Santi Shi

Xingyiquan – Training Santi Shi to change the Tendons The Xingyi Boxing Manual by Jin Yunting Has been translated into English in two different versions. The second translation has additional pages from the original text that were deleted in the first version. The translations are actually different as well as […]

Xingyiquan – Training Santi Shi to change the Tendons

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Santi Shi – Overcoming some difficulties in transitioning into posture This is a brief description of some of the difficulties one might in counter getting into the posture Santi Shi. A common thread that runs through all of the teachings of BP Chan is that when moving from Posture to […]

Santi Shi – Overcoming some difficulties in transitioning into posture

Push Hands Receiving /Returning Drill This is a cooperative training drill in which one practitioner pushes ( using muscle) into the root of the receiver with the intent of nourishing , not threatening the root of the receiver . This is done by pushing mindfully and gradually building up power […]

Push Hands Receiving /Returning Drill

WEAVING THE MECHANIC INTO YOUR MOVEMENTS BP Chan spoke of the opening and closing of the form as well as the opening and closing of the Five Animal Frolics for over two hours one day . This alerted me to the importance of the subject matter. Essentially, you never look […]

WEAVING THE MECHANIC INTO YOUR MOVEMENTS

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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

SAN TI SHI TRANSITION APPLICATIONS – THE YI IN XINGYIQUAN. San Ti Shi is both a stillness and a movement Qigong. Most practitioners that I observe rush through the opening movement to get into posture and do some standing training. San Ti posture has multiple transitions that actually train various […]

SAN TI SHI TRANSITION APPLICATIONS – THE YI IN XINGYIQUAN.