Category: Martial Art
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Yun Yin Sen – Liu He Ba Fa
YunYinSen – Liu He Ba Fa Form, Part 2 youtube.com Yun Yin Sen – Liu He Ba Fa – Standing Form youtube.com YunYinSen – LiuHeBaFa Qigong Practice youtube.com Links: Liu He Ba Fa Wikipedia.org Xu, Yun Seminars Some images of Yun Yin Sen flickr.com
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Peter Ralston – Honesty
The Cheng Hsin Body Principles 1. Being Calm 2. Relaxing 3. Centering 4. Grounding 5. Being Whole and Total Reference: Cheng Hsin The Principels of Effortless Power ISBN 1556433026 p. 4 Links: www.chenghsin.com
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Koichi Tohei Unify Mind and Body
The Four Basic Principles to Unify Mind and Body 1 Keep One Point 2 Relax Completely 3 Keep Weight Underside 4 Extend Ki Reference: Ki in Daily Life by Koichi Tohei ISBN 4889960716 p. 27 ff Links: Aikido Koichi Tohei sensei part 2 youtube.com Koichi Tohei at 9th Dan (Part 1/5) youtube.com Koichi Tohei at…
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The Quintessence of Wu (Yuxiang) Style Taijiquan
by Master Liu Jishun Wu style Taijiquan has a set of strict requirements regarding its practice. From the external to the internal, each requirement is clearly stated. The first stage is the practice of external forms starting from the basics. This stage can be further classified into two phases. 1. The movement of the posture,…
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Taiji Ruler Qigong
Feng Zhiqiang, a leading student of the late Chen-style Taijiquan Master Chen Fake, shows his taiji ruler qigong form. Links: Feng Zhiqiang youtube.com
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A Study of Taiji Push-Hands
By Xiang Kairen People who practice Taijiquan all know that practicing the form is the “body” (ti), practicing push-hands is the “use” (yong). But are body and usage two different affairs? In order to answer this question, we must first clarify what is body: what is usage? Practicing the form, one never departs from the…
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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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