Almanzo “LaoMa” Lamoureux Black Bamboo Pavilion Taijiquan blackbamboopavilion@gmail.com http://www.blackbamboopavilion.com/ PART I: 91 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER DĪNG, “DĪNG YÉYE” and SNAKE MOUNTAIN PAVILION Since entering the world of Chinese Martial Art in 1964 I had a strong, constantly reoccurring dream of …
Evasion is the first principle of Baguazhang combat. This begins as a simple premise to get out of the way of an oncoming force and evolves to more complex levels in which the attacker’s energy is drawn into and led by …
The Li Family’s Four Virtues are the cornerstone of their Daoqiquan system of martial and health practice and Qigong. In fact, prior to the name “Daoqiquan,” the system was known as “the Six Stances, the Five Circles and the Four …
“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.” Gautama Siddhartha (the Buddha) There is another more easily tested theory that can explain the attainment of spiritual experience found in the …
Although this concern a method used in the classical Chinese martial art of Xingyiquan the following methods can be applied to any martial system or health program. Xingyiquan / Hsing I Ch’uan (形意 拳) which means shape of intention boxing …
Spiritual Philosophy of the Li Family “Open the mind and the heart and cease to cherish opinions.” Gautama Siddhartha Following The Dao of Life The Li family of Sichuan Province China developed a method of coping with the stresses of …
“History is a pale shadow beneath the moon of truth” – Li, Long Dao Please remember I do not claim to be a Chinese martial historical scholar, what follows is based my own research and stories told to me by …
“When one is completely free of wishes or ambition, he will really get the genuine vital energy. When one concentrates his mind internally, how can disease attack him?” …
Today more and more people seem to suffer from allergies, sinus infections and many other upper respiratory problems. It is no wonder this is happening, as our world is becoming more and more filled with microscopic particles floating in the …
Chinese Poetry For Contemplation Guest Poet Our guest poet my friend Stephen Watson is a modern day man who loves the old ways, he is a poet who keeps to the inner way through his practice of the internal arts …
Can Taijiquan (Tai Chi) be thought of as a form of meditation? In order to understand Taijiquan as meditation we need to define our terms. As I am writing this for an internal arts community I assume my readers know …
