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The Effortless Way and Activism

Jacob Godwin wrote 2 weeks ago: The concepts of effortlessness and activism might seem contradictory at first glance. If they do, lo … more →

Tags: Daoism - Zen, Freedom, Politics, daoism, Zen

Reminiscences of Master Yao Zongxun - Final Part2 comments

yosaku wrote 3 months ago: A: Has M Yao’s Yiquan moved away from M Wang’s Yiquan in its appearance? C: On top of th … more →

Tags: Bu En Fu, Dou Shi Ming, Lei Tai, Shen county, Yao Zong Xun

Reminiscences of Master Yao Zongxun Part VII

yosaku wrote 3 months ago: A: Nowadays, a lot of the people who practice Yiquan never saw Wang Xiangzhai for themselves, they … more →

Tags: Ao Shi Peng, Bai Xue Zheng, Bu En Fu, Ivan Fok, YAO Cheng Guang, Yao Cheng Rong, Yao Zong Xun, Zhao Dao Xin

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun part VI

yosaku wrote 3 months ago: A: Just now we got to talking about how you quit your job for Yiquan, what was all that about? C: In … more →

Fong Ha's Yiquan - More than a martial art - pt.II

Jacob Godwin wrote 3 months ago: Fong Ha’s Yiquan is characterized by a focus on the ability to listen. A general guideline in our tw … more →

Tags: Daoism - Zen, fong ha

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun part V2 comments

yosaku wrote 3 months ago: A: We’ve long heard that Yiquan’s penetrating power (chuan tou li) is formidable. Did M … more →

Tags: Bai Xue Zheng, Han Si Huang, Huo Zhen Huan, Ivan Fok, Gu Liu Xin, Dou Shi Ming, Shanghai, Zhao Dao Xin

Fong Ha's Yiquan: More than a martial art - pt. I

Jacob Godwin wrote 4 months ago: Yiquan, especially that of Fong Ha, is more than a martial art. The founder of Yiquan, Master Wang X … more →

Tags: meditation, Daoism - Zen, fong ha, zhan zhuang, daoism

Don't Move!

Jacob Godwin wrote 4 months ago: “Don’t move the body – you train your Qi. Don’t move your mind – you train your Spirit.”   This is a … more →

Tags: fong ha, zhan zhuang

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun part IV5 comments

yosaku wrote 4 months ago: A: Some people say that M Yao was conservative, that he didn’t teach openly, how would you res … more →

Tags: Da Cheng Quan, Cui Rui Bin, Yao Zong Xun, Ao Shi Peng, Bo Jia Cong

Voice from the past.

eric88ling wrote 4 months ago:   The very fist time I heard the name, Wang Xiangzhai, must have been 35 yrs ago when I was struggl … more →

Tags: Traditional Martial Arts, asian fighting arts, Sports, Kárate, white crane

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun - pt III2 comments

yosaku wrote 4 months ago: A: You mentioned punchbag work just now. Is there a process to this too, or did students just start … more →

Tags: Da Cheng Quan, Yao Zongxun, Cui Rui Bin, YAO Cheng Guang, Yao Cheng Rong, Yi Quan, Han Xing Qiao, Zhou Enlai

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun - Part II

yosaku wrote 5 months ago: The following forms the second part of my translation of a long interview with Cui Ruibin (taken fro … more →

The awakened Dragon.

eric88ling wrote 5 months ago: A gentleman who hardly needs any introduction; for the longest time his works on “Shaolin Whit … more →

Tags: chinese kung fu, Traditional Martial Arts, asian fighting arts, Sports, Kárate, white crane

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun - An Interview with Cui Ruibin, part I 4 comments

yosaku wrote 5 months ago: I have been interested in Yiquan (’intention boxing’), also known as Dachengquan (Great … more →

Tags: Da Cheng Quan, Yao Zongxun, Yao Chengguang, Yao Chengrong, Cui Rui Bin, Hong Lianshun, Li Yongzong, zhan zhuang

HIA: yiquan perspective

neijia wrote 11 months ago: Always good videos on EF, especially from the Yiquan Academy. Looks like mostly HIA from an yiquan p … more →

Tags: JKD, Hia

Counting Breaths in Zhan Zhuang8 comments

wujimon wrote 11 months ago: Up until recently, I was mainly ‘the observer’ during my zhan zhuang sessions, that is, … more →

Tags: meditation, Breathing, zhan zhuang

Being Effortless With Fong Ha5 comments

wujimon wrote 11 months ago: So many years have passed where I just barely missed the opportunity to train with Fong Ha. This yea … more →

Tags: Taiji, meditation, health, Workshop, fong ha

Getting a Second Opinion in Zhan Zhuang1 comment

wujimon wrote 1 year ago: Last night as I was in the zhan zhuang ‘embrace the tree’ posture, my wife walks over t … more →

Tags: Taiji, meditation, zhanzhuang, standing

Xingyiquan and yiquan questions

neijia wrote 1 year ago: After trying xingyiquan basics with a spear (actually a broom), I can finally see that the five elem … more →

Tags: xingyi


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