Interviews
Interview with Jarek Szymanski – Part 4
PART 4 Jarek: And so it came to the end of my first year in China (1991) and the summer holidays. I intended to take full advantage of the summer holidays to go around China Read more…
PART 4 Jarek: And so it came to the end of my first year in China (1991) and the summer holidays. I intended to take full advantage of the summer holidays to go around China Read more…
PART 3 Jarek: So, as we discussed last time, it was my first year in Beijing and I was training at least 4-5 hours per day. This was not unusual for me, I was used Read more…
PART 2 Jarek: Actually there were a lot of twists and turns in me getting to China, there were at least two occasions which could have derailed my plans to study in China entirely. The Read more…
Jarek Szymanski, apart from being a linguist and professional translator, is a martial arts researcher who has been living in China for over 20 years. In addition to practicing several styles of traditional Chinese Martial Read more…
In response to a request from a reader, I have been working on translating some information about Bajiquan, this first part of which is translated below. For a brief introduction to Bajiquan, see the wiki Read more…
My previous translation of an article on Pei Xirong sparked my interest in the 1929 Leitai tournament in Hangzhou, which seems to have been the largest bare-hand Leitai competition in recent history. The following translation Read more…
SONG FAMILY Readers of this blog may remember that I had previously visited the Song family home in December 2009. At that time I was still practicing taijiquan and had not even come into contact Read more…
I’ve just returned from a training trip to Taigu in Shanxi province, one of the cradles of xingyiquan in China and the stronghold of Song and Che styles. During my week-long trip, I managed to Read more…
Many xingyi practitioners will be familiar with the ‘3 stages of development’ codified by Guo Yunshen, dividing the power generated by a xingyi practitioner into ming jin [obvious power], an jin [hidden power] and the Read more…
The following translation is an excerpt taken from this article . “Pei Xirong was born in 1913 in Raoyang county in Hebei province. His father was a core member of the Yi He Tuan [1], and his Read more…