May 2012
2 posts
Master Frank Allen and the Ba Gua Zhang of...
We were very happy to have Cheng Ba Gua Zhang Lineage Master Frank Allen at the London studio form 20-22nd April. Frank Allen is the disciple of Grandmaster Lui Jing Ru and veteran Internal Arts teacher/ Director of the famous Wudang Physical Culture association. He visited the Real Taoism Studio to teach both Ba Gua Rou Shou ( soft hands) and bridging to sparring and the Cheng Style Ba Gua Zhang...
March 2012
8 posts
Breathe easy: Qigong is a hit among actors in the...
Article in Independant 26.02.11
Breathe easy: Qigong is a hit among actors in the West
Could the Chinese relaxation therapy help comedian Rebecca Front? Low-impact and relaxing: Rebecca Front runs through her Qigong exercises A winter Monday and the sky is the colour of discarded chewing gum. I have a cold and a hacking cough. If anyone’s chi needs re-balancing, it’s mine. If only...
Beware of Tai Chi Masters
If you are a seasoned practitioner of the Internal Arts, then you may want to take a look outside of the box now and then. This is for those of you who aspire to be the best you can be. It is never too late. Over the years I began to realize that many Internal Arts teachers and often some masters exhibit an extreme ignorance relating to bio mechanics of their art. The general audience for Tai Chi...
February 2012
6 posts
Real Taoism →
Come on Retreat
Retreat Teacher
Master Chris Ray Chappell Who am I and what I do. In a past incarnation I worked as a classical and contemporary dancer, a Pilates teacher way back when it was an underground phenomena in the 80’s, studied Sivananda Yoga for 3 years and was a former amateur boxer and Pro - Kick boxer and a teenage competitive Karate-ka. I hold dan grades in few systems to add to the...
January 2012
11 posts
Death of a Failure
During my Standing meditation this morning words gently passed in into my mind joining the dots of my mental wanderings. In moments of non doing a flow arises and all seems fine with the world, no confusion.
A thought about the ebb of flow of success and failure. It appears that the problem we have with the accumulation of attachments is that we build permanence and security into our lives where...
“With a loving mind, cherish more than a child
The hostile gods and demons of...”
Resource for people interested in the Art of Ba... →
December 2011
5 posts
http://thrivemovement.com/the_code-et_ufo →
November 2011
10 posts
“Waysun Liao comments on the founder Yang Lu Chan, 1799-1872 regarding the times...”
– The Essence of T’ai Chi, Waysun Liao, Shambhala, Boston & London, 1995.
Internally Generated Movement in Tai Chi Chuan
The Snake System of the Yang family implicitly embodies many principles that make this style combat efficient. The step shifting and planting of the feet common to practically all Tai Chi styles makes it cumbersome and not combat efficient. Modern Martial Artists baulk at Tai Chi as martial art and rightly so in my opinion.This is because most Tai Chi practitioners would get beaten rather...
Yang Sau Chung →
http://events.realtaoism.com/2011/11/snake-style-ta... →
October 2011
10 posts
