人來我解,而後還擊,叫互進法;人來我接,同時還擊,叫堵截法;人來我脫身化之,化中有打,叫脫身化影法。三法這中,一法勝一法。只有第三種最為深奧,需功夫練到爐火純青之時,方可用好此法。 When someone Comes I Dissolve, & then hit back is called the Mutual Advance Method; When someone Comes I … Continue reading 八卦戰略: 作戰三法/Bagua Zhanlue: Zuozhan San Fa – Bagua Strategy: Three Fighting Methods
“Three Points On a Line”: Three Fighting Methods of Xingyiquan It goes without saying that ALL Martial Arts, whatever their … Continue reading 形意戰略: 三戰法/Xingyi Zhanlue: San Zhan Fa – Xingyi Stategy: Three Fighting Methods
“The Old Sayings have Merit” That’s a quote from one of Xingyiquan’s theoretical documents. While it’s true that older people … Continue reading 形意戰略: 以攻為守/Xingyi Zhanlue: Yi Gong Wei Shou – Xingyi Strategy: Use Attack As Defense
見孔不打，見橫打; 見孔不立，見橫立。 “Don’t strike when you see a gap, strike when you see the ‘Cross’; don’t stand firm when … Continue reading “Don’t Strike When You See a Gap, Strike When You See the ‘Cross’”: Timing in Xingyiquan
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”
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
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
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
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
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
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 