Formosa Neijia

The first thing they rarely have is an actual technique — let alone several that are discussed at length. I used to read lots of books about neigong and Taoist meditation, but after several years I became frustrated because they didn’t seem to be saying much of anything. They talked ABOUT stuff but they never [...]

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This blog both chronicles my research into martial arts here in Taiwan and my personal journey in studying this stuff. Due to the latter, I will sometimes just write about what I am experiencing in my personal practice.
With that in mind, my personal journey into neigong has completely changed what I think about everything [...]

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Well here’s something you don’t read everyday. The following is from Ted’s latest blog post. It has some interesting thoughts on where the Chen’s other 8 forms went and why taiji gained popularity when it did. The point of the article was how the taiji classics could help everyone, regardless of style.
Is he right that [...]

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Unfortunately, I can’t link to a video from this site to show you their material. But it’s a fantastic site! I can’t believe what they have up for free.
Here is Paul Grilley’s Yin Yoga video for free.
I have blogged about this great system before. Now all you have to do is sit down with [...]

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Hat tip to Another Neijia Blog for bringing this to my attention. Here is a relatively new interview with Mike Patterson from March of 2007. He talks about fight training and him learning liuhebafa. Here’s an excerpt about “real IMA fighting” versus “sport”:
Karl-Heinz: Internal Arts have many attacks against the neck, the spine and [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcLhOlIk5I
This is a clip of one of the uber-gurus of yoga — Ana Forrest. As you can tell from the clip, there’s pretty much nothing that she can’t do. Her style is very appealing for its strength and honesty. She stresses strength in her poses, giving her yoga a nice visual appeal with the inverted [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kl_SL19nKs
Well, this is more than we had before. This is a much longer clip of Du Yu-ze doing the laojia yilu. I have written before on how controversial this clip is. I’m surprised this much is up. I HIGHLY recommend that you download it now that it’s out, if this clip means anything to you. [...]

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For those of you who miss Tabby’s Yiquan blog about his month-long intensive yiquan course, you’ll be happy to know that he has another blog up here. The following excerpt from this post struck me as very useful and totally fits with what I’ve experienced lately:
I notice that the “qi” controversy rages on. Actually, The [...]

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One of the main reasons to practice qigong for older men is to restore the hormonal balance that deteriorates as you age. In other words, they need to ramp up the testosterone that their bodies are producing.
Mingmen (kidney) breathing gets the lower back moving around and massages the adrenal glands. The dantian rotations are perfect [...]

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This is more info on training with the seasons. If you guys aren’t taking the seasons into account regarding training, you might want to do a bit of research on the subject. It might change your mind. Of course, this doesn’t apply to Singapore or areas like it since they have one season all year. [...]

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