Kung Fu & Qigong training

Ok, this helps me understand alot about your training.

thanks,

bagua

http://wudanggongfu.com/

Hi WudangAlienAlchemist,

I have not been one of Xiu Gang Yuan’s students so don’t know too much. He is a very good teacher though, from what I’ve heard. Most of the stuff is on his website, including location on Wudang, just read it all over.

I don’t know what you mean by martial application. If you mean how each movement applies to an actual combat situation, then yes. Every complete martial arts style incorporates martial applications.

Smiles,
Fajin

Hi WudangAlienAlchemist,

>>That is why I asked a stupid question.<>I am curious Fajin, what was your experience before Wudang and how much time have you spent at Wudang?<<

*I had a private teacher who taught me Tibetan Lion's Roar kungfu and many Shaolin internal methods like Iron Thread, lightness gong (Tibetan version), etc., since I was about 8 or so. I later tried Erle Montaigue's Old Yang Style Taiji and went into qigong for about a year or two. That's what really got me into Taiji and I went to Wudang, because it's the origin, for almost 5 years learning just Sanfeng Taiji.

When I got back, I really got into Daoism and nei dan practices and looked to Mantak Chia and eventually Healing Dao. Now I went back to Wudang to learn inner alchemy from there and to learn more styles. Don't know how long I'll still be there for, maybe until I finish the alchemy there, so still some years. Then I'll come back to Canada and decide what to do then. I'm still in my 20's and have a long journey to go!

Guess that sums up the story,
Jin

Hi WudangAlienAlchemist,

I will share. I don’t really want to explain all so here’s something I took from a while back.

“When I was younger, my Tibetan lions roar kung fu teacher taught me lung-gom-pa. I had to sit in padmasana, inhale “IN A RELEAXED METHOD,” hold breath in lower dantian and jump, and keep repeating this process. This is a dangerous method and another student ending up damaging his kidneys because of this practice. I didn’t. Better to go with skin breathing which is an extension of the lungs.

I practiced this for half a year before going to Wudangshan and learning from the Sanfeng sect taijiquan and taking the daoist path. I ended up lightening my body through lung-gom-pa and and I was able to jump 2.5 metres high! My lions roar teacher said that Tibetan lung-gom-pa’s train this in a pitch dark room for 3 years 3 months non-stop (just to eat) and after their body’s are so light that they are able to run at incredibly fast speeds and jump extremely high.”

Tibetans inherited pranayama methods from India and this breathing more resembles the plavini pranayama.

It is very dangerous and should be done under a master’s supervision, you can get serious deviations that COULD take years to fix. Anyway, qi must be circulating well and the central channel must be open before doing this and only breathe without directing qi anywhere until you start feeling qi in the dantian be itself. It is your center of gravity.

The Shaolin methods are less internal based and are about walking on sandpaper, rope climbing, jumping in and out a pit, running with sandbags tied to you, etc. They utilize middle dantian too, so as to improve endurance. One internal method consists of inhaling upwards to middle dantian hold then jump out of the pit, then exhale (or was it inhale) to lower dantian then jump down. Or when running up a hill focus on middle dantian and wen running down, focus on lower dantian.

If you want to embark on this training by yourself, I strongly recommend you don’t direct qi anywhere, just keep it natural and do the stuff, you’ll feel qi without even directing it after a while. It’s like Zen, just meditate and don’t try to manipulate sensations or qi.

Regards,
Fajin