My book is not in stores yet but it can be found at
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Promoting good health, healing and mental health.
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Upcoming Workshop 5/18
Baguazhang -Pa-Kua Chang Workshop at UC Riverside Sunday 5/18 at 1:00
Workshop 5/18 at UCR-SRC is on the Baguazhang basics and the Combined bagua - hsing-i form. It is explained in the book Asian Mind-Body Techniques by Kurland.
www.recreation.ucr.edu
827-5731
If interested you must call and register before Friday 5/16 at Noon. Due to a policy change no registration can take place on Sunday. call 951-827-5731
See Blog section for class schedules.
All Classes are geared for health promotion, the advanced UCR class is the only one working on pushing hands, and applications. We are working on the T'ai-chi San Shou form at LLU and UCR.
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I Enjoy Talking with honest, intelligent and positive people.
Achieving Equanimity.
Writing
The Spiritual life and Spirituality.
Meditation
Preventive Medicine Research
Scientific Training Methods
Functional Training
T'ai-chi ch'uan - Taijiquan
Pa-kua Chang - Baguazhang
Hsing-I Ch'uan - Xing Yi quan,
I-Ch'uan,
Ta Ch'eng Ch'uan - Dachengquan
Ch'i kung - Qigong
Environmental issues
Alternative Medicine
Going to Art Shows.
Going to the beach.
Breathing good air.
Conversations with positive, smart and interesting people.
And Most Important:
Sitting Quietly Doing Nothing...
Kind and Honest, Clear Thinking People.
Especially Those who are Honest and Kind.
"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors.
Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny."
- Gandhi
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A Favorite Poem:
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I— I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
by Robert Frost (1874–1963).
See Favorite Quotes, in the Blog Section.
If you are not familiar with these types of devices, if you have a slow connection turn off the music by pressing the button.
If you are not familiar with this all you need to do is Press Play to Start Or Click on the Song you want to hear. Let me know if the song doesn't play. Click .. if you want them to stop playing.
Some songs take a while to load:
What I listen to depends on my mood.
For example I enjoy Uplifting Sacred Music,
Classical, Baroque,
Rock,
Celtic,
Goth
Flamenco
Vivaldi is a favorite, as is JS Bach and Satie.
But I have Wide variety of interests including, but not limited to:
Reggae, esp with spiritual content
Hard Rock,
Alternative,
Folk,
Indie,
Metal,
Acid Rock,
Flamenco,
Jazz, eg Brubeck,
Goth,
Pop
and Techno.
Depending on my mood at the time and the particular artist. I am more into specific pieces and less into generic categories.
Here are Some Photos of Applications and Pushing Hands:
To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven;
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time for war, and a time for peace.
-Ecclesiastes
PI PA
Here is an example of Chinese P'i P'a Music:
Video of Master David Harris doing some applications.
Master David Harris doing a Demo at Master Andrew Dale's school in Seattle, WA. Master Steve Smith from Wenatchee WA is his Uke.
Dave was a student of Grandmasters Tchoung Ta-tchen and Fuk Yueng. He is certified to teach by Tchoung and by Yueng. I studied with Dave in his method and found him to be an excellent teacher. David Harris is one of the most innovative and creative teachers I have met, he has amazing subtle technique. I have not seen anyone better. He is a very open teacher, willing to share his method with all his students, no secrets and doesn't hold back. I have the deepest respect for him. I admire excellent technique and subtlety. His study with Grandmasters Tchoung and Yueng raised his kung-fu to a very high level.
Sigung David Harris
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Kuo Lien Ying, this is a promotional slide show by the Guang Ping aka Kuang P'ing Style Organization.
Sifu Kuo was my first t'ai-chi ch'uan teacher, He and his wife taught in Chinatown San Francisco. Their studio was open all day until 10PM. (See my article on Kuo) I also studied with his student Professor TR Chung who taught in Berkeley. Chung was Kuo's student in Taiwan and also translated Kuo's first book into English. Prof Chung later wrote his own book comparing Yang, Kuang P'ing and Wu styles. I studied the Kuang P'ing form and Shaolin Tam Tui and baguazhang with them.
The claim is that Grandmaster Lu Zijian is over 90 years Old in this video. He moves like a young man, He is a pa-kua chang, baguazhang, master. He is also a vegetarian. The vegetarian diet may be beneficial to his health and the reason he is so youthful. Born in 1893, they claim he is now 114
years old and still going strong. He lives in Chongqing City, Sichuan
Province. When asked about his secret, Lu said, "The key to
a long and healthy life is a combination of movement and
stillness—cultivating life by guiding the qi, the vital energy in the body,
and moving the hands and feet through practicing Chinese boxing." He also believes that eating raw tomatoes every day is good for his health. He recommends eating tomatoes.
Here is a video of Judo Master Kimura, very nice technique. Not for those who are not into pain,
Comedy, action/adventure, Sci-fi, martial art movies primarily
Drunken Tai Chi Master
Fighter in the Wind
Prides Deadly Fury
Craig Ferguson
The Bible, Tanakh,
Non Fiction primarily, Reference books on Nei Chia Ch'uan and t'ai-chi ch'uan,
Classics and some fiction such as the Early Shadowrun series,
Early Destroyer Series,
and Lustbader's early works,
my book is at http://stores.lulu.com/Sifuharvey
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Those who speak out against evil and injustice.
Those who don't buy into the popular view blindly and see through illusion.
Those who keep us honest with ourselves and help to keep us on a positive path.
Scientists who brought about positive changes for Humanity.
Peace Makers.
Healers of body and soul.
Medical & Scientific pioneers who fought stupidity of the establishment at their time,
and those who are still fighting the stupidity of our government officials who probably never passed a science class but still legislate and fund what scientists can and cannot do.
At one time the "Church" fought and persecuted scientists who did not believe the earth was the center of the universe.
They destroyed scientists who did not agree with the Church centered view.
Today we see many similarities, but the role of the church is played by the government.
I admire Sir Alexander Fleming, Dr. Howard Florey, Dr. Albert Sabin and Dr. Jonas Salk, Louis Pasteur, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, and many others.