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If you are the kind of person who believes that what is said in poetry could be said a lot simpler and more to the point, then you are not going to like this article. Because my contention is the opposite: that there are analogies, similes, metaphors and other devices of communications that are actually [...]

With the gracious permission of its publisher, Dan Miller, we reprint an article from one of our favorite Bagua resources: The Pa Kua Journal. This CD, available here, contains the entire run of this breakthrough magazine- over 1000 pages of interviews, source material, training tips, historical notes and a wealth of photographs of Bagua masters, [...]

Yang Taiji The Untold Story by Jason Tsou and Arthur Schonfeld is not the easiest of Plum’s offerings. It is an in-depth breakdown on just exactly what is occurring in the martial art of Taiji. I believe that many of the principles explained are known—or should be—to most advanced martial practitioners. Seeing these ideas formulated [...]

A grand-teacher of mine, Ed Parker, used to say that you had to look at each technique from three perspectives: your own; the opponent’s; and then someone watching the fight from some distance, like across the street.

This from our resident Chinese medical doctor and ZiWei astrologer: Narrye Caldwell L.Ac. This year’s Chinese Lunar New Year arrives on February 10 and ushers in the year of the Water Snake. In Chinese astrology Snakes are introverted, mystical, sensual, cautious, observant, quietly ambitious, and don’t like to be in the limelight. They are masters of transformation, [...]

Sitting here in the relative safety of a California mid-autumn morning, we can only look at the pictures and videos and try to imagine what it is like for so many of our friends and customers in the eastern part of the country. Please know that our thoughts are with you. Be safe. Ted, Debbie, [...]

I am now going to tell you things about stance training you have probably never heard…

Here is a book, written in 1991, that was one of the first guides officially issued by Beijing. It is a general book about the history of Kung Fu with three forms illustrated: Long Fist, Simplified Tai Chi and Shaolin TianGang. The best thing about this is its section on Kung Fu through the dynasties [...]