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Just as an FYI, he has an upcoming (June 30) workshop listed in the events thread.

Drink beer, eat pizza!

In Zen it is said that great faith, great doubt, and great determination are the three essentials for realization. So consider carefully before deciding that removing doubt is a good idea.

These supremely uber awesome practitioners are beyond any concept of "levels," not to mention space and time:

FYI, there were a number of piss drinkers on the forum back in the early days, when Yogani was more popular here. He was an advocate of that practice. You can probably find some threads on it by searching the archives. Personally, I'll pass!

You might want to check out Josh Waitzkin's book "The Art of Learning." He was a chess prodigy (the movie "Searching for Bobby Fisher" was based on his childhood) that went on to win many tournaments in Taiji pushing hands.

This is the guy in Tokyo: Tao Yoga Arts: Way of Universal Energy Development

I thought that he was going to "ascend" on December 21, 2012!

http://thetaobums.com/topic/27638-sifu-linblack-flagwing-chun-kungfu/ The second post in this thread gives his phone number. Perhaps you should call him directly instead of relying on second hand accounts.

If flowing hands' scrap of information doesn't satisfy you, there is always Sifu Lin's classic work : Tao Jiao Lei Fa: Taoist Thunder Magic Traditions and Their Relationship to Nei Kung Meditation Whose thunder is more powerful?

I'm curious as to why you used the word "Satanism" in the title to this thread. I watched the video and it said that Smith was a Freemason, but it said nothing about him worshipping Satan. You mention that people are turned off by the word occult, it is probably due to the association with Satanism. The word occult means hidden. So while Satanists would be considered to be occult, not all occult practices are Satanism, and I would guess that probably only a small part of them are. Unless you are an Evangelical Christian, like the creators of this video, in which case anything other than Jesus would be considered to be Satanic.

Shouldn't this thread be in the off topic section?

The following school certifies Taoist mentors in the tradition of Master Hua Ching Ni. Maybe they can put you in touch with one of their graduates: College of Tao and Integral Health Mentorship Program

I don't have any personal experience with this teacher, but he has been around for a long time and is well known: Doc-Fai Wong Center

Well, I've just started with the Hunyuan yesterday, but my impression is that they are very different. The Zhu Hui form is more involved with gathering from the four directions and heaven and earth. From what I've seen so far, the Hunyuan appears to have more to do with tracing the meridians, although I'm sure that it goes a lot deeper than that. Feng's small book includes mind intent, key points, hints and functions for each of the movements. I'm going to work with that and Chen Zhonghua's DVD, and eventually try to take the workshop with either Chen or Ken Cohen.

FYI, I noticed this DVD by Bingkun Hu on Amazon the other day: Wild Goose Qigong XII: Qigong for the Kidneys "Qigong for the Kidneys" is an effective exercise for training body coordination, deeper breathing, better balance and easier stretching. It improves our blood and qi circulation which strengthens our kidneys and sharpens our brain functions." I haven't seen this and don't know what the form is like.

I can add something here. Duan's set is called Primordial Chaos (or Hundun) Qigong, it consists of 18 movements, which can be done in random order, except for the first and last piece. It is not the same as the Wuji Gong being discussed above. You can find this set on Francesco Garripolli's popular DVD. Don Ethan Miller was supposed to put out a DVD of Duan teaching this a few years ago, but it has not yet appeared. Most of the teachers of the Wuji Gong (the one on Milton's DVD) in the U.S. learned it from the late Master Zhu Hui, including Donald Rubbo, Michael Winn, Bingkun Hu and Dr. Roger Jahnke. If you google Zhu Hui, there is a photo of them all together. There is another set called Primordial Qigong that is also known as Hunyuan Qigong, which is also different. This is 12 movements and was developed by the late Master Feng Zhiqiang, and is now taught by Chen Zhonghua, Ken Cohen, and others. I've just started working on this one myself. Also intriguing is that there is a teacher from Wudang, Tseng Yun Xiang, living in Colorado. He has a DVD entitled Wu Dang Hun Yuan (Primordial) Qigong. I haven't seen this, and wonder if it is the same Wuji Gong set. If anyone here has seen this one, maybe you could fill us in.

For one, in the opening movement, you bend your knees more deeply as the arms come up. There were one or two other changes, but I can't remember what they are right now. They weren't radical changes, more like adjustments.

One of the things I like about about John Milton's DVD is that it has a compass on the screen during the practice sessions. This makes it a lot easier to keep track of which direction you should be facing, which can be confusing until you get the hang of it. I like Winn's also, but there are some things that he teaches differently now, since the time that he did the DVD. I thought that his workshop on it was good, and it was reasonably priced too.

I'm just shocked that none of the "high level" Mo Pai Masters have used their special powers and abilities to stop him,

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Karen Robinson She was a former Tao Bum, and her posts here seemed very insightful on these type of matters.