
A New Year’s Gift from Uncle Sickness
As you may know, the Zhuangzi is my all-time favorite book. In many ways, Zhuang Zhou’s fantastic characters & deft … Continue reading A New Year’s Gift from Uncle Sickness
As you may know, the Zhuangzi is my all-time favorite book. In many ways, Zhuang Zhou’s fantastic characters & deft … Continue reading A New Year’s Gift from Uncle Sickness
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
Learning concepts from foreign cultures is, admittedly, a difficult process to due to the amount of background information required to … Continue reading 勢/Shi: The Key Concept In The Study & Application Of Strategy
Exciting news, my Kung Fu Nieces & Nephews! Tomorrow morning, 9:00 AM EST, will see the release of the first … Continue reading NEW SERIES: Thoughts on the 100 Dark World Lessons by Maeko
身法維何,縱橫高低,進退反側而已,縱則放其勢,一往而不返,橫則裹其力,開拓而莫阻,高則揚其身,而身若有增長之勢,低則抑其身,而身若有攢捉之形,當進則進,殫其身而勇往直冲,當退則退,領其氣而回轉伏勢,至于反身顧后,后即前也,側顧左右,使左右無敢當我,而要非拘拘焉為之也,必先察人之強弱,運我之機關,有忽縱而忽橫,縱橫因勢而變遷,不可一概而推,有忽高而忽低,高低隨時以轉移,不可執格而論,時而宜進,故不可退而餒其氣,時而宜退,即當以退,而鼓其進,是進固進也,即退而亦實以賴其進,若返身顧后,顧其后而以不覺其為后,側顧左右,而左右以不覺其為左右矣,總之機關在眼,變通在心,而握其要者,則本諸身,身而前,則四體不令而行矣,身而却,則百骸莫不冥然而處矣,身法顧可置而不論乎。 What is the Body Method? Vertical, Horizontal, High, Low, Advance, Retreat, Reverse, & Lateral, nothing more. Vertical is releasing the … Continue reading 岳飛八要論/Yue Fei Ba Yao Lun – Yue Fei’s Eighth Essential Thesis
A standard plot point for many Martial Arts movies goes like this: A person masters a powerful Martial Art; this … 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 … Continue reading 遊俠行為準則/Youxia Xingwei Zhunze – The Code of Conduct of The Wandering Xia
Did you know I had some reading material available for you? If you take a peek here you’ll find current releases & … Continue reading Books by your Kung Fu Uncle
八要者何? – What are the Eight Essentials? The Eight Essentials are the core of Xingyiquan’s Neigong, & an excellent Health … Continue reading 形意拳八要檢/Xingyiquan Ba Yao Jian – Xingyiquan’s Eight Essentials Examined
高上玉皇胎息經/Gaoshang Yuhuang Taixi Jing -The Most High Jade Emperor’s Embryonic Breathing Classic 玉皇天尊曰: Jade Emperor Tianzun said: 胎從伏氣中結, 氣從有胎中息。 The … Continue reading 胎息經/Taixi Jing – Embryonic Breathing Classic