Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts
得心應手 – "What the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes"
This subject involves reality being affected by concentrated force of will & is considered pure fraud by academics. But this subject also involves a conflation…
Continue reading → ON EMPTY FORCE -or- Advanced Martial Arts & Magical Thinking vs Actual Magic
Learning concepts from foreign cultures is, admittedly, a difficult process to due to the amount of background information required to make assimilation possible. Let's look…
Continue reading → 勢/Shi: The Key Concept In The Study & Application Of Strategy
The Six Characters on Regulating the Breath are six stages of practice for training & improving the breathing. Together they make up a deliberate, regulated…
Continue reading → 調息六字/Tiao Xi Liu Zi – Six Characters on Regulating the Breath
This episode sees the ever cordial trio of Uncle Sickness, YogaMidnight, & Maeko delve into the mysterious concept of Qi, touching on the key to…
Continue reading → The Kung Fu Discussion Group – Episode 5: Qi Development & Neigong
This episode is all about getting touch with your opponent... SO YOU CAN PUNCH HIM IN HIS FACE! All Martial Arts are concerned with two…
In this episode, Maeko & Uncle discuss how the practice of a Martial Art involves physically embodying the philosophy of that Style, MUST READ BOOKS,…
Episode 2 of the Kung Fu Discussion Group is now available to celebrate this Foolishness Friday. This episode sees the trio of Uncle Sickness, YogaMidnight,…
三體者, 天地人三才之象也。在拳中為頭手足是也。三體又各分為三節, 而內外相合。 頭為根節; 在外為頭, 在內為泥丸宮是也。脊背為中節; 在外為脊背, 在內為心是也。腰為梢節; 在外為腰, 在內為丹田是也。肩為根節, 肘為中節, 手為梢節。胯為根節, 膝為中節, 足為梢節。是三節之中, 又各有三節也。此理乃合於六書之九數。丹書云: "道虛無生一氣, 使從一氣產陰陽, 陰陽再合成三體, 三體重生萬物張。" 此之謂也。 What are the Three Bodies?…
Continue reading → 形意拳三體/Xingyiquan San Ti – Xingyiquan’s Three Bodies
A standard plot point for many Martial Arts movies goes like this: A person masters a powerful Martial Art; this person takes one or more…
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 many unique characters. Heroes, Villains,…
Continue reading → 遊俠行為準則/Youxia Xingwei Zhunze – The Code of Conduct of The Wandering Xia
