Formosa Neijia

The following is a quote from dragonprawn in this post over at EF. He made some great points that I would like to expound on after the quote.
Shane, Meynard and others got on me some years ago when I started a thread on Tim’s Shen Wu site called “Is Ground Training Necessary?” or some such. But [...]

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The following is a long article written by Mike Patterson (turn down your volume or be bugged by the annoying “sitepal”) on fight training for IMA people, specifically for xingyi and bagua guys. It’s really one-of-a-kind in that no one else has ever written how to train IMA for competition fighting before or since. Since [...]

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This is a pretty good clip of a really cool style called piguazhang. The guy in the clip demos several of the basic swings that make up the basics of pigua. He also does an extrapolated version of the second competition form and the staff form at the end. BTW, this is the wushu verison [...]

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The following is part of an upcoming article that was posted by Wuyizidi on this thread over at EF. I think it is a good, basic overview of the shifu/tudi relationship, although it represents a certain POV. I have heard some different things than the article below suggests, but it seems to be a good [...]

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Yes, this is going to be a full-blown rant. So be warned.
I’m getting pretty sick and tired of hearing UFC-this and UFC-that when discussing TMA (traditional martial arts). Now, as readers might know, I’m a big fan of the UFC. I love watching them and I have even bought DVDs like the “greatest hits” collections. [...]

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I’ve been jokingly accused of turning the Formosa NEIJIA blog into the Formosa TAIJI blog. Not to worry. Posts on baguazhang (BGZ) and xingyi (XYQ) will always have a place here.
Still, I do see my future in Taiwan Chen style for the following reasons:
1. No one has really covered Taiwan Chen style. Robert Smith [...]

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I have great respect for both Bas Rutten and Frank Shamrock. Both of those guys are top atheletes, great competitors, and fine gentlemen. So their second fight is one of my favorites. Check it out:
Part One
Part Two
The first thing you will notice in the second part is a lot of showboating by Frank. Word was [...]

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You may have noticed a recent addition to the forum category on the right. Sherdog forums is a great place to get info on MMA/NHB events and training. The training section is fantastic, especially the strength, conditioning, and diet forums. This is the type of solid stuff that you just can’t find on IMA boards. [...]

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Over at The Best Judo Blog is a really interesting read about a recent controversy. The writer, Ben Holmes, doesn’t mention the forum that the discussion he’s talking about is taking place at nor the name of the person who he says is asserting that judo has the same type of internal strength (IS) elements [...]

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We use lots of acronyms when talking about this stuff, don’t we?
A while back, I wanted to get in some sparring practice and do some grappling. Sparring here in Taiwan is amazingly rare. I know of only one traditional school that does it. Just one. Even the schools that supposedly specialize in fighting material don’t [...]

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