by Shifu Don | Jul 7, 2021 | Taijiquan |
The classic “Song of the eight postures” describe Peng Jin as: “What is the meaning of Peng energy? It is like water supporting a moving boat.” Imagine the way a boat bobs on the water, and that will give you a good insight into Peng. Peng translates as Ward Off and...
by Shifu Don | Oct 19, 2020 | Fitness, Kung Fu, Qigong, Taijiquan |
Ji Ben Gong stands for Basic Foundation Work. So any time you see the word Gong, that means work. Like Qi Gong (Energy Work) Nei Gong (Internal Work). With that being said anything that is practiced to enhance your form can be considered Foundation Work. At New Life...
by Shifu Don | Oct 7, 2020 | Kung Fu, Taijiquan |
In Chinese Ting means to listen! Ting Jin is Listening Jin. When we say listening, we don’t mean listening with your ears. We mean listening to your body and your opponents body. We work on building a perfect connection and communication with our opponent. Ting...
by Shifu Don | Oct 6, 2020 | Class Notes, Taijiquan |
We discussed the new student class notes, which can be found here. We went over Ji Ben Gong, which stands for Basic Foundation work. Here is the link for the videos. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJz8UD6FwCQxdsntuJKMpJev1bO9d49wZ We discussed Yi, Qi and Shen....
by Shifu Don | Oct 3, 2020 | Class Notes, Kung Fu, Taijiquan |
We went over New student notes, which can be found here >> NewLifeKungFu.com/new We went over Ji Ben Gong and those videos can be found here >> Ji Ben Gong Videos We talked about the Ji Ben Gong set being the 1st test, so be sure to practice this so you...
by Shifu Don | Oct 2, 2020 | Class Notes, Kung Fu, Taijiquan |
In today’s class you tested on Ji Ben Gong We then covered Song Shen Wu Fa 1 – 5. Begin practicing this more regularly. Refer to the Tan Tui playlists on YT to remember the moments. We discussed Yi, Qi, Shen and how Yi commands Qi and Qi commands body. We...
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