Green Tiger

Here's the video from Vice. Good stuff.

I think this has been covered somewhere, but, from a practitioner standpoint, it is very beneficial to work with the DVD to begin with. I worked with the Gift of the Tao I dvd for a few months before attending my first seminar and I think it helped me to get more out of the workshop, but practicing on my own was not nearly as powerful as practicing in the workshop. You could, potentially, only work with the DVD, but I don't think you're maximizing the benefits of the system by doing that.

If it is your karma to find the instruction you seek, you will find it. If it isn't your karma, you won't. Keep in mind that you didn't get to this place on your own. You've had a lot of help along the way. Trust that you will continue to be guided along the path. Seek, but don't seek blindly for some ideal you're hung up on. Listen! Listen and look to see what the universe sends your way. You may discover something amazing, but entirely unlike what you set out to find.

Mr. Chuckrow's article is an interesting read, but I don't think it is going to help me improve my push-hands technique. Just because you understand the vectors and equations doesn't mean you'll be able to feel them. Scott's content is more focused on getting you to understand the sort of sensations that indicate progress. It's more visceral than it is intellectual.

Demonstrations like this make me wonder how much student cooperation is going on. Is he genuinely resisting? Would this demonstration not go so smoothly if it was done on some random martial arts students?

Awesome! thanks for sharing. Scott Meredith recently wrote a blog post that covers this topic really well. He says, How do you do that? According to him, it is a simple, 4-step process. You can read the full post here. EDIT: to remove videos and add emphasis via bolded lines.

This should probably be pinned somewhere. Sums up a lot of discussions. It is nice to TRY and have discussions about these things, but it can be difficult and misunderstandings abound. I feel for the people who are trying to go it alone and I suppose an online community is better than no community at all, but you really need (not just a good teacher) but a good community of students for support.

I thought this seemed like it was bordering on an example of empty force, but not quite. He is at least making contact, however light. I think Yi Chuan practitioners have some creepy-strong root strength, but I've never met anyone who could apply it like this. I've met some Aikido practitioners who could throw you with small movements, but this looks like almost no movement.

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Hey! Thanks for posting the videos. I study with a student of Master Choi, but I have never had the pleasure to meet him or see him demonstrate the form. It's frustrating that you can't find a full demonstration video either, but he does demonstrate the second half of the form in this video: Are the Wu Yi Hui and Chen Yi Ren books only available in Chinese or are there English translations, do you know? Thanks!

Many thanks! I really impressed one of my classmates with this info.

I remember there was mention of UFO-ish sightings in ancient Japan in Jacques Vallee's book, Passport to Magonia. An interesting book in general, if you're interested in the subject of UFOs.

Hey, thanks for the link! So this must be the 66 posture form?

For refrence, the yellow captions appear at the following times: 0:01 - I think this is the name of the form, possibly also the name of the performer, Master Lu Gui-Yao. 0:25 - 停車問路 ting che wen lu, stop the cart, ask the way 1:05 - 臨崖勒馬 lin ya le ma, rein in the horse at the edge of the cliff 1:22 - 閉門推月 bi men tui yue, close the door, push the moon 1:36 - 撥雲見日 bo yun jian ri , brush aside the clouds to see the sun 2:00 - 臨崖勒馬 lin ya le ma, rein in the horse at the edge of the cliff 2:20 - 摘星換斗 zhai xing huan dou, pluck the stars and rearrange them 2:36 - 鴻雁雙飛 hong yan shuang fei, pair of wild geese fly together 3:07 - 閉門推月 bi men tui yue, close the door, push the moon 3:20 - 孤雁出群 gu yan chu qun, single goose leaves the flock 3:56 - 野馬追風 ye ma zhui feng, wild horse chases the wind 4:27 - 川流不息 chuan liu bu xi, rivers flow without end 4:45 - 伏虎聽風 fu hu ting feng, crouching tiger listens to the wind 5:06 - 聲東擊西 sheng dong ji xi, feint to the east but attack to the west 5:15 - 青龍探爪 qing long tan zhua, green dragon stretches its claws 5:23 - 丹成九轉 dan cheng jiu zhuan, miracle pill is formed after nine turns 5:38 - 撥雲見日 bo yun jian ri , brush aside the clouds to see the sun 5:51 - 順水推舟 shun shui tui zhou, push the boat with the current 6:03 - 怒馬回頭 nu ma hui tou, angry horse turns around 6:14 - 瓶花落硯 ping hua luo yan, flower falls from the vase onto the ink stone 6:33 - 高山流水 gao shan liu shui, water falls from high mountains 7:01 - 兒童送書 er tong song shu, page boy brings books 7:24 - 樵夫擔柴 qiao fu dan chai, woodcutter carries firewood 7:40 - 天官指星 tian guan zhi xing, celestial officer points at the stars 7:47 - 五雲捧月 wu yun peng yue, five clouds cradle the moon 8:00 - 托天蓋地 tuo tian gai di, support the heavens and cover the earth 8:12 - 燕子抄水 yan zi chao shui, swallow skims across the water 8:25 - 朝陽貫耳 zhao yang guan er, morning sun pierces the ears 8:31 - 截手雙推 jie shou shuang tui, intercept the hands and push out 8:39 - 薰風掃葉 xun feng sao ye, breeze sweeps away the leaves 9:04 - 燕子啣泥 yan zi xian ni swallow holds clay in its beak 9:19 - 靈猿摘菓 ling yuan zhai guo wise monkey plucks fruit 9:27 - 猛虎回頭 meng hu hui tou fierce tiger turns around 9:47 - 旋轉乾坤 xuan zhuan qian kun turn the universe around and around 9:54 - 風擺荷葉 feng bai he ye, lotus leaves sway in the wind 10:00 - 掩手衝拳 yan shou chong quan, conceal the hand and punch out 10:06 - 琵琶遮面 pi pa zhe mian, shield the face with a lute 10:10 - 流星趕月 liu xing gan yue, shooting star chases away the moon 10:18 - 燕子斜飛 yan zi xie fei, swallow flies obliquely 10:29 - 丹鳳朝陽 dan feng zhao yang, phoenix looks up at the morning sun 10:33 - 翻江攪海 fan jiang jiao hai, overturn the river and stir up the sea 10:42 - 倒騎龍背 dao qi long bei, ride backwards on the dragon's back 10:46 - 狸貓撲蝶 li mao pu die, sly cat pounces on the butterfly 10:51 - 抽梁換柱 chou liang huan zhu, pull out the beam and exchange the pillar 11:06 - 風卷殘雲 feng juan can yun , wind rolls up and scatters the clouds 11:17 - 蟄龍現身 zhi long xian shen, hibernating dragon reappears 11:24 - 烏龍擺尾 wu long bai wei, black dragon swings its tail 11:31 - 平分秋色 ping fen qiu se , split evenly the autumn colors 11:39 - 走馬觀花 zou ma guan hua, look at the flowers while riding on horseback 11:46 - 魁星獻斗 kui xing xian dou, Kui-Xing presents the constellation 12:04 - 燕子穿雲 yan zi chuan yun, swallow flies through the clouds 12:11 - 提手七星 ti shou qi xing, lift the hands in the form of the seven stars 12:19 - 雁子橫斜 yan zi heng xie, line of wild geese fly obliquely 12:28 - 龍轉身黃 huang long zhuan shen, yellow dragon turns around 12:37 - 五聖朝天 wu sheng zhao tian, five saints salute the heavens 12:47 - 葉底藏蓮 ye di cang lian, lotus flower is concealed underneath leaves 12:50 - 鳳凰展翅 feng huang zhan chi, phoenix stretches its wings 12:53 - 白鸛啄食 bai guan zhuo shi, white stork pecks at its food 12:57 - 月掛松梢 yue gua song shao, moon hangs at the end of the pine 13:00 - 倒揭牛尾 dao jie niu wei, topple the ox by its tail 13:08 - 童子抱琴 tong zi bao qin , boy embraces a zither 13:14 - 犀牛望月 xi niu wang yue, rhinoceros looks at the moon 13:25 - 鷂子穿林 yao zi chuan lin, hawk darts into the woods 13:38 - 赤龍攪水 chi long jiao shui , red dragon stirs the water 13:45 - 風動浮萍 feng dong fu ping, drifting duckweed is blown by the wind 13:53 - 氣升崑崙 qi sheng kun lun, Qi rises to the Kun-Lun mountains 14:04 - 存氣開關 cun qi kai guan, keep the Qi ready 14:10 - Matches up almost perfectly. I think this one is "closing" added in the video. 14:25 - There are a few lines at the end. I assume they are credits of some sort. Thanks!

My first thought was: "What if the collective unconsious manifested this new frog into the jungles of Costa Rica, because it likes Kermit so much?" Naaah

Lots of interesting thoughts in this thread. Last year I read Michael Newton's book, Journey of Souls. He hypnotizes people and claims he can regress them into past lives and also into the time between lives. Hypnosis is a shaky foundation for this sort of investigation, but his findings are intriguing. Most of his subjects report very similar experiences, some of which are familiar. There is a sense of floating out of the body at the time of death and traveling through a tunnel into a bright light. Many souls are met by someone they knew in their life, they meet with their spiritual guide, and reunite with their spiritual 'family'. A life review takes place at some point and then preparation for the next life. It's interesting. I can't say I necessarily believe it, but I think it reinforces some basic ideas that I've believed for a long time--that we are connected to another level of existence. I suspect that no one can really KNOW what happens after death, because knowing is something unique to this life (I suspect). Any attempt at describing it would be like trying to paint the scenes of a movie. You're operating in a completely different medium with different tools.

I agree 100% with what John stated: "Weight liftring is what you make it." When I was in high school, the football coach set us up on a weightlifting program but spent very little time teaching us proper form and technique, so it resulted in creating more injuries than it prevented. There are a lot of ways to heal abused and misused tissue, and qigong is one, but I've got to say that I think rolling it out with a foam roller or massage ball is probably your best bet. Kelly Starrett of mobilitywod.com also recommends "flossing" joints with big rubber bands. I can't comment on that, as I don't do it, but it might be worth looking into. Combine that with your movement practices and I think you'll start to see results quickly.

Shaolin Monk - Glove and Boots parody of Uptown Funk

A couple of videos I've been watching for motivation:

I love Rudolf Steiner but he is such a dry read. I don't know if it's just the translation from German, but it isn't something the average wife with a curiosity in the akashic record would appreciate. I would think she'd like Edgar Cayce stuff better. I've also seen a book called Science and the Akashic Field that looked interesting. (you can get it on Kindle here)

This may just be a confusion of terms, but lately I keep coming across 'shen' gong. At first I thought this was a type of qi gong, but then I read that it is a dicipline strictly focused on mental/spiritual development. One of the texts I was reading stated that an initial shen gong exercise involved repeating the question "Who am I?" I was hoping someone here might be able to provide a more expanded definition of shen gong, or clarify how it is different from qi gong. Also, is there a jing gong as well? Is that a thing? I did a search for jing gong on google and found mostly hits for an airsoft gun company by that name. Searching that term on TTB returns mostly sexual cultivation threads. Could semen retention and sexual cultivation qigong be considered 'jing gong?'

Happy Friday, ya'll

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