Category: Energy

  • The Bridge Power Training Deeper Strength

    The Bridge If you look carefully at the point where the pillars of a bridge bear the structure’s enormous weight, you will often find a small cylinder. This astonishing feature is known as a “bridge bearing.” The purpose of the bearing is to take the weight while giving the entire structure maximum flexibility. Bridge bearings…

  • Chan Lien Tieh Sui Pu Tiu pu Ting

    This refers to the sticking aspect or adherence in Tai Chi Chuan. Chan and lien are vertical adhering movements, lifting from above and supporting from below, respectively. Tieh is adherence in the horizontal motion, sui is adherence from the rear. Pu tiu pu ting means neither to lose the adherence nor to resist. Reference: T’Ai…

  • The origin of Daoyin

    Take a deep breath and sink it to dantien. Hold the breath there for a while and then exhale it like the sprouting off grass until the it goes to the top of your head. In this way, the yang vital energy go up and the yin down. Those whose yang or yin energy goes…

  • Guolin Qigong

    The Guo Lin Story Ms. Guo Lin was a teacher of traditional Chinese painting and was diagnosed with uterine cancer at age 43 and had her uterus removed in 1949 while she was in Shanghai, China. In 1960, the cancer was found to have spread to her bladder, so her doctors removed half her bladder.…

  • What is the use of suppleness?

    Q: Tai Chi seeks to be supple but what is the use of suppleness? A: Seeking suppleness enables you to separate your body into pieces. If an opponent pushes against your forearm, your elbow doesn’t move; if against your elbow it moves, but not your shoulder; if against your shoulder it moves, but not your…

  • Seigo Okamoto on Aiki in Aikijujutsu Daitoryu Roppokai

    Seigo Okamoto (b. 10 February 1925). B. Yubari City, Hokkaido. First taught by Kodo Horikawa in 1963 in Kitami, Hokkaido. Received 7th dan from Horikawa in 1974. Okamoto was promoted to shihan by Horikawa in 1978. He separated from the Kodokai to found Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu Roppokai after moving to Tokyo in 1977. Okamoto’s art is characterized…

  • Small Universe

    The purpose of this meditation exercise is to clear energy blockages along the front and back channels; to physically clear the roots of sickness; and to open the energy centers along these channels. I highly recommend this exercise. If you have time to do only one Spring Forest Qigong technique, do the Small Universe. It…

  • The Breathing of the Universe

    This exercise is very good for healing the lungs and skin and to balance the energy inside and outside of the body. If you are doing the Moving of Yin & Yang prior to doing the Breathing of the Universe you make the transition in the following way. Finish the Moving of Yin & Yang…

  • The Moving of Yin & Yang

    This exercise is very good for healing your internal organs. Through the guidance of your mind and the movement of your hands, the heart energy and the kidney energy join during this exercise opening many blockages in the body. Again, you may do this exercise standing, sitting, or lying down. Use the same body positions…

  • The Beginning of the Universe

    This exercise helps bring your focus back into your body and wake up your internal energy. When doing this exercise while sitting, try to sit up and keep the spine straight. When doing this exercise while lying down, lie on your back and keep your spine as straight as possible. When doing this exercise while…

  • 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…

  • Sheng Zhen Healing Qigong – Li Jun Feng

    Li Jun Feng embodies the spirit of Sheng Zhen, Unconditional Love. As the leading teacher of the International Sheng Zhen Society, he is the moving force behind bringing Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong practices to the world. Master Li perhaps is best known as having been the headcoach of the world-renowned Beijing Wushu (Martial Arts)…

  • 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

  • Wang Yu Fang Shi Li

    Links: Yiquan by Wang Yu Fang neigong.net Yiquan wikipedia.org