“1.) Head upright to let the shen [spirit of vitality] rise to the top of the head. Don’t use li [external strength], or the neck will be stiff and the ch’i[vital life energy] and blood cannot flow through. It is necessary to have a natural and lively feeling. If the spirit cannot reach the headtop, it cannot raise. 2.) Sink…
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Yang Lu Chan – Yang Wudi
Yang Lu-ch’an’s family was a poor farming worker class from Hebei Province, Guangping Prefecture, Yongnian County. As a child, Yang liked martial arts and studied Changquan, (Red Shaolin Fist or Long Fist) gaining a certain level of skill, that made for him a good basement. Yang would follow his father in planting the fields and, as…
Tai Chi Chuan – The Art of Receiving
Taijiquan is no different from any other exercise or martial art if it is practiced without understanding the principles and without putting the principles into the movements. Regardless of the various different Taiji styles or Taiji forms, they are all based on the same set of Taiji classical texts. They are: The Chang Sang Feng…
Yang Cheng Fu – The Story of a Cotton Thread
In the year 1932, Master Yang Cheng Fu and his disciple, Fu Zhong Wen, traveled south to the city of Guang Zhou in Guang Dong Province to teach the art of Taijiquan. One day, a martial arts teacher by the name of Liu and his disciples went to the residence of Master Yang. Upon observing…
Yoga for Health 