Baguachuan

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11/10/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8iHg4fCR_A&feature=player_embedded

A small number of studies have examined the benefits of tai chi and arthritis pain. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have teamed up with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to put tai chi through the rigors of science.

10/28/2010

Really like this push hands. Very smooth and clean. You can see clearly how he uses full body weaving. Nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkyq9FljlG8

Tai Chi push-hand techniques. Visit internalstyle.com for more information. Montreal, canada

10/07/2010

Very Nice Hsing -I that I ran into on Youtube. I really like the crispness and intensity of his work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQZ3xn-UmjI&feature=related

Five Element Fist, which is the most important exercise in this style, the life-long-time exercise! internalstyle.com from montreal, canada

10/07/2010

Nice stuff from Dan Inosanto. I disagree about the usefulness of forms, but he is the man! I definitly agree with the idea of borowing from all styles. It is important to have a base to begin with though.

One of the things that I like about bagua is how it can incorporate other movement much like the concept presented here in the Jeet Kun Do art.

Thanks for sharing this Shen Gung. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpFSwQztptQ

Very rare cut from documentary "Way of the Warrior - Kung Fu, the Hard Way"-Bruce Lee by Dan Inosanto, from early eighties. G**o Dan talk about wing chun influence on Master Bruce Lee,s Jeet Kune Do and he explane energy and trapping. G**o Dan said that JKD is 50% wing chun and other 50% other style...

10/02/2010

I have been looking around on Youtube to see what folks are doing. Here are some decent applications.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KEIwMpBjn0&feature=related

bagua applications

09/19/2010

Baguachuan and Tai Chi in the Reporter Herald Healthline special section!

09/04/2010

Great class today!
had a visit from a local news reporter. Got to do a little interview that will hopefully show up in the health section of the local paper!

09/03/2010

Saturdays at Noon be there or be Square!! Just a reminder to folks that class is still ongoing. It is getting cooler so we no longer have to contend with death defying heat!

06/07/2010

It is time to get this summers Bagua Classes in the Park started up.
I thought that I would get the ball rolling by doing something at noon this coming Saturday the 12th.This will be held at the Dwayne Webster Veterans Park Located at the corner of Grant and Eisenhower blvd. in Loveland.

01/20/2010

This video is a collection of “One Step Sparring” techniques that I did for my first degree black belt exam in Tae Kwon Do 20 years ago. I have been digitalizing old VHS tapes that I have around and this exam is one that I recently preserved to digital. The One Steps are as you can see are basically a response to a single punch. I really liked these and I still think that they are good even now that I practice primarily Bagua. This was a great school that sadly is no longer in business
I think that these show the more practical aspect of Tae Kwon Do which for most folks is considered to be mostly a sport rather than a good practical art. I went on to get my second and third degree black belts at this school before going off to explore other styles and ultimately studying Bagua and other internal martial arts with Uncle Wayne. It was fun to see what I was doing back then again and I thought that I would share some of it.

11/15/2009

I have been following a thread about breathing on another forum and it has reminded me that there are so many breathing and breath techniques out there. Most of them have multiple levels of practice and utility. It is easy to be confused or lost with the variety of practices and methods.

It is also easy to get caught up in semantics when discussing breath and even more so when discussing energy. Quite often different traditions will have similar techniques but might describe them slightly differently. What is important is that you feel comfortable with the technique or tradition that you practice. Much of the difference between traditions is style or flavor.

A good beginning practice is to simply stand or sit quietly and breathe. Sit or stand straight, be relaxed but with good posture. Try to bring your attention to your breath.

The point here at first is to just get in touch with your breath, bring some awareness to the process. Don't try to change it or to regulate it in any way.

After a bit bring your awareness to your body and how it expands and contracts with the breath. Where is there movement and where is there no movement. Then go back to following the breath. Check your posture and just breathe.

This is the simplest and most basic breath work. It is foundational to other breath work and is therefore the most important. Don't worry about doing anything in particular with it. Don't worry about any particular meditation or energy to associate with it.