As a longtime teacher, I do not get much opportunity to actually be a student myself. So I was delighted to be invited to take a seat (well, take a stance) in Ken Cohen’s recent online zoom class on Yiquan. Cohen Shifu is all that one could hope to find in a teacher; everything from […]
Feb
28
2021
28
2021
Jun
23
2015
23
2015
First Book on Dai Style Xin Yi
We’ve been waiting for this, but did not really expect it for a long time: a book on Dai style Xin Yi. We’ve had many requests for DVDs and books on this subject but the pickings have been slim. This text details standing practice, elements and a special sequence of Eighty Trigram movements for flow. […]
Apr
9
2014
9
2014
Return of the Daoist Hand (redux and corrected)
Great news! We have been able to restock one of our most popular titles from last year, Daoist Abstruse Incantations and Hand Positions. Despite the exotic title, this book (and accompanying VCD) make an interesting cross-over for students of martial arts, qigong and Daoism (Taoism.) Just click on the image to see more about the […]
Sep
5
2013
5
2013
Hand Talk
For some reason the offerings today have to do with hands. We open our own hand with two en face bilingual editions in Chinese and English. Each of them is also accompanied by a VCD demonstrating the contents; not a bad bid. The first is a very popular VCD which is now explained in English: Wu […]
Jul
23
2013
23
2013
Spirit Training
We can mystify the whole question and explain esoteric practices in sophisticated terms but it is the simplest spirituality that is also most intriguing…
Apr
13
2012
13
2012
The Way of Chuang Tzu, Thomas Merton
Chuang Tzu , living almost 2500 years ago, was what we might today term a monk. He was certainly an iconoclast. Thomas Merton was not only a monk but…
Jan
6
2011
6
2011
Discovery: Make Your Tai Chi
Martial artists who don’t do Tai Chi often say that, “Hey, I can do my form slow, too.” Martial artists who only do Tai Chi are generally unaware that the Tai Chi practice method is not exclusive to Tai Chi.
Dec
17
2010
17
2010
Kung Fu’s Four Faces
Which Kung Fu Do You Practice? All around the world million practice Kung Fu. And every one of them has his or her idea what that is. I prefer the classic outlook refined by dozens of centuries. For me this tells the WHOLE story and everything else is a scene.
Oct
30
2008
30
2008
INB #18: The Creek
A large rock squats in the middle of the creek. The water circles the rock without hesitation, uninterrupted in its career.
Dec
21
2006
21
2006
At Taoism Class
When I was 10, my younger sister and I mounted a campaign to convince our parents that the money they were spending on religious school (every Saturday, lessons at the Temple) could be used in a better way…
May
16
1998
16
1998
Meditation is Useless
One of my favorite Taoist stories is from the philosopher Chuang about the stinktree…
