Formosa Neijia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STRja-ABexU
This is the one-year anniversary of the blog. I can’t believe it’s been a year already! Blogging-wise, time has really flown. I haven’t written hardly any of the “big posts” that motivated me to start the blog in the first place. So we have lots more to talk about.
So I want to say […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTSAx4rX8oQ
First, I thank Aboroth for posting this. Second, I admire Liang Shou-yu. he’s a gentleman and a scholar. I had the pleasure of meeting him a long time ago and I greatly respect his abilities. He’s one of those wushu guys that have extensive traditional training, as well. If he was anywhere near me, […]

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For all of us who are “doing everything all wrong”:
A highly respected Monk and Scholar heard rumors of an “enlightened” hermit teaching in a rural and isolated part of China. Curious to meet this man the Scholarly Monk traveled many days, finally crossing a beautiful lake to where the hermit lived. By the shore sat […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmZGiL8OGdE
I’ve been enjoying reading through the archives over at Dojorat lately. I really like his perspective on things.
His recent posts seem to be inspired by my recent run-in with the xingyi teacher.  Basically, Dojorat’s conclusion is that we should embrace our “inner barbarians.” Yeah, I guess if people are going to assume that you’re […]

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So I’ve been making some good progress lately IMO. My area of focus with my teacher is doing tuishou/sanshou (push hands and sparring) with most everything (including striking, kicking, qinna’s, throwing, etc.) all eventually being thrown into the mix. The idea is to put ALL our applications from taiji, xingyi, and bagua into the […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZWfmQZuNLs
This is teacher Andrew Chung of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (yaah! home!) doing his version of the CPL form that he learned from Col. Y.W. Chang.
One thing that struck me about this performance was how much it looked like the Wang Shu-jin versions that I’ve seen. He only makes it a little over half way […]

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“…can never know anything about Chinese martial arts.”
This was actually said to a friend of mine by a Taiwan publisher. When I heard that he had said that, I was furious. After all, I and a lot of other foreigners give that guy a lot of business and some of us have been here for […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQLuQTNraII
Here’s Liang Shou-you explaining some things about shuai jiao to Sam Masich. One of the best things he does is to make clear the difference between shuaijiao and kuaijiao — or fast wrestling. As you can clearly see, shuaijiao uses much bigger motions. Kuaijiao uses smaller, sneakier ones to steal the opponent’s balance. Styles […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk2Wg6M0yMU
This is a clip of Yang stylist Fu Qing-quan from Hong Kong doing a short form. What struck me right from the start was his excellent weight control. He sinks fully into one leg, loading it, then steps out so cleanly. Only when he wants to, does he then move the weight into the […]

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Judging from the comments, I think we’re missing the point of my post about victimization. I’m NOT talking about just visiting a new school for the first time. That isn’t what happened here. I’ve started over with MA so many times I can’t count them. I’ve visited dozens of school over the course of my […]

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