Formosa Neijia

I’m looking at getting back into yoga again after a really long break. I haven’t done it seriously since university. In the process, I’ve come across some very interesting articles about the weaknesses of yoga. Here’s the first article (original here). I’d love to hear that readers think of this stuff.
 
THE TRUTH ABOUT YOGA AND [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6akulareVQ
This is a great example of tongzigong skills — basic gongfu training for kids. I’ve become very interested in this kind of stuff now that I have two kids of my own.

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These are more pics of Chen Pan-ling in various xingyiquan poses. Thanks to Darius for making them available. Pt. 1 is here.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdkGO61WhWw
Hat tip to Mokuren Dojo for this clip.
Compared to kungfu, karate, and taekwondo, boxing had the way more powerful punch.
I was surprised at how effortless the boxer punched. Notice how much effort the other martial artists put into their punches. It’s fairly obvious from that effort that they couldn’t do that kind of punching consecutively [...]

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This post is a joint venture between myself and Dojorat. He wrote the first part below (also at his blog) and I wrote the second. I hope you enjoy it.
From Dojorat:
The Great Wall As Metaphor:
Chinese Attitudes And The Martial Arts
When people in the West think of China, there is probably no [...]

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Thanks to Mokuren Dojo for this link.
This clip shows the possibilities when the notion of play beyond obvious martial application is added to your training. It’s called contact improvisation — a form of post-modern dance that uses continuous points of contact to determine motion. Notice their great ability to stick, adhere and follow — [...]

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It seems that some didn’t see the value of the Sam Masich clip in my previous post. I think the utility of what was shown there deserves to be looked at from a different angle. In my previous post, I talked about their ability to stick and follow continuously despite the opponent “getting them” at [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVRLIF3FRCM
I know I’m starting to look like a cheerleader here for Sam Masich, but I just can’t help myself. It seems that almost every one of his videos has something that I’m either working on, need to work on, or have found to be extremely important.
This video above is one of the best clips of [...]

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Here are several pics of Chen Pan-ling in various xingyiquan poses. Pics of CPL are a bit too rare. Thanks to Darius for making them available.

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I think we need a palate cleanser.
So this is for all the South Park fans out there. This is a rare video that Matt and Trey made before they became famous. The back story is that in 1995, Seagrams (a company famous for its wine coolers) bought Universal Studios. The new CEO wanted a [...]

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