November 27, 2007 by george.

Frack…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iScFbXXFlGg

I didn’t even do them with a push up at the bottom, much less a push up and a pull up for 100 reps…

I gotta work out more…

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November 27, 2007 by george.

Check out this real demo, live at some event - no cut scenes, no 50 takes to get it right.

He can jump up to someone’s shoulder and then run on top of people. He can kick a pad that’s about 3-4 feet beyond his reach.

Seriously impressive.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6DhmD5iPJzg 

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November 23, 2007 by george.

LOL!

Here’s  a video that someone put up on youtube of the latter part of the legendary fight between Yang Luchan of taijiquan fame and Dong Haichuan of Baguazhang fame:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfIi-CCaBtY

Here’s another scene from the same television serial that shows Dong Haichuan proving to Yang Luchan that you can have such good sticking and sensitivity that a bird can not fly away from your own outstretched hand! This is it folks! Proof is in the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BknaeKZImg

I miss Asian TV!

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November 23, 2007 by george.

I’ve been asked a few times to point out some of the videos that I originally posted a while back about a former school brother who is apparently now teaching independently. I found his stuff on youtube, so here’s a sample video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2-MQAo2VM0

You can then click on the user name who posted the videos to youtube to find the rest of the stuff.

Best,

George

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November 23, 2007 by george.

Just thought I should give a shout out to all my students and friends who may read this.

I’m thankful for everyone who has and continues to grace my life. Cheers to you all and have a beautiful Thanksgiving!

George

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September 14, 2007 by george.

Just thought I should get around to mentioning that I had a great time at the seminars with my teacher. As always, he continues to be very generous with his insights and skills. It somehow still amazes me that I’m always learning something new, even after more than a decade of studying with him. He continues to refine his teaching method, and continues to present the material in different ways.

Not that I ever remotely think “I’ve got it all,” but what continues to amaze me about these arts and Baguazhang in particular, is their depth. Sometimes one can rest on their laurels and think “I’ve learned that before,” but then reality and humility come running up behind you to kick you in the butt and whack you upside the head! Luo Laoshi is a remarkable teacher in that he continues to research. He takes what I might once have thought was mundane, turns it around and shows it in a different light, and then those lights tend to go off in my head for me. The learning process for these arts is something unique.

I should just, once again, take the time to say thanks to Luo Laoshi. Not only are these arts amazing, but its always strikingly apparent that without Luo Laoshi’s training, research, thought, willingness to look everywhere for understanding, fight experience and continuing joy with which he approaches these arts, they would be a very different animal. Its so rare that something like this still exists, I hope that we all can treasure it as much as he does.

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September 14, 2007 by george.

Here’s a pretty good, pretty basic explanation of alignment, posture and structure and how it relates to back pain. Then the following videos (parts 2 and 3) also get into some exercises from the Egoscue system in how to address the problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWUHTEJOyKs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Pt_e5gHyc

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Te7gFcy_AiQ

Although I’ve only watched the first video so far, I thought it was a pretty simple explanation of the problems of alignment and structure. This is very basic information that might help out people in their study of bagua and xingyi structure and alignment. Hope it helps out.

PS: Egoscue is basically a physical therapy guy that does rehab and prehab with a heavy concentration on alignment and balancing out the body’s musculo-skeletal (sp?) systems. He has written a number of books, and works with professional athletes as well as laymen on his methods to help their performance and health.

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July 8, 2007 by george.

This is a link to a video that was up on a local television station. The interviewer is a freelance journalist working primarily for Verizon Fios and he came to interview Sifu Lacy and the school. Lacy was kind enough to invite me along for the interview. I only ended up on camera for a few seconds, but oh well… I’m on TV!

It came out pretty good, take a look: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yg_vnBSF-6E .

Circle on,

George

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April 4, 2007 by george.

I’ve been thinking about putting up this blog for students of Zong Wu Men. Of course, anyone interested in good Baguazhang and Xingyiquan training will be welcome to read as well.

I’m going to try it out and see how things go in terms of whether I will be able to contribute enough to it regularly. But if it might help out a few people in terms of getting them to think about certain areas of their own practice, what the arts are about and how to best go about training them, then it will be a good thing.

Contact me directly if you have any questions or requests - george@zongwumen.com

Thanks,

George Wood

Zong Wu Men Internal Fighting Arts

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