming to improve the martial arts skill of practitioners and students. Push-hands supplements free sparring very well as it can help…
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Yiquan Conference Beijing 2007
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The Sung of Zhu Datong
Links: Wu Style Taiji/Taichi quan Kongfu of Zhu Datong youtube.com Wu Style Taiji/Taichi quan Push hand of Zhu Datong youtube.com
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Morihei Ueshiba – The Founder of Aikido
Morihei Ueshiba Aikido wikipedia.org
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Liu Hungchieh (1905-1986)
Baguazhang wikipedia.org The Chinese concept of Bagua wikipedia.org
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Chen Style TaiChi Chuan – Chen Zhenglei Interview
Chen Style TaiChi Chuan wikipedia.org
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Zen & Zazen Talks
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Walking Meditation
Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere. We walk peacefully. We walk happily. Our walk is a peace walk. Our walk is a happiness walk. Then we learn that there is no peace walk; that peace is the walk; that there is…
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Wang Yu Fang Shi Li
Links: Yiquan by Wang Yu Fang neigong.net Yiquan wikipedia.org
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