What excitement! Books have arrived! Tom Bisio has just published a new book on Master Wang Shi Tong’s Old Eight Palms of Bagua Zhang. Sifu Bisio, the only American disciple of Master Wang, details the forms, principles, training methods and many applications he learned directly from the Master himself. Almost every style of Bagua Zhang […]
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2023
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2019
A Transformative Art—Tom Bisio on Xing Yi
Teacher Tom Bisio’s newest book, Xing Yi Quan: Art of Inner Transformation, is a well-balanced read on the fundamental ideas and goals of Xing Yi (Shape of the Will Boxing). It is a basics manual written by someone who has intimately absorbed the basics in his own training—in other words, he did not just learn […]
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2019
Hit Medicine Revealed
There is a whole branch of Chinese medicine associated with the martial arts, and to say that much of the information is secret would be an understatement. But now, author Tom Bisio hands us an invaluable text, A Pearl From the Dragon’s Neck, comprehensively detailing revival methods, using vital points, cupping, moxibustion, massage, and pressure. […]
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2018
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2014
Two Bagua Classics in new translation
Dedicated Bagua teacher, Andrea Falk, offers up her translation of Jiang RongQiao’s Bagua Zhang Eight Palms form AND Yan Dehua’s Bagua Applications. Not only are these clear, accessible translations, but the Jiang text has additional posture photos from teacher Cai YuHua. Falk herself learned the Jiang style from sifu Huan Dahai, an apprentice of Jiang’s. […]
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2014
Squaring the Fours Away
One of the things we like about the series is the extra comments
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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.
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2012
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2012
Gao JiWu on DVD …
We are delighted to find not only is it now on DVD, not only is it subtitled in English but it is less …
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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.
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2010
Baguazhang Concepts DVD series from Tom Bisio
Look!! A whole new series of Bagua DVDs from Tom Bisio! Good explanations, oodles of applications, and Bagua usage that looks suspiciously like Bagua. We think you are going to like these…
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2009
Product: 64 Hands of Gao Style Bagua
Gao Ji Wu has teamed up with Nigel Sutton to produce a very clear and practical explanation of the famous Gao 64 Hands…