“Hitting People is like Pulling up Grass”
打人如拔草/Da Ren Ru Ba Cao – Hitting People is like Pulling up Grass Xingyiquan is full of great images to … Continue reading “Hitting People is like Pulling up Grass”
Thoughts on Revenge
I. As many of you well know, there was a time not too long ago where I was on the … Continue reading Thoughts on Revenge
Strategy Notes: Heavenly Timing, Favorable Terrain, & Human Harmony
天时，地利，人和/Tian Shi, Di Li, Ren He – Heavenly Timing, Favorable Terrain, Human Harmony 天时/Tian Shi – Heavenly Timing 地利/Di Li … Continue reading Strategy Notes: Heavenly Timing, Favorable Terrain, & Human Harmony
高氏八卦掌八基掌/Gao Shi Baguazhang Ba Ji Zhang – Gao Style Baguazhang Eight Basic Palms
穿/Chuan – Penetrate 搬/Ban – Move 截/Jie – Intercept 攔/Lan – Block 擰/Ning – Twist 翻/Fan – Overturn 走/Zou – … Continue reading 高氏八卦掌八基掌/Gao Shi Baguazhang Ba Ji Zhang – Gao Style Baguazhang Eight Basic Palms
武有七德/Wu You Qi De – The Military has Seven Virtues
武有七德 夫武，禁暴，戢兵，保大，定功，安民，和眾，豐財，者也。 Now the Military, it surely Prohibits Tyranny, Collects the Weapons, Defends the Elderly, Establishes Service, Pacifies the Citizens, … Continue reading 武有七德/Wu You Qi De – The Military has Seven Virtues
形意刀法十字訣/Xingyi Dao Fa Shizi Jue – Xingyi Saber Method Ten Character Secret
形意刀法以: 劈, 崩, 挑, 推, 橫, 抹, 掛, 切, 掃, 滾; 和纏頭裹腦、藏刀式等。 The Xingyi Saber Method uses: 劈/Pi, 崩/Beng, 挑/Tiao, 推/Gua, 橫/Heng, 抹/Mo, 掛/Gua, 切/Qie, 掃/Sao, & … Continue reading 形意刀法十字訣/Xingyi Dao Fa Shizi Jue – Xingyi Saber Method Ten Character Secret
轉掌要求口訣/Zhuan Zhang Yao Qiu Kou Jue – Turning Palm Essential Requirements Oral Instructions
轉腰頂頸含著胸，後肘粘胸前手平。 Turn the Waist, Erect the Neck, & Contain the Chest, the Rear Elbow sticks to the Chest & the … Continue reading 轉掌要求口訣/Zhuan Zhang Yao Qiu Kou Jue – Turning Palm Essential Requirements Oral Instructions
諸真聖胎神用訣/Zhuzhen Shengtai Shen Yong Jue – Various Genuine Holy Embryo Spirit Application Secrets, Number 11
海蟾真人胎息訣/Hai Chan Zhenren’s Embryonic Breathing Secret 夫元炁者，天地之母，大道之根，陰陽之質。在物名淳利之炁，在人名元炁者也。乃性命也。凡一晝一夜，一萬三千五百息，常常口鼻中泄了真炁。聖人久煉胎息者，常納於丹田，故微微出入，定自身，安而得長生。長生者，乃心與神炁相合，與道同真也。 What is Original Qi? It is the Mother of Heaven & Earth, the … Continue reading 諸真聖胎神用訣/Zhuzhen Shengtai Shen Yong Jue – Various Genuine Holy Embryo Spirit Application Secrets, Number 11
諸真聖胎神用訣/Zhuzhen Shengtai Shen Yong Jue – Various Genuine Holy Embryo Spirit Application Secrets, Number 10
御炁之法/The Method of Managing Qi 上至泥丸，下至命門，二景相隨，可救殘老矣。若呼不得神宰，一息不全，吸不得神宰，亦一息不全。若能息息之中，使神炁相合，則胎從伏炁中結，炁從有胎中息，胎炁內結，永無死矣。功成之後，男子聚精，女子結嬰，雖動於欲不能與神爭，是謂真返精為神也。此者乃是上清玉真修息之訣。日能行之，自得其味，漸合太上真道。 Above is the Ni Wan, below is the Ming Men, Two Luminaries … Continue reading 諸真聖胎神用訣/Zhuzhen Shengtai Shen Yong Jue – Various Genuine Holy Embryo Spirit Application Secrets, Number 10
諸真聖胎神用訣/Zhuzhen Shengtai Shen Yong Jue – Various Genuine Holy Embryo Spirit Application Secrets, Number 9
尹真人曰：神能御炁，則鼻不息。斯言至矣。 Yin Zhenren said: “The Spirit is able to manage the Qi, because the nose does not rest. These words … Continue reading 諸真聖胎神用訣/Zhuzhen Shengtai Shen Yong Jue – Various Genuine Holy Embryo Spirit Application Secrets, Number 9
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 