An earlier post in this thread reminded me of something I read about the development of some of the fancier Chinese weapons, like the hook swords. Weapons like these were developed, not because of...
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An earlier post in this thread reminded me of something I read about the development of some of the fancier Chinese weapons, like the hook swords. Weapons like these were developed, not because of...
You can have some more if you change 2002 to 2001 in the adress, I believe. Sometime soon there will be the 03 stuff too.
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Here are some videos of forms and sanshou from the Swedish Wushu Championships in 2002. Haven't watched most of them yet. Any thoughts?
www.kungfu.framtid.nu/Video/SM2002.html
The literal meaning of taizu is great ancestor, it does not mean emperor. The word as it is used however, is a temple name, that is a name used after an emperor is deceased to refer to him. It is...
The article actually states that there is no conclusive evidence that there are foods with afrodisiac powers. In the language of western science this does NOT mean that there are no such foods,...
Thanks! Great article.
As Braden points out, there is quite a lot of ongoing research on the effects of acupuncture, and acupuncture is already in use as a compliment to pharmacological anaesthesia in many respectable...
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sounds like the same exercise indeed. My teacher pointed out the importance of the hip. I have only done 5 of them though. Thanks!
Chango -
depends on the teacher. The style called...
Check out www.fuhok.com they have several hung gar videos in their gallery. As I've never done any hung gar I cannot speak for the quality, but It looked good!
Thanks, but crane step would be "he bu" in Chinese. What does nan see boi mean? Is that Cantonese?
Ralek has more posts than Sifu Abel. Where did Ralek go?
Shuai jiao means throw and trip.
I've learnt a basic kicking exercise where you kick with the leg straight and the toes pointing upwards. First line is kicking straight up, arms extended to the sides, palms pressing. Thereafter...
In Europe, the Germans are infamous for their powerful mullets. Hair that forced two world wars upon conservatively cut Europe. Never tease a mullet.
When practicing bagua today I came to think about that when executed at full speed, some of the techniques seem to gain considerably in power from the sheer speed that the body is moving. In...
Have you seen this? Hopefully ironic, still has some nice palm change illustrations... http://cstang.www3.50megs.com/ba_diy.html
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Look at the monkey stiff form on the Erie PA school site. Great background music and great monkey screaming!
I suppose that's better. But I can't really say much about san shou, what do you think is good about the clip?
Cool, but don't turn this into a movie-fu thread...
Almost every time someone posts a video on this site there is massive criticism for it not being representative, sloppy et c. If you know of clips showing what you consider to be good kung fu, post...
Guyiquan is the correct pinyin romanization. In Wade-Giles it would be Ku-yi-ch'üan, never heard of it nevertheless...
Great post Brent! In the sparring I've done, I've always found it easier to stick true to kung fu when my opponent was committing to an attack, than when I was throwing the first punch.
There's a video of a sifu Lee performing a BM set on www.emptyflower.com/xingyiquan/index.html
What do you think of it?