Formosa Neijia

This is one of my favorite forms as done by Zhou laoshi. This is xiaohuyan — little tiger swallow. What I like in this performance is his absolute command of the form. He has so made this form his. Whenever I think of someone who has an intense sense of “presence” in their form, I [...]

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I came across this list some time ago of the various arts associated with General Gao Fang-xian, a formidable boxer from Shandong province and protege of Chen Pan-ling that came over with the KMT. This list might help some people in their research.
初級拳 — chujiquan — basic boxing
連步拳 — lianbuquan — linked step boxing
練武掌 — [...]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4LVjwPGhQg
This is a two-man form from Han Qing-tan’s qinna system. I had no idea it was on this film, but here it is. I wonder what else is on that film? Anyway, Han’s flavor comes through quite well. It’s good to see a qinna flow like this because this kind of practice makes for an [...]

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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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This is one of the paintings done by Han Qing-tang. I had no idea he was an artist. His brushwork is beaultiful.
The following is a story about a demo that Han did in which he showed that a samurai sword couldn’t cut him. Make of it what you will, the story is still entertaining. [...]

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The following is from a guy with the screen name of “smell the glove.” Haha. These are his memories of studying with Gao and some pics of the school that he took. Many thanks to him for letting me post these. As you can tell, Gao was serious about his weapons practice:
Gao Dao-sheng (高道生). [...]

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This is General Gao Fang-xian 高芳先, who was described by Robert Smith in Masters and Methods as a master of Northern Shaolin. General Gao has quite a bit of history behind him as he was a hero of both the War of resistance against Japan and World War Two. This picture may give you some [...]

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Here are more photos taken by Curtis Adkins in Taiwan around 1962. (First post here.) I have posted some of his comments regarding training during that time so you can get an idea of what it was like then. Once again, I can’t thank Curtis enough for allowing me to host these photos. Enjoy.

HQT taught [...]

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I need to thank Curtis Adkins for these pics he took of Han Qing-tan back in 1962 or 63. It was very gracious of Curtis to share these with us.

This is Han doing spear versus sword with Liang Dong Cai 梁棟材 in 228 Park.

Here, Han is teaching his taiji to a group. Han learned his [...]

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My apologies. I wrote this yesterday and accidentally published it as “private.”
It seems that there aren’t a lot of pics of Han Qing-tan (韓慶堂) out there. Here are the few that I’ve managed to collect:

Notice how the saber is held behind the right thigh, hiding it from the enemy.

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