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  5. Posted

    This sounds like it should be an interesting read:

     

    Major New Bagua Book

     

    "This volume of “poems” and essays are supposedly written—recorded is a better word—directly from the teachings of Dong Hai Chuan, the founder of Bagua Zhang, by a follower named Zeng Zengqi. Falk expertly translates the text from the Chinese (included), but also adds her own enlightened English commentary. She preserves the poetic structure where the principles of Bagua are laid out in small, memorable Chinese verses. In former days these “songs” were studied and memorized, allowing even illiterate students to analyze their rich content."

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  10. Posted

    It's on my radar of things to get. Is this Emei Wuji form completely different than the Milton and Wynn Wuji/Primordial form?

     

    Hi Rakiel,

     

    I just remembered that I had an old VHS tape of the Wei Zhong Foo Wuji Gong and just pulled it out and tried for the first time in many years. Yes, it is completely different from the Wudang Primordial Qigong taught by Milton, Winn, and others. This one consists of shaking for about 10 minutes, some various qigong movements for about 10-15 minutes, then a lengthy period of spontaneous qigong. It ends with a typical closing routine. The entire tape was 45 minutes long. I thought it was okay but nothing special. Of course many forms may not reveal their effects until after a fairly long period regular practice.

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  11. Posted

    Hi Fa Xin,

     

    You can buy the Xing Yi Nei Gong DVD on the US Amazon: 

     

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TY97XU/

     

    or directly from the Plum Publications web site: http://plumpub.com/

     

    Tim Cartmell gives no verbal instruction on this video (I have the VHS tape).

     

    Tom Bisio has a good online course on this set: http://www.internalartsinternational.com/programs/xing-yi-nei-gong/ I have this and he gives detailed instruction on each movement.

     

    Gerald A. Sharp has a Xingyi DVD which includes Nei Gong, but I haven't seen it and I'm not sure if it's the same version:

     

    http://store.chiflow.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=XYMOTV1

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  12. Posted

    Hi lifeforce,

     

    There is also a chapter on his "Twenty Exercises for Treating Diseases and Prolonging Life" in the book "The Chinese Way to a Long and Healthy Life"

     

    His daughter, Wang Jurong, was also a kung fu master, who published the book: "Sword Imperatives: Mastering the Kung Fu and Tai Chi Sword"

     

    Wang Jurong is now deceased. Her husband, Chengde Wu, is an acupuncturist in Houston, Texas. I believe that he is now in his late 80s. He was mentioned in one of Dr. Glenn Morris's books, which was how I first heard of these people.

     

    Chengde Wu and Wang Jurong's daughter, Master Helen Wu, lives and teaches in the Toronto area. She added 4 movements to the original 20 and it is now called 24 Posture Therapeutic Qigong. It is broken into 3 sections of 8 movements for the upper, middle and lower body. This form is covered in her book and DVD. They have other daughters who are teachers also.

     

    I've been practicing the 24 Postures for about 6 months now and love it! Some of the movements are like standard warm-up exercises, but there is something about the way that they are sequenced that really unlocks things for me and produces strong qi flow.

     

    In addition to Master Wu's DVD, her student, Master George Picard has a DVD on the form. It includes a two hour bonus disk where each movement is broken down from an eastern and western medical perspective, by Picard and a doctor of physical therapy. I hope to go up to St. Catherines, Ontario for his workshop and certification eventually, as I would like to teach this method.

     

    There is also a DVD on the 24 Postures by Picard's student, Sifu Michael Hronas, who lives in North Carolina. This one has good detailed instruction on each movement. He is also a Daoist and was a graduate of Dr. Jerry Johnson's medical qigong school. Hope this helps!

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  13. Posted

    I haven't seen the Bagua material by Bruce Frantzis, but I have some of his other qigong materials and they are extremely detail oriented, as he was the one time I studied with him in person.

     

    Just as an FYI, Tom Bisio also has an online Bagua distance learning program. The first level features circle walking and a good variety of foundational exercises, nei gong, tao yin, zhan zhong, etc. The intermediate level features eight basic palm changes and more advanced nei gong:

     

    http://www.internalartsinternational.com/programs

     

    I don't have these programs, but I did buy his Xing Yi Nei Gong module and was pleased with it.

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  14. Posted

    Hello J0urn3y.

     

    Years ago I saw "Path Notes of an American Ninja Master" on the book shelf in Borders and decided to look at it because I thought it would be ridiculous and funny. It turned to be extremely interesting. I bought it and later attended one of his KAP workshops about a year before he died. He was a truly remarkable person who possessed a very wide range of knowledge on many subjects and was able to effectively compare, contrast, synthesize and draw conclusions. He had a good sense of humor too. The KAP course is still offered by 2 of his senior students in Florida (Santiago Dobles and Tao Semko) and is offered online and sometimes in person. They teach everything that Dr. Morris did and more, and are very good teachers.

     

    Dr. Morris's other books are "Shadow Strategies of an American Ninja Master" and "Martial Arts Madness." There was also one published posthumously called "Quantum Crawfish Bisque for the Clueless Soul." There are also some people in Canada that sell his meditation CDs: www.meditation-mastery.net.

     

    Each of his first three books have a detailed additional reading section where he recommends and comments on books on related topics. Those might be a good place for you to start.

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  17. Posted · Edited by Dainin

    Joint Loosening Exercises and Shaking

     

    8 Section Brocade and Yi Jin Jing

     

    5 Yin Organ Exercises (J.A. Johnson)

     

    Shibashi (18 Movements of Tai Chi Qigong)

     

    Primordial Qigong (both the Wudang and Hunyuan versions)

     

    Soaring Crane Qigong

     

    Pan Gu Shen Gong

     

    Tai Chi Ruler

     

    Zazen

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  20. Posted

    I was saddened to just learn that Susan Carlson, who posted here as ShaktiMama, passed away one week ago in Wisconsin:

     

    http://www.apg-wi.com/rice_lake_chronotype/obituaries/death_notices/susan-ann-carlson/article_893e4250-ce77-11e5-96a0-87ec29400aac.html

     

    While I never met her in person, I have been on the listserv she started for more than a decade, and witnessed her help people with Kundalini problems many times, with wisdom and compassion. May she rest in peace.

     

     

     

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  23. Posted

    Hi Dan,

     

    There's a book and dvd called "Chinese Healing Exercises: A Personalized Practice for Health and Longevity" by Steven Cardoza that sounds like what you might be looking for. He is also a student of BK Frantzis, but this book has a lot more exercises than Frantzis's.

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