This great video is packed with applications from the Cheng family of Bagua Zhang Styles (Gao style has its origins Cheng).
Notable highlights:
0:22 - good use of long energy
0:26-0:30 - various chin na
0:32 - one of my favorite moves. the opponents arm gets twisted tightly enough to work as a lever that can be used to throw them.
0:34 - double palm. good use of what we call ‘bear palm’
0:37 - cao (shoulder strike)
This is basically 3+ minutes of Lin throwing his students around, demonstrating long energy. His technique is very good. The ripple of power from his back foot to the student is very evident.
Latest diet update, plus some bagua talk. Some thoughts on getting things through the app store and a little bit about Aria Touch and Fit.
Here’s a picture of my teacher, Andy Dale, doing dragon dives into the sea, around 1987.
The following is a partial list of forms, exercises, and techniques that I was taught by Sifu Andy Dale.
I have run into a conundrum that I have honestly despised in other people: I want to do so much in practice that I can’t possibly get everything done in my schedule, so I don’t practice at all. I am going to start journaling a practice routine from here out, and even if I can’t do everything in a single day, I at least want to get through most of the material in the course of the week.
At this point, for me, having a daily practice routine of some kind is much more important than mastering any single part of the art.
Today’s bagua practice
