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OPEN & CLOSE DANTIAN AND HEAVEN & EARTH SINK & FLOAT   This is used as an opening and closing method as it smooths the energy flow and draws in more energy . Stand in a natural stance and exhale . When you exhale and your lungs empty , your […]

OPEN & CLOSE DANTIAN AND HEAVEN & EARTH SINK & ...

  TIGER STEPS AND TIGER ROARS TO HEAL THE LUNGS       The Five Animal Frolics are a form of Medical Qigong in modern terminology . They are actually a 2000 year old Dao Yin exercise. There are five animals that represent the five zang and fu organ pairs […]

TIGER STEPS AND TIGER ROARS TO HEAL THE LUNGS

DRILL FOR ACQUIRING WARD OFF  Taijiquan has been called Peng Jin Quan or Ward Off Boxing by some. It is Ward Off that allows for the cultivation of soft effortless power and it is softness that creates an environment for Ward Off to occur. If one attempts to aquire […]

DRILL FOR ACQUIRING WARD OFF

DEFENSE  AGAINST A HOOK PUNCH TO THE RIBS/KIDNEY i can “roll with the punch” using my elbow to Roll Off the force (Lu) and hook Jim Galloway’s wrist . Jim’s resistant wrist will adhere to my elbow and with a turn of the waist, i can pull Jim off balance […]

DEFENSE AGAINST A HOOK PUNCH TO THE RIBS/KIDNEY

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THE FORMULA FOR EFFORTLESS POWER When applying power upward , there are 3 ways that one can progress through to achieve something Internal as a mechanism . The Tai Chi Tu or ” Yin Yang Diagram” is the visual expression of a Universal Principle that could be explained as opposing […]

THE FORMULA FOR EFFORTLESS POWER

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BP Chan Quote of the Day : “Just Do , No Expectations ” This is one of my favorite quotes of Mr. Chan . It is a life principle to live by. It is also a principle that i encountered very early in my training . i was training I […]

” just do, no expectations”

MANNY KEEPIN IT TIGHT This is an exercise inspired by the Monkey Steps Posture . The defensive actions are led slight waist turns causing the shots to glance off . The elbows are used like hands and defend their own zone . This type of posture is used when “fighting […]

MANNY KEEPIN IT TIGHT

MONKEY STEPS STIR UP Monkey Steps Posture from the Five Animal Frolics is used in this example to stir up my opponent’s footing . I parry Jim Galloway’s punch to my left by turning slightly to the left. I then hook /contract/sink pulling him into pinning his own feet enticing […]

MONKEY STEPS STIR UP

BP Chan quote of the day : Regarding correct form : ” Just do So body is comfortable lf body feels comfortable It is alright” BP Chan training Lien Chi Shih /Spreading Wings Posture from the Five Animal Frolics. Notice how his wings/arms are rounded (comfortable),his eyes and Spirit keep […]

” Just do So body is comfortable lf body feels ...

The pushing and pressing forward posture from the five animal frolics utilizes both a vertical and a horizontal circle caused by one rotation of the waist. This is from the bear exercises which are good for the liver and gallbladder. The liver is the mother of blood and the mother […]

Pushing & Pressing Forward Posture – The One becomes the ...