Proper reverse breathing exercises will develop the lower-ab/dan-tien area.
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Proper reverse breathing exercises will develop the lower-ab/dan-tien area.
This article doesn't describe tai chi, but it should give you an idea of what's going on:
Read the whole...
Is there any truth to that stereotype?
Just a sidenote: LTL does teach the basics of the Dai family Hsin Yi, but mainly to complement the Che style Hsing I, which is what he primarily teaches.
Believe it or not, LTL is contractually...
HKV, outwardly speaking, I think one difference between internalists and non-internalists is that internalists tend to have VERY strong legs.
My instructor's upper body isn't particularly...
Take this with a grain of salt, but there seems to be two approaches (which happen to be related to each other).
For many modern variants of Hsing I, you tense at the very last second and so it's...
Li Tai Liang and David Bond Chan in that order, strictly in term's of the instructor's skill with his respective art.
Those are the breaks with CMA and especially the three internals.
Very few instructors are the real deal.
I've only seen some of the animals--chicken, snake, bear, monkey, tiger, and something else...maybe sparrow or was it hawk?
Chicken is probably the most versatile because it has a fair amount of...
That one's new.
The main one I heard about is some Aikido guy trying his hand against Wang Shun Jin (and getting thrashed in the process).
That was definitely the case with Wang Shu Jin, though it would've been interesting to see if he could take a punch from guys like Rocky Marciano.
Great thread, by the way. I always wondered what...
How strongly can you store your air at the dan-tien level?
I think this has a lot to do with it.
I'm not there yet, but from what I've been told and for what it's worth, the sounds are supposed to come naturally with proper breathing and when you have enough power.
Knowing the kind of sound...
Well, compression breathing requires a bit of explanation.
Regular breathing is how you're breathing now.
And unless William Chen is talking about something completely different, compression...
Hsing I is very aggressive, but on inspection there is a softness to it which makes it work differently from say, karatel.
Like all striking arts, keeping the body relaxed (or more accurately,...
For anyone familiar with both Hsing I and Yang taiji, can the Yang style's single-whip be accurately viewed as using heng-chuan (earth fist) energy?
The basic heng chuan's circle (or more...
The best (and simplest) test I heard of is the marker test.
Get a nice, soft-tipped permanent marker and a partner and see how many times you or your partner gets marked (stabbed).
In the hands...
Get it.
Where the book really shines is the rest of the content: Essays and commentarys, background history, and the foreword by Dai Long Bang.
The exercises are good and the stretching and...
Black Sash on WB tonight.
I thought this show was cancelled?
Learning baji and hsing i almost seems a lesson in redundancy--if not in technique, at least in fighting strategy.
It's also interesting to note that for both, there are evasive styles to...
Btw Rockwood, thanks for the info.
Sounds like one for the collection.
Hmm.
What's the low-down on li tailiang and how long have you trained with him?
From the little I could find, the consensus seems to be that he's good, but unfortunately, the details on the web...
Hey, has anyone noticed that the original Robert Smith Hsing I book is back in print?
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=53UAP7UBY9&isbn=1556434553&itm=6
Does...
Well, many reasons, really, though I've picked up on an external style.
Basically, for the time and effort put into many of these external styles, I figured I was better off taking PROVEN stuff...
StickyHands, I train what I train mainly because I'm following this advice: Hsing I, bagua, or taiji, if you're lucky enough to find a genuine teacher willing to teach the goods, put whatever...
You have a point but...
A straight punch is a punch whether you call it "beng chuan", a parry and right cross/jab, or "deflect, parry & punch.
Yes, the basic tools are shared but that's not...