The ultimate Chinese martial art : the science of the weaving stance bagua : 64 forms and its wellness applications / Jun Feng Li, World Academic Society of Medical Qigong, China ; Chun Yan Ge, Inner Martial Art Research Association of Singapore, Singapore ; Tong Luo, Possehl Electronics, vice president, Asia sales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Jun Feng, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martial arts--Health aspects.

Martial arts.

Martial arts--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

viii, 252 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2017]

Summary:

The Ultimate Chinese Martial Art - The Science of the Weaving Stance Bagua 64 Forms and the Wellness Applications has three well integrated parts. Part One describes the cultural, historical and scientific background of the mysterious inner style martial art - Bayua Paim - which used to be taught in a small circle of the Royal families in China. Part Two gives a brief and yet detailed instructions on the techniques and step by step exercises of Bagua Palms with illustrations, including the example of the famous Weaving Stance Bagua 64 Forms. Part Three summarizes the wellness applications of the Bagua Palms as an inner style Chinese martial art. The aim of this book is to help all people on this planet to have a better understanding about wellness and the most effective way to achieve it. The book will thus ultimately make its way to the short list of books which truly leave their marks on the progress of human civilization. The less than sophisticated style of writing makes this book an easy and helpful reading for people from all walks of life. This book is not just about Chinese martial art. It is also about the link between Chinese culture and martial art. With practical instructions on the actual exercise, this book will benefit not just practitioners and trainers in Chinese martial art but effectively all people who read it. This book is not only going to be the martial art book of the year, but the martial art book of the 21st century. This is the first martial art book written by martial art practitioners who have a thorough understanding of both physics and actual fighting, with a solid background in Chinese culture. All the three authors of the book have over 40 years of extensive experience each in Chinese martial art. In contrast to conventional Chinese martial art scripts, this book is written by three Chinese authors in plain and vivid English, which is both filled with true understanding of the unique part of Chinese culture and tuned to the cognitive habits of the westerners. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I History and Philosophy of Chinese Martial Arts 1

Chapter 1 Taoism and Confucianism: Two Major Pillars of Chinese Rationalism 3

History of Taoism 4

A Few Key Things to Know and Remember About Taoism 6

Staying in the Middle of the Road: A Chinese Attitude of Facing the Unknown 16

Chapter 2 Further Development of Chinese Martial Arts 23

All Martial Arts Come from Shaolin 25

The Evolution from Outer School to Inner School 27

The Development of Bagua Palm As the Newest Traditional Chinese Martial Art 33

Chapter 3 How would Sir Isaac Newton Interpret Chinese Martial Arts: A New Scientific Approach to the Understanding of Chinese Martial Arts 39

Axiom 1: Force Is a Vector (The Σ: Direction Matters) 39

Axiom 2: J = δF/δT (Jing is the Real Killer) 46

Axiom 3: The δ and Σ Both Come from Your Liver 58

Part II Taoism in Action: The 64 Forms of Bagua Palm 61

Chapter 4 Basic Principles for Practicing Bagua Palm 65

Chapter 5 The Mud-Wading Steps 79

Key Points for the Mud-Wading Steps 81

A Detailed Illustration of Mud-Wading Steps 83

First Step: Wading in a Straight Line Without Arm Movements 84

Second Step: Circular Wading 85

Third Step: Full Practice (Green Dragon Shows Claw) 89

Appendix 99

Chapter 6 The New 64 Forms of Weaving Stance Bagua Palm 101

Brief Introduction 101

List of the 64 Forms 102

Starting Form 104

Appendix 1 Key Notes on Martial Art Training 226

Part III The Applications of Bagua Palm - Physically and Mentally 229

Chapter 7 A Basic Conflict in Our Life: How the Ultraslow Evolution of Our Body Cope with the Lightning-fast Changes of Our Environment 231

Chapter 8 Anti-Fragile as a Concept and How Do We Understand "Strong"? 241

Chapter 9 Outlive as a Target and the Martial Art Renaissance 245.

ISBN:

9789814749282

9814749281

9789814749299

981474929X

OCLC:

949912095