•上八路/Shang Ba Lu – Initial Eight Roads 第一路：左右掙錘式 1st Road: Left & Right Struggling Hammer Form 第二路：搬扣聯發錘式 2nd Road: Moving … Continue reading 岳氏连拳-八翻手拳譜/Yue Shi Lian Quan – Ba Fan Shou Quanpu – Yue Style Linked Fist – Eight Overturning Hands Boxing Chart
1. 強橫無義者不傳，強橫則為亂，無義則負恩，逄蒙之事可鑑也。 Do not pass it on to those who bully & the immoral, bullies behave chaotically, the immoral … Continue reading 螳螂拳門槼: 拳術十戒/Tanglangquan Men Gui: Quan Shu Shi Jie – Tanglangquan’s School Regulations: The Boxing Art’s Ten Commandments
In addition to all the Baguzhang goodies that have been appearing lately, I’ve also been working on some excellent Tanglangquan … Continue reading Foolishness Friday: Mantis Madness Edition!!!?!?!!??!
螳螂代打，螳螂叫打，螳螂提打，螳螂捆打，螳螂拈打，螳螂拿打，螳螂截打，螳螂就打，螳螂封打，螳螂空打，螳螂閃打，螳螂閉打，螳螂緒打。 Tanglang Replacing Strike, Tanglang Calling Strike, Tanglang Raising Strike, Tanglang Bundling Strike, Tanglang Twisting Strike, Tanglang Controlling Strike, Tanglang … Continue reading 螳螂之打十三門/Tanglang Zhi Da Shi San Men – Tanglang’s Striking Thirteen Gates
掌分八勢轉為根,左旋右轉要縮身。 二人相戰腕中求,動手取勝步法分。 The Palm divides into Eight Patterns with Turning as the root, both Left Whirling & Right Turning must … Continue reading 八卦掌用法歌訣/Baguazhang Yong Fa Ge Jue – Baguazhang Application Method Song Secret
Baguazhang can be summarized with six characters, which are: •穩 Wen/Stable •準 Zhun/Accurate •狠 Hen/Vicious •冷 Leng/Cold •脆 Cuì/Crisp •快 … Continue reading 八卦掌六字簡述/Baguazhang Liu Zi Jianshu – Baguazhang Six Character Outline
Xingyiquan can be summarized with six characters, which are: •工/Gong – Skillful •順/Shun – Smooth •勇/Yong – Brave •疾/Ji – … Continue reading 形意拳六字簡述/Xingyiquan Liu Zi Jianshu – Xingyiquan Six Character Outline
三害者何?一曰努氣,二曰拙力,三曰挺胸提腹。用努氣者,太剛則折,易生胸滿氣逆,肺炸諸症。譬之心君不和,百官自失其位。用拙力者四肢百骸,血脈不能流通,經絡不能舒暢,陰火上昇,心為拙氣所滯,滯於何處,何處為病,輕者肉中發跳,重者攻之疼痛,甚之可以結成瘡毒諸害。挺胸提腹腹逆氣上行,不歸丹田,兩足無根,輕如浮萍,拳體不和,即万法亦不能處時中地步。故三害不明,練之可以傷身,明之自能引人入聖,必精心果力,剔除净盡,始得拳學入門要道,故書云:樹德務滋,除惡務本。練習諸君,慎之慎之。 What are the Three Harms? The first is called “Exerting the Qi,” the second is called “Clumsy Strength,” the … Continue reading 入門三害/Ru Men San Hai – Introduction to the Three Harms
頭/Head: 頭打之法進中央,靠山探穴兩肋旁。 乳上乳下斜身取,此頭乃是掌中王。 The Head Strike’s Method enter the center, lean on the mountain to explore the cavities on both … Continue reading 八卦掌身之八打歌訣/Baguazhang Shen Zhi Ba Da Ge Jue – Baguazhang Body’s Eight Strikes Song Secret
岳氏十八捶/Yue Shi Shi Ba Chui – Yue Clan Eighteen Strikes 十八捶指岳門拳有十八種拳法，即策捶、劈捶、勾捶、擔捶、撞捶、貫捶、衝捶、火尖捶、車輪捶、七星捶、龍星捶、攔腰捶、鎮心捶、護心捶、滾龍捶、反身捶、肩鋒捶、拗步捶。 The Eighteen Strikes indicate the Yue School’s Boxing consisting … Continue reading 岳氏連拳八翻手十八捶/Yue Shi Lian Quan Ba Fan Shou Shi Ba Chui – Yue Clan Linked Fist Eight Overturning Hands Eighteen Strikes
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 