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- The Scholar Boxer
- The is a short article entitled: The Scholar Boxer, explaining the different levels of achievment in the practice of Tai Chi Chuan.
- www.fightmonks.com/The-Scholar-Boxer.html
- Inside the World of Polarity
- When using ‘contraction’ against bodily manipulation (grapplers), we should use it on the ‘exhalation.’ The reason is that ‘sinking’ is best accomplished during this breath cycle (as explained in the example of the pool.)
Many Kung Fu schools such as Shaolin, and Hung Gar schools which broke off from Shaolin, use the Iron Wire method of practicing ‘muscle contractions’ for this very reason. The ‘Iron Wire’ skills used to be protected knowledge amongst underground Chinese Societies. The art-form also spread to Japan and can be found in many advanced levels of various Karate schools; and is best shown in the movie, ‘Street Fighter,’ featuring ‘Sonny Chiba.’
- www.fightmonks.com/Inside-the-World-of-Polarity.html
- Why I Practice
- Slap boxing was something that all kids did while I was growing up in Military Schools, but I soon gravitated towards Wing Chun and the methods espoused by Bruce Lee. Then one day I purchased a book by Robert W. Smith called, Chinese Boxing. It was the first time in my life that I had been introduced to the ideas of Chinese Internal Martial Arts. Soon afterwards, I bought a few of Chen Manching’s books, and started to experiment with push hands theories with friends and co-workers. At the time, I couldn’t find any experienced teachers in my area, so I worked hard to perfect the forms and methods laid out by Chen Manching and Yang Jun.
- www.fightmonks.com/Why-I-Practice.html
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