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Strange to say ... but even stationary exercises with correct abdominal breathing increases circulation in the legs.

Breathing causes pressure differentials. Correct abdominal breathing even more...

This is an interesting thread.

It seems that it can be summarized into a simple statement: Tai Chi and Qigong are good exercises, but there's no evidence that they're better than regular...

That's an interesting comment. Yang Style does something similar, although the relaxed tension is only in the hands and arms.

I blame Cheng Man Ching for the almost universal misunderstanding that...

In Chow Gar Tong Long we also land with the front of the foot rather than the heel.

Our theory is that it helps to prevent slippage on a bad surface. The outer edge of the front of the foot "digs...

Fakery, fraud and just pure ignorance exist in the martial arts world - past and present.

On the other hand, hard working, practical and intelligent practitioners have built up a body of...

In my view the guy is good.

I don't know how old he is but he's no spring chicken either. He's a walking advertisement for Chen Tai Chi as a health exercise. I make no comment on whether he can...

If you're in a fight and it's "easy to attack" the abdomen, chest or legs, then you're fighting a little kid.

A real opponent doesn't make it so easy...

Don't get me wrong: I'm not dissing...

I agree.

People who have actually gotten into a serious fight with a skilled opponent know they're often lucky just to land a solid blow to a general region such as "head", "guts" or "groin".
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Interesting posts, guys.

The traditional Chinese concept of chi isn't so much that tension stops its development but that it impedes its flow. Not quite the same thing.

The concept behind Wai...

Correct. I'm not saying that.

It's relevant though that dynamic tension exercises cause a spike in blood pressure. The more forceful the tension, the higher the spike.

Breath holding, prevalent...

It is a bit confusing.....

But my point is just that. Most Chi Kung sets for health are done in a relaxed manner. But some schools introduce tension into them once a student reaches a higher...

Thanks for the responses.

I should have made it clearer that I was talking specifically about Chi Kung exercises for health.

I agree that it's difficult to quantify the specific degree of...

Some styles utilize dynamic tension in their Chi Kung sets. Some just imagine tensing, some use varying degrees of tension, and some are quite forceful.

A quick question for those who practice...

Nat Yuen taught Malcolm and Henry (and others who subsequently became masters). Malcolm taught Dennis. Henry taught Guy. Malcolm and Dennis/Guy are related. Malcolm was originally a Sue-Tin but...

It’s widely known that Yip Shui and Paul Whitrod have added forms to the original system. But which were the original forms of Chow Ah Nam? I’m going to set out my theory. Perhaps someone will...

I don't know much about the biochemistry of calcium, but I think it's hard to beat a well balanced diet. Not too much of anything, and not too little. I think there is also an age thing happening...

It's different from normal chi kung because the ribs open and close. Not the opening and closing you get with normal breathing, but something far more pronounced. There is movement of the ribs beyond...

I don't think there are any clips out there anywhere of Dip Gwut Gung. Very little Tong Long at all really which is a pity. If you visit the Chinese gifts4 you website and look under the video...

I think David more or less summed up dip gwut gung training. It's a difficult thing to explain and must be felt to be understood, but basically it adds power to a punch and increases your ability to...

I was wondering what other people’s experiences or thoughts were of dip gwut gung for health? Obviously, if done incorrectly or pushed along too rapidly before the body is able to adjust, it can be...

Putting aside the Henry Sue \ Paul Brennan issue, I was wondering what the general opinion in Hong Kong and England is in regard to master Nat Yuen? Does he still have any connections to the Ip...

David,

I think yoga is pretty good. I’ve never studied it (not yet anyway) but I was lucky enough to be taught the Salute the Sun exercise, which is (arguably) the oldest and best series of...

Thanks for the info David.

While we're on the subject of these different types of excercises, do you know anything about the "excercises of the spine" they talk about on the Hungarian Chow Gar...

I think I have it now. As the book says, it's a simple excercise, but deceptively good. I'll work on it for a few months and see how it goes. One more question, when you turn to the side and expand...

Thanks David and Mantis-1 for your reply. I'll work on that one.

Cheers,
Tame The Tiger.