Before Tai Chi there were many other styles of Wushu or martial arts. Tai Chi was developed approximately 100 years before the gun. When guns became popular Tai Chi began to change its emphasis. As it was no longer needed for self-defence, it began to evolve into a sport. However some people felt that Tai Chi was too good a Martial Art to lose, and kept this side of it going. In the last century, ...
Author: Liu Yong
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The Kung Fu style of Wing Tzun has forms within its curriculum. A form is a choreographed set of specific techniques done in a sequence. These forms have been created for very specific and important reasons by the founders of the system. The first form of Wing Tzun is called “Sil Lin Tao” which translates to, little first practice. This form has hidden secrets within its sequence of movements, and ...
Author: Vivian Wong Bourren
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I had been feeling ill for four years when, in 1996, I was finally given a diagnosis of
ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). This is a chronic condition with a long list of
symptoms Ö so many symptoms, in fact, that you feel people will think you're a
hypochondriac if you list even a fraction of them! I'll run that risk here.
ME is basically a neurological dysfunction that causes th ...
Author: Jonathan Hull
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Wing Tzun, a system of kung fu, has been kept a secret until recently. Contrary to what some may believe, Wing Tzun is a complete martial arts system. Today, integrating several martial arts into a functionally complete hybrid has become popular. Full contact, mixed martial arts tournaments are a testament to that. By complete, I mean a system that includes in its curriculum punching or hand techn ...
Author: Vivian Wong Bourren
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CLEARWATER, FL With support from some of the industry’s leading names, the Martial Arts Teachers’ Association ws recently launched here. According t founder John Graden, the man responsible for some of the most successful professional martial arts organizations in world, it will support instructors of all styles with continuing education, resources and networking.
"At its highest level, tea ...
Author: MartialArtsTeachers
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