Something I notice about this conversation: everyone is saying a lot of great things that could be really helpful, especially to a newer student interested in the subject of internal arts, but...
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Something I notice about this conversation: everyone is saying a lot of great things that could be really helpful, especially to a newer student interested in the subject of internal arts, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axERGIC5K8s
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I love the Red Pine book:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Zen-Teaching-Bodhidharma/dp/0865473994
It is transcriptions of Bodhidharma speaking to the monks. He is a total bad ass, and the sermons are...
There's a saying:
"External arts train from external to internal. Internal arts train from internal to external."
Eventually, as Dale and Lucas are saying, there is one body.
We don't get to...
No. Vitalism was vague and unclear, and has no reference to the known energy in the human body in modern terms. Is anyone interested in having an intelligent conversation to understand the subject?...
Non-sequitur.
Anyone participating in a Chinese martial arts forum should understand the topic of Qi (energy).
The vague concept of vitalism is not parallel with Qi/TCM theory. It is weak to...
Hi,
I have a couple comments about Exercise #2 of the Eight Brocades, and my annual defense of Dr. Yang against various comments above. Im David Silver, a student of Dr. Yang since 2000, Qigong...
JAMA is still printing issues. As many as needed for their usual monthly business.
But now they also have published a digital edition.
20th-Anniversary Edition
Inside Kung Fu magazine last issue is coming Feb 2011. Out of business forever.
Focusing on their Mixed Martial Arts audience instead.
DS
Many videos posted by the students at the YMAA Retreat Center: YMAA Retreat YouTube Channel.
You can see regular video blogs of the students discussing life on the mountain, scenes of them...
Shaolin Long Fist kung fu is a mixed martial art, compiled at Nanking Central Guoshu Institute in the 1930's, to preserve what was left of the truly traditional arts that had been outlawed.
...
王世元 (Wang Shih-Yaun), Yes. Just get in touch before visiting, but Dr. Yang would welcome your visit.
10-Year Program
王世元 (Wang Shih-Yaun), you should come up and visit!
location
yada yada. Correction, there is no "income" for anyone. Annual expense of $10,000 is food, insurance, operating costs, VISA/legal fees in some cases.
There may be a 2013 recruitment of students...
It is a 10-year program because when Dr. Yang was a teenager, that was still considered the bare minimum that one could train with a master and learn the style. His white crane master lived and...
Its been a while since there was an update on this project, and I see a few misunderstandings in here.
I'll be brief.
SCHEDULE
The training routine at the Center is 6 days a week, and it...
An incredible display. You have won.
We don't post here much, because we moderate our own martial arts forum. We have had a friendly relationship with Tiger Claw for many years, online, in print, and in person. We do business with Kung...
Nice. Real friendly.
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technically, chuan = fist
but, yes.
A. Im a cat-person.
B. I discussed this post with Gene and its not spam.
C'mon, 27 years at anything is an accomplishment.
You should just admit that you don't know the answers to these...
YMAA stands for Yang's Martial Arts Association.
The "Y" is Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. YMAA was established in Boston, MA in 1982. With the intent of preserving traditional Chinese Kung Fu and Qigong ,...
Sample questions:
-What does "Tai Chi Chuan" mean in English?
-What does "Shaolin" mean in English?
Answer now: http://ymaa.com/publishing/contest-27-years
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Hi, Dr. Yang's seminar in Santa Cruz was a great success.
When he first came to the USA from Taiwan, Dr Yang started teaching in Houston, from 1974 - 1978. He hasn't been back there in a long...
Hello
First ever seminar with Dr Yang, Jwing-Ming in Santa Cruz, CA this weekend Sept 19 and 20 at Santa Cruz Chi Center from 9:30am - 5:30pm at the Santa Cruz Chi Center, 21511B East Cliff Drive,...