歌二十六/Song Twenty six 力要剛兮勁要柔,剛柔偏重功難收。 過剛必折真物理,優柔太盛等於休。 The Li must be Hard & the Jin must be Soft, overemphasizing either Hard or … Continue reading 八卦掌三十六歌訣/Baguazhang Sanshiliu Gejue – Baguazhang’s Thirty six Song Secrets: Part 8
挑/Tiao – Raise, 托/Tuo – Support, 抹/Mo – Wipe, 掛/Gua – Hang, 㓲/Pian – Pare, 搜/Sou – Search, 閉/Bi – … Continue reading 孫氏八卦劍應用要法十字/Sun Shi Bagua Jian Yingyong Yao Fa Shi Zi – Sun Style Bagua Sword Application Ten Character Essential Methods
走轉裹翻穿撩提按為練劍要法八字走者行走步法也轉者左右旋轉也裹者手腕往裏裹勁也翻者手腕向外翻扭也穿者左右前後上下穿去也撩者或陰手或陽手望着前後撩去或半弧或圜形因式而出之也提者劍把往上提也按者手心裏邊向下按也 Walking, Turning, Wrapping, Overturning, Penetrating, Scooping, Lifting, & Depressing are the Eight Characters for the Essential Methods of Sword … Continue reading 孫氏八卦劍練劍要法八字/Sun Shi Bagua Jian Lian Jian Yao Fa Ba Zi – Sun Style Bagua Sword Eight Characters on Essential Methods of Training the Sword
There’s another ebook up on Gumroad: Liu Dekuan’s Baguazhang 64 Hands. Learn the essence of Northern Free Fighting with this … Continue reading Liu’s 64 Hands Straight Line Baguazhang
•踏掌/Ta Zhang – Compressing Palm 三角步法走四面,八方八打不滯慢。 迎招踏它頭面胸,坐身踏其腰胯肚。 Triangle Footwork Walks the Four Sides, the Eight Directions & Eight Strikes aren’t … Continue reading 八卦掌八大掌法練藝歌/Baguazhang Ba Da Zhang Fa Lian Yi Ge – Baguazhang’s Eight Big Palms Method Training Skill Song
八卦奧妙要學真,走穿擰翻人難進。 Bagua’s marvelous wonder requires genuine study, people find Walking, Penetrating, Twisting, & Overturning difficult to Enter. 任他巨力來打我,旋轉變化到彼身。 Even if … Continue reading 八卦掌交手訣/Baguazhang Jiao Shou Jue – Baguazhang’s Crossing Hands Secret
歌二十四/Song Twenty four 力足發自筋與骨,骨中出硬筋相隨。 足根大筋通腦脊,發招跟步力能摧。 The Li is sufficient when generated from the tendons & bones, in extending, the bone … Continue reading 八卦掌三十六歌訣/Baguazhang Sanshiliu Gejue – Baguazhang’s Thirty six Song Secrets: Part 7
歌十九/Song Nineteen 人道掌法勝在剛, 郭老曾言柔內藏。 個中也有人知味, 剛柔相濟是所長。 People say with the Palm Methods success is in hardness, Old Master Guo once … Continue reading 八卦掌三十六歌訣/Baguazhang Sanshiliu Gejue – Baguazhang’s Thirty six Song Secrets: Part 6
八卦掌的鍛煉，分為三個步驟：定架子，活架子，變架子。 Baguazhang’s training is divided into three types: Fixed Frame, Lively Frame, & Variable Frame. 第一步驟，一定要先練定架子，這是八卦掌打基礎的步驟。定架子就是一步一趨，慢慢地，規規矩矩地按八卦掌的動作練習，不可快。 The first step … Continue reading 八卦掌的三個鍛煉步驟/Baguazhang De San Ge Duanlian Buzhou – Baguazhang’s Three Types of Training Procedure
It's been some time since the last Foolishness Friday installment, & I ask you to forgive me for that. As … Continue reading Foolishness Friday Film Recommendation Edition: The Mystery of Subtle Palm Methods Edition
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 