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Baguazhang, bodyguard art made famous in the 1800s and early 1900s Bodyguard fighting system made famous in the 1800s in Beijing. Bagua fighters were appointed as the top body guards in Beijing, and the Emperor and Prince themselves employed the founders of the system as their personal bodyguards. To protect yourself against multiple attackers in the 1800s in Beijing, or if you wanted to work as a bodyguard, this was the best style to have. Weapons are also used like spear, sword, hooked knives, and special concealed needles. It's a hybrid master style that can incorporate many different styles, and most fighters who learned Bagua would have had a background in other martial arts prior to learning Baguazhang. Two styles I think that are known to be incorporated in Bagua are Shaolin Lohan fist and Shuai Chiao. It's most unique feature is the Circle walking practice that is also found in very ancient Taoist cultivation and chi kung energy practices. Dong Hai Chuan- On Dong Hai Chuans tomb is a list of his disciples. The first is Yin Fu. Yin Fu was the first disciple of Dong Hai Chuan, and studied with Dong the longest. He trained constantly with Dong, day and night, for at least 10 years. He got the most skills. The second listed disiplce is Ma Weiqi. Not a lot is known about Ma Weiqi because he died at only 30 years old. He was said to have had a bad temperment. It is a shame he ended up being killed. I dont know if anyone really got his fulll transmission or got his art. The third listed disciple is Shi Dejong, the cousin of Yin Fu. Shi Dejong lived with Dong in Dongs later years, and got a lot of Dongs skills. The 4th listed disciple is Cheng Ting Hua, Cheng was already very skilled in Schuai Chiao and Chinese wrestling before learning from Dong, he only learned from Dong for 4 years. Yin Fu Yin Fu was the greatest of Dong Hai Chuans disciples in the art of Bagua. The Yin style is very combat oriented and effective. It doesnt mess around. Some of its strongest traits are the Ox toungue palm which originally derives from Shaolin and can be used to strike the opponents eyes, throat, or body, as well as sitting down heavy on the opponent and sticking. Another strength is the Yin Fu wrist grip. It is extremely hard to break. Yin Fu's grip was so powerful it was said to be almost like handcuffs, and could put a man to their knees simply by grabbig the wrist. Since it derives from Shaolin it also has powerful kicking methods. One of the most underated aspects of Yin style is it's wrestling, Schuai Chiao, and Qinna methods. Yin Fu, and most likely Dong Hai Chuan for that matter, were both Shaolin masters. What Bagua did, and what makes it so great, is that it softened the Shaolin. Here is a site I found with a pretty comprehensive lineage chart for the branches of Yin style- http://www.8gua.info...tml#Liu Zhenlin Yin Fu- Yin style Lohan sets in the system, and the 8 basic Yin style palms- More Yin style- Ma Wei Qi-

Make your predictions now, before it's too late! Who's gonna win, who's gonna lose? The Card WWE title match- The Rock(champion) vs. John Cena World Heavyweight title match- Alberto Del Rio(champion) vs. Jack Swagger Undertaker's Wrestlemania undefeated streak of 20-0 on the line- Undertaker vs. CM punk Triple H's career on the line- HHH vs. Brock Lesner WWE tag team title match- Team Hell No(champions) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston Intercontinental title match- Wade Barret(champion) vs. The Miz Ryback vs. Mark Henry Sheamus, Randy Orton, and the Big Show vs. The Shield Chris Jericho vs. Fandango Tons of Funk and the Funkadactyls vs. team Rhode Scholars and the Bella twins

there is no right young padawan

So you claim

Would've, could've, should've. The Universe exists regardless of type of analysis used.

Thread with that documentary and more- http://thetaobums.com/topic/24130-boddhidharma-shaolin-18-lohan-hands/?p=347653

The Universe exists. The only true begotten son of the great principle called God.

Code also can not exist without 1. 0 + 1 =1. Nothing can't exist

Nothing can't exist, nature abhors a vacuum. Wherever there is a void it will be filled. Whatever is needed in each place in the universe exists in it's proper place and order.

Here's how I had it WWE title match- The Rock(champion) vs. John Cena - I picked Cena, correct World Heavyweight title match- Alberto Del Rio(champion) vs. Jack Swagger - I picked Del Rio, correct Undertaker's Wrestlemania undefeated streak of 20-0 on the line- Undertaker vs. CM punk - picked Undertaker, correct Triple H's career on the line- HHH vs. Brock Lesner - picked triple H, correct WWE tag team title match- Team Hell No(champions) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston - picked Team Hell No, correct Intercontinental title match- Wade Barret(champion) vs. The Miz - picked Miz, correct Ryback vs. Mark Henry - picked Ryback, wrong Sheamus, Randy Orton, and the Big Show vs. The Shield - picked the shield, correct Chris Jericho vs. Fandango - picked Fandago, correct

All issues worth considering, not sure that it is the "real" or "only" problem though

"Foreword Culture is the soul of a nation. This spiritual factor is as important to mankind as physical factors such as race and land. Cultural developments define the history of a nation's civilization. The complete destruction of a national culture leads to the end of the nation. Ancient nations who had created glorious civilizations were considered to have vanished when their cultures disappeared, even though people of their races may have survived. China is the only country in the world whose ancient civilization has been passed down continuously for over 5,000 years. Destruction of its traditional culture is an unforgivable crime. The Chinese culture, believed to be passed down by God, started with such myths as Pangu's creation of heaven and the earth [1], Nüwa's creation of humanity [2], Shennong's identification of hundreds of medicinal herbs [3], and Cangjie's invention of Chinese characters [4]. "Man follows the earth, the earth follows heaven, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows what is natural." [5] The Taoist wisdom of unity of heaven and humanity has coursed through the veins of Chinese culture. "Great learning promotes the cultivation of virtue."[6] Confucius opened a school to teach students more than 2,000 years ago and imparted to society the Confucian ideals represented by the five cardinal virtues of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faithfulness. In the first century, Shakyamuni's Buddhism traveled east to China with its emphasis on compassion and salvation for all beings. The Chinese culture became more wide-ranging and profound. Thereafter, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism became complementary beliefs in Chinese society, bringing the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.) to the peak of its glory and prosperity, as is known to all under heaven."

The evils of capatalism are definitely something to look into in the future.

It's for the top title in the WWE this time. It's also about Cena's Redemption this time, if he can redeem himself for his loss last year.

Article- http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/3948-commentary-6-on-how-the-chinese-communist-party-destroyed-traditional-culture/

For some inexplicable reason the thread titled "The Current Times and Future" has vanished. Granted there were images and subjects that certainly create emotional responses in people, however according to my understanding, no rules were strictly broken. forbidden content includes: spam, malware, piracy, pornography, child exploitation, privacy violations, safety threats, and grossly offensive content. disrespectful content includes anything less than respectful, nonviolent language toward another member, group, gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and sexual orientation. Apologies to anyone who missed it.

I will not be posting in a segregated section. I post in general interest sections and main sections so people can check them out and see if they are interested. I also got a pop up on my last thread, none of the others though. I just clicked it off the screen on the red x, and that was that, for me. It was asking me for a password having to do with the images or something, but I got them all off of google image search, so I don't know why there was a pop up box and I just ignored it and clicked off of it. If you want to find an archive of my older posts, rather than current threads, there is a feature on each users profile called "find content", including options to find "all posts" or "topics only"

Oh, that's not good. I didn't notice that. Perhaps my virus protection is too good. Apologies, and I don't want anyone getting a messed up computer because I wasn't careful enough about all the links. Sorry if I jumped to conclusions. If I put spoiler tags, it would be a lot of spoiler tags. Perhaps a warning in the title would have been appropriate.

I would agree, and it's not an easy thing to actualize. Easy to say, harder to do. Yes, you have gotten to the essence of the point I am making. There are many paths, teachings, ideas, and people on their path. They can appear quite different at first. They are all like different people climbing up the same mountain. At the bottom of the mountain, all you see is yourself, and you don't know that others are climbing that same mountain. We start at different places, but we are all climbing towards the same point at the top of the mountain. Some paths may be quite close to the top, yet still don't recognize others on that same climb on the other side of the mountain. The closer we are to the top, the more we see that others are on that same mountain. I haven't read it, but I have heard of it. It sounds like it corroborates many of the things I have read about the Essenes. I love Manly P. Hall and am planning to read the Secret Teachings of All Ages again soon. Hehe, well, a lot of people these days think wheat grass juice is very healthy. It can actually be kind of tasty too.

For some inexplicable reason the sequel thread to this one titled "The Current Times and Future" has vanished. Apologies to anyone who missed it.

With any world or race of space beings, there will be one major issue. How spiritually developed they are compared to their level of advanced technology. Their spiritual development must match and keep pace with their technological development or there will be major problems. If an alien race does not have their own Qigong practices, but still develop their technology, they will most likely destroy themselves as their technology will not be natural. Some however probably are evil and still were able to develop interplanetary travel. Most likely evil alien races will interfere with other planets, while good alien races who have their own Qigong methods most likely will not interfere with other planets.

So how does this prophecy stand up, now that the new Pope has been decided

Hey, this is a cool video I found, it takes ideas and images from this thread

The Slickster...doesn't get mad....no....I get bad!