A holistic method designed to teach
mindfulness principles and
classic martial arts.
The Earth Dragon Canon Method of Internal Martial Arts
Mindfulness practice is more than meditation, it is a commitment to being present in every moment of your life. The trend toward five-minute breaks guided by a smartphone application is profitable for the silicon-valley set but does little to create real mindfulness.
Knowing Yourself
I would read each posture in detail from the yellow book, then practice the entire sequence from the beginning to that posture. The book’s spine was beginning to break, and rain would soak the book even when I tried to shelter it under the pin-oak. I broke it apart entirely and put each page in a plastic sheet protector, then put the entire thing in a three-ring binder.
This manner of practice allowed me to reconnect with myself. For t…
The First Practice is Attention
Before you begin any physical exercise, stand in Wuji Posture, pay attention to yourself, and begin a process of discovery to the functioning of your body and mind.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary is the foundation to understanding a subject. Martial art practice is filled with words that have similar meaning or are used interchangeably. When forced to put my practice into writing I discovered that in a single paragraph I would skip between form and posture in the same description. Is the Taijiquan a sequence or a routine? Is a static position a posture or a form? The interchange of the words forms, posture, and stan…
Pinyin
The Pinyin system is the accepted standard for the romanization of Chinese characters. Pinyin means spell sound and is used to teach the standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese. It is also the standard system for entering Chinese characters on computers. Because of this standardization, it is the method I use in my lessons.
You can be confident that if you pronounce the words as I present them in these lessons, you are close to t…
Martial Arts in Anger
The Martial Arts Parable is an exploration of the real meaning of the internal martial arts. Before you begin practice, you must know why you want to start.
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