Penetrate, Bridge, Reach, and Glide Four primary long arm movements used to create or connect with a contact point from which inner momentum can be released “spit”‘ or receive outer momentum “swallow” embodying the concept of “Spit and swallow “ The long arm methods used in Tsang Lu, come from the traditions of Tibetan […]
Pung, Lu Ji and An… Can be thought of as expand, contract, compress and span A way of looking at effects or actions not tied to specific movements but through intended effect or property of the result. All movements or movement contain the four basic properties expressed according to desired effect. The practice shown […]
Tsang Lu 蒼鷺太極 open close, empty full, swallow, spit, move with awareness 基於開合、虛實與吞吐 的知覺運動 Named after “the heron” embodying many of its qualities, a traditional approach based on basic proven fundamental methods of the past, for the reality of the present. “The Heron, is comfortable in a space that is neither here nor there. “ […]
“He starts late but arrives first” How can this be, he starts late but arrives first ? If one is the destination, the focus is helping the other to reach it, while at the same time changing it. Many Chinese martial art styles are predicated on what some call zone protection or gate theory. In […]
Chinese Martial Art styles (CMA) can be looked at in many ways. Strategies or principles are “the way trained skills are used” Tactics or skill sets, developed to enable strategies to be used. They define “what is trained to gain a skill” Movement embodies the over all method mind/body method that employ “the type of […]
意念 Often people ask about where they should put their mind, it should not be on ones self, the other or on the contact point…the writings of the Zen Master, talks in terms of sword practice, in principle its the same idea for the same reasons. The practice of taiji frees ones mind, and body. […]
I once asked Master Zhang, “ what are differences between taiji styles?” He said “ The names of the taiji styles come from famous family members who where historical taiji teachers. Yang, Wu, and Sun, or places where taiji was developed Chen village, Guang Ping village. When you understand taiji you can call what you […]
白鶴派 “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 loud sound. He left the cave he had been meditating in to investigate […]
Five bows a way of describing the method of storing “elastic force” using the analogy of a bow. Article describing the process “Five bows in one body means that the body is like a bow, two bows in both hands, and two bows in two feet. The combination of the five bows is the overall […]
雷與閃電 Bright light, crashing sound, deep night. 閃光、雷聲、深夜 The O.O.D.A loop 觀察-導向-決策-行動 的O.O.D.A迴圈 Describes a way of understanding body mind interactions when called to act. “The approach favors agility over raw power in dealing with human opponents in any endeavor.” O.O.D.A迴圈描述一種用於瞭解行動時身體與心靈如何互動的方式。“在對手為人時，這種方式強調的是敏捷靈活而不是原始的力量。” Not Even a Hair Can Be Entered 毫髮不能入 “Interval” is when two things come […]
Central equilibrium, the force of equilibrium. MIYOKO SHIDA RIGOLO –ZEN JAPANESE DANCER Watching her movements one should understand that she is part of the demo. She must be empty, in other words, she must remove her self from the demo in order to allow “it” to achieve its own equilibrium through her. 觀看她的動作應該明白:她是演示的一部分。 她必須是空的，換句話說，她必須從演示中移除她的自我，以便讓“它”透過她實現自己的平衡。 […]
方圓 “Circling while retreating is easy, but circling while advancing is difficult, so do not get sloppy with your waist and headtop when going forward or back. It is hard to stay in the central position,so the ease of retreat and difficulty of advance are to be carefully studied. As this is a matter of movement […]
“Boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. .”That’s impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Boy: There is no spoon. Neo: There is no spoon? Boy: Then you’ll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.” “男孩：不要試圖想彎曲湯匙。那是不可能的。 相反地只是試著去認識真相。Neo：這是什麼道理？男孩：沒有湯匙。Neo：沒有湯匙？男孩：那麼你會發現不是湯匙彎曲，只是你自己彎曲。” “To try and realize the truth.” […]
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Martial Arts History, Wing Chun and Chinese Martial Studies.
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