Luo DeXiu London seminar 2013

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Book & Pay NOW for Luo DeXiu London seminar 28/6/13 - 1/7/13

Very excited to announce that Luo DeXiu will be joining us from Fri 28th June to Monday the 1st July for a weekend seminar of Gao style Bagua Zhang. Luo Laoshr's mastery of the internal arts and his generous approach to teaching have made his seminars a must for internal martial arts practioners. Limited to the first 30 paying students to register as per below instruction.  

Evening of Friday 28th June -  3 hours of Fighting methods
All day Saturday 29th June - 6 hours of Houtian (Post-Heaven) Line 1 - Guiding principles
Morning of Sunday 30th June - 3 hours of Chi kung
Afternoon of Sunday 30th - Bagua wrestling/throwing
Evening of Monday 1st July - 3 hours of Xiantian (Pre-heaven) circle palm changes

For full Description of content and material depth please see the facebook event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/358953124221667

You must follow the following two steps please in advance to attend this seminar:

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Strictly limited to first 30 practitioners - So don't miss out :)
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Luo Dexiu at NAMT 2011

Watch "Luo Dexiu demo NAMT 11 vo.mp4" on YouTube

Jet Li sets up business to promote Tai Chi

MOVIE STAR JET LI TEAMS UP WITH IT ENTREPENEUR TO PROMOTE TAI CHI

KUNG Fu movie start Jet Li has teamed up with a Chinese internet entrepeneur to promote Tai Chi.

Li, star of "Hero" and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor", joined forces with Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, the world's biggest retailer.

Ma recently stepped down as the CEO of the company, saying he wanted to concentrate his energies in education and the environment.

Like Li, Ma is a long time follower of Tai Chi and has used its teachings in his business strategies and his former company.

The duo have opened a school in Hangzhou, Zheijiang Province, eastern China.

A statement from the company said the school would teach Tai Chi and other martial arts under the tutalege of a well-known master.

In keeping with Ma's environmental beliefs, the school is part of a larger building which also houses commercial services. The park is in wetlands.

Story taken from www.martialnews.co.uk

Books to assist with Martial Arts training

Here is a list of books and DVDs.  This is mostly for my own reference, so when I have some spare cash (not that it's likely that'll happen any time soon) or when someone wants to get me a gift, I/they have something to which we can refer.

Anatomy Trains
Excellent book on anatomy which is very useful for internal martial artists.  Especially in reference to fascia, et cetera.

Somatics
Interesting looking book that I hope will help me with my development within internal martial arts.

Gao Style Baguazhang book

I recently purchased this book, "Beginning Bagua".  It is a really good introduction and reference to Gao style Baguazhang.  The text is in plain english and the diagrams and photos are clear and informative.

Beginning Bagua is probably the most down to earth, practical book about Bagua currently available.

It is written with the goal of providing concrete, directly useful information on Bagua. This book covers the basics of body use stepping, static posture training, Qigong, key movements, striking and throwing applications, circle walking as well as how Bagua's intellectual framework applies to martial tactics and to general training.

Much of what you will find in this book is useful not just to practitioners of Bagua, but to martial artists in general.

Beginning Bagua is extensively illustrated with photos of both solo movements, basic exercises, palm changes and martial applications.

Bagua is often presented as mysterious, complicated and difficult. It certainly requires study and practice, but this book provides the keys to make sense of the 'abstract' movements, to see the logic behind them and begin to develop useful skills. This book can save you a lot of grief and confusion!

The information itself is presented in a straight forward way, based on direct experience and written with at least occasional humour.

Beginning Bagua is the first book in a series that will look at aspects of Bagua with increasing detail and an emphasis on practicality.

I'm definitely looking forward to the next instalment!  It is the most-read martial arts text on my Kindle app.

Beginning Bagua