Interviews
Interview with Jarek Szymanski – Part 6
PART 6 Beijing Years Continued Jarek: I actually made two trips to Wudang in 1991. In the summer of 1991, I went back to Poland for the summer break, but didn’t have enough money to Read more…
Taijiquan
‘Large Frame’ Zhaobao Taiji – Wang Haizhou
One of the main promoters of Zhaobao taijiquan in China is Wang Haizhou, the head coach of Zhaobao village. I have translated an extract of his life story (as told to the journalist Yan Hanxiu Read more…
Taijiquan
Going to Court over Taiji
I came across an article originally published in 2007 in the Eastern Daily (from here) that illustrates how deep feelings run over historical/lineage issues in China, and thought I’d share it. “For the last 80 years, Read more…
Taijiquan
The Zhaobao Taijiquan of Hou Chunxiu
Zhaobao taijiquan is an interesting major style of taijiquan which has produced many top level masters and seems to have preserved an extremely complete system including neigong, forms practice in different frames as well as Read more…