Archive for January, 2010

3 Days at the Gompa

3 Days at the Gompa

Sounds like an exotic journey to a far off land doesn’t it? In way that is exactly what members of the Toronto Study Group experienced during a training session a few years  back. We found ourselves in a martial arts heaven. I hope a brief story about our trip will be an enticement to...
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Peripheral Vision in Jiulong

I saw him move like a wisp of cloud dancing across a winter lake; yet within lay the power of the dragon. Younger students practicing so intensely paid no attention to him. He was older and not necessarily a man that you would give a second glance. While they pushed and punched their bags...
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The Goal of Zhandouli

The Goal of Zhandouli

When you practice Baguazhang, your attacker will be confused because he cannot know what you will do and you also will not know what you are about to do but your body will know instinctively how to react.” Li, Long-dao Martial ability (zhandouli ) is a term we use frequently in Jiulong Baguazhang.  At...
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