Category: Strategy

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 […]

  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 […]

Take a hanging ancient bell for example(Figure 1), inside the bell frame there is a string hanging vertically at the center. The end of the string ties a deadweight

“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 […]

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 […]

An interesting demo, one that I feel illustrates wave theory and wave harmonics.  When we talk of waves its important to understand what a wave is and why its a different way of transmitting energy” slowed down 4x. Many questions arise when viewing demos of  this nature. Often the suggestion is that its faked or the […]

回復力 ” Stand like a balanced scale and rotate actively like a wheel. ” 立如平準、活似車輪 Use no more then 4oz in dealing with others, do not allow more then 4oz to be felt on ones self.  Taiji is no less then one yin, one yang, combined with out separation. 不加四兩以上於對方，也不讓自我感受多於四兩。 太極不外乎一陰一陽、陰陽相濟。 ” Stand like a balanced scale […]

Often talked about on the web, known by other names “kong jin” or what some call “empty force”