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
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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
西藏白鶴拳 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 […]
nodes
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
Thunder & Lightning
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 […]
Balance
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。 一羽不能加，蠅蟲不能落 […]
Spherical body
The way the body is arranged forms a spherical body. The mind and body are used to form the sphere. Intention the connection medium between physical and non physical. A spherical body is formed. […]
Circle & square
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 […]
There is no taiji
“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.” […]
Ripples in time
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 […]
journey to emptiness 