Xingyiquan is the oldest of the Big Three Internal Styles of Chinese Martial Arts. Your beloved Kung Fu Uncle is … Continue reading 形意雙手劍法十字訣/Xingyi Shuangshou Jian Fa Shizi Jue – Xingyi Two Handed Sword Method Ten Character Secret
五花炮由鑽拳、裹拳、踐拳、劈拳、反背拳等五拳组威. 它是在戴氏傳統拳鑽拳、裹拳、踐拳俗稱 “三拳” 的基礎上、加入劈拳、反背拳、由兩人進行攻防訓練的一個形式比較簡單、實用價值却頗大的套路形式. 甲乙二人同时出左三体式, 面对面搭把起势. Five Flowers Pounding, Drilling Fist, Wrapping Fist, Treading Fist, Chopping Fist, & Back Fist, … Continue reading Xingyi Encyclopedia Entry: 五花炮 /Wu Hua Pao – Five Flowers Pounding
五花炮/Wu Hua Pao – Five Flowers Pounding is a Xingyi Duilian from Shanxi, known for teaching effective application. The Five … Continue reading 形意五花炮/Xingyi Wu Hua Pao – Xingyi’s Five Flowers Pounding
圈拿撑攔掛, 劈砸攉挑扎。 圈/Quan – Circle 拿/Na – Control 撑/Cheng – Support 攔/Lan – Block 掛/Gua – Hang 劈/Pi – Chop … Continue reading 形意槍法十字訣/Xingyi Qiang Fa Shizi Jue – Xingyi Spear Method Ten Character Secret
One of the most neglected areas of Internal Martial Arts today is Meditation. Widely acknowledged as an integral & essential … Continue reading Xingyiquan Meditation: Thread Breathing & “Threaded Into One”
形意拳之六型/Xingyiquan Zhi Liu Xing- Xingyiquan’s Six Models: •雞腿 – Chicken Legs: The thighs rub each other in passing, the … Continue reading Image Training & Body Models Part 1
“You’ve got a circle…that man lives inside of. He lives inside this circle. He’s responsible for this circle and this … Continue reading Man’s Got a Circle
In this episode, Maeko & Uncle discuss how the practice of a Martial Art involves physically embodying the philosophy of … Continue reading The Kung Fu Discussion Group – Episode 3: Embodying Philosophy Through Martial Arts
Episode 2 of the Kung Fu Discussion Group is now available to celebrate this Foolishness Friday. This episode sees the … Continue reading The Kung Fu Discussion Group – Episode 2: School Etiquette, Teaching Signatures, & Embodying the Philosophy of Your Martial Art
三體者, 天地人三才之象也。在拳中為頭手足是也。三體又各分為三節, 而內外相合。 頭為根節; 在外為頭, 在內為泥丸宮是也。脊背為中節; 在外為脊背, 在內為心是也。腰為梢節; 在外為腰, 在內為丹田是也。肩為根節, 肘為中節, 手為梢節。胯為根節, 膝為中節, 足為梢節。是三節之中, 又各有三節也。此理乃合於六書之九數。丹書云: “道虛無生一氣, 使從一氣產陰陽, 陰陽再合成三體, 三體重生萬物張。” 此之謂也。 … Continue reading 形意拳三體/Xingyiquan San Ti – Xingyiquan’s Three Bodies
