The only place I see that kind of statement used is in describing Liu He Ba Fa, or the 99 posture Tai Chi form created by Chen Pan Ling. But as...
I am reminded of "You say tomato, and I say toe mah toe". LOL
In the Wu/Hao teaching at 11:05, a door is imagined in the chest that supports a rock. The doors open and the the rock drops into the lower torso....
i found the following title very helpful in researching the evolution of karate into modern times : Hidden Karate: The True Bunkai For Heian...
It would be interesting to know the actual history of this.
No not with any formal teacher. I recently found out Master Jimmy K Wong in Texas is a lineage holder in it. Thought you might be a student.
I was curious about just exactly what is the 11 hands of the buddha and here is an excellent overview. Each one has its own video clip [MEDIA]
Would you tell us who you train with? Is it in the U.S.?
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I used to think that too. Not so sure now. Highly effective teachers may just choose to not have a strong web presence.
Thank You !
AT 13:13 I found this interesting because I have not typically seen Yang stylists do this kind of work [MEDIA]
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I enjoyed this presentation from a Mantis and BJJ practitioner on a possible grappling application of the four move Yang family GST. He mentions a...
At the end of three months, you log on and take an accounting of your permission status. State and local law enforcement agencies have been...
At about 10:22 Javier Martinez shows applications commencing with finger and elbow locks. Interesting !! Towards the end a kata is performed as...
Pretty clear explanation of Internal concepts [MEDIA]
He shows them nice and slow so maybe I can pick up a few LOL Tai Chi's standard ward off application is at about 4:38 he says "This is a common...
Good point. Not being a practitioner, I don't know if at some time they address the point you are making,
I am not an IKCA student but occasionally I stop by their site and look around. I noticed some of their techniques have been changed slightly to...
Cool !!! Your teacher sounds great.
Yes I think I see the similarities. Deep stance work like most Chen, lots of elbow work.
Aha !! I should have checked MartialTalk's own info base. A list of African arts has been made and the Shackle Hands system is described. African...
"It's meant to be a metaphor", I guess of a strong blast of strength that breaks the manacles. Here is the Chinese form I was thinking of. So the...
First of all, a big WHOOPS. If this form is indigenous to Africa, I put it in the wrong place! I have been aware of a form called "Shackle Hands",...
There is a lot of information on this form for free on YT. I think it is of Chinese heritage. [MEDIA]
The applications here seem very reasonable to me. Good Stuff!! It is very good we have started to see, over the past few decades, teachers coming...
Just wondering zzj, are you capable of translating Mandarin ???
Fong Sifu is a great asset to the state of arizona. Much respect to him and his many students!!
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