When my teacher was in his mid 50's I had the pleasure of watching him with a kwandao in his back yard. The Kwandao weighed a little more than 100 lbs., yet he moved it with speed, deftness, and...
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When my teacher was in his mid 50's I had the pleasure of watching him with a kwandao in his back yard. The Kwandao weighed a little more than 100 lbs., yet he moved it with speed, deftness, and...
As the person in question, I would have to say that, No, studying with Master Liang does not make me legitimate. I could very well be his worst student ever. What makes me legitimate is the fact that...
Good. I was worried that you might be trying to accuse me of being a fraud who was out to deliberately deceive you and my students.
I am glad that is not the case.
I've read your comments a few...
Are you seeking argument for its own sake?
Some of my students are competitive wrestlers.
I will talk to them this week about doing some videos.
Good point.
After receiving several requests for demonstrations of martial applications of different taiji movements, my shirfu said, "You show me any movement, even if I don't know that style, I...
Sinking the qi to the dantien is something that is easily understood by those who experience it, and ridiculed by those who don't. It is a subjective interpretation of an otherwise complex set of...
You are right, of course. The technique is unlikely to work. In fact, I would go further than that and say that techniques don't work, period. The demonstration is one more of principle than...
Our latest video discussing basic concepts of tai chi strategy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3y8tLH0M_M
or
http://www.cloudmountainmartialarts.com/page122/page392/page392.php
Feedback...
That web site might as well have been about "the dangers of blood" or "the dangers of science" or "The dangers of medicine." or "the insideous evil of ballroom dancing."
How about "the demonic...
Okay, I've just joined.
Here are some pages with videos on them.
More tai chi, xingyi, and bagua videos will be posted as the site develops.
www.cloudmountainmartialarts.com
applications and...
Nice stuff, Bruce.
I especially liked the "bagua on ice video." Practising on ice is a great way to train balance and leg strength.
When I was in Vancouver we used to go to the hockey rink to...
I offer distance learning. It has some challenges and limitations. But it can be done.
The others who posted are correct about the difficulty in learning from a video or a book. It is difficult to...
I've not yet had the privilege of meeting the instructors or students of this school. Hopefully I will someday. From their web site, they seem to be sincere long-term martial artists who practise...
I thought it was a good demo of technique, with a little bit of method shown, too.
The demonstrators have good basics, probably work hard, and seem to take their art seriously. It surely is better...