Baguakid Posted December 10, 2009 ZHAN ZHUANG & THE SEARCH OF WU in Chinese? I heard this is also written in Chinese? Anyone know where that can be found? Also, the link for the english version seems to be broken. Thanks in advance, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spirit Ape Posted December 10, 2009 Hi Bagua Kid, I notice you are into alot of standing Jaam Jong practice, can I ask you what is your favourite positions and what do you get from it as well what is you method, stillness emptiness? What do you believe is the purpose for standing meditation? Spirit Ape Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baguakid Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) Hi Bagua Kid, I notice you are into alot of standing Jaam Jong practice, can I ask you what is your favourite positions and what do you get from it as well what is you method, stillness emptiness? What do you believe is the purpose for standing meditation? Spirit Ape Hey Spirit Ape, The main standing practice I do is Wuji Standing with arms relaxed at the sides as taught by Cai Songfang. The main purpose for my standing practice (currently) is purely for health. Build kidney strength, stimulate and tonify stomach and spleen, and as a Qigong practice. I have other standing practices I've learned, Bagua Standing, Detoxifying Standing and others. I always come back to Wuji. I'm always interested in learning, expanding my understanding more so that's the reason for the book request. Best, Bill Edited December 11, 2009 by Baguakid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Man Contradiction Posted December 11, 2009 Dude, keep up your search. I've been looking for this one too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iskote Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) ZHAN ZHUANG & THE SEARCH OF WU in Chinese? I heard this is also written in Chinese? Anyone know where that can be found? Also, the link for the english version seems to be broken. Thanks in advance, Hi bgk. I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are looking for. Yu Yong Nian wrote his book in Chinese and it was translated into English by others. I believe the book you are referring to is: Title: 大成拳站桩与求物 Translates as: Da Cheng Quan Zhan Zhuang and the Search for Substance (Wu) Author's name in Chinese: 于永年 Yu Yong Nian I'm not sure what happened to the website where they were selling the English translation in PDF format, but the domain is still valid (http://yiquan.chinamartialarts.net). The website may just be down temporarily but I don't know. If you are looking for the English translation PDF file, you can try contacting the website contact person at: chingsouling (at) yahoo (dot) com. I don't know if that email is still valid though. I have the translation, but the book seems very boring and dry to me going into much detail about physiology and body mechanics and alignment and that sort of thing. Because of that I haven't read the book. Just browsed through it. There seems to be much attempt to explain the whole process in terms of science and physiology specifically. Very, very, dry... Maybe that is what you are looking for though. I find wuji standing meditation more than adequate. That is of course an understatement. I think Yu Yong Nian has another book as well called 站桩 (zhan zhuang). I don't know what is in that book. He may have other books as well. I don't know. See: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/302290460&...r=brief_results and http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300184863&...r=brief_results and http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3A%22Y...p;qt=hot_author Best wishes... Edited December 12, 2009 by Iskote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
