Nine Dragon Knees
I try and take my dog to the dog park that was close to my home once a week. She really enjoys it and I usually have a couple laughs watching her chase down larger dogs. One thing I’ve noticed … Continue reading →
I try and take my dog to the dog park that was close to my home once a week. She really enjoys it and I usually have a couple laughs watching her chase down larger dogs. One thing I’ve noticed … Continue reading →
The last few weeks we’ve been working on the basic changes and stepping patterns used in Jiulong Baguazhang in preperation of the up comming workshop. This has been more of a fine tuning with some new discoveries into creating an … Continue reading →
This past Thursdays class was more review of the basics, but at a different layer. By taking a basic level concept for example being “song” and bring it into shifting, walking etc it brings a new level, a new experience … Continue reading →
Last week we had a new person come for her first class, which is great. This allows us to go back to the beginning and go back through every thing we’ve learnd This is a good thing, I have done … Continue reading →
A few weeks ago we were spending some time playing with applying the art against various types of attacks. This is always informative, it gives you a chance to understand what’s actually happening within the punch, kick, joint lock etc … Continue reading →
I know it’s been a bit since the last posting, there has been a lot going on. Most of the summer we reviewed the basics and focused on refining our structure, both static postures as well in motion. At the … Continue reading →
Last week I was at The Gathering of the Circle, a 5 day Jiulong Baguazhang intensive, so I had Troy work with anyone who showed up. One of the newer students showed up and Troy worked with him being more … Continue reading →
This past Thursday there was just a couple of us who have been training in the art for a while. So we took some time and discussed hand positioning with in rolling the pearl posture in relation to dealing with … Continue reading →
For the last couple of weeks, since Shifu Painter’s workshop on the Wedge. We’ve been playing with it against various types of punches and kicks. On top of practicing it’s basic training exercises. The Thursday following the workshop it started … Continue reading →
This past Thursday there were fewer of us than normal. This gave us a chance to work on some of the exercises that were taught during the Sunday class in Mississauga. For more information see http://bagua.ca/mississauga/feeding-the-feet/. We also played with … Continue reading →