Shaving the joint I use a shaving technique where I slide my hand down my opponents arm until I feel his wrist joint with my pinky . I then sink and roll into the joint which grabs the fascia and pulls my opponent onto their toes making them easy to […]

Shaving the joint

One of the peculiarities of internal martial arts is the concepts of wrapping. The body is controlled by its joints. When the joints are out of center even the mind will be out of center. It is important to control your opponent when moving from joint to joint or center […]

Wrapping In internal martial arts as a means of control.

The San Shou The San Shou The San Shou is a two person application set from Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan. This set only exists in Two lineages, Tian Zhao Lin and Hsiung Yang Ho . TT Liang modified to set by adding some push hands and Da Lu to […]

The San Shou

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Internal arts controlling concepts I use several concepts in this video to defect my partners Posture. Shaving is where the finger slides into a notch in the joint and manipulate the facia to pull your partner from a distal point in their body that is difficult to neutralize. When my […]

Internal arts controlling concepts

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The Yellow Emperors Classic regarding methods of treatment relative to geography and constitution. Qi Bo, The Yellow Emperors chief physician, explains the origins of the various treatment methods relative to their geography. He also discusses the constitution of people living in various different regions and Climates and the diseases that […]

The Yellow Emperors Classic regarding methods of treatment relative to ...

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“Green dragon rolling in water “- gathering Qi “Green dragon rolling in water “ is an exercise that comes from the 8 Qigong set (八氣功). The purpose of the set is to cultivate and gather Chi. It is also to bring that Qi down into the lower Basin or the […]

“Green dragon rolling in water “- gathering Qi

BP Chan – “ upper hand middle finger to lower hand index finger“ “Upper hand middle finger to lower hand index finger“ was a comment that we often heard while we were trying to copy the movements of Mr. Chan. This critical alignment is something that I have observed very […]

BP Chan – “ upper hand middle finger to lower ...

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When one joint is out of center, all of the joints are out of center. This is another little clip of BP Chan teaching in his unique style at the Tai Chi farm. Mr. Chan points out to Richard Brooks that when his wrist is “out of center “ it […]

When one joint is out of center, all of the ...

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BP Chan used to say “In internal martial arts, we have two types of exercises: Stillness seeking movement and movement seeking stillness.” The stillness that we seek in our movement is on a spiritual and mental level as well as isolating and training the various centers and axis  of the […]

Zhan Zhuang: An Introduction to Various Training Methods and ...

  Temple training part two When I comes to training the bulk of our time, several hours, is spent on Gong Fa to produce the skills that we are all seeking. This type of free play is something we would do at the very end to experiment with what we […]

Temple training part two