Actually this is not consistaint with Daoism or Quantum Physics: in Daoism the Wuji, Void or Nothingness is the source of all power and energy. As Fritjof Capra shows in his book "The Tao of Physics"...
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Actually this is not consistaint with Daoism or Quantum Physics: in Daoism the Wuji, Void or Nothingness is the source of all power and energy. As Fritjof Capra shows in his book "The Tao of Physics"...
Personally I would use the analogy of painting, which is a multi-layered blending -no lines to be drawn, just one idea unfolding into the other.
One could look at it another way: Wuji equals...
7 Star,
I am certainly not persecuting you for being a Daoist. Though I am asserting, that I have just as much right to call myself a Daoist if I wish, whether as a philosophical, religious, or...
"However, modern academia have finally began the to learn the truth of Taoism, awakening the whole organic Taoist tradition. These scholars include: Livia Koln, Michael Sasso, James Miller, Russel...
Some real good posts here. But, FYI...
Taoist/Daoist is a Western word, and basically can mean "anybody" or "thought" associated with the Dao or Daoism. The correct Romanization for a Daoist...
I'm kind of in the same boat. while not switching from Wing Chun; I'm switching from KFSS and Yang Tai Chi to Chen Tai Chi.
From what I've seen of Wing Chun, its rather a high standing style. Chen...
backbreaker,
You stated:
"My chen man ching/ tchoung ta tchen old yang style instructor exposed me to basically every style of instructor imaginable,..."
I thought the "Tchoung ta tchen" Tai...
Contact Doc Fai Wong, he'll know. His student Jane Hallander used to do "I Chuan", she learned from someone else, but calling his studio my get you connected -it's in the SF phone book.
"A lot of sex " according to Chi Kung theory is a problem, it depletes the Chi, especially for older folk. So, according to theory one can have heightened energy and "a lot of sex" if they engage in...
Mantak Chia in his book "Seminal Kung Fu" has a lot of the basis for this so called Shen Kung. Personally the Shen Kung in the online article sounds like a big masturbation trip to me. The Seminal...
None of the posts presented on this thread agrees with any of the other post, nor presents any compelling credentials, arguments, or documentation to be accepted as any kind of fact or authority. So,...
Syd,
Doc didn't say how they developed the Sword, though as you indicate, it wasn't from the Chen's. Good deal -Merry Christmas, or in Chinese -Yukuaide Shengdanjie!
Good point Bamboo_Leaf,
Your point is a valid one -could the Ching dynasty rulers use the Tai Chi Chuan they were taught? I bet if they couldn't it would have been off with Yang Lu Chuan's head!
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Chang Tung Sheng's Tai Chi Chuan, a Yang style derivative can be used for fighting, and a good number of its practitioners also fight competitive San Shou and Shuai Chiao.
This style is currently...
Yes, your right Yoga is all those things (which I alluded to by-the-way). For most people in the West though, they become involved in the stretching and meditative aspects of this art for health and...
I've been doing Chinese Calligraphy and painting for about two years now and I think it's a wonderful practice. It goes right along with my Chinese Yoga, Tai Chi Chuan, and Kung fu San Soo.
This...
Yoga is one of the best things a person can do, especially as a conditioning practice for other arts. Though it has many dimensions, including the spiritual, basically it is stretching. If a person...