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Yin Style Baguazhang - Circle Turning Training DVD http://yinstylebaguazhang.com/video_circle.html Yin Style Baguazhang Lion System Applications - Deeper Understanding of the Sweeping Strike http://yinstylebaguazhang.com/video_lionapp.html Yin Style Baguazhang - Kicking and Footwork DVD http://yinstylebaguazhang.com/video_footwork.html Yin Style Baguazhang Lion System - Seizing and Grasping Attacks DVD http://yinstylebaguazhang.com/video_seizing.html Association for Traditional Studies - Lion System 10 Disc DVD Set http://www.traditionalstudies.org/store/products/lion-system-complete-set/ Association for Traditional Studies - 64 Qinna Attack Methods http://www.traditionalstudies.org/store/products/64-qinna-attack-methods/

Sorry man, I checked some references and the only name anyone knew in that area was Debbie Leung.

Yin Style Bagua - A Brief Introduction to Yin Style Bagua https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk3WipJCwHQ Yin Style Bagua - Yin Style Bagua Circle Turning Training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crXYjl1RLcY Yin Style Bagua - Stomping Kick Application https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9cL3EFab0 Yin Style Bagua - Sweep Strikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROTEXdSleXM Yin Style Bagua - Chopping Strikes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4tVQfeH6KU

Yin Style Baguazhang - Strength Postures http://yinstylebaguazhang.com/article_strength_postures.html Front Range Bagua - Lion Attack Methods https://frontrangebagua.com/2017/01/15/lion-attack-methods/ Front Range Bagua - Elements of the Waist https://frontrangebagua.com/2017/10/29/elements-of-the-waist/ Front Range Bagua - Stationary Strike Training https://frontrangebagua.com/2017/02/26/stationary-strike-training/ Front Range Bagua - One Step Footwork https://frontrangebagua.com/2017/04/29/one-step-footwork/ Yin Style Baguazhang - Interview with He Jinbao http://yinstylebaguazhang.com/article_Q_and_A.html Association for Traditional Studies - The Animal Systems of Yin Style Bagua http://www.traditionalstudies.org/the-animal-systems-of-yin-style-bagua/ Association for Traditional Studies - Understanding Yin Style Bagua http://www.traditionalstudies.org/yin-style-bagua/ Association for Traditional Studies - Introduction to Daoyin https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ6Ih12FYfxg0YVJ9lttoAF0T9-EU0nf_ Association for Traditional Studies - Lion Qinna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihmmShTy4gc

Damo Mitchell has arrived on the Daoist meditation scene in the last few years and has had a bit of controversy in the past with claiming a lineage he was instructed in but not initiated. How wonderfully dull and dramatic considering the quality of what is on the discs. In the past I read his Daoist Neigong book and while it wasn't anything new to me I found his presentation of it to be easy to read and without much pretense. I have only watched the first disc's contents so far and it's a clear introduction to some good exercises. This isn't the alpha and omega of sets but a great body conditioning routine when taken in entirety. The mechanics are applicable to both energetic and martial movement. The first disc starts with Damo demonstrating all four sets of exercises and they are named Awakening Dragon, Swimming Dragon, Soaring Dragon, and Drunken Dragon respectively. Then a very cute blonde instructor goes over each set individual set. Each set is also clarified further in a respective breakdown of exercises within the sets. I have yet to watch the second and third discs but plan on it soon. I spent some of my afternoon ripping the first DVD into mp4 format to watch on my phone whilst riding public transportation this week to analyze it a little more. The movements are very reminiscent of Wudang bagua especially with the cosplay aspect of Damo's getup. So far I think the Dragon Daoyin sets would be a great base to learn before doing palm changes around a circle and for those of us with previous martial training it should be simple enough to "translate" into applications.

Regarding the Yin Style Baguazhang system you linked to there is no Mother Palms set. They typically taught beginners Lion and dependent on how deep the student got they'd allow someone to learn other animals like Bear then Dragon. Some students only got one animal. The Penetrating Palms set was also taught to beginners.

A lot of times those of us who put in the work for meditation and martial arts are completely unknown outside of these circles. My Chen taijiquan teacher would never be recognized for it unless someone knew him well - he's a master cigar blender and roller. My Yin Fu and BK Frantzis bagua teacher was known as a commercial real estate agent. Me? I'm a local performance poet and storyteller. I also write poetry and fiction. I'll probably have some weird kid a few decades from now reading my posthumous work. So what about you?

It's pretty much a free doctorate's dissertation on baguazhang. Amazing work really.

I don't know how you came to that conclusion. Cannabis has been used in Chinese shamanry for over 10,000 years. Yes, it can mobilize jing and qi at the mingmen and send it up the spine but if one is properly trained there is no issue. One must stay hydrated and I always recommend maca for those who find their sex drive severely diminished by cannabis.

I like Mizner's approach to the art and he has gotten good reviews from people whose opinions I trust. I would check out the instruction but also check out these guys. http://milwaukeechen.blogspot.ca/p/about.html You might find the middle frame ZMQ taiji more to your liking but the Practical Method guys also have a great curriculum.

There are certain elements of certain arts that don't blend. Dynamic tension stuff is usually looked down upon by internalists but if one already knows how to relax fully then the dynamic tension practices can be useful. I pushed hands with a multiple decade experienced martial artist who had done kendo, jujutsu, Guang Ping Yang taiji, Hung Gar, and more. His power was mysterious thanks to the combination of dynamic tension and yi changes.

Some of the most skilled people I have ever encountered were Hung Gar and Guang Ping Yang taiji guys. That's actually an entire playlist of applications from his YouTube channel. Hung Gar has a lot of good tactics and the Iron Wire stuff is what I hear repeatedly changes people's perception of soft and hard.

I would take that applications video with a boulder of salt. That's one of the worst things I've ever seen. I learned a lot of striking to setup qinna then turn the lock into a finishing blow or shuaijiao. This is... not what they teach those invested in fighting. Onassis Parungao is a tajiquan teacher who also has learned Hung Gar and has competed in MMA.

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Aye studying martial arts is always self study but a good internals instructor will do far more than provide an example and guidance. Zhan zhuang or taiji zhuang - whatever you wanna call it in your art - is painstaking and exact. If a teacher does not provide such correction regularly in class it's probably not worth going. If there are too many people for the instructor to "get to you" then it's probably not worth going. If I wanted just an example and some guidance then a DVD would be a great resource but it would not provide me with the input to correct myself within a centimeter or so regardless of how many mirrors I had. Also, some instructors are grandiose and claim things that they don't truly know. Martial arts tricks and martial arts skill are two different things and it is sometimes hard to discern one from the other.

About the only thing I've done is the daqiang training from bajiquan. My Chen teacher told me years ago it was one of the best strength builders for level changes he's ever seen.

Honestly - I've found that most books and videos are of very little help until sufficient time has been put in with an expert teacher. Some videos are great at explaining basics but for the most part in-person correction and training is absolutely critical in the beginning years.

IIRC all Energy Arts instructors are affiliated with Kumar Frantzis as it's his organization.

There are also two Wus for taijiquan - Wu Jianquan and Wu Yuxiang derived. Wu Yuxiang derived is a small frame set that is influenced by both Yang Luchan and Chen Qingping of Zhaobao village. Sun taiji comes from the Hao branch as well. Hao is known for both fast and slow as is good Chen style and the Guang Ping Yang guys I've seen. If you don't train both fast/slow, hard/soft you will never be able to fight.

Here's part of a series I'm working up about Grand Unified Field Theory and Daoist writing. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YK5arGrvuvWiUcEJstl-2g5e51hyzdHETQ27lgCIfIg/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you Rocky. It's been a hell of a ride - had to shed my internal martial arts teacher as he kept proclaiming himself to be a quantum physics expert but had no ability to communicate on the subject. Then he completely derided my efforts - I'm a stroke survivor dumbass, that I'm out here practicing at all is a feat. I'm tired of having to prove that I'm related to this guy. http://www.biography.com/people/ernest-o-lawrence-9375538 I keep hearing self-proclaimed "enlightened" people spout off about quantum physics but are completely unable to even reference a single experiment - meanwhile they're more than happy to regale me of how, "I've meditatively linked my acupoints to my chakras so it's like all the acupuncture all the time man. Like totally open to the Universe. Nah, I dunno what a dantian is..."

I've had the pleasure of viewing his Tai Chi Circling Hands videos and found them to be a good basis for a taijiquan practice. He's accomplishing much of the same goals as the chansigong sets from the Chens but with a slightly different flavor.

It's been so long since I learned from an Energy Arts instructor in-person that I forget it almost entirely. The guy was a long-term student of Bruce's but they had a falling out for whatever reason and he jumped ship to Xie Peiqi's Yin baguazhang and some obscure Northern Tiger style. I was learning large frame Chen family old first road at the time from someone else and it was so much different from the wide stretches and rolling chansijin that I was enamored with that it seemed a waste of time until I had a greater control of my body again post-stroke. A couple of years ago I revisited the material and found it be an odd combination of Feng Zhiqiang's and the Wu Jianquan material. It's very interesting but I've been learning xingyibagua for the last two years and taiji doesn't much interest me at the moment. William and I talked about how there seems to be the leaning quality of Diagonal Flying almost all the way through their flavor of Wu. Since it was a Yiquan meetup he was largely showing me partner drills to test the different stances and how to sink the opponent's force down to the lower abdomen and then down to the feet and "bounce" the person you're working with away. I had been using too much shoulder most of the time and he helped me be more relaxed and let me experiment with the different expressions of jin from the Yiquan standpoint.