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Ba Gua Zhang * Xing Yi Quan Nei Gong * Forms * Weapons * Partner Drills April 2020 We are excited to announce a weekend of intensive training in Ba Gua Zhang and Xing
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Contents1 Lao Ba Zhang & the Eight Palm Methods2 36 Characters of Ba Gua Zhang3 The Eight Linear Palms & Piercing Palm4 Ba Zhang & The 64 Forms Wang Shi Tong’s Lao Ba Zhang is
Zen And the Art of Standing As a student of both the Dharma and the internal arts, I must preface everything to come with a brief disclaimer. This article represents my beginners (always beginning) understanding
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Fu Shu Yun was born in 1916 in Tianjin, China. She began training in martial arts in junior high school. Her skill developed quickly and she was soon called upon to give demonstrations at sports
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This article builds on last month’s article on Lao Ba Zhang: Opening the Form. The Four Forces All of the movements in Lao Ba Zhang incorporate four essential, oppositional yet complimentary movements, that act together
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The Impact of Internal Arts on Clinical Practice I entered my 20th year of clinical practice in 2018 and I have been reflecting on the journey. I have considered what I would say to myself as
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Almost every style of Ba Gua Zhang has a version of Lao Ba Zhang, or “The Old Eight Palms.” These palms are sometimes referred to as the Eight Palm Changes. In Liang Style Ba
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Master Wang Shi Tong was one Beijing’s great Ba Gua Zhang practitioners. He generously passed on many of the classical Ba Gua Zhang fighting forms and weapons forms that IAI teaches today. Wang Shi Tong
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On May 26th, 2019, IAI Instructor Ba Gua Zhang Instructor Eric Deutsch won 2nd place at the Los Angeles International Chinese Martial Arts Competition. Eric performed the Ba Gua Zhang Slicing Rotating Saber Form (Ba
The 2nd bi-annual IAI Xing Yi/Ba Gua Summer Retreat was incredible, even more empowering and exciting than our first retreat – more participants, more instructors and heartfelt transmission of the energetic, martial and medical aspects
Which Martial Art? Which martial art is the best? It depends. If you are interested in beginning martial arts or considering switching to a different style, the more relevant question is “which martial art is
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We recently found this post on the internet by Eric Knauss, Founder of the Dog Brothers, which mentions some of the training in Filipino Martial arts that IAI founder Tom Bisio and Eric Knauss did
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I met Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje in 1976. In searching for an instructor in the Filipino martial arts (FMA), I heard about a group that practiced on the roof of the Philippine consulate
Xing Yi Quan Xing Yi Quan is described as a process Daoist Inner Alchemy, which cultivates direct, spontaneous, and appropriate responses to the situation at hand. It is not limited to martial techniques. “Xing Yi
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The Importance of Note Taking in Internal Martial Arts by IAI Ba Gua Zhang Instructor Jonathan Breshin From the first seminar I ever attended with NYIA, I was encouraged to take notes in
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A Tribute to Reggie Haley by Tom Bisio The recent loss of our school brother Reginald “Reggie” Haley was a great blow to those of us who trained with him for more than two decades.
Dr. Vince Black: Master of Martial Arts and Chinese Medicine by Tom Bisio Dr. Vince Black was an amazing martial artist who developed and influenced several generations of outstanding martial arts and Chinese medicine practitioners.
In part two of our interview with Xing Yi Master Song Zhi Yong, Master Song talks about his teacher, Master Li Gui Chang, Xing Yi’s Twelve Animals, Xing Yi partner exercises, Song’s own personal training
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