The most striking feature of 八卦掌/Baguazhang – Eight Signs Palm is its circular walking. The continuous movement is designed to … Continue reading 八卦戰略: 走轉動步之法/Bagua Zhanlue: Zou Zhuan Dong Bu Zhi Fa -Bagua Strategy: Walking Turning Moving Stepping Method
Recently, while perusing Twitter, I happened upon a retweet from the illustrious Ed Latimore regarding Offensive Strategy. Here’s the tweet … Continue reading 形意戰略: 抓住主動權/Xingyi Zhanlue: Zhuazhu Zhudong Quan – Xingyi Strategy: Seizing the Initiative
第一公式/Di Yi Gongshi – First Formula 推托帶領, 搬扣劈進 穿閃截攔, 粘黏連隨 Push, Lift, Carry, Lead, Move, Capture, Chop, Enter Penetrate, Dodge, … Continue reading Taking a Look at Baguazhang’s Sixteen Character Secret: Basic Hands Form the Basis of Application
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 作戰三法說/Zuozhan San Fa Shuo – Three Fighting Methods Theory
•借法/Jie Fa – Borrowing Method 動以處靜有借法 Movement used to discipline Stillness is the Borrowing Method Uncle’s Comments: There are multiple … Continue reading “Three Points On a Line”: Three Fighting Methods of Xingyiquan
手足齊到定要贏，若是手到步不到，打人不得妙，手到步也到，打人如拔草。 “When the hands & feet arrive simultaneously you are sure to win. If the hands arrive but the feet … Continue reading 打人如拔草/Da Ren Ru Ba Cao – Striking People is like Pulling up Grass
太極十年不出門，形意一年打死人。 “Taiji doesn’t leave home for ten years, Xingyi beats people to death in one year.” In order to develop … Continue reading Beating People the Xingyi Way
八反者, 與尋常拳家不同, 反其道而行之, 獨到專具之法也。 The Eight Reverses are distinct from ordinary boxing schools, they act in a diametrically opposite way, … Continue reading 八卦之八反說/Bagua Zhi Ba Fan Shuo – Bagua’s Eight Reverses Theory
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 