•How To Find A Tai Chi Instructor (Part 4)
Continued from "How to find a Tai Chi Instructor (Part 3)"
14. Mind Intent including a real understanding of the difference between Yi and Shen
15. Jing – Energetic Expressions for health and for self defense
Peng, Lu, Ji, Ahn
Jan Si Jing
Rooting
Fa Jing
Pulling Silk
Coiling
Expanding and Contracting
Condensing and Releasing
Listening – Ting Jing
Central Equilibrium – Dong Jing
And many many others
16. Wu Chi and How to help students actually feel the energy within the first several weeks...
•Iron Palm Part 1
Iron Palm Q&A With Sigung Richard Clear Part 1
Q. What is the history of your iron palm training?
A. My Original instructor was Tyrone Jackson who was the senior disciple of Dr Fred Wu. Dr Wu was a senior disciple under Lee Ying-Arng. Lee Ying-Arng was an amazing and great Kung Fu Master from the last generation who eventually lived in Hong Kong. There he was the President of the Inner System Martial Arts Association, President of the Hong Kong Acupuncture Research Centre, and Vice...
•Iron Palm Part 11
Continued from Iron Palm Q&A With Sigung Richard Clear Part 10
I teach a 2 day course on the 1 Hit Knockouts combined with scenario training to executives and business owners including their wives and family members. About a dozen graduates of the course have had to use the training in a real confrontation where it became physical. In every case the attacker was either knocked out or incapacitated in some form and in the case of one attack the attacker got their arm broke on first...
•Iron Palm Part 3
Continued from Iron Palm Q&A With Sigung Richard Clear Part 2
I started studying Dr Wu's system of Kung Fu in 1982 from one of Dr Wu's other senior students and then I began studying from Tyrone in 1984. As a result I began training Iron Palm in 1984. I was not really seeking out Iron Palm. I had not heard enough about it to actively seek it. Iron Palm and Dim Mak were simply a part of the Kung Fu training we received. Once I began training I was hooked on it for awhile and then when...
•Iron Palm Part 9
Continued from Iron Palm Q&A With Sigung Richard Clear Part 8
We used this liniment for any bruises we got and also for Iron Palm training. When we practiced the Indirect method and Internal Iron Palm Tyrone would have us put a few drops on our hands and massage it in to cause the energy to flow to our hands. In years since I have used a number of products including Oriental Herb Company products. For a lot of the specialty palms no jow or special herbal treatment is required and...
•Open Hand Basics - Part 1 Of 2
The teet lung pai system taught at Clear's Silat Schools includes pentjak and kuntao silat, tai chi, and aspects of shaolin chuan kung-fu, hsing-I and paqua. Although these systems are diverse in both origin and substance, they share one key similarity - the open hand concept. This article will concentrate on the benefits of the open hand strike in general and five ways to strike in particular, as well as how they are utilized in specific styles.
1. Whipping Hits Chi-petjut - South Javanese...
•Open Hand Basics - Part 2 Of 2
Hit Like You Mean It
Hitting through the target is more commonly practiced in the West. The hit is much more effective when it is led by the waist and when the intent is to hit through the target. One example is to dive through with your body weight behind the strike. Pukolan and Hsing-I both strike this way. Another kind of hit is to slap through, hitting with the body weight and friction. This is how basic burning palm works.
Utilizing waist and knee power helps get the body into the...
•Traditional Chinese Medicine (tcm Part 1)
In Chinese medicine there are at least five different primary methods of healing and there are numerous other lesser known methods of healing. The main five methods of healing are acupuncture, herbology, Chi Kung, bone setting and tuina massage. Each of these methods has many subcategories, methods and different schools of thought.
YIN & YANG
BALANCE = UNITY OF POLAR OPPOSITES
TCM utilizes Chi and Yin and Yang theory. The basic idea as applied to Chinese Medicine is that balance is the...
•Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM Part 2)
Continued from tcm Part 1
If you look closely at most acupuncture charts you will usually see the meridian lines on the chart and the pressure points are on the lines.
Most acupuncturists will first talk with the client/patient and have the patient fill out a questionnaire in much the same manner as a regular Western medical office. Then, the acupuncturist will do at least one version of Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis. There are many different diagnosis methods including but not...
•Why Mma Is Not Street Self Defense! Part 1
The rise in popularity of MMA and Jiu-Jitsu has increased public awareness of martial arts and created a current wave of martial arts enthusiasts. However, an unfortunate side effect of this popular martial arts movement is that the average person sees tournaments such as the UFC and thinks that self defense works like the fights that occur in the ring or octagon. Nothing could be further from the truth.
By street self defense I am not referring to a school yard fist fight whereby the loser...
•Why MMA Is Not Street Self Defense! Part 2
continued from "Why MMA is NOT Street Self Defense! Part 1"
If someone steals your car (or any other personal possession) and they start driving it away right in front of you what is your best response. For a ring trained fighter the answer all to often has been to chase the criminal down. This has resulted in well known, respected and loved people being shot down by a criminal who was playing by street rules instead of sport rules. If someone commits road rage against you and after some sign...
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