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Taijiquan and Fujian White Crane
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Huang Sheng Shyan and White Crane
Prior to learning Tàijíquán, Teacher Huang Sheng-Shyan was a renowned exponent of White Crane in Fujian province, China. From the age of 14 he learned White Crane directly from Xie Zhong-Xiang, who was already an old man. After a few years of personal tutelage and still, only in his late teens, Huang was sent by Xie to study…
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White Crane – Influence on Okinawan Karate Do
By Paul Fretter A link between our system of Baihequán and Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate Do is understood to be via Higaonna Kanryo, an Okinawan who was the teacher of Miyagi Chojun, the modern founder of the Goju Ryu Karate Do system. Thanks to many years of painstaking research by historians such as Patrick McCarthy, it has become…
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Substantial and insubstantial
By Paul Fretter Oh the yin and yang of it all! The concepts of yin and yang are not mystical, but instead are very straightforward and refer to two things which are opposite but also have a relationship to one another. That’s it; no purple smoke and sparkles! For example, the two sides of a…
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A tongue-in-cheek guide to how NOT to teach
By Paul Fretter If you crave adoration, reverence and respect from others then you are not yet ready to teach. The class should not be relied upon as a crutch for a fragile ego. If your students fly across the room, or fall to the floor at your feet without any apparent contact, then you…
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On Collecting Lineages
By Paul Fretter and Wee Kee Jin Some people cite the names of teachers they have studied with, either in depth or only in passing, with the aim of promoting their own reputation, school or system. While it is polite to acknowledge the names of teachers whom you have studied with, it can be another thing…
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Mind your own business
By Paul Fretter There are three basic components in partner training: My awareness of my structure and movement, your awareness of your structure and movement, and then the connection between us, manifested in how each of us perceives and responds to our relative changes in direction, position, balance, movement and contact. It is important to draw a clear distinction between your awareness…
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A change is as good as a rest
By Paul Fretter Do you find that the more you try to relax and ‘let go’, the stiffer your muscles feel? Or perhaps when you try to make small adjustments, the rest of your structure is pulled out of alignment? A change is as good as a rest. You might be trying too hard! If…
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