In lieu of my May training update, I’d instead like to share a fun interview between myself and Robbie Coons, a long-time practitioner of the 3 internal arts (taiji, bagua and xingyi) and also a Read more…
Apologies for the lack of posts this year, like many of my readers I have been caught up dealing with the Covid-19 bug which has hit so many countries all over the world. Hope all Read more…
PART 7 Jarek’s Tongbei studies Jarek: Heyi Tongbei is originally a style from Tianjin. It was brought to the Shanghai area by Ren Heshan, who originally studied with Liu Yuchun. Due to his MA skills, Read more…
PART 5 Jon: One phenomenon which we see in the MA world is that of people making a ‘combined’ art based on the arts they have studied. What are your thoughts of this issue of 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…
Just thought I would write a note on my impressions coming to the end of my first year in China (3rd year overall). Of course, all opinions are based on my experiences in one city Read more…