Neijia

Yin and Cheng Bagua

Heibei (and some Shanxi) Xingyi

Yang style Tai Chi

And Sung Shi Wu Dang Chuan

I've heard about the inversion and scalp massage working, as well as a diet supplemented with He Shou Wu (Fo Ti) and Lycium (wolfberry). I wonder if using Helichrysum (which is as far as I'm concerned a gift to the earth) in conjunction with scalp massage would help.

5-e-tao, my teacher had a similar experience with Dr. J. He learned a portion of the Sun style Bagua that Johnson was teaching, and attended his 5 Branches. He said that he had incredible knowledge, but that his ego got in the way.

If you have the money, his books are worth it - both the Medical Qigong and IMA texts. As noted previously, they are text books, so they do cost. If you intend to go into the field, or would like a much deeper understanding about the subject, I would strongly consider it.

well said.

This is basically the same set of arguments, again.

Those that know - the believers (or at least those that have had experience) believe,

And those that don't... go out of their way to be insulting.

Pretty pointless either way.

Is there a book about (or from) this/these Wang Liping's exercises?

Do you can describe them please?

Opening the Dragon Gate

Neijia>

 

Can you write about it?

 

About the Donner-Grau's and Abelar's books they are interesting. In fact, they emphasize differences about women in the way of warrior, the fact that they use their womb,...

It involved the scene from the second book (I believe), with the Nagual, and how some of the phenomena was a lot like qinggung... which set off a list of comparisons (I have odd dreams) involving changing the point of perception through stillness, some of the basic techniques offered in the Art of Dreaming (tongue to roof of mouth connecting the Du and Ren channels, applying pressure near the lower dantien with a stone) and being locked in a box to recapitulate (which melded with Wang Liping's early exercises to to quiet his mind).

A lot of undoing. Or not doing? I'm going off 5 year old memory here.

Aside from the dream, it's been on my mind for a bit, and it's nice to see that others have noticed the similiarities. A great deal of those books seem less fantastical now...

Parallels, coincidences, or reflections of Taoism in Mexico?

I've read all of them, besides the Grau and Abelar. Weird enough, I actually had a dream last night, about the parallels between Taoism and Carlos Castaneda... Strange.

Anyway.

I suppose I'll have to go and reread all of them. And maybe the Grau and Abelar.

Like the new pic, Taomeow

These are terrific videos - thank you very much.

I do an hour of standing I-Chuan practice in the afternoon or late morning, and anywhere from 10 min to another hour following practice.

I seem to get the most results then, as opposed to evenings, but early early morning is supposedly the best time. Assuming my schedule would ever allow for that...

Anyone remember where the link to Taomeow's diet is... I don't know how I got the idea she ate raw kidneys, but if that's not a part of it, I'd at least like to reread that post.

I remember reading the thread, just not the specifics. Where is that link?

I didn't find it incredible. His students set up a cooperative frame and then it's easy to pop the frame.

How useful is it against an uncooperative opponent? Or someone a limp frame? He couldn't do it against either.

I understand what you are saying about an opponent neutralizing, or the uselessness of a training technique as an actual fighting application. IMHO, however, I think that applying that logic towards these videos is kind of like saying that a form is used the way that it is shown or demonstrated. Or that tools such as pushhands or circle walking have no value because of the tactical unlikeness that someone trying to murder you is going to try to push hands or walk the circle, so why bother to learn it?

These exercises, like push hands and circle walking, are intended to train different faculties and develop sensitivity. In this case, learning how to create the physiological responses needed to work the technique.

What is incredible to me is the method of the power generation, not the jin itself.

In China you could find plenty of people practicing in the park in the mornings in Beijing or other cities who do this better. He's very average compared to that crowd.

I haven't to been to the park in Beijing, much less China, but you make it sound like they must be doing some Dragon Ball Z shit over there.

Very cool.

I'm recognizing a ton of his Chin Na.

He's obviously very talented.

Pan Yue is VERY controversial on Taiwan. He started out as a Gao guy, but "invented" his own stuff.

It's not terribly profound from a baguazhang perspective. YMMV.

 

Buddy

Profound or not, the power generation is incredible. Something else about it is that the method is relatively easy to learn in comparison to the dan tien breathing, and just as soft a jin. Ultimately, I suppose, it relies heavily on a teacher's ability and willingness to teach.

Geeze!

 

I must be so under-cultivated - 'cause I'm just hot for her.

hehehe. Yeah.

I would like to buy some Thieves toothpaste and would rather buy it from a Bum.

I am, actually. PM me.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...7082400600.html

 

"Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That's got them scratching their heads about what's just not there. The cosmic blank spot has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes, not even mysterious dark matter. It is 1 billion light years across of nothing. That's an expanse of nearly 6 billion trillion miles of emptiness, a University of Minnesota team announced Thursday."

Goddamnit,.I just posted a new topic on this, when I noticed that you beat me to the punch.

heh

Pretty amazing. There's an article on the BBC about this here (a billion years at the speed of light)

I referenced this video, of master Wei Chung Lin on the rooting thread, which has a few clips demonstrating his Xingyi, Bagua, and Taiji and some Fa-jing.

But then there is his master Pan Yue.

Check out the Fa-jing on this guy.

I'm curious too.

The suspense is killing me

That rooting method that I was alluding to in an earlier post is part of Wei-Chung Lin's curriculum, and the development of "pre-heaven power".

Wei-Chung Lin

Believe it or not, the fajin in the bottom video is soft.

I think when it comes to thetaobums, Taomeow is my personal hero.

Or you could check out...

Aesop Rock

Buck 65

Doseone

Sage Francis

Saul Willams

Soul

or most anyone off the Anticon label.

I never was much into hip hop until I heard some of these guys.

The distinction between matter and energy is unraveling, can even be seen as fairly nonexistant. A bit that western science is slowly coming to grasp.

Which is one of many reasons why I love Chinese medicine.

I would suggest practicing the Wuji standing posture for increasing periods of time to start. It will teach you to let go of your fast twitch muscles, and develop sensitivity to your own body and energy. I think staking posture meditation, to begin, is by far more valuable than sitting - sitting should come later, IMhumbleO.

Also regarding books, or systems, or whatever... They're better left as reference material. I think a lot of us have seen the very real and very sad merits of incorrect practice and maladjusted cultivation techniques. For which reason teachers are invaluable, though I've had a lot of people have told that I'm wrong about that. As teachers go, I really lucked out in terms of proximity, financials etc. I realize that not everyone is as fortunate.

Where abouts are you located?