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Master Zhang Yongliang
張永良師傅
1920–2020
Master Zhang Youngliang, was born in 1920. He started his martial arts training at age of 5, until 14.
Cheng Tzu’s Thirteen Treatises
Cheng Tzu’s Thirteen Treatises A very good book written by a well known taiji master. Cheng Man Ch’ing Strength and Physics page 44 A chapter that one will read, and read again as time goes on and ones skill deepens. One the most important concepts it covers The sphere. With out being able to form […]
Form does not differ from Emptiness Emptiness does not differ from Form.
Leonardo’s drawing combines a careful reading of the ancient text with his own observation of actual human bodies. “Form does not differ from Emptiness 般若波羅蜜多心經註述 知定註述 And Emptiness does not differ from Form. Form is Emptiness and Emptiness is Form.” The empty space shown by the circle. Field of awareness or qi field that surrounds […]
volley jin 3.0
Some speculate there may be some psychological compliance by the students, or un voiced expectations elicited by the teacher.
volley jin 2
Volley jin.
Known by other names “kong jin” or what some call “empty force”
Master Chen Weihong
“陳奕宏”
?–2015
Very modest, highly skilled taiji teacher.
Taught his taiji in one of the many small parks in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Shifu Peter Tam Hoy
A young “Jedi” in the making Shifu Peter Tam Hoy, or just Peter, as he had asked to be addressed at the time I had met him.
Master David Chin
A pioneer in Chinese Martial Arts,
A traditional based Shifu, adapting his art in the traditional way of past masters to the realities of todays fighting contest.
Mantis
Do you want to try your White Crane against my student? My first introduction on a hot, humid summer day in Korea to a style and teacher who had used his art during and after the Korean war. The teacher a medium sized Korean man nothing really special stood out except for his eyes. People […]
Northern Mantis
Northern Mantis a unique style developed and proven in China’s past with a rich and long history. Paul Brennan’s, in depth translation gives a look back into the history and times surrounding the creation of the style
Master Park Chi-Moon
“was born in 1930 in what is now North Korea. He first began studying gong fu within his family at a very young age (around 7 or 8 years old). He later traveled around the Korean peninsula studying under any master he could find. At that time he met his main master, shifu Lin Ping Jiang.
Tibetan White Crane
白鶴派 The beginnings of White Crane A Tibetan monk ” lama” deep in mediation. “For several years the lama monk Ah Dat-Ta “阿達陀“ retreated to the mountains to live in seclusion, studying Buddhist texts and practicing meditation. He also hoped to improve his martial art skill. One day Ah Dat-Ta’s meditation was disturbed by a […]
journey to emptiness 