nigsmig Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 hi, been doing wing chun for 12 years and got into the energy boxing side of things and wondered if there's anyone out there who has experience of any art thats a bit non mainstream. years ago saw a guy doing bagua with all the circling and angling moves which looked awesome. also wondered if anyone knows stuff like rune fighting which might be retained in stav. basically any art with a concept of mini-max, brains not brawn, energy rather than muscle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemantis Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 nigsmig I think there is a Krav Maga class at the sorce but i dont know if they are any good best thing would be to pop over and have a look i think they are on a friday night 7 of 7.30 start?????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venger Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 I know someone who has been practising Bagua for years. I did some training, including standing, but unfortunately I do not have the dedication. A fine art I have been lead to believe, and the trainer I went to in Grimsby and my friend expel natural unaggressive energy. Have you ever read the Dan Millman Peaceful Warrior books ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemantis Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 The only book I have read on Bagua is by Bark Buk Nam (if that’s how you spell it) always wanted to have a go myself but every club I find have mixed it with some tai chi and other things pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigsmig Posted December 3, 2005 Author Share Posted December 3, 2005 like the tag line "talk sense to a fool etc" . saw a shrink on friday and quoting that would have been ever so spot on. thankyou, i no longer feel obliged to suffer fools. is dan millman into energy arts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingpang Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 i've practised tai chi for about nine years but have never had chance to try pa kua or hsing yi, which i would love to do have just started doing sticking hands - our teacher likes us to get a good grounding in the form first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_tomo Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Sticking hands after nine years of tai chi form hmmm??? Do you mean reeling silk?? I'd teach it in the first few months it is invaluable as a method of training ting jin. Along with the other push hands methods that make up the tai chi chuan syllabus. Not met anyone who has done bagua. Bruce Frantzis book on internal ma is quite good has some stuff on bagua as has 'chinese boxing masters and methods' by robert w smith, both taken with a pinch of salt though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigsmig Posted December 6, 2005 Author Share Posted December 6, 2005 pingpang, might not quite be your bei cha (cup of tea) but several of us sad wing chunners are trying to get a chee sau (sticking hands) group together in sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingpang Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 sounds very much like my cup of tea nigsmig! i'll pm you my email address! n_tomo, what style of tai chi do you teach? sounds like you know your sticking hands! i'd love to know more but hopefully that will come in the next several years i'd better clarify tho - i had a couple years out of practising a few years ago - the stage i am at now i think is about the same as practising maybe five or six years straight, but it's hard to say it's amazing what you can learn about the shortfalls of your balance by doing a little chi sau! I have been learning wu chien chuan style with sifu david barrow - he is an incredible tai chi practitioner & teacher, and does like to take things slowly - i believe that he used to teach sticking hands earlier on until he hooked up with master ma (grandmaster of wu style) who asked him not to teach it so early on i'm not sure if his methods have changed lately, as a group of us have recently started learning some sticking hands much earlier than i'd expected to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_tomo Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I teach wudang (practical) tai chi chuan. My teachers are Peter Ellis and Dan Docherty. I started learning over 4 years ago and have been hooked ever since. I started teaching around a year ago. From the first few months I teach reeling silk, 7 star stepping, 4 directions and single hand push hands. Their mastery takes longer(i don't profess to be a master). It is through these that we practice the principles and theories described in the classics. Form should be taught concurrently with these drills so that they can enrich each other. But different people like teaching... and learning in different ways Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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