Ever since I first saw an old 1950's photograph of a Shanghai man lifting three bricks tied to his private parts, I was fascinated by the Daoist Qigong exercise called "Tie Dang Gong" (Iron Crotch Qigong). At the time, I wondered why anyone would subject himself to such a torture and what for?
I was told by the owner of the photograph that it was a secret Daoist technique taught only to the ...
Author: Howard Choy
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Chen Lei began his training of Chinese Martial Arts at the age of eight at the Shongshan Shaolin temple in the Henan province, where after only one year at the Shaolin temple, he had won first place in Shaolin temple competition. Later left the Shaolin temple to enter the Yunnan youth athletic school.
In 1992 he was selected for the Yunnan province professional Wushu team. He Fu Sheng, one ...
Author: Chen Lei
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The defender's arms are tied up. As the attacker grabs his shoulder and waist, he is met with a sudden twisting motion that sends his upper body in one direction and his legs in the other. His body suddenly locked, he is thrown to the floor -- face first -- ending up nearly behind the defender, who looks down at him over his shoulder. The defender, however, is not a wrestler, judoka, or jiu jutsu ...
Author: Stephan Berwick
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Chen Xiaowang, grandson of the famous Chen Fake, is recognized as the present-day keeper of Chen style taijiquan. In this rare interview, master Chen reveals the true history of his family’s style.
It is not very often one comes across a genuine kung-fu master. In my 20 years of searching the world over (especially in China) for a true teacher, I can honestly say I have not met more than si ...
Author: Master Chen
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Chen Jia Gou, the birthplace of Chen style taijiquan, seems unassuming surrounded by cornfields and fertile farming land. You can walk the dusty main street in perhaps ten minutes, and take in both the village shacks and the more grand old stone houses belonging to descendents of the townÕs main family, the Chen clan. But the qi that has soaked into the dust for over twenty generations gives the v ...
Author: Martha Burr
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