The Kung Fu Discussion Group – Episode 1: Xingyiquan
The Kung Fu Discussion Group – Episode 1: Xingyiquan is here, just in time for Sacred Kung Fu Saturday! Join … Continue reading The Kung Fu Discussion Group – Episode 1: Xingyiquan
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三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 4
以逸待勞/Yi Yi Dai Lao – Wait at Ease for an Exhausted Enemy 原文：困敵之勢，不以戰；損剛益柔。 Original Text: To impair the enemy’s momentum … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 4
三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 3
借刀殺人/Jie Dao Sha Ren – Borrow a Knife to Kill a Person 原文：敵已明，友示定，引友殺敵，不自出力，以《損》推演。 Original Text: When the enemy is already … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 3
三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 2
圍魏救趙/Wei Wei Jiu Zhao – Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao 原文：共敵不如分敵；敵陽不如敵陰。 Original Text: A unified enemy is not as good … Continue reading 三十六計/ San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 2
三十六計/San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 1
瞞天過海/Man Tian Guo Hai – Deceive Heaven to Cross the Sea 原文：備周則意怠；常見則不疑。陰在陽之內，不在陽之對。太陽，太陰。 Original Text: Thorough preparation leads to lax intent; … Continue reading 三十六計/San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems Number 1
三十六計/San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems – Prologue
•六六三十六，數中有術，術中有數。陰陽燮理，機在其空，機不可設，設則不中。• Six times six is thirty-six, calculations exist within techniques, techniques exist within calculations. Yin & Yang harmonize, the mechanism … Continue reading 三十六計/San Shi Liu Ji – The Thirty six Stratagems – Prologue
岳飛八要論/Yue Fei Ba Yao Lun – Yue Fei’s Eighth Essential Thesis
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
劉德寬八卦掌一直六十四手拳譜/Liu Dekuan Baguazhang Yizhi Liushisi Shou Quanpu – Liu Dekuan’s Baguazhang Straight Line 64 Hands Boxing Chart Part 8
•起式: 老僧托缽掌/Qishi: Lao Seng Tuo Bo Zhang – Beginning Pattern: Old Monk Lifts Bowl Palm 四龍取水/Si Long Qu Shui – … Continue reading 劉德寬八卦掌一直六十四手拳譜/Liu Dekuan Baguazhang Yizhi Liushisi Shou Quanpu – Liu Dekuan’s Baguazhang Straight Line 64 Hands Boxing Chart Part 8
劉德寬八卦掌一直六十四手拳譜/Liu Dekuan Baguazhang Yizhi Liushisi Shou Quanpu – Liu Dekuan’s Baguazhang Straight Line 64 Hands Boxing Chart Part 7
•起式: 老僧托缽掌/Qishi: Lao Seng Tuo Bo Zhang/Beginning Pattern: Old Monk Lifts Bowl Palm 插花掖肘/Cha Hua Ye Zhou – Thrust the … Continue reading 劉德寬八卦掌一直六十四手拳譜/Liu Dekuan Baguazhang Yizhi Liushisi Shou Quanpu – Liu Dekuan’s Baguazhang Straight Line 64 Hands Boxing Chart Part 7
劉德寬八卦掌一直六十四手拳譜/Liu Dekuan Baguazhang Yizhi Liushisi Shou Quanpu – Liu Dekuan’s Baguazhang Straight Line 64 Hands Boxing Chart Part 6
•起式: 老僧托缽掌/Qishi: Lao Seng Tuo Bo Zhang – Beginning Pattern: Old Monk Lifts Bowl Palm 千斤墜地/Qian Jin Zhui Di – … Continue reading 劉德寬八卦掌一直六十四手拳譜/Liu Dekuan Baguazhang Yizhi Liushisi Shou Quanpu – Liu Dekuan’s Baguazhang Straight Line 64 Hands Boxing Chart Part 6
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 