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Origin of this form: Jiang Yun Kun was a disciple of Yang Chen Fu when Yang's taught in Hangzhou China, performed by Zhu liang fang

[This message has been edited by mls_72 (edited August 13, 2009).]

Here is a better version:

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Individual movements of the form practiced with fajin on a moving line- this can be pung- ward off, lu- rollback going backward, Ji- press, An-push, repulse monkey- backward. We learned it (Weiqi He, student of Fu Zhong Wen) with including a jump step as well similar to Hsingyi but not a 'San ti' st...

Audi and Dpasek, thanks for your replies. In all actuality, as you know, the heavy bag training is NOT in the Yang Cirriculum. However it is something not unique to Chinese martial arts (CMA) either. It has been used in CMA like Shaolin, Yiquan and other arts as for what it is best for- conditioning...

I'm not worried about physical training. We do plenty of that at our school. I work on the soft training like taijiquan afterward. Samples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU8Q5VFHXHY medicine ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_5lbJE7geE kettle bells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pG3oqVbqcY [T...

"If going to MMA or experimenting, a shuaijiao curriculum is better suited to the work you are doing! " In MMA, the opponents first start in standing and employ long range/striking range techniques before shorter grappling/close range combat. When i am hitting the bag and/or sparring i am ...

" Are you specifically trying to adapt Taijiquan to mixed martial arts, or do you have another purpose? I can appreciate experimentation, but am wondering about the purpose and theory behind this training method." Yes I am working with a purpose to adapt and understand the striking (fist, ...

Been playing around with some techniques at the boxing school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag-HqMYH ... r_embedded

"Well now... Fiction was used to try to draw the reader in so they can read what is presented as fact but now that we know that there was a lie in the beginning the rest can only be considered... Fiction. At best." -I dont understand your emotional rational on that Bob, but that was a pret...

xianhao said he threw in that fiction in the beginning to make the article interesting for the reader by drawing in your attention.

I havenet heard back from Dr. Xianhao Cheng yet on the topic of 'Jin Yong' but the article was translated from a Chinese taiji magazine. It is quite possible the section of Jin Yong was in that article and not something Dr. Xianhao Cheng made up, but simply translated.

Louis,

I'll ask the translator for you what he meant.

Matt

I believe, presently the only translation of "Taijiquan's Nine Songs and Eighty One Postures can found at formosaneijia.com http://formosaneijia.com/2007/11/26/wu-meng-xias-book-translated-by-marcus-brinkman/ As for the fictional reference to Jin Yong- maybe Xianhao meant Southern mantis taiji?

Marcus in Taiwan says this- Random Ring Formula - "Luan Huan Jue" is also one of the nine songs (formula) handed down through the Yang Ban Hou classic, "Nine Songs and Eighty One Postures" "taijiquan jiu jue bashiyishi zhujie" The annotations included with this song (ab...

Translated by Xianhao Cheng Taiji Random Ring Formula By Dr. Xianhao Cheng and Taiji group in Rick’s martial art school The “Random Ring Formula” has been a secret in martial arts history. In a novel by Jin Yong, the most famous martial arts writer, in the early “Qin Dynasty” of China, a high rankin...