Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts
得心應手 – "What the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes"
This subject involves reality being affected by concentrated force of will & is considered pure fraud by academics. But this subject also involves a conflation…
Continue reading → ON EMPTY FORCE -or- Advanced Martial Arts & Magical Thinking vs Actual Magic
Learning concepts from foreign cultures is, admittedly, a difficult process to due to the amount of background information required to make assimilation possible. Let's look…
Continue reading → 勢/Shi: The Key Concept In The Study & Application Of Strategy
“You’ve got a circle…that man lives inside of. He lives inside this circle. He’s responsible for this circle and this circle only!” * The…
Many people are familiar with the concepts of Yin & Yang, but only just enough to know they exist. There's still a great deal of…
Continue reading → Yin Yang Theory: Examining The Basic Principles
A standard plot point for many Martial Arts movies goes like this: A person masters a powerful Martial Art; this person takes one or more…
Continue reading → The Central Lesson of The World of Martial Arts: 武德/Wu De – Martial Ethics
Every culture, every society, has its array of characters & personality types. In the World of Martial Arts, there are many unique characters. Heroes, Villains,…
Continue reading → 遊俠行為準則/Youxia Xingwei Zhunze – The Code of Conduct of The Wandering Xia
Baguazhang is a Martial Art known for its percussive strikes delivered on the move. The image of a person Walking in a circle, continuously moving,…
Continue reading → 八卦暗腿/Bagua An Tui – Bagua Hidden Legs: Thirty-six Methods Hidden in Plain Sight
八要者何? - What are the Eight Essentials? The Eight Essentials are the core of Xingyiquan's Neigong, & an excellent Health Cultivation practice. Today we're going…
Continue reading → 形意拳八要檢/Xingyiquan Ba Yao Jian – Xingyiquan’s Eight Essentials Examined
If someone put you on the spot & demanded that you summarize yourself in only six words, would you be able to do it? All…
The most striking feature of 八卦掌/Baguazhang - Eight Signs Palm is its circular walking. The continuous movement is designed to train the speed & stability…
