An Encounter with a Taoist Master of Taiji |
While wondering around Qingyang temple in Chengdu, I saw a westerner sat with an old monk, who waved me over. As I got closer, I saw a sign in English and Chinese saying Taijiquan school. The westerne...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:39:00 GMT |
The Famous Dr Ho of Jade Dragon Mountain |
While in Lijiang I had the fortune of meeting Dr Ho, a Naxi Doctor made famous by several books and documentaries, including Michael Palins Himalayas. As you walk along the otherwise typical street of...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:35:00 GMT |
An Ancient Treatment for Backache |
A friend of my Tai Chi teacher is a traditional Chinese Doctor. His name is Dr Mu. I was at a wushu competition, when I mentioned I have some back problems, which have bothered me on and off for almo...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:56:00 GMT |
Leaving Behind the Hard and Following the Soft |
I have gone back to visit Master Her Ren Shan several times (the master of Chen style, from the last post) and decided to give up Wai Jia (hard styles) and focus my energy on Nei Jia (internal styles)...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:45:00 GMT |
Chen Style Taijiquan |
I have a friend I often talk to in the park after my Mantis class who studies Chen style Tai Ji Quan (t'ai chi ch'uan). He is a university teacher in the local university and we often talk about marti...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:43:00 GMT |
Befriending the Local Taoist Monks |
Yesterday, me and some other English teachers went for a day out in the local Qingdao countryside. The first place we went was Xiao Long Shan, which is a small combined Taoist/Buddhist temple, just ou...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:50:00 GMT |
A Second Meeting with Master Kwok Wan Ping |
I had to return to Hong Kong to apply for a new visa for China. So I took the opportunityto meet with master Kwok Wan Ping again. However, this time my focus was on the Taoist martial art Ba Gua Zhang...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:52:00 GMT |
lessons in discipline and perseverance with a master of Shandong Mantis Kung Fu |
After the Tai Chi master returned to Jinan I decided to go to a park where Id heard I could find people practicing kung fu. I saw a couple of middle aged guys practicing Tai Chi and they told me they...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:14:00 GMT |
Yang style Taijiquan with Master Zhang |
I was walking back from my usual kung fu class, when I happened to see a big fat man doing Pushing Hands (Tui Shou) with another man and there was a couple of women watching as well as some other stud...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:19:00 GMT |
Learning Kung Fu from Master Ho Zhi Yuan |
When I first arrived in the town of Chengyang, just outside Qingdao, I thought I wouldn't find any martial arts here. The more I asked around, the more certain I was that this 15 year old modernly bui...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 20:45:00 GMT |
