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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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]