When I started Dragon Gate Kungfu, I didn’t think I would be hosting birthday parties. One day, Oscar came to me and asked if he could come to class on Sunday because it’s his birthday.
What are the Three Nine’s and the Three Fu’s in Traditional Kungfu Training?
Develop functional strength (or super farmer’s strength) so you can increase explosiveness and power in your punches and strikes
Better understand the two-hand connection in empty fist forms so your strikes incorporate a full body connection instead of just isolated limbs
Train the same way traditional legends trained to emulate their success and unlock the potential to reach the next stage in your training
Have the courage to answer these 4 questions truthfully?
Many Bagua lineages have different Mother Postures or Mother Palms to practice. In the 80’s, research team found there were about 30 variations across China. Here are the 12 I use in my routine practice. Which ones do you use?
Asides from all the health benefits, and the training benefits of circle walking, I am a strong believer that circle walking helps lose weight.
In this blog post, I look at it from what my fitbit fitness tracker says without using woo-woo that’s often associated with Internal Martial Arts.
Quick overview on How and How Long to to practice Circle Walking!
Any takers? Let’s take our practice to the next level!
Bagua circle walking is probably the most iconic movement of the martial arts Baguazhang. However, the way it is explained using the old Chinese ways seem to be too woo-woo to Westerners that all want to break it down by science.
In this blog post I try to explain on a high level what is circle walking, why winter is a great time to circle walk, and I invite you to a 100-day circle walking challenge with me.
Here’s a quick reviwe witha few pointers on how to stand correctly in the Coiling Dragon Stance of Bagua Zhang!