The resigning Year of The Tiger bows
to the arrival of The Year of The Rabbit
Happy Chinese New Year 2023!
Sunday, January 29, 2023
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Xiaoyao Sword is one of the Wudang sword techniques, which is named after one of the famous works of an ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi. The sword technique features continuous and free sword movements that embody the Taoist's idea of being free and unfettered. Xiaoyao Sword has been derived from Xiaoyao Palm, and the sword is an extension of the arm. One of the characteristics of Xiaoyao Sword is to attack at unexpected angles instead of relying solely on force.
Liuxiang is a coach at Wudang Yunxi Caotang Wushu School. After coming to Wudang Mountain, he was particularly interested in Xiaoyao Sword when he saw his master practicing it. "One of the unique things about Wudang sword techniques is to cultivate the mind. A cultivated mind is all-conquering. To be truly free and unfettered, one should get rid of prejudices and preconceived ideas. In essence, they are all delusions."
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Chen-style Tai Chi Lao Jia Yi Lu
(Old Frame First Routine)
74 Form 陈氏太极老架一路74式 - Part 1
Chen-style Tai Chi Lao Jia (Old Frame) is the earliest known form of Chen-style Tai Chi. Yi Lu (First Routine) means it is the first form learned in the system. Other major Tai Chi styles such as Yang, Wu, etc are believed to evolve from this form.
Lao Jia Yi Lu (Old Frame First Routine) consists of slow continuous movements focusing on silk reeling (纏絲). There is also Fa Jing (發勁) in this form which is the explosive release of internal energy. This form is important to all practitioners interested in learning traditional Tai Chi because they can appreciate the original form and applications of the moves they practice. Many Chen-style Tai Chi practitioners learn Lao Jia Yi Lu before moving on to the other Chen forms such as Lao Jia Er Lu (Old Frame Second Routine), Xin Jia (New Frame), Xiao Jia (Small Frame).
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Sunday, January 22, 2023
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The majestic Wudang Mountain is home to Wudang kung fu and Tai chi, which has survived and thrived for almost a thousand years, is the treasure of the Taoists on the mountain and harbors the unique philosophy of Wudang Kung fu.
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This is about the two errors that can result from martial art training.
1. If you base your training too much on sparring, or on training techniques against a non-compliant opponent, they you will tend to associate the success of a technique with the effort you apply. You might fail to recognize the subtle biomechanics and mental processes that gave you the advantage in the first place, and only see the effort that finished the technique.
Advanced and martial art training methods (like those found in some schools of tai chi or other internal martial arts), aim to refine proprioception and improve the application of your mechanical advantage. This is where the extraordinary skill comes from. If you are not learning to make your techniques effortless and undetectable, then your attachment to inefficiency will defeat you. Internal martial art training can reveal the mechanical efficiency that such low level force obscures.
...however...
2. If you base your training too much on cooperative drills, then you might experience the effortlessness that only comes with perfect method and perfect technique, but your techniques will only work against people who have trained themselves to reveal your power to you. What this means is that you will get so good at lining things up with your opponent’s technique, that you will be thrown effortlessly every time. This does not prepare you to deal with a real non-compliant opponent. It also risks making you a self-defeating combatant. You get so accustomed to being thrown without effort, that the opponent, even one who has never trained this way, will be able to throw you with little to no effort. I have seen this with students who focused excessively on what some call “empty force”. I only need to think about pushing them and they go flying across the room.
Sunday, January 8, 2023
Push Hands is the "other" part of tai chi that makes your practice a true living art Tai chi push hands practice is a necessary next step for tai chi practitioners who wish to make their art come alive. Push hands practice requires two people to engage in a variety of "light touch" moving and walking routines.
Sunday, January 1, 2023
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