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I have a passion for martial arts from around the world and aspire to master Taekkyun, a traditional Korean martial art.
Today, I'd like to introduce a technique called "Gyeotchagi (곁차기)", which my master Hwang taught me.
It involves lifting your leg diagonally to strike the...
I'm someone that uses this inner energy in their own martial practices.
I can confidently say that the difference between using it or not using it is quite palpable, I feel stronger, faster and more energized when using Ki/Qi when in comparison to my regular state when not using it.
I know the...
Not sure how many are still here that remember my Xingyi Addict posts, but here I go again...but in the Blog
I stopped training Xingyiquan due to knee issues (2 meniscus repairs and one replacement...so far) and arthritis in other joints. Followed by convincing myself I'm not to old. Well, with...
Gee yahoo comments had better people than this forum. There's a few smart people here that look and observe, but there's a lot that don't read or follow the thread, they just jump to their own coclusion and post nonsense that encompasses no forethought what so ever.
Two years ago, I left this site because of all the political posting. Now there's mostly trolls. There's still some of the contributors there was before, but there's a lot more trolling. People engaging mouth, not brain. A lot more self-aggrandizement.
So, I'm a busy guy. Probably won't...
Folks, I’m getting grumpy and impatient and having a hard time not posting what I’m thinking after reading some posts. I am getting easily annoyed by silliness, ego and arrogance and the continual parade of folks showing up telling others how much better their chosen MA is to anything anyone...
Well just a little
I learned a Sun taijiquan short from a few years ago, pre pandemic, from Jesse Tsao. I liked the form, but I have never been comfortable with it. Today I figured out why, and I felt that 30 years of taijiquan as well as many years in Xingyiquan gives me a bit of leeway and...
My training progression in Internal CMA over the last 30 years has been, in this order; Taijiquan, to Baguazhang, to Xingyiquan. But go back further, about 50 years, when I was in Japanese Jiujutsu, I read an article, in what was then "Kung Fu Magazine" about Xingyiquan and I was hooked. But it...
Now trying to figure out how to work with Wing Chun when I can't get back to my sifu or class until June. I have Sil Lim Tao, 4 turning drills, and that's about it. Working on the heavy bag with punching and thinking of getting an attachment for the heavy bag that is like the upper part of a...
I knew it wouldn't last..... as did just about anybody who has known me for a few years..... there has been a new development...
I am seriously considering Xingyiquan....again...
I am using the excuse that someone is trying to tell me something....or possibly teach me a lesson....
My local...
See you in the next life, wake me up for meals
Folks, I’m back training, slowly, easing into it. Have not forgotten about Wing Chun, just don’t have time to get to the class right now, it is just a bit too far of a drive at the moment. Going to the gym twice a week and working in my home gym...
Which is not as bad as it sounds.
I have for many years (about 30) had as my central style Traditional Yang Style Taijiquan. Before that was Jiujutsu and TKD. But over the last 30 years I have tried many other styles, Shaolin Long Fist, Wing Chun, JKD, Yin Baguzhang, Cheng Baguazhang, Jiang...
I’ve been rereading Wolfe Lowenthall’s book, “There are no secrets, Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing and his Tai Chi Chuan” and there is a section about Cheng Manching’s thought on push hands and fighting with taijiquan. Considering some of the recent posts about taijiquan and fighting I thought this...