The Buddhist master gave an amazingly concise and clear history of Kung fu, and explained the micro and macro cosmic orbits. His knowledge reflects a lifetime of learning and teaching. Worth watching. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
When the first master demonstrates breathing, both the breath and the sound of his breath flows through his skin effortlessly. It's legit. He inhales when he exhales, and exhales when he inhales. He didn't speak about the marrow when he was speaking about xi sui jing, but when he started hitting, he penetrated to the marrow effortlessly as well. Again, legit. There's no fat in his marrow, it's like the marrow of a young man. The second master was interesting too, but I don't know very much about wing chun.
The Great Alchemy is to see things as they are. To see what I am. To see what life is. Standing is a wonderful way to let this happen. A lie requires effort to maintain. Truth maintains itself. Standing meditation is discipline that leads to effortlessness.
These Shaolin monks are facinating. I would like to see centers where they can use their healing techniques in the west. I do not really trust western practitioners as they do not have the knowledge or training these monks have spent their lives learning. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
All of that U have in Sanchin in Uechi Ryu.... Less thinking but more practicing... Just my 5 cents, nothing more... and this video is awesome. thank U.
?Could you identify the Buddhist looking monk? His points on health is right-on & I want to get more info on his points about good health. Oh decades ago I did wing chun do (bruce lee lineage) & pre-war stand-up jitsu out of okinawa and I've been doing tai chi forever seems like. Thks TomB PS: I'm 1of11 US rabies infections survivors. It probably was the tai chi that kept me alive & allowed me to recover over long 10 years.
Actually da mo aka bodhidharma did not die in the shaolin monastery as belived by the chinese, he actually left to finish the later buddhist schools of tibet known as dampa sange this is corroborated by the story that da mo was seen after he was presumed dead and buried walking with one sandal on his staff they resumed his coffin and found only 1 sandal there
try the videos from lam kam chuen. but it takes many days to get into the right position. especially without a teacher it is not easy to do it right. even if you think you stand straight you could be leaning backward or forward without knowing. so you need someone from outside who tells you if you stand straight. you could also stand near the corner of a door or a wall or furniture that is straight and then feel the distance with the hand between the upper part of the back and the corner and the lower back and the corner. then you will know if you are standing straight without needing another person. minute after minute the muscles will send you more and more pain signals which let you try slightly different positions to relax the muscles and use as less muscles as you can. when the muscles relax everything sinks down to the next muscle making it harder for them. especially for the feet it going to be brutal after five minutes. its very usual that they get numb after ten minutes. but from practice to practise it is going better. and then you can do it six instead of five minutes and the next time seven minutes and so on. my personal maximum was about 45minutes after a week of training in chenjiagou :-) when you do this 100 days in a row then i guess you will have mastered it. if you make a break for one day you have to do it two days longer and so on.
The ZhanZhuang (standing exercise) is not just staying still waiting for something to happen in the body, they are medical positions to facilitate the proper flow of energy in the meridians. The body is "firm" but the mind absolutely must do some very complex exercises that can not be done alone but with the help of an experienced teacher. The ZhanZhuang is an exercise of the mind that goes down in the body and "change" it (in essence and energy) as a great Tao alchemy (NeiJia QiGong).For information about yiquan qigong instructor courses and about travels to the taoist temple in China visit www.yiquancenter.com
Actually there are 640 muscles in the body, or actually more like 320 pairs one on either side of the body now he's right about the 206 bones ( although at birth there are 207, but two fuse after birth) . Bit of info. Where strikes and kicks are practiced there are mini fractures called Wolfe fractures, when these heal the bone becomes denser. Often to the point of being as solid as stone( after all calcium is a stone.) but each mini fracture heals much denser than it was originally.
William lee sounds interesting what you are saying in your comment. I would like to know if you would recommend some books to read more about this Wolfe fractures? Are the hand and feet bones the only parts of your body that can suffer Wolfe fractures?
Hi David, is there a chance that you could review the name of the Wing Chun Sifu in the video? Seems like he is a Hakka person in Fokshan? If you could please. Thanks
one question about the evolution of the training, the master says that our practice should start with Baduajin, followed by yijinjing, xi sui jing and zhuang fa. How should we manage and organising the training ? Should we learn first Baduajin practice it for exemple 6 months then learn and practice yijinjing for some month and then Xisuijing etc..or should we practice all of them at the same time in a row at the same session?
If we start in childhood we absolutely have to begin from tongzigong (for the "hormonal" control during growth) and then baduanjing and Yijinjing (to strengthen tendons and muscles) before making Zhan Zhuang. The Zhan Zhuang is a set of medical positions that promote the correct energy movement. The mind works inside the body and changes its "vibration". If we start when adults just do ZhanZhuangGong.
does it mean that badua and yijinjing is irrelevant to learn when your adult? Where can we learn zhan zuang the right way online? cause i live in the south of Norway and there is no teacher?
learn loosening then study the taiji opening paying special attention to rolling the hips under this ensures a plumb spine your thighs just under the buttocks should be soft and relaxed, this is most important, doing this correctly should make upper body structure easier maintain peng jing-- GL
note that the hips shouldnt be rolled under physicly.. you should stand centered and relax upward the spine,.. when the spine expands the sacrum willl naturally tuck every so slightly, forcing it to tuck will make stance go backwards and the student will lean back :/
Very interesting. Some of the postures he used to demonstrate Baduajin remind me of the Eight Pieces of Brocade QiGong form I used to do. Is there a relationship there? Did one borrow from the other?
sorry your are right, we will solve it. But no worries the concepts we comunicate before the end is more important...visit www.yiquancenter.com for more information about ZhanZhuang Gong
Interessante, peccato che dal montaggio appare qualcosa che non va!...Luci , ombre, ...Peccato, veramente peccato perchè il video è molto interessante ma ci sono un sacco di elementi che lo fanno sembrare un montaggio fake tipo quelli delle finte interviste. Peccato veramente peccato perchè ne mina la credibilità quando invece è veramente un bel documentario.
Il video è stato realizzato dalla CCTV e non è assolutamente un fake. A Beijing e HongKong ho registrato più di un documentario insieme a loro e i giochi di luci sono gestiti dallo staff e dal produttore Ling.
The ZhanZhuang (standing exercise) is not just staying still waiting for something to happen in the body, they are medical positions to facilitate the proper flow of energy in the meridians. The body is "firm" but the mind absolutely must do some very complex exercises that can not be done alone but with the help of an experienced teacher. The ZhanZhuang is an exercise of the mind that goes down in the body and "change" it (in essence and energy) as a great Tao alchemy (NeiJia QiGong).For information about yiquan qigong instructor courses and about travels to the taoist temple in China visit www.yiquancenter.com
I felt the effect of the horse stance in only a month. One day I was going on a walk and suddenly I felt my legs much lighter, like I was moving them almost without effort, I can't explain the exact feeling. So physically, it really changes something.
personalmente dubito che esistano seri maestri di chi kung o meditazione taoista in italia, la mia impressione è che ci siano solo un certo numero di cialtroni che approfittano della quasi totale ignoranza della società italiana su queste materie facendo leva sul fascino dell esotico per far soldi. Tempo fa provai a cercare qualcuno nella mia città e in altre tramite email e non ho mai ricevuto risposte convincenti, ho solo notato un notevole attaccamento al denaro ed un notevole egoismo.
You dont need an experienced teacher or indeed a master to learn Zhan Zhuang. Read a book called The Way of Energy by Lam Kam Chuen who first introduced Zhan Zhuang to the West. He teaches the art for people of all ages along with all the advice any one could ever need. I learnt from that book 16yrs ago and I'm still practicing aged 73yrs. I'm as fit as a man 15yrs younger. There's too much elitism in the world of martial arts. Some call it bull shit!
Thanx a LOT for uploading this ! I'm practicing internal styles most of my adult life... long back I've started with Uechi and Gojo ryu (when I was younger) .. ...today, without knowledge of Bagua (or any other genuine internal styles)... coming from those few remaining pearls/sources, world would lose something so amazingly valuable, deep and important ..
I couldn't agree more. I've grown up farming, taken up maui thai and been a tree surgeon for 25 years the strength of mind is more powerful than the body. especially as we move forward in life.
The Buddhist Abbott basically gives the secret theory wherein Boddhidarma laid the foundations, developed further by different masters across China, and collated in the Shaolin temple as the epicenter of martial knowledge. His mention of Dacheng Quan is enlightening.
I think I did an hour yesterday (with a short break in the middle to get into the shade). It felt sublime, man. In conjunction with intense but careful exercise and good diet, its a miracle. Certainly feels that way.
Dear Kieran, I Just saw This Post, Even Though It is a year OLD, But As I Understand it..... You (Nor Anyone Else) should train under any type of EXTREMME CONDITION, Especially at HIGH NOON (Even If Cool) or any time It is extremely HOT. EVERY MASTER & Grand Master I have ever Been in contact with or trained Under ALL Agree On This Bonifide RULE. You Will Harm Yourself By Actually (Ever So Slighty) COOKING Parts of your body and Whatever INTERNAL ORGAN....The Particular training you are doing at That time or WORSE, Whichever Channel You Are Focusing Your Chi ON.. It Is Very Subtle..... But Is Powerfully Damaging, Just Look at a lot of Yogi's. They Look All Shriveled Up Like Raisins, As well as Looking Gaunt, Pale and Tired. This is for 2 Main Reasons. Number#1 They Train at High Noon...and in HIGH Temperatures, But Here Is The WORST PART, and the MOST Dangerous. Our Chi...Qi...KI...Prana is not intended to be introduced To HIGH levels of Outside Energy..... until it is Properly and SLOWLY Prepared To Do So. In the Words Of The Outstanding Grand Master Mantak Chia, The Founder of the Universal Healing Tao System. "You Do Not Take A Toaster, and Plug it into a Washer/Dryer Socket. It Will Blow Up, Short-out, or even be Melted, By The Overwhelming Power it has been introduced to, Chi Is Very Powerful and Must be Built up to Very gradually. If These Rules Are Not Followed To The Letter,...... You May Damage a Meridian Point...., The Entire Meridian or even Worse the Organ itself. This results in Energy Not Being Able to Flow Correctly anymore or Not At All.......This causes Organ Death and Sets off a Chain Reaction of Other Organs trying to Compensate for that loss. Then they ALL become impaired. So The Problem With Yoga and Hard Chi-Kung Styles is that The Use the Main Charkra's (there are only 7 Compared to the 361Acupoints) and Hard Chi-Kung Use's the 3 Central Thrusting Routes(Left- Dangerous to the Pericardium and The Heart as well as their opposite Yang Or Yin "Partners") The Right Thrusting Route- Dangerous to the Lungs, Triple Heater (Sanjiao), Gall Bladder, and Their Yin Or Yang "Partners" I.e. (the Colon, which is the Lungs Partner etc.) And Then The CENTER-THRUSTING ROUTE, Which is Based Upon the 7 Charkra's of Yoga......Now please Allow me To Apologize, I Should Have Been More specific ABOUT THE YOGA TYPE, So I Am Truly sorry if I Offended Anyone. I Am not Speaking About Hatha Yoga, Hot Yoga or using Yoga Movements To become More Toned and Flexible. I Am SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT KUNDALINI YOGA.TOO much Energy, WAY TOO FAST
Great Video , its packed full of Wisdom of these great Masters.. after having practiced zhan zhuang for about 20 years myself i found this video very refreshing information thanks for sharing
At timecode 37:25, the conclusion has lost the audio. I'm very interested to hear Sifu de Santis' thoughts here. Please re-edit to allow the audio track. Thank you. Sifu Bruce Wolfe 步思
No shaolin did not have wing chun dummies, nor did they have zz. Master Wang made zz popular in the early 1900s. Now every school does the shape of it. But that wasn’t the point of zz, Wang called that way “ chasing the corpse”. To practice zz you need a teacher. Btw Wang went to shaolin and learned xin yi ba there. But his ideas about zz came from old texts in shanghai in the library of chen yen tong. Previously wangs xing yi teacher had of course instructed him to stand in San ti Shi, but that was exactly what was wrong with xing yi, the art had degraded into only shape or xing. It was Wang who revived zz and gave it the name zhang zhuang. Let’s appreciate history and not rewrite it from ego. Wang went on to teach yiquan in shanghai. Taking the word shape out. The name itself was suggested by master Chen yen tong!
Wang did not teach mind fu. Intent is not mind. You don’t add your mind to it. The word is intent not intention. Won Jing means to change the habit of using strength. From force to electric expansion. Anyone who still thinks in terms of force is on a different path from Wang. Strength goes inward not out. Each movement in yiquan is fa li. Yiquan is the state of one. Whenever you watch yiquan people you may know rather quickly which path they are on. If they go from soft to hard, it’s dualistic and crude force. If they throw out force dramatically then the strength isn’t going inward is it? The problem is they themselves don’t know it, they weren’t transmitted the correct feeling and their ego and years of effort usually stop them from realizing that their path is inconsistent with wangs words and actions. In other words it’s a rare thing with 90% of the practitioners lost in external Kung fu. But that is also true in tai chi and xing yi etc. it’s like hamburgers, the most common one is McDonald’s and well that’s not even truely a hamburger at all with filler and sawdust. Most yiquan needs filler because it’s not yiquan at all. With this in mind , if you keep looking, you might find the real hamburger!
Very good linking together the why's all are practiced. Not the first video with difficulty reading the text due to background but more helpful than trying to translate. Very good information and very kind of teacher to share with all of us. Thanks again
Fascinating and very informative video. I think we've been doing this in our Tai Chi class, but I never knew that there was a name for the movements that go outward (Badua?) or the movements that go inward (yijinging?). Thanks for uploading the video. I presume that is you asking the questions Mr. DeSantis? If so, you obviously have mastered Chinese!
I live in China from 20 years, i went there just to find the true NeiJia kungfu. Those are my Teachers, I study and work with them from a long time. For information about yiquan qigong instructor courses and about travels to the taoist temple in China visit www.yiquancenter.com
I think that first monk is Abbot Deli. He is a great yet humble and spiritual master. My Shifu is good friends with him, and in fact is in China now visiting him and others.
Si vero, ma le cose che dico sono meno importanti di quello che abbiamo voluto trasmettere con le interviste ai monaci quindi no problem, la prossima volta controlleremo meglio l'audio.
Although Master did not directly answer a question about Wing Chun being of Shaolin origin (6:07), it is indeed so, namely Southern Shaolin. Also, Wing Chun is of similar foundation as Chu Gar, Hung Ga , white crane and other Hakka people's kung fu styles. These are both internal and external.
very interesting/helpful to me;I practice tai chi (yang) and have for some years, but see I importance of working the tendons and standing form/meditation; will look at your website info, and will listen again. Thank you for this documentary!
+The art of Transcendence ci stiamo lavorando e' un bel da farsi, anche in inglese non rende perfettamente perché ci sono concetti che necessitano molte più righe di spiegazione in quando molto profondi
Very beautiful talk ! some good points of internal Martial arts , but can they really reflect what they talking about ? by observing their fists, we can not see clearly if they ever hit something hard in their life. of course the way is not to join a fight, but hitting the air don't make you an expert . Tui Shou (pushing hands ) is also not appropriate . before it was introducing to the royal family there was only "Dashou " . about the Nei Dan qigong exercises , Xiao Zhou tian etc... do they have a proove of their internal martial ability ? can they break a brick with their fingertips without injure them? i researched more than 20 years in that kind of ability . if somebody don't achieve anything, don't believe.
They say you have mastered the standing exercise when you can stand in the "postures" for 45 minutes knowing the sublime and then look forward to it next time. After 25 minutes I was miserable but my master adjusted me and I felt sublime...lost that after 5 minutes but struggled through the next 15 to make 45. Who is dedicated enough to stand an hour every day? Don't even think about it unless you have a qualified teacher at least giving you the correct instruction or you are just wasting your time and it already takes 100's of hours even if you have a Master's instructions. Few are qualified to really teach this but you know you have gotten the concept when teacher A in one region tells you what another teacher told you in another region and so on so forth.
you need a mirror so you can observe your nature from 3rd person at the start,.. because when you're starting out you're watching the master work, and you see his work 3rd person.. so to correct yourself, you cannot do this in first person, and so u have to do alot of practice in mirror first, then once you can do it with full connectivity of body, move away from using mirror, and use mirror intermitantly to brushup the skill work.. and after very long time of having it right, you'll notice your movements become smaller, efffort less, and your mind makes bigger movements possible.. some practice the forms with only 10-20 cm of movement off center.. but in the mind the full movements are made.. its kinda strange but this intent is at the lowest and most refined.
THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT.
THESE DUDES ARE LIVING LEGENDS!!!
CULTIVATE YOUR ENERGY & YOU WILL TRANSFORM INTO A KING/QUEEN.
The Buddhist master gave an amazingly concise and clear history of Kung fu, and explained the micro and macro cosmic orbits. His knowledge reflects a lifetime of learning and teaching. Worth watching. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
This is the explanation in Chinese Taoist culture, Yin and Yang, all Chinese culture has Taoism, this is Chinese philosophy
When the first master demonstrates breathing, both the breath and the sound of his breath flows through his skin effortlessly. It's legit. He inhales when he exhales, and exhales when he inhales.
He didn't speak about the marrow when he was speaking about xi sui jing, but when he started hitting, he penetrated to the marrow effortlessly as well. Again, legit. There's no fat in his marrow, it's like the marrow of a young man.
The second master was interesting too, but I don't know very much about wing chun.
Thank you very much for shering it
I follow the zen tradition of Buddhism, makes perfect sense.
above all dualistic realms of thought.
mind body and universe as one.
The Great Alchemy is to see things as they are. To see what I am. To see what life is. Standing is a wonderful way to let this happen. A lie requires effort to maintain. Truth maintains itself. Standing meditation is discipline that leads to effortlessness.
非常感谢您师傅😊
Thankyou and very informative indeed. Subsccribing and hope more interviews to be release
Oui et c´est tres verite un martiale de chine bravo vraiment
These Shaolin monks are facinating. I would like to see centers where they can use their healing techniques in the west. I do not really trust western practitioners as they do not have the knowledge or training these monks have spent their lives learning. Thank you for sharing this knowledge.
Love it, thank you! There was no sound at the very end last minute after speaking with the Master though.
Blessings
very wise man
All of that U have in Sanchin in Uechi Ryu.... Less thinking but more practicing... Just my 5 cents, nothing more...
and this video is awesome. thank U.
great video. thank you
i trained with grandmaster ShiDeli in CHINA and in Boston, he is real Shaolin, not performance wushu!
She knows a lot about Zhan Zhuang!
Peter Luxus qq
A hiddgen Gem on youtube.
No audio for the last part.. > 37:22 ?
?Could you identify the Buddhist looking monk? His points on health is right-on & I want to get more info on his points about good health.
Oh decades ago I did wing chun do (bruce lee lineage) & pre-war stand-up jitsu out of okinawa and I've been doing tai chi forever seems like. Thks TomB
PS: I'm 1of11 US rabies infections survivors. It probably was the tai chi that kept me alive & allowed me to recover over long 10 years.
I think it’s Abbot Deli.
Actually da mo aka bodhidharma did not die in the shaolin monastery as belived by the chinese, he actually left to finish the later buddhist schools of tibet known as dampa sange this is corroborated by the story that da mo was seen after he was presumed dead and buried walking with one sandal on his staff they resumed his coffin and found only 1 sandal there
Dear David , Do you have a transcript of this video, I would love to reflect on its contents, Thanks again!
9:24 of the video mention about Tai Chi Master Zhang sanfeng. Does Master Zhang really live more than 300 years?
What is the standing exercise?? how does one stand/perform it, they never really showed us in the video.
just stand!
try the videos from lam kam chuen. but it takes many days to get into the right position. especially without a teacher it is not easy to do it right. even if you think you stand straight you could be leaning backward or forward without knowing. so you need someone from outside who tells you if you stand straight. you could also stand near the corner of a door or a wall or furniture that is straight and then feel the distance with the hand between the upper part of the back and the corner and the lower back and the corner. then you will know if you are standing straight without needing another person.
minute after minute the muscles will send you more and more pain signals which let you try slightly different positions to relax the muscles and use as less muscles as you can.
when the muscles relax everything sinks down to the next muscle making it harder for them. especially for the feet it going to be brutal after five minutes. its very usual that they get numb after ten minutes. but from practice to practise it is going better. and then you can do it six instead of five minutes and the next time seven minutes and so on.
my personal maximum was about 45minutes after a week of training in chenjiagou :-)
when you do this 100 days in a row then i guess you will have mastered it. if you make a break for one day you have to do it two days longer and so on.
surtout pas lam kam Chuen ces postures c' est plein d'erreurs techniques !!!
The ZhanZhuang (standing exercise) is not just staying still waiting for something to happen in the body, they are medical positions to facilitate the proper flow of energy in the meridians. The body is "firm" but the mind absolutely must do some very complex exercises that can not be done alone but with the help of an experienced teacher. The ZhanZhuang is an exercise of the mind that goes down in the body and "change" it (in essence and energy) as a great Tao alchemy (NeiJia QiGong).For information about yiquan qigong instructor courses and about travels to the taoist temple in China visit www.yiquancenter.com
Thanks!
Actually there are 640 muscles in the body, or actually more like 320 pairs one on either side of the body now he's right about the 206 bones ( although at birth there are 207, but two fuse after birth) . Bit of info. Where strikes and kicks are practiced there are mini fractures called Wolfe fractures, when these heal the bone becomes denser. Often to the point of being as solid as stone( after all calcium is a stone.) but each mini fracture heals much denser than it was originally.
William lee sounds interesting what you are saying in your comment. I would like to know if you would recommend some books to read more about this Wolfe fractures? Are the hand and feet bones the only parts of your body that can suffer Wolfe fractures?
Yes but internal arts rely on softer methods of conditioning and striking in hollows
Hi David, is there a chance that you could review the name of the Wing Chun Sifu in the video? Seems like he is a Hakka person in Fokshan? If you could please. Thanks
one question about the evolution of the training, the master says that our practice should start with Baduajin, followed by yijinjing, xi sui jing and zhuang fa.
How should we manage and organising the training ? Should we learn first Baduajin practice it for exemple 6 months then learn and practice yijinjing for some month and then Xisuijing etc..or should we practice all of them at the same time in a row at the same session?
If we start in childhood we absolutely have to begin from tongzigong (for the "hormonal" control during growth) and then baduanjing and Yijinjing (to strengthen tendons and muscles) before making Zhan Zhuang. The Zhan Zhuang is a set of medical positions that promote the correct energy movement. The mind works inside the body and changes its "vibration". If we start when adults just do ZhanZhuangGong.
when you are child you can't do ZhanZhuangFor more info www.yiquancenter.com
does it mean that badua and yijinjing is irrelevant to learn when your adult?
Where can we learn zhan zuang the right way online? cause i live in the south of Norway and there is no teacher?
learn loosening then study the taiji opening paying special attention to rolling the hips under this ensures a plumb spine your thighs just under the buttocks should be soft and relaxed, this is most important, doing this correctly should make upper body structure easier maintain peng jing-- GL
note that the hips shouldnt be rolled under physicly.. you should stand centered and relax upward the spine,.. when the spine expands the sacrum willl naturally tuck every so slightly, forcing it to tuck will make stance go backwards and the student will lean back :/
Very interesting. Some of the postures he used to demonstrate Baduajin remind me of the Eight Pieces of Brocade QiGong form I used to do. Is there a relationship there? Did one borrow from the other?
Baduanjin means "8 silks exercise" in Mandarin i believe. I haven't watched the video yet.
Loosely translated, it means 'Eight Pieces of Brokade!'
Thank you !
It’s the same.
is he a buddhist master or taoist? i saw a tao logo but he seems to be a buddhist.
Maestro Davide grazie per il fenomenale Video. Da dove devo cominciare per praticare Zhan Zhuang ? Vivo a Malta
couldn't hear what you were saying at the end of the video homie!
sorry your are right, we will solve it. But no worries the concepts we comunicate before the end is more important...visit www.yiquancenter.com for more information about ZhanZhuang Gong
Interessante, peccato che dal montaggio appare qualcosa che non va!...Luci , ombre, ...Peccato, veramente peccato perchè il video è molto interessante ma ci sono un sacco di elementi che lo fanno sembrare un montaggio fake tipo quelli delle finte interviste. Peccato veramente peccato perchè ne mina la credibilità quando invece è veramente un bel documentario.
Il video è stato realizzato dalla CCTV e non è assolutamente un fake. A Beijing e HongKong ho registrato più di un documentario insieme a loro e i giochi di luci sono gestiti dallo staff e dal produttore Ling.
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Thank you so much for uploading this documentary, I need to study it carefully because I'm practicing Zhanzhuang and Taijiquan.
The ZhanZhuang (standing exercise) is not just staying still waiting for something to happen in the body, they are medical positions to facilitate the proper flow of energy in the meridians. The body is "firm" but the mind absolutely must do some very complex exercises that can not be done alone but with the help of an experienced teacher. The ZhanZhuang is an exercise of the mind that goes down in the body and "change" it (in essence and energy) as a great Tao alchemy (NeiJia QiGong).For information about yiquan qigong instructor courses and about travels to the taoist temple in China visit www.yiquancenter.com
I felt the effect of the horse stance in only a month. One day I was going on a walk and suddenly I felt my legs much lighter, like I was moving them almost without effort, I can't explain the exact feeling. So physically, it really changes something.
personalmente dubito che esistano seri maestri di chi kung o meditazione taoista in italia, la mia impressione è che ci siano solo un certo numero di cialtroni che approfittano della quasi totale ignoranza della società italiana su queste materie facendo leva sul fascino dell esotico per far soldi. Tempo fa provai a cercare qualcuno nella mia città e in altre tramite email e non ho mai ricevuto risposte convincenti, ho solo notato un notevole attaccamento al denaro ed un notevole egoismo.
The curry
E chi tace acconsente
You dont need an experienced teacher or indeed a master to learn Zhan Zhuang. Read a book called The Way of Energy by Lam Kam Chuen who first introduced Zhan Zhuang to the West. He teaches the art for people of all ages along with all the advice any one could ever need. I learnt from that book 16yrs ago and I'm still practicing aged 73yrs. I'm as fit as a man 15yrs younger. There's too much elitism in the world of martial arts. Some call it bull shit!
Thanx a LOT for uploading this !
I'm practicing internal styles most of my adult life...
long back I've started with Uechi and Gojo ryu (when I was younger) ..
...today, without knowledge of Bagua (or any other genuine internal styles)... coming from those few remaining pearls/sources, world would lose something so amazingly valuable, deep and important ..
I couldn't agree more. I've grown up farming, taken up maui thai and been a tree surgeon for 25 years
the strength of mind is more powerful than the body.
especially as we move forward in life.
This is the explanation in Chinese Taoist culture, Yin and Yang, all Chinese culture has Taoism, this is Chinese philosophy
The Buddhist Abbott basically gives the secret theory wherein Boddhidarma laid the foundations, developed further by different masters across China, and collated in the Shaolin temple as the epicenter of martial knowledge. His mention of Dacheng Quan is enlightening.
I think I did an hour yesterday (with a short break in the middle to get into the shade). It felt sublime, man. In conjunction with intense but careful exercise and good diet, its a miracle. Certainly feels that way.
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Dear Kieran, I Just saw This Post, Even Though It is a year OLD, But As I Understand it..... You (Nor Anyone Else) should train under any type of EXTREMME CONDITION, Especially at HIGH NOON (Even If Cool) or any time It is extremely HOT. EVERY MASTER & Grand Master I have ever Been in contact with or trained Under ALL Agree On This Bonifide RULE. You Will Harm Yourself By Actually (Ever So Slighty) COOKING Parts of your body and Whatever INTERNAL ORGAN....The Particular training you are doing at That time or WORSE, Whichever Channel You Are Focusing Your Chi ON.. It Is Very Subtle..... But Is Powerfully Damaging, Just Look at a lot of Yogi's. They Look All Shriveled Up Like Raisins, As well as Looking Gaunt, Pale and Tired. This is for 2 Main Reasons. Number#1 They Train at High Noon...and in HIGH Temperatures, But Here Is The WORST PART, and the MOST Dangerous. Our Chi...Qi...KI...Prana is not intended to be introduced To HIGH levels of Outside Energy..... until it is Properly and SLOWLY Prepared To Do So. In the Words Of The Outstanding Grand Master Mantak Chia, The Founder of the Universal Healing Tao System. "You Do Not Take A Toaster, and Plug it into a Washer/Dryer Socket. It Will Blow Up, Short-out, or even be Melted, By The Overwhelming Power it has been introduced to, Chi Is Very Powerful and Must be Built up to Very gradually. If These Rules Are Not Followed To The Letter,...... You May Damage a Meridian Point...., The Entire Meridian or even Worse the Organ itself. This results in Energy Not Being Able to Flow Correctly anymore or Not At All.......This causes Organ Death and Sets off a Chain Reaction of Other Organs trying to Compensate for that loss. Then they ALL become impaired. So The Problem With Yoga and Hard Chi-Kung Styles is that The Use the Main Charkra's (there are only 7 Compared to the 361Acupoints) and Hard Chi-Kung Use's the 3 Central Thrusting Routes(Left- Dangerous to the Pericardium and The Heart as well as their opposite Yang Or Yin "Partners") The Right Thrusting Route- Dangerous to the Lungs, Triple Heater (Sanjiao), Gall Bladder, and Their Yin Or Yang "Partners" I.e. (the Colon, which is the Lungs Partner etc.) And Then The CENTER-THRUSTING ROUTE, Which is Based Upon the 7 Charkra's of Yoga......Now please Allow me To Apologize, I Should Have Been More specific ABOUT THE YOGA TYPE, So I Am Truly sorry if I Offended Anyone. I Am not Speaking About Hatha Yoga, Hot Yoga or using Yoga Movements To become More Toned and Flexible. I Am SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT KUNDALINI YOGA.TOO much Energy, WAY TOO FAST
Great Video ,
its packed full of Wisdom of these great Masters.. after having practiced zhan zhuang for about 20 years myself i found this video very refreshing information
thanks for sharing
thank you, stay tuned!
At timecode 37:25, the conclusion has lost the audio. I'm very interested to hear Sifu de Santis' thoughts here. Please re-edit to allow the audio track. Thank you.
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No shaolin did not have wing chun dummies, nor did they have zz. Master Wang made zz popular in the early 1900s. Now every school does the shape of it. But that wasn’t the point of zz, Wang called that way “ chasing the corpse”. To practice zz you need a teacher. Btw Wang went to shaolin and learned xin yi ba there. But his ideas about zz came from old texts in shanghai in the library of chen yen tong. Previously wangs xing yi teacher had of course instructed him to stand in San ti Shi, but that was exactly what was wrong with xing yi, the art had degraded into only shape or xing. It was Wang who revived zz and gave it the name zhang zhuang. Let’s appreciate history and not rewrite it from ego. Wang went on to teach yiquan in shanghai. Taking the word shape out. The name itself was suggested by master Chen yen tong!
Wang did not teach mind fu. Intent is not mind. You don’t add your mind to it. The word is intent not intention. Won Jing means to change the habit of using strength. From force to electric expansion. Anyone who still thinks in terms of force is on a different path from Wang. Strength goes inward not out. Each movement in yiquan is fa li. Yiquan is the state of one. Whenever you watch yiquan people you may know rather quickly which path they are on. If they go from soft to hard, it’s dualistic and crude force. If they throw out force dramatically then the strength isn’t going inward is it? The problem is they themselves don’t know it, they weren’t transmitted the correct feeling and their ego and years of effort usually stop them from realizing that their path is inconsistent with wangs words and actions. In other words it’s a rare thing with 90% of the practitioners lost in external Kung fu. But that is also true in tai chi and xing yi etc. it’s like hamburgers, the most common one is McDonald’s and well that’s not even truely a hamburger at all with filler and sawdust. Most yiquan needs filler because it’s not yiquan at all. With this in mind , if you keep looking, you might find the real hamburger!
Very good linking together the why's all are practiced. Not the first video with difficulty reading the text due to background but more helpful than trying to translate. Very good information and very kind of teacher to share with all of us. Thanks again
Very deep. I have to watch several times.
Fascinating and very informative video. I think we've been doing this in our Tai Chi class, but I never knew that there was a name for the movements that go outward (Badua?) or the movements that go inward (yijinging?). Thanks for uploading the video. I presume that is you asking the questions Mr. DeSantis? If so, you obviously have mastered Chinese!
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Hi i was wondering who was the first Master and can you give any more details about him? Thanks for putting this together and sharing xie xie
+Eric Aragon yes, great question, who are the masters interviewed and where did you find them?
I live in China from 20 years, i went there just to find the true NeiJia kungfu. Those are my Teachers, I study and work with them from a long time. For information about yiquan qigong instructor courses and about travels to the taoist temple in China visit www.yiquancenter.com
Some nice fa-jing in the opening.
Text is too small
Amazing documentary covers alot of what I read from reading Dr. Yang
I think that first monk is Abbot Deli. He is a great yet humble and spiritual master. My Shifu is good friends with him, and in fact is in China now visiting him and others.
Peccato, vero peccato, non sentire i comenti finali di Master Davide De Santis. Speriamo in un futuro risolvimento di tale problema. Franz.
Si vero, ma le cose che dico sono meno importanti di quello che abbiamo voluto trasmettere con le interviste ai monaci quindi no problem, la prossima volta controlleremo meglio l'audio.
Although Master did not directly answer a question about Wing Chun being of Shaolin origin (6:07), it is indeed so, namely Southern Shaolin. Also, Wing Chun is of similar foundation as Chu Gar, Hung Ga , white crane and other Hakka people's kung fu styles.
These are both internal and external.
If I would like to train with them, where can I find their school?
Great video. Blessings from Swe
very interesting/helpful to me;I practice tai chi (yang) and have for some years, but see I importance of working the tendons and standing form/meditation; will look at your website info, and will listen again. Thank you for this documentary!
any people found out that taichi chart is wrong on the wall?
Can someone please tell me what is the name of the WIng Chun Sifu Master ? Pengnan Wing Chun. Thank you
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Thank you for this informative internview!
How do you know it is open? I think I have open.
Excelent video 👌👌. Thank you!
I would like to be an ancient warrior
I always ask myself why is the translation from chinese to english usually bad.
It is being translated by way of Italian...
Very informative thank you.
excellent content! thanks
What did he say at the end?
Awesome!
Fantastic Documentary - HEAVY KNOWLEDGE!
Grazie mille ☺️
Wonderful documentary! Thanks!
thank you too 🙏
una traduzione anche in italiano no? :(
+The art of Transcendence ci stiamo lavorando e' un bel da farsi, anche in inglese non rende perfettamente perché ci sono concetti che necessitano molte più righe di spiegazione in quando molto profondi
Thank You
The English language once again proves inadequate for such profound matters!
Very beautiful talk !
some good points of internal Martial arts , but
can they really reflect what they talking about ? by observing their fists, we can not see clearly if they ever hit something hard in their life. of course the way is not to join a fight, but hitting the air don't make you an expert . Tui Shou (pushing hands ) is also not appropriate . before it was introducing to the royal family there was only "Dashou " .
about the Nei Dan qigong exercises , Xiao Zhou tian etc...
do they have a proove of their internal martial ability ? can they break a brick with their fingertips without injure them?
i researched more than 20 years in that kind of ability . if somebody don't achieve anything, don't believe.
They say you have mastered the standing exercise when you can stand in the "postures" for 45 minutes knowing the sublime and then look forward to it next time. After 25 minutes I was miserable but my master adjusted me and I felt sublime...lost that after 5 minutes but struggled through the next 15 to make 45. Who is dedicated enough to stand an hour every day? Don't even think about it unless you have a qualified teacher at least giving you the correct instruction or you are just wasting your time and it already takes 100's of hours even if you have a Master's instructions. Few are qualified to really teach this but you know you have gotten the concept when teacher A in one region tells you what another teacher told you in another region and so on so forth.
you can keep yourself in structure once you have howto locked in, it does help to have a loud taskmaster too xD
you need a mirror so you can observe your nature from 3rd person at the start,.. because when you're starting out you're watching the master work, and you see his work 3rd person.. so to correct yourself, you cannot do this in first person, and so u have to do alot of practice in mirror first, then once you can do it with full connectivity of body, move away from using mirror, and use mirror intermitantly to brushup the skill work.. and after very long time of having it right, you'll notice your movements become smaller, efffort less, and your mind makes bigger movements possible.. some practice the forms with only 10-20 cm of movement off center.. but in the mind the full movements are made.. its kinda strange but this intent is at the lowest and most refined.