HeyJaredSam Masich Internal Arts
Sam Masich's forty-five plus years of research and practice has resulted in unique insight into subjects related to the internal martial and health arts as well as other topics.
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Master Tian Jinlong's ‘Stick-Permeate Analysis’ (opens the original)
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This piece is more technical than usual, introducing research on concepts not well-known by Western taijiquan practitioners. Please comment and let me know if this kind of material is interesting to you and if you’d like more.Tian JinlongDuring several trips to China in the mid-2010s I had the opportunity to meet and observe Master Tian Jinlong (田金龙). On the first occasions, I was a line and centre referee at the Daqingshan Push Hands Competition in Shandong Province—Maste
The Four Modes of Attention (opens the original)
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This short piece is meant to provide context for upcoming ‘Exercises for the Five Bodies’ articles—especially for exercises of the ‘imaginative body.’ There are many ways attention and intention can be approached and exercised. This particular method involves four modes of attentional focus that are easy easy-to-understand and to activate.I was introduced to this four-mode concept in the 1980s during my participation in the Canadian National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP)—three courses I
Exercises for the Five Bodies (opens the original)
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If you enjoy this and other articles, comment and share with others. I really appreciate the feedback and your sharing can make this work valuable to the larger community. ☯︎ In this series, practicable exercises will be presented in order to familiarize the reader-practicer with the ‘Five bodies’ concept at a theoretical and experiential level. The material is directly applicable to neijia practices such as taijiquan but can also be useful to
'Heng' and 'Ha' (opens the original)
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☯︎ Please, if you enjoy this and other articles, comment and share with others. I really appreciate the feedback and hope this work is of value to the larger community. ☯︎ Two of my most important teachers, Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming (楊俊敏) and Master Jou Tsung Hwa (周宗樺), emphasized the importance of the words ‘heng’ and ‘ha’ in their writing and teaching. Although essentially having to do with breath, in taijiquan</em
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