Internal martial practice is an important step to deepening and improving your kung fu. In this video, Sifu Ted Mancuso demonstrates and teaches a short exercise learned decades earlier from Sifu Wing Lam, for developing and incorporating intent into movement. Following the instruction is an interview with Ted, where he further elbaorates on these concepts. […]
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2020
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2018
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2018
Personal Practice
What is a practice? What can it do? Practice is not just a workout. It is a recognition of engagement at that moment. It records, immediately, every nuance expressed in your story, laying those tiles piece by piece. Often, workouts sidestep the mind and can barely be remembered by dinnertime. From practice we recall the […]
Sep
16
2017
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2017
Why Relaxation is Not Easy
The problem posed in the title is a constant concern in all CMA (Chinese Martial Arts) training. Of course, one immediate answer recognizes that relaxation and exercise are just plain difficult to coordinate. This is especially true when you add thinking to the mix. But the true approach, like all martial training, is both more […]
Jan
10
2017
10
2017
Stillness & Movement: Part Three
Dynamic Balance There’s a very old martial arts saying that we should “find stillness in movement, and movement in stillness.” It’s not just an old saw. For instance, say someone punches at you. You move out of the way extremely rapidly, but not so hurried that you resemble a bad example of the startle response; […]
Jul
3
2015
3
2015
Xing Yi and Taijiquan: 2 New Items
There is such a diversity and quality of materials on all major Kung Fu styles, that we sometimes can’t keep up with the new postings. Here is a version of probably the most famous and popular of Xing Yi style two-person sets: An Shen Pao. Not only does it pair up the two players from […]
Oct
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2014
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2014
Chi: Straight Up
This is a lively approach … to the topic of CHI.
Oct
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2014
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2014
A Qigong sequence from Xing Yi
Xing Yi Quan: Tu Na Si Ba The Four Breathing Methods of Master Li Gui Chang Tom Bisio takes a little time off to present this book on the Xing Yi Qigong developed by Li Gui Chang (student of Dong Xiu Sheng.) His teacher Dong was the student of masters Geng Ji Shan, Li Cun […]
Jun
21
2014
21
2014
The Best Qigong Package, At a Noble Discount
Without a doubt, Ken Cohen’s ESSENTIAL QIGONG TRAINING COURSE is one of the best Qigong series ever created. Balancing book,CDs and DVDs, it covers a huge swath of the Qigong territory (including a few things we might not let beginners practice) skillfully using different media to detail methods, diagnosis, diet, philosophy and more. Here, at […]
Apr
15
2014
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2014
Squaring the Fours Away
One of the things we like about the series is the extra comments
Jan
9
2014
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2014
Bagua Nei Gong from Tom Bisio
That untiring instructor, Tom Bisio, has just sent us a new series aimed at outlining and teaching the 9 stages of Nei Gong training that live under the Bagua tent.
Aug
3
2013
3
2013
A Brain in the Belly
For many centuries, martial artists, monks and scholars have devoted special practice to concentrating not only their breathing but their intent on the area of the lower stomach. This section has influenced much of Asian culture, so that many expressions use the term “belly” as westerners might use the word “head.” And lo, we find […]
May
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2013
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2013
Staying Fit with Wang Pei Sheng
many martial teachers would suggest specialized, one might even say custom-fitted exercises for people who were not their student necessarily…
Nov
7
2012
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2012
QA: Qigong and Neigong
Dear Sifu Mancuso, Is the difference between qigong and neigong simply a matter of intention, so for example, could many qigong routines become neigong ones by simply a change of focus or mental attitude, and vice versa? Thank you, Thomas Kiefer A great question, Thomas, if for no other reason than I am sure my […]
Mar
28
2012
28
2012
Standing Still
Personally, I continue to believe that standing practice is important and useful. The trouble is that there is a deep, deep contradiction in the way it is taught in many schools.
Nov
30
2011
30
2011
Xing Yi Nei Gong, Pt 2: This Time It’s Personal
See these images on the left? For about TWO YEARS, we have had to keep this want tag closely aligned with this important text, “Xing Yi Nei Gong: Xing Yi Health Maintenance and Internal Strength Development”, by Tim Cartmell and Dan Miller (of Pakua Journal fame) But no longer! The present publisher of the book […]
Oct
21
2011
21
2011
Xing Yi Nei Gong? Really?
After many requests from our customers, we have worked to get the Xing Yi Nei Gong DVD (and book) available again. Well! We just got notice that the DVDs are SHIPPING today!
Jun
13
2011
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2011
A Nei Gong Manual
Most of us use the term Nei Gong and Qigong (Chi Kung) interchangeably. One subtle distinction lies in the type and the goal of training. In many cases Nei Gong is a more appropriate term for martial training which encompasses more than simple refinement of the qi.
Oct
6
2010
6
2010
Stock New and Returning…
NEW: The Method of the Internal Arts by You Zhi Qiong explores the author’s travels through the countries of Tai Chi, Bagua and Xing Yi and his essays and observations on the practice and perfection of the skills involved. Many modern issues including the overall discussion of exactly what is happening during internal practice are […]
Aug
18
2010
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2010
Martial Qigong with George Xu
As Shaw once remarked about George Gissing, “He is conducting his education in public.” This is somewhat true of George Xu, but in this case it is a bonus. As he evolves as a martial artist, he brings forward new ideas and some inspired insights. Here’s a small seminar on “Martial Qigong”; the moves are […]
Feb
9
2010
9
2010
Product: A Selection of Neigong training
Here is a selection of Qigong associated with the practice of ZhaoBao Tai Chi but applicable to almost any intermediate to advanced Neigong practice.
