Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts/武術世界寓意
得心應手 "What the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes"
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…
Recently, while perusing Twitter, I happened upon a retweet from the illustrious Ed Latimore regarding Offensive Strategy. Here's the tweet in question: Now, I'm a…
第一公式/Di Yi Gongshi - First Formula 推托帶領, 搬扣劈進 穿閃截攔, 粘黏連隨 Push, Lift, Carry, Lead, Move, Capture, Chop, Enter Penetrate, Dodge, Intercept, Block Stick, Adhere, Link,…
There is a disease in the World of Martial Arts. It runs rampant among both young & old, completely unchecked, seemingly unstoppable. It infects practitioners…
Continue reading → “Bruceism”: Secret Scourge of the World of Martial Arts
I first heard of the concept of "Eating Bitterness" when I started studying Yin Style Baguazhang. The group had been training for a couple of…
