Taiji 太極 (literally "great ridgepole") is a Chinese cosmological term for the "Supreme Ultimate" state of undifferentiated absolute and infinite potentiality, contrasted with the Wuji 無極 "Without Ultimate". Taiji is best known in the West from the name Taijiquan (or T'ai chi ch'uan) 太極拳 "Supreme Ultimate Shadowboxing".
When people first come to train with me here in Tempe, Az there are two common experiences people have when they're exposed to I Liq Chuan. The first is "I don't understand how I Liq Chuan works as a martial art without techniques" and the second is "I don't understand how the basic exercises (jibenggong 基本功), spinning and sticky hand all tie together".
New students who register for classes with Falling Leaves Kung Fu before the end of August will receive Two Weeks at no cost and no obligation to continue.
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On Sunday July 17th, 2010, Arizona students from all over the state gathered at the Kung Fu Studio in Tucson to test for their next student level. We had 10 successful tests for student level one, and one successful test for student level 2. Many congratulations to all the students of our style of Tai Chi - Kung Fu for your hard work and determination to pursue our wonderful martial art!
First AZ Statewide Grading. - First official grading in the US without Master Sam F.S Chin. He said do it... and we did. Thanks to all who attended. It was an intense and memorable event.
Falling Leaves Kung Fu students of I Liq Chuan, Ashe (Cheif Instructor at FLKF), and Glenn work on some basic partner drills that incorporate our spinning and sticky hands training.
In these clips we work on I Liq Chuan principles like "guard center/ use center" "no landing" as well as "circle to center, center to center, center with cross" and the "five qualities of unification", "bridging" and more.
Falling Leaves Kung Fu students Will and Jonathan train some "sticky leg" during our martial arts classes from this Sunday at our Tempe, Arizona facility. Sticky leg drills are used to develop both offense and defense within the "shuai" 摔 section of training. Shuai is often tranlated as "wrestling" and can include trips, sweeps, throws and various take downs, similar to Judo or Jiu-Jitsu.
This Sunday's class focused on our basic exercises (jibengong 基本功) 11-15, which is the required content for student level 2, but since we were working on footwork and stepping anyway, I had us train some sticky leg as well.
Is it a mystical ancient art? Is it a health panacea? Is it a black and white circular symbol? How about an ultimate fighting system? What about a philosophy or conceptual framework? Depending on who you ask, tai chi could be any one of the above mentioned possibilities. There is a joke that goes “How many tai chi practitioners does it take to screw in a light bulb? 100. One to screw it in, and 99 to say ‘that’s not how I was taught to do that.’” Similarly, if you ask 100 different people what tai chi is, you’re liable to get nearly as many different answers.
Is it a mystical ancient art? Is it a health panacea? Is it a black and white circular symbol? How about an ultimate fighting system? What about a philosophy or conceptual framework? Depending on who you ask, tai chi could be any one of the above mentioned possibilities. There is a joke that goes “How many tai chi practitioners does it take to screw in a light bulb? 100. One to screw it in, and 99 to say ‘that’s not how I was taught to do that.’” Similarly, if you ask 100 different people what tai chi is, you’re liable to get nearly as many different answers.
When we discovered the Nicolodean animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender" in my house, it was a real treat! The whole fmaily loved watching each new episode (we watched them on DVD). Since that time my kids *cough*and me*cough* have enjoyed watching them again and again.
So nauturally we're all very excited for the release of the theatrical, live action version by one of todays great film makers M. Night Shyamalan.
As a Chinese martial artist, one of the coolest things about Avatar is the strong influence Kung Fu plays in the series. It's great inspiration for kids (and adults) to start their own journey into the Chinese martial arts.
When we discovered the Nicolodean animated series "Avatar: The Last Airbender" in my house, it was a real treat! The whole fmaily loved watching each new episode (we watched them on DVD). Since that time my kids *cough*