Category: Mindset

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • Longevity is attainable

    Go by the laws of yin and yang, do body-building exercises best suited to one’s conditions, practice temperance in food and drink, follow a regular schedule in daily life, avoid overexertion, keep calm and cheerfull. Liu Zhengcai The Mystery of Longevity ISBN 7119012517 p. iii

  • Meditative Mind

    The tricks for reaching a deep meditative mind are: do not resist, do not concentrate, do not persist, and most importantly of all, dot not be disturbed emotionally. In meditation, the more you restrict your mind from wandering, the more it will try to escape your control. It is like trying to force your self…

  • The heart is calm and quiet as still water

    Wang Ji Wu One must always maintain a calm heart even when influenced by the seven emotions; joy, anger, happiness, worry, sadness, fear and surprise. The heart must remain as calm as still water, never allowing any personal desires to stir up a ripple of disturbance. My thoughts are pure, in spirit I seek to…

  • Joy of Meditation

    Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Breathing in, I dwell in the present moment. Breathing out, I know it is a wonderfull moment. Reference: Thich Nhat Hanh The Bloming of a Lotus ISBN 0807012378 p. 15

  • Making Three Dantians Linear

    This type of qigong has been passed on by a Taoist priest by the name of Wang Zhenyi. While practising this type of qigong you should concentrate your attention on making the upper, middle and lower dantians linear. When you have made your three dantians linear, you will attain a very special and comfortable feeling…

  • The Meaning of Tai Ji Quan

    From the moment of conception, there is an Original Qi contained within that nurtures the body. There is no excess or deficiency; it is balanced and does not flow. It is ultimately good and complete, and is known as the True Yang. This is the same as the so-called centralized qi. This qi normally benefits…

  • The Essentials of Triumph

    There are Five ways triumph can be known: Those who know when to challenge and when to not to challenge will triumph. Those who recognize how to use the nomerous and the few will triumph. Those who agree on superior and inferior objectives will triumph. Those who prepare to lie in wait for the unprepared…

  • The Heart of Da Cheng Chuan

    Inwardly alert, open, calm. Outwardly upright, extended, filled with spirit. This is the foundation of stillness. Add the hard and the soft, the powerful and the relaxed, Motion and stillness, contraction and extension: In the instant these converge, there is power. Wang Xiang Zhai The Way of Power by Lam Kam Chuen ISBN 1856751988 p.…

  • The soft and weak will overcome

    人之生也柔弱, 其死也堅強。 草木之生也柔脆, 其死也枯槁。 故堅強者死之徒, 柔弱者生之徒。 是以兵強則滅, 木強則折。 強大處下, 柔弱處上。 A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death. The gentle and yielding…

  • Spirit – Shen Concentrated

    Having the above four, then you can return to concentrated spirit: if the spirit is concentrated, then it is (continuous and) uninterrupted, and the practice of chi (breath) returns to the shen (spirit). The manifestation of chi moves with agility. (When) the spirit is concentrated, opening and closing occur appropriately, and the differentiation of substantial…

  • Yang Cheng Fu – The Story of a Cotton Thread

    by Mei Ying Sheng Translated by Ted W. Knecht In the year 1932, Master Yang Cheng Fu and his disciple, Fu Zhong Wen, traveled south to the city of Guang Zhou in Guang Dong Province to teach the art of Taijiquan. One day, a martial arts teacher by the name of Liu and his disciples…