“These men are very few and far between. Yang Fuxi is a man standing with one foot in the past and the other in the present. It’s quite extraordinary.”— William Lindesay, British historian and author One thing I will be adding to my ‘Scholar Warrior’ routine this summer will be the Chinese bow and arrow. […]
Read more "Traditional Chinese Archery and Yang Fuxi"“So it is said, for him who understands Heavenly joy, life is the working of Heaven; death is the transformation of things. In stillness, he and the yin share a single Virtue; in motion, he and the yang share a single flow.” ― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
Read more "Stillness & Motion"“Qi spreads without breathing as a result of the open and closing, movement and stillness, in this martial art. This is the root of this Qi and how it is created. The subtleties of letting go and expanding, receiving and contracting, are from this Qi going out. Opening makes expanding and moving. Closing makes receiving, contracting, and stillness. Opening makes yang. Closing makes yin. Letting go, expanding, and movement makes yang. Receiving, contracting and stillness makes yin. Opening and closing are the shapes of the one Qi cycling through yin and yang. That is Taiji – the one Qi.”
SUN LU TANG
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