Zhang Junfeng Video
This video of Zhang Junfeng has recently appeared on Youtube. He brought Gao style Ba Gua to Taiwan around 1950. This video is from 1950s-60s. He shows quite a bit […]
Tai Chi: “To be Nothing is Good”
A shout out to Roy Wilson, a long-time Tai Chi practitioner who trained with me in England. He interviewed me about Cheng Man-ching, my teacher Liu Hsi-heng, and my time […]
Mr Liu: Key Points for Tai Chi Practice
Roy Wilson, a long-time Tai Chi practitioner who trained with me in England, interviewed me about Cheng Man-ching, my teacher Liu Hsi-heng, and my time in Taiwan. I have adapted […]
Ba Gua in Taiwan: 1993
This is some video footage from around 1993. Luo Dexiu is teaching some of the 3rd line of the Ba Gua linear forms in a park where we had our […]
Ba Gua Sword
There will be a workshop on Ba Gua Sword on December 4th, 2016 in Edmonton. For more information click here (and scroll to the bottom). These are some photos of Sword […]
Ba Gua Performance in Paris
This video is of my Ba Gua teacher Luo Dexiu at a large demonstration in Paris in 2011. Performing along with him is my Ba Gua brother, Edward Hines. They […]
Qi Gong
With a Qigong workshop approaching, I am getting more people asking me about my views on Qigong. I like to point them in the direction of Gunther Weill’s outstanding […]
Movement training and martial arts
MMA champion Conor McGregor doing Ido Portal’s system of movement training.
Dance and Martial Arts
I have always enjoyed dancing, and saw it is a supplement to the training I was doing in Tai Chi and Ba Gua, which focus on perfecting movements and sequences […]
Basic Similarity of Chen and Yang Style Tai Chi
Although there are some obvious, as well as more subtle, differences between Chen style and Yang style Tai Chi, the similarities are numerous and significant. To beginners, these similarities are […]
Studies Show Health Benefits of Tai Chi
A recent paper published in The British Journal of Sports Medicine performed a systematic review of 33 studies of the health benefits of Tai Chi on chronic illnesses. The paper clearly indicates health […]
My first Tai Chi Class and Mr Liu
Roy Wilson, a long-time Tai Chi practitioner who trained with me in England, interviewed me about Cheng Man-ching, my teacher Liu Hsi-heng, and my time in Taiwan. I have adapted […]
Tai Chi: A Brief Introduction
Tai Chi is part of a wider tradition in China of physical, spiritual, and martial culture stretching back 2000 years or more. Recent history points to Chen Village in […]
The Formless (Wuji) in Qigong and Tai Chi
During a recent Tai Chi class I was introducing Standing Qigong practice and the concept of Wuji – the realm of the formless. While trying to explain the various meanings of […]
Tai Chi Is All About Fixing Our Faults
練太極拳就是在改過 My Tai Chi teacher, Liu Hsi-heng, used to quote his teacher, who said, “Training in Tai Chi is all about fixing our faults”. His teacher, Cheng Man-ching, was exhorting […]
A Few Misconceptions about Baguazhang
CIRCLING: The first misconception is that Bagua in combat involves circling an opponent in the same way that we do circle walking practise. WAIT FOR OR INITIATE ATTACKS? The second […]
Playfulness in Martial Arts Practice
Playfulness is often not included in martial arts practice. My Ba Gua teacher Luo Dexiu encouraged us to play with the movements in different ways. He taught us rigorous standards […]
Qi Gong: A Simple Introduction
What is Chi Gung (Qigong)? Chi Gung is an umbrella term for practices that were developed in China over the millennia as exercise for body, breath, mind and subtle energies. […]
Tai Chi: East and West
(Mr Liu and I doing pushing hands at a rooftop space Mr Liu used for his classes in the late 1980s.) Is there a difference between Tai Chi in the East […]
Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan)
Tai Chi is a Chinese Internal Martial Art famed for its slow, flowing movements that can be practiced as a gentle exercise, as a way of integrating body and mind, […]
Ba Gua Zhang (Pa Kua Chang)
Baguazhang is named after the trigrams of solid and broken lines in the ancient and revered Book of Changes. Baguazhang is a Chinese Internal system that includes vigorous and mindful […]
Qi Gong (Chi Gung)
Qigong can be translated as ‘energy work’. Qigong refers to a wide variety of practices which focus on health enhancement, and sometimes are used as a supplement to martial arts, […]