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Month: January 2018

Xingyiquan

Song style Xingyi in Shanghai – Li Guoliang

Below is a translation of an excerpt from this article: “The Song-style xingyi master Li Guoliang is a noted fighter who received the full transmission from Hao Zhanru, who was a student of Jia Yun-gao (one Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 10, 2018
Yiquan

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Final Part

A: Has M Yao’s Yiquan moved away from M Wang’s Yiquan in its appearance? C: On top of the foundation laid down by M Wang, M Yao made his Yiquan clearer, more detailed. He used Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 10, 2018
Yiquan

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part VII

A: Nowadays, a lot of the people who practice Yiquan never saw Wang Xiangzhai for themselves, they’ve only heard or read about him. These people all want to develop M Wang’s ability to ‘launch’ people Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 10, 2018
Yiquan

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – part VI

A: Just now we got to talking about how you quit your job for Yiquan, what was all that about? C: In 1981, soon after M Yao and I had returned from Shanghai, in order Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 10, 2018
Yiquan

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part V

A: We’ve long heard that Yiquan’s penetrating power (chuan tou li) is formidable. Did M Yao set you any ‘rules’ for responding to challenges? C: At first, there were no rules. Later on, there was Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 10, 2018
Yiquan

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part IV

A: Some people say that M Yao was conservative, that he didn’t teach openly, how would you respond to this? C: It wasn’t like that. A lot of people learnt Yiquan from M Yao, both Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 5, 2018
Yiquan

Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part III

A: You mentioned punchbag work just now. Is there a process to this too, or did students just start straightaway? C: There’s a sequence to everything. M Yao divided our punchbag training into several stages. Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 5, 2018
Baguazhang

Ma Style Bagua – Guo Shilei

Guo Shilei is a young martial arts teacher in the city of Dongguan, in Guangdong (Canton) province. He teaches the 3 big CIMA: taiji, bagua and xingyi, but I decided to include him in this Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 5, 2018
Baguazhang

Song Changrong’s Baguazhang

When people talk about ‘Song style’ in a bagua context, there are actually two styles that could be meant: one is the bagua of Song Yongxiang (passed on by Liu Wancang of Beijing and his disciples), while Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 5, 2018
Baguazhang

Shi Style Baguazhang of Di Zhaolong

In this article, I would like to introduce a style of baguazhang not so well-known in the west: Shi style baguazhang, named after its founder, Shi Jidong. Shi style baguazhang is known for its many Read more…

By admin, 7 years ago January 5, 2018

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