Traditional Chinese Martial Arts Experts in 1950s
August 28, 2020
Tag: Taijiquan
Chinese Swords and Swordsmanship: the Qing Wodao #chinese sword
August 10, 2020
Chinese Martial Arts History – Sanda Explored In-Depth
July 3, 2020
Impressions of the Martial Forest 武林风范 – Sun Jianyun 孙剑云
July 3, 2020
Practical approaches to Chinese martial arts training
June 8, 2020
While there are always some variations based upon tradition, lineage or teacher, the following outline indeed has a commonality in the Chinese martial arts world. I’d argue that this commonality extends to both “northern” and “southern”, and both “external” and “internal”. As I have stated before, I am not a big fan of these attributions. … More Practical approaches to Chinese martial arts training
Chinese Swords & Swordsmanship: Taking the On Guard Ready Stance
June 1, 2020
Chinese Swords forms start with the Jian, or a Dao, out of the scabbard held in the left hand. This at attention stance is a sort of half ready posture. From this position the weapon can be brought quickly into action. In the video we look at the technique men at arms employed to quickly … More Chinese Swords & Swordsmanship: Taking the On Guard Ready Stance
Modern Martial Arts and Health Radio E07: Scott M. Rodell On the Practice of Yang Family Taiji Quan and Jian Fa
May 31, 2020
Scott M. Rodell has studied martial arts since the age of nine. He has dedicated the last four decades exclusively to study of Yang Family Taijiquan (T’ai Chi Ch’uan). Rodell spent many years traveling to find and study with the best teachers in this lineage to fulfill a person goal – renovating Yang Family … More Modern Martial Arts and Health Radio E07: Scott M. Rodell On the Practice of Yang Family Taiji Quan and Jian Fa
1 TAKES ON 3 Like BOSS… TEACHES US Lessons in SELF DEFENCE
May 28, 2020
TriEssence: Fact or Fiction ep1 Rise to the Invincible Yang
May 26, 2020
This is an excellent series of talks on Yang Lu Chan and the early history of Yang style Taijiquan. I highly recommend these videos. Guan Nan Wang is a Yang style Taijiquan and Tongbei Quan practitioner.
What is Hunyuan Xingyi Taiji Gate?
May 18, 2020
After the pitiful display of fighting from yet another self-stylized master of Taijiquan, many of the obvious questions (and excuses) arise, “who was he?”, “why is he considered a master?”, etc. The “master” who was recently beaten was Ma Bao Guo. He is considered a grandmaster of Hunyuan Xingyi Taiji Gate (浑元形意太极门), a style … More What is Hunyuan Xingyi Taiji Gate?