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30/31 Oct 6 - 9pm - Xinjia - New FrameCreated by the Great Grandmaster Chen Fake this is an elegantand powerful form that creates smaller spirals and more Fajing.

1 Nov 1 - 5pm - Silk Reeling Spiral EnergyThe fundamental principles of Taijiquan movement

lie in the Silk Reeling exercises.

2 Nov 1 - 5pm Internal Standing MeditationThe foundation of all internal training.

Develop Qi & power plus a calm mind and body.

3 Nov 1 - 5pm - Pushing Hands & Taiji Applications

Chen Taijiquan is famous as a martial art. Learn how to apply the form.

If you know something of Taijiquan, then you willlearn more by reading this book. If this is your firststep into the Taijiquan world, then you will learngood foundation skills to help you on your journey.

History comes alive through Master Tse's skilfulstorytelling, making the people and the art live.And readers of any martial style will benefit fromchapters on the Five Steps of Development andHow to Practise. A must have for your collection!

Cover: Tong Bei Quan Master Li Men Kai

Qi Magazine ispublished bythe Tse Qigong Centre.Itsaimis tobring youinformation notreadily availablein the West.

Editor: Michael TseDeputy Editor: Darryl Moy

Assistants:Vera Externest Martin GaleCaroline Garvey Sarah MoyJane Pollard

Legal Adviser: Tony WalshMarketing/Distribution: Jessica Tse

Consultants:GrandmasterYang Meijun

GrandmasterIpChunGrandmasterWu Chun Yuen

Grandmaster ChenXiaoWang

Columnists:

Peter AndersenKate BrittonMartin Gale

Sihn KeiAdam Wallace

Julian Wilde

Readers maycontact any of ourcontributorsc/oQi Magazine.We encourage all ourreaders tocontribute articles,lettersorquestionsfor possible inclusion in future issuesof Qi Magazine.Articlesappearing in Qi Magazine donot necessarilyreflect the opinion ofthe editor. Advertsappearing in themagazine are not necessarily endorsedby it ortheeditor.Exercisesappearingin QiMagazine are forreferencepurposesonly.Thusanyone wishing tostudy shouldseek qualified tuition.

Michael Tse 2008 .All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be

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During the 90's, I used to travel fromManchester down to London everyweek to teach my classes on

Wednesdays and Thursdays. When I didnot stay with a student, I would stay in abed and breakfast . In the bed andbreakfast, I remember there was a poemhanging up on the wall, which was titled,“Don’t Worry”. It went something likethis:-

Why worry?

Thereare only two things in life to worryabout: Whether you are wellor whetheryou are sick.

Ifyou are well,then there is nothing toworry about.

But ifyou are sick, there are only twothings to worry about: Whetheryou aregoingto getwell orwhether you aregoingto die.

Ifyou get well, then there is nothing toworry about.But ifyou die, thereare only two thingstoworry about: Whetheryou aregoing togo to heaven or whetheryou aregoing togoto hell.

Ifyou go to heaven,then youhavenothingto worry about.

But ifyou go to hell, you’ ll be so busyshaking hands with all yourfriends,thatyou won’ t have timeto worry!

So,Why Worry? Be Happy

This poem really made me laughand also think - though not about therebeing a lot of friends in hell. Actually, itis true that the most important thing isgood health as without good health you

are without life. Without life we havenothing. Without life we cannot have anydreams or entertainment, relationshipsor successes.

T his means lif e is t he mos timportant things, so in order to have agood life we need to have good health.So we need to be healthy because ahealthy body gives us a good life. If weare ill, no matter how talented we are,we will not be able to do things. Whenyou are unhealthy you need to spendmost of your time looking for gooddoctors and good medicine to heal yourproblems. How can we have time topursue and enjoy our interests?

I have seen many talented peoplebut because their health is poor they losea lot of opportunities and have no time

to do their ownthings. Of course,for those of uswho pract iseQigong every day,we have nodif f icult y in thisarea. However,we must keep upour practice so we

can stay healthy, enjoy what we are doingand have fun with our friends and family.

The second important thing whichaffects our lives is the quality of our

“A healthy bodygives us a goodlife.”

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relationships. This includes husband and wife, family and evenclose friends. When family and relationships have problems itwill affect our lives. We cannot focus on the things we like orconcentrate on things like work. It disturbs us so much becausethese are the people we love and care about. I have comeacross certain situations where one partner of a couple haspassed away and then the other one will be quite quick topass away as well. That is because of their love.

Also do you notice, somehomeless people will have

a dog which is their acompanion. T his

helps them sothey do not

feel lonelyand theystill cans h o w

th ei r

love. That is very important in their lives and that helps tokeep them going. We all need love to live. There are twokinds of love, one is loving someone or something, even ananimal or hobbies. The second is that we need to be loved.We need someone to love us like our parents and teachers ormentor.

When parents abandon a child, it will affect their wholelife. The same is true if a partner leaves a relationship. Theone left behind will have a most painful feeling and this caneven make them ill and depressed. How many love songshave sold millions of copies making the singers and companiesrich all because we want to connect with the feeling of lovethrough that music. That tells us how important love is. Butwhen love reaches a high level we do not notice. That is goodlove and you do not notice it because it becomes so normal.

If a relationship has a problem the only solution is tokeep in touch. In the end, the more we talk (politely - aboutthings that will not cause argument or upset) or see each other,at the end things will be easier. Only when one party does notwant to see the other party is there no real way back. But ifthat happens in the family, we can then keep seeing eachother to talk and work things out.

The Chinese say “Blood can melt into the water.” Thismeans that if you are close with someone, like family, in theend you can work things out as easily as blood melting intothe water. So no matter how bad the problem in the family,as long as we can keep in touch together, in the end, thingscannot be too bad.

Even if a couple has a problem, as long as they cankeep in touch, in the end they can work things out. It is ajust a matter of time and how much each one can let goor can think about the other. If we can always think of

the other side, then we can definitely reduce the numberof problems we have.

A husband and wife are like one unit, 50% to50%, each one equally important. If one is stronger

than the other, then in the end there will be aproblem. What does 50% each mean? It meanswhen they do things together, they must bothbe happy about it, for example, where theygo on holiday. T hey must both be happyabout the location, otherw ise one willcomplain to the other. Another importantthing in a relationship is, if one makes amistake, the other one should be able toforget it. That is the best. Then both areequal 50%.

There should also be times whereone individual can have their own time,space and comfort otherwise there canalso be problems. No matter how closea couple, they need space in which theycan do their own things and be alone.Then when they come back together theyare fresher and stronger. So being tooclose can sometimes cause problems.

When two people are too close itmeans they can split up very easily. Today

people say they fall in love straight away andsee each other and talk to each other all the time.

They say, “This is the one, forever”. In the end we can seethat they can split up very soon. Particularly in Hollywood wesee celebrities showing they are so much in love and even

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have tattoos of the other’s name on their arm, but in the endthey split up and never talk to each other again.

Therefore, each individual person has 50% on their ownand also has 50% when together. That is balance. A true loveis so normal and natural, it does not need to be told to everyoneelse and so does not need to be shown to others. It appearsnormal but when other people do notice, they can see that itis so deep and comes from the heart. Particularly when theyare together it feels like one unit and when the other one isnot there they will think and talk about them. That is real truelove.

Sometimes we see one partner is good for dealing withmore external things and the other one is good for dealingwith more internal things. Usually the man is more externaland the woman is more internal. A man likes more obviousand physical things like cars or TVs. Women have more feelingand are more sensitive,t hey like things lik ereading, decoratingand flowers. However,in the relationship, ifone is more talkat iveand one is quiet, this isactually more balancedand both of them willget along togetherbetter. This is becausetheir mind is the sameor their philosophy isthe same, just the waythey handle things isdifferent. The way theylook at things in the beginning is different, but in the end theyare the same, that is the sign of a more stable and goodcouple. That is the Chinese Yin and Yang balance.

The last important thing is our financial pos ition andhow to handle our money. In particular, in today’s society,every household has a lot of bills. Even big companies, charitiesand religious organisations need good finances in order tosurvive. Today I see many people working hard and just barelysurviving to pay all their bills. Credit cards are more common,but it is not because people are richer. I remember back in the1980s, it was quite unusual for people to have a credit card.Only those people who had good incomes were allowed toapply for a credit card.

Today people have not just one credit card but manyand they use them without thinking that they need to payhigh interest. So many people are in debt and they have noway to clear up all their debts unless they suddenly win thelottery. It is almost impossible. Today a lot of ordinary peopledo not know how to manage their finances. They see thingsvery close up and they do not think ahead for the future. Sopeople are suffering more. That is quite a big problem in ourlives. That does not help when something serious happenssuch as illness, losing a job or having unexpected expenses.Where do we get the extra money from?

So what is the best way to handle financial problems?Actually it is very simple and I have told a lot of people tofollow this principle. When we calm down we can see oursituation very clearly.

First, we must cut down some expenses, things whichwe do not need and yet still keep things going, for examplehaving two cars. If you can manage with just one car, you

have already reduced a lot of expenses, like insurance, petrol,road tax, maintenance, etc.

Another area is eating out. If we cook more at home,like our parents and grandparents did in the past, we can savemore money. Did you know that each penny we save is equalto making two pennies? If we save one hundred pounds orone hundred dollars, that means we have one hundred poundsor one hundred dollars more in our pocket. We do not oweone hundred and at the same time we save this amount. Sothe cutting down of expenses is equal to income, but we donot need to pay tax on it. It is great.

So, if we do have some debt that we can start to payoff, then eventually we can pay off all of it because we aresaving more each month. Eventually, it is as if we can start tomake more income.

The second way is to try to make a little more money indiff erent ways . Forexample, maybe you canget a part time job or evenput some savings away tomake some interest, likein an ISA or high interestaccount. Even as little as£10 each month will slowlygrow with time. When weknow we have a lit tlesavings we will feel better.We also know we are notthat bad. “Always havesomething lef t” is theprinciple because we donot know what will

suddenly happen in our lives. Lives are up and down; whenwe have good times we must prepare in case we might oneday have bad times. Even if nothing does happen, at least wehave some savings to help us out.

Human beings do not like instability. We do not like notknowing what is happening. We want to know how low we areso we can get back up or know how to plan to come back up.

So the first thing to do about financial situations is tostop things from getting worse. So we should cut down someof the expenses, then we can try and increase our income. It isone part to minimise the problem and one part to increaseand help, so we can recover quickly. That is the only way. Evenif we hope one day we might win the lottery or inherit a lot ofmoney, it is only a dream and we do not know whether it willhappen or not. On the practical side we must follow the principleabove (reduce/save/increase) and then we can fix our problem.Even if we do not have financial problems, that is a good wayto make us save. Spending too much money on material thingsis not very wise, but of course if you are so rich no one canstop you.

Therefore, in life, there are only these three things:-poor health, problem relationships or problem finances, thatcan cause us problems and make us feel down. But of coursethe most important is good health, so I always tell people andmy students “Health is most important.”

Chinese say“Blood can meltinto the water.”


20 Six Character FormulaA set of exercisesthatuses not only movements butsoundsto stimulate the Qiand make you healthy.By Zeng Qingnan and Liu Daoq ing

22 The Spirit of TreesToday the world understands the importance of trees.However, they have been treasured by many culturesthroughout the centuries.By Yve Hands

23 Continuous FlowA Wing Chun’s student’s level of skill is determined byhow good their Chi Sau is. Once we have learnt certaintechniques and principles weare left with the challengeof making them work.By Darryl Moy

24 Golden Mountain Living Buddha – Part VIIMore amazing stories about the Living Buddha fromGoldenMountain Temple.By Master Le Guan

1 Editorialwith Mic hael Tse

3 PO Box

10 In the Beginning is the WordEveryonemakesmistakes. The factthat we make themdoes not matter, it is how we acknowledge andhandle them that is most important.By Julian Wilde

12 Compliments of ChinaWhen living in a different culture, you cannot judgethings from your own point of view as things maynot be as they seem.By Peter Andersen

13 One with NaturePractisingQigong bringsyou closer to nature.Whenyoupractise out inthewilderness,you have to follownature’s flow.By Kate Britton

14 Character TrainingBeing of good character is something we would alllike,but just what constitutes good character?By Adam Wallace

16 Wing Chun Story – Part 13Leung Lan Kwai has overcome two fierceopponents. However, rather than looking formore challenges he looks for more importantthings.By Michael Tse

18 Touching Hands - Making the Sweet evenSweeterThe more train ing you do the better youbecome.This is especially true for Wing Chunand Chi Sau. When you fee l you aresucceeding, it spurs you on even more.By Martin Gale

28 Tongbei QuanManypeoplemay notknowTong Be i Quan, but inChina it is verywell known.Infact, when themovie starJe t Li gi ve s impromptudemos in public, he oftenchooses Tongbei Quanmovements. The skill itselfhas a long history and isfamous for its power andvigorousness. Master LiMan Kai is one of its most respected teache rs inChangzhou, an area famous for its martial arts.By Michael Tse

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27 Liao Fan’s Four Lessons – Recognising GoodnessGoodness has many forms:we needto know whattheyare and also what effect they have.

34 Self Defence – Circles and Straight LinesChenTaijiquanand Wing ChunKuen are similar insomeways and very different in others. Here we see howeach skills deals with the same situation.By Darryl Moy

41 Where There is LifeMotivation to practise is something we can all lack. Sohow do you keep yourself going year after year?By Sihn Kei

42 Xing Shou Part 4Continuing the serialisation of the first Chun Yuen form.Movements15 to 18.By Michael Tse

46 Damo Staff – Training for Good HealthThe Damo Staff is not only one of the most spectacularChun Yuen forms to watch, but it isalso one of the bestfor your health. How can training with a wooden staffimprove your mind, body and Qi?By Michael Tse

48 Tse Qigong Centre Residential Courses 2008Comments from this summer’s exciting residentialcourses.

50 Facing EnergyThe ene rgy your house faces is one of the mostimportant aspects of your Feng Shui. So you need toknow how to measure it and also what can change it.By Michael Tse


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A MoveForwardA MoveForward

The summer courses are always the highlight of theyear for me even though there is lot of preparation involved.But I am so happy when everyone comes together like a bigfamily and we practise and eat and learn together. It is apretty frantic pace for three weeks with students coming forthe Instructor Course, then the Damo Staff and then PlumBlossom Walking Gong. By the third course, everything isstarting to wind down and the Qigong is very relaxing andbalances everything. Next year, though, it will be a bit differentas we have not a soft Qigong residential course, but HardQigong, Level I/Level II.

Now that I am back, it is still very busy with lots ofchanges. This is the next to last issue of Qi Magazine but itdoes not mean I will stop the Qi Magazine completely. It willstill come out once in a while but at this moment, I want toconcentrate on writing more books, such the Wing Chun TsumKiu , Biu Tzi and Chi Sau books.

In Qigong there are many Dayan Qigong system formsthat I would also like to write about such Cotton Palm, TwiningHands Bagua, Cotton Fist, Dayan Fist and Dayan Palm, evenSwimming Dragon and Jade Pillar Gong. There are also allthe Chun Yuen forms as well like Xing Shou, Great Sadnessand Damo Staff, Hard Qigong and another Chen Taiji bookon the 25 Movements. This is enough to keep everyone verybusy so that is why I decided to s top the 17 years of QiMagazine so I could move to writing more books.

For members of Tse Qigong Centre, they will continueto have benefits from our website where they will be able todownload some lectures, read stories and listen online. Thesewill all help to bring up more education for all of you to havea high level of skill and better philosophy and heart.

In addition to this, though, there is also some more bignews…we will be moving our off ice to London from 30November 2008. Sometimes when one thing changes, manyother things will follow. This will not affect anyone so muchother than that any letters, orders, etc. should now be sent toour new address which is below. It is a very exciting new time!

New address:-TseQigong Centre

PO BOX 918-AKingston upon Thames KT1 9PA

U.K.

Khim Guan, Master Tse & Paolo Zanoni

Most Courteous

For thousands of years Chinese Culture has been based on fiveConfucian (Rujia) principles. These are Compassion, Loyalt y, Courtesy,Wisdom and Trust. As the Tse Qigong Centre expands we try to instillthese values into our students as they very important and can help usbecome better people and so make society better.

At this year’s Wild Goose and Chun Yuen Ins tructors Coursenominations were taken to find the Centre’s most Courteous student.As the list of nominations grew it became clear that there were manyworthy people and it would be a hard task to choose who was the mostcourteous. Finally, a list of ten names were drawn up and instructorsasked to vote upon them. All the students attending the course wereasked to vote anonymously.

As the votes were counted two names came to the fore, KhimGuan and Paolo Zanoni. At the end of the count only one vote separatedthem and each wanted the other to take the award. However, MasterTse decided that it was too close and so both were named as MostCourteous Student of the Year 2008! A fitting result as anyone whoknows them will testify! If you are lucky enough to know them, then youwill know that is impossible to choose between them! So again,congratulations once again Khim and Paolo! They are shining examplesto all of us and highly regarded by all their peers.


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2008 Tse Qigong CentreInstructors Charity Fund

It is fast becoming a tradition for all the Tse Qigong Centre Wild Goose andChun Yuen Instructors to come together each year and raise money to help a worthycause. There are always so many worthy causes and it is hard to choose only one.However, this year it was felt that the Chinese Sichuan Earthquake appeal was thecause closest to us.

China is the source of all the Tse Qigong Centre’s knowledge and so it wasonly fitting that we try and help in some small way. Not surprisingly everyone wasvery generous and a sum of £650.00 was raised and all the money given to theearthquake appeal. Master Tse always teaches us, “Whenever you drink the wateralways think about the source” and the more good deeds we can do the better theworld will be.

ChristmasParties

Chris tmas is just over thehorizon and so it is time to let youall know about the Christmasparties planned for this year.

T his year’ s Tse QigongCent re Christmas Parties will beheld on the following dates:

LondonSaturday: 13 Dec at 3pm

Gerrards CornerRestauant30Wardour StreetLondon W1D 6QW

ManchesterSaturday: 13 Dec at 3pm

New Hong KongRestaurant47Faulker StreetManchester M1 4EE

BirminghamSunday: 14 Dec at 3pm

Chung Ying CantoneseRestaurant16 - 18 Wrottersley StreetBirmingham B5 4 RT

The parties are always full of goodfood, good company and goodtimes so don’t miss them.

TseQigongCentre2009 Seminars

The seminar details for 2009 are almost finalised. As usual we will have aseminar leaflet, but also remember that the latest information will also be posted onour website. Not only will you be able to find out what is being taught, you will alsofind maps to the various locations. This includes courses in the UK and other countries,USA, Canada, Italy and Norway. Here is a taste of some of the exciting courses fornext year:

WeekendCourses:Chen Double Sword

Wild Goose Qigong1st & 2nd 64

Enlightenment Gong -(First time ever taught!)

General Yang’s Spear

Great Sadness Gong

Wing Chun Chi Sau

Chen Taijiqaun Tui Shou

Touch Hands Day

Residential Courses:Hard QigongLevel I & II

Wing Chun

Damo Staff


StudentQuestionsQ. When I practise Qigong, I see whitesmoke around me. What is this?

A. This is your Qi. Generally, not everyonecan see it but those people whose SkyEye is open can see. White smoke is justthe beginning. If they can let go more,they might also see pink, orange, purple,blue and green. These different coloursrelate to different organs. Green relatesto t he liver, red/orange relates to theheart, yellow/brown relates to the spleen,white/silver relates to the lungs andblack/purple/blue relates to the kidneys. Somepeople can even see the shape of theorgans in the body with their Sky Eye.

Q. Can everyone feel Qi?

A. Yes although in the beginning somepeople willfeel it and others will not. After30 years of pract ise, I realise , ideally,everyone can see and feel Qi. The moreyou develop, the more you can see andfeel. In order to do this, we need to relaxand let go more. So every small part ofthe body, including muscles, organs andeven our head and brain, should be ableto relax. The more you can let go, themore you can sense the environment andthemore you cansenseand see. However,Qigong is for health and on the otherhand we need to be strong. So we alsoneed to develop our bones to make ourQi stronger.

The purpose of practising Qigong has twoparts, training the soft and training thehard. We should be able to be soft andfeel everything around us . A lso, weshould we be able to be strong so nonegative energy or virus can affect us andthis is based on the bone.

Q. I have heard you say that when wepractise, we have our sk ill ancestorshelping us. Is this true?

A. It is very true. I pay respect to all myQigong and martial art ancestors everyday. When I practise, sometimes I comeacross some difficulty in the movementand I think of them and then suddenly Ifind the answer and it is smooth. I believethat there is more than one world. Whenpeople die, it does not necessarily meanthat they disappear. They might go to adifferent world. If we pay respect to ourskill ancestors, then we can creat e aconnection with them and they will helpus.

Q. Why is the ChunYuen Opening Stancediagonal in the beginning?

A. This is because Chun Yuen is a martialart skill that is also good for health. Whenwe stand on the diagonal, it is kind ofan ‘on-guard’ fight ing position. Thisallows us to bring up the spirit and energyin the body which is important for martialart skill. This is even true when practisingthe forms for health. Because they areso dynamic, we need to have highenergy to do them.

Q. Why, in Wing Chun’s forms, do wehold the closed fists at the side of thechest?

A. This is because when the hands arehere, they are in a closer position to reachan opponent. If we had our hands at ourwaist, it would take longer to reach anopponent. However, in reality, when wefight, our fists are in front of us, in astraight line, very close to our opponentbut this position helps train our body.

Q. Why do we hold the fist in Wing Chunvertically and not flat as in other martialarts?

A. This is because when we use closedistance punching in a s traight line, avertical fist connects with the whole body.If the fist is flat, in close distance, it willdamage the wrist joints and will not usethe whole body for the punch. However,in long distance, you can use a flat fist,punching from the waist.

NorwayMid- September and yet another

Wild Goose Seminar in Tromsø. We wereas ever looking forward to Sifu’s visit. Thecourse is always inspiring and motivatingand this time nature was on our side too.

The weather was so inviting wecould be outside all the time. This gaveextra energy and we could feel it. Crispclear air, low sun which gives longshadows at this time of the year, warmon the front and cold on the shaded side.Typical for areas near to the pole. Similarto the Kunlun Moutains ? Is that why welike this form so much, feel close to it ?

We were worked hard, but we didnot even notice. Two whole days justconcentrating on the form, expanding theknowledge and drinking it in.

Ah, but how to remember all thedetails .. .. .? Good to be in a f lockbecause we all remember different thingsand together we can do something whichresembles the form and be corrected nexttime Sifu comes.

The third day, evening, our groupwas introduced to a new form. Sifuthought this would do us good becauseof the geographical s ituat ion. It willenable us to practise outside longer inthe year than Dayan qigong will allowus, because this form creates more heat.What else but Xing Shou from the ChunYuen Quan. The perfect counterbalanceto the Dayan qigong form. We all fell forit. It was difficult but made us happy andelevated. We understood what the formcould do for us in our climate.

Then there was only one eveninglef t. This was devoted to Wing Chun.Here the group was more divided intodiff erent levels and dif f erentbackgrounds. New experiences wereperceived and everybody had a goodtime. In between times we had to eat,of course, which on one occasion wasreally an eye opener. The entrance of theoldest Chinese restaurant in Tromsø hada Feng Shui design. And, or course, ourignorant eyes had not noticed this, except

Wild GooseQigong inthe crisp

air


News::::: Demos & SeminarsNews::::: Demos & SeminarsNews::::: Demos & Seminarstheir health giving properties into thesoup broth which is both easy to digestand highly nutritious.

On the day, we cooked a kidneytonic soup which is good for those withlow energy, back pain and joint problems.It is dark coloured soup and strong tastingbut with the addition of the sweetnessof carrots, honey dates and dried Longan(Dragon Eye fruit) it is quite mellow.Another soup that we made was oneparticularly good for ladies as it boostscirculation, creating more blood and Qi.It contains four herbs that when cookedtogether are good for the liver andk idneys . Af t er eating the soups ,everyone’s faces and hands changed andhad more colour and everyone said thatthey feltwarmer. One of the keys to goodhealth is to nourish the internal organsand giving them tonic foods thatimproves their function instead of slowingit down or, worse, damaging it. Soknowing what foods will create warmth,good circulation and Qi can help peoplefeel stronger during the winter and evenat other times of the year if the personhas a Yin body type. We also cooked thehumble winter cabbage in the Shandongstyle which is good for the spleen, whitewinter radish with five star spice which isgood for cleansing the body and garlic

chives w ith oyst ermushrooms which iswarming and simple for aquick meal.

I f someone feelscold, has poor circulation,then eat ing cold energyfoods and raw foods, likesalads, will t ake more oftheir energy and make themfeel colder. Chinese dietarytherapy does notrecommend eat ing rawfoods for any body type asit is quite hard on the spleenand take more energy fordiges t ion. F ive E lementcooking is finding the foods

that suit and balance your body t ype.Eventually, no mat ter how healthy aperson, if they keep eating the wrongfoods, their health will suffer. However,if we can know the foods that will supportand balance our body type and give usmore energy, then we can not only behealthy, but live longer.

RomeSeptember in Rome means very

good weather, so we were able to

practice in the park which was reallyenjoyable and refreshing. It is alwaysgood to practice Qigong outside. Qimeans air as well in Chinese. It meansall the air is our energy. This time wewere polishing Wild Goose Qigong 1st 64.After the first day of polishing we didtesting individually and everyone passedwith a lot of polishing and correction. Theywere all very happy because as goodstudents they want to know the correctmovement s so they can be evenhealthier and have maximum benef it.One of the students, Emanuela, said, “Ican see myself practicing Qigong untilI’m 90 years old.”

That is very true as Qigong givesus health and longevity. If we sincerelypractice correctly, then we should all liveuntil at least 90 years old. In high levelQigong practice, we do not need to seethe doctor. I f we are ill or cat chsomething, we should be able to f ixourselves by practicing.

On one evening we werepracticing Wing Chun. A lot of newpeople joined in and they were exitedand enthusiastic. They were happy thatit comes from the lineage ofGrandmaster Ip Man to Ip Chun andpassed down to me. I told them todaythat a lot of Wing Chun uses strength

and aggression. However, the principleof Wing Chun is using less energy todefend ourselves from someone strongerthan us. I gave them an example. Takea big man who is 6’3" and with a ladyonly 5’3". When the man stretches hispunch he can reach the lady very easily.When the lady stretches her punch, sheis still 6 or 7 inches away from his body.

So, what she needs to do is toturn her body at a 45 degree angle anduse her Tan Sau to deflect his punch andthen punch into his centreline with herfree hand. This is just one of the manyuses of Wing Chun angles and foot work.By the end of the evening, I saw manyladies developing their skill very well. Ican see the real Wing Chun eventuallywill develop properly in Italy. By the way,teaching is great, but Italian food is alsofantastic.

for Sifu’s. It was a pleasant surprise tohim and became a good lecture to usabout the symbolismwhich was used andthe meaning behind it all.

Nature did not disappoint in theevenings either this time. Aurora Borealiscame out in full glory on three nights. Itwas a first time experience for Sifu tosee the Northern Lights and we were allequally happy for him. We had beenwaiting for this for some years but theweather had not allowed us to see itbefore now.

As must be obvious, the timespent with Sifu, we felt, was much tooshort. We would love to have him for aweek or more. At the same time we feelvery privileged and ”rich” that Sifu iswilling to come so far north to teach us.

The winter is on its way now. Wehave enough material t o work withthrough the dark time. We are lookingforward to spring with new lectures andnew challenges.

Saskiav. Heusden

Five ElementCooking

It was with anticipation that Iprepared the ingredients for the F iveElement Cooking course. This time theemphasis was on foodsfor autumn and winterwhich means foods thatwere good for buildingup Qi and the immunesys t em as well ascirculation. It was alsothe first time that specialChinese herbs werebeing used in some ofthe soups . There aremany Chinese herbsthat are regularly usedin tonic soups for anynumber of healthproblems . T hese tonicsoups are part ofCantonese lifestyles and used to be ascommon as toast and tea is in the west.Still, I had a moment of trepidation as Ilaid out pieces of what looked likecommon tree bark and dried roots forthe students to see before cooking.

Cooking tonic soups if one of theeasiest and most helpful parts of cookingfor health. Af ter rinsing herbs andpreparing vegetables and/or meat, allare then placed into the cooking pot withwater and simmered for several hours.In this way, the herbs can then release

Serving the KidneyTonic Soup

Wing Chun in Rome


Let’s suppose, for example, thatthe person performing the formmakes a slight error. Their reaction

to this can be very telling. Some peopleignore the error and carry on. Some pulla face or mut ter something toacknowledge the mistake and carry on.Some get very flustered and have to startagain. And there are even those whofinish the form and deny that there wasever a mistake in the first place!

And, of course, this is true of lifein general, too. If we make a mistake,sometimes it is more skilful to stop andstart again. Sometimes it is more skilfulto acknowledge the mistake but carry on.But it is the acknowledgment of our errorsthat can make or break us.

Scientif ic tests have shown thathuman beings have an almost infinitecapacit y for self justification. Whenmistakes or untruths are pointed outto us, it is almost second nature tosay “yes…but!” When did you lasthear a politician say “Oops! Sorry, Iwas wrong about that . I’ llreconsider.” Not very often! I canthink of at least six or seven recentnewspaper art ic les that haverevealed our government ’ swillingness to lie to us in order tocover up some inadequacy or someevent that would present them in aless than flattering light.

It is this kind of hypocrisy thatdestroys trust. I know for myself thatover the years I’ve made mistakes inclass . I may have misnamed anacupuncture point, left a whole sectionout of a form, made a wrong turnwhen demonstrating a movement.So I just say sorry, that was wrong.And I do it again. What’ s theproblem?

But it would be a problem,a big problem, if I never admittedmy mistakes or denied I waswrong. T hen my student s wouldbe confused and unhappy. Their

It’s always interesting to watch someone performa Taiji orQigong form. Apart fromthe obvious technical elements and whetheror not the “performer” can express the energy of the form, there arealways other insights that pop up.

we should just say so.That’s the correct way

to live by our word.And that ’ s t hebeginning of trust– and self trust

ByJulian Wilde

informat ion if it f latly cont radictedsomething I’d said the week before? Theprecious relationship between studentand teacher, the whole foundation of

learning, would be destroyed.But if I am honest about any

errors – and thankfully there aren’ttoo many – then my students cantrust me. They know I’ll be as honestand sincere and truthful as possible.And we can all respect someone like

that.So we need to be aware of our

reaction to our own mistakes. They maybe honest ones – we may have beenacting on information we thought wassolid – but if we find out we were wrong

t rus t in me would beundermined. How could

they believe me when Igave them any

“It would bea big problem,

if I neveradmitted my

mistakes.”

the WordIn the Beginning is

the WordIn the Beginning is

“It would bea big problem,

if I neveradmitted my

mistakes.”


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The fact is that, as far back as thehistory books go, China has alwaysbeen well populated and Chinese

people have always had to get on witheach other, whether they wanted to ornot.

It is therefore no surprise that, inthe face of such population densit y,problems of social cohesion haveexercised the minds of some ofthe count ry’ s greates tphilosophers. One of themost influential of thesethinkers is Confucius(Cong Fu Zi) . He(refreshingly) emph-as ised personaland governmentalmorality, correct-ness of socialre la t ionsh ips ,just ice andsincerity.

T h e s ep r i n c i p l e s ,especially withregard to socialre lationships,have survivedthe manychanges inChinese societysince the time ofConfucius. Even inmodern China it is stillimportant to be politeand never to do anythingto embarrass someone. T hewhole issue of ‘saving face’ is stillalive and kicking.

Something that happened to mea lot when I first went to China was thatpeople would compliment me on myexcellent Chinese, and this was when Ihad just about mastered saying “Ni hao”(‘hello’). I would geta little embarrassed,smile, say ‘Thank you’ and think ‘Wow, Ireally do have a flair for languages!’ Thefunny thing was, that the longer I wasthere and the more I studied Chinese,the fewer compliments I got . It soondawned on me that both the issuing of

compliments and the consequent politeself-deprecation is as Chinese as rice andnoodles.

What I s hould have said inresponse to that first compliment was“Na li, na li” , which is a s tandardresponse to almost any compliment and

me an s‘where’ – as in‘where is this great Chinese you arereferring to’ . T hen I should have

complimented their English and I, in turn,would have received a self-deprecatoryresponse. On those first occasions, whenI said ‘thank you’ I was just showing whatan ignorant, bad mannered foreigner Iwas.

T here are manyother examples of

‘polit espeak’ evident inmodern Chinese. For

instance, if someone thanksyou for something (they say:‘xie xie’), you say, “Bu ke qi.”(‘ don’t be polite’) or “Buyong xie .” ( ‘don’ t usethanks’) or just “Bu xie.” (‘no[need for] thanks’).

The moral of the tale:when in China, never accept a

compliment . And by the way,when people s top complimenting

your Chinese, it is probably starting toimprove

By Peter Andersen

Compliments of China

China is a very big place with an even bigger population.When I wasthere, we lived inWuhan which, with apopulationallegedlynudging the 8 million mark, is still way down therankings. There are a lot ofbigger or similar sized cities in China.

Compliments of China

“The longer I wasthere and the

more I studiedChinese,

the fewercompliments

I got.”


Wild Goose Qigong comes fromthe Kunlun Mountains of South-Western China, and practising in

this k ind of environment, in myexperience, creates much stronger Qi. Ihave never been to this area, but oneof my favourite places in the UK is theLake District, especially in the spring.

Woken by the clamour of thedawn chorus drifting through my openwindow, I rise, dress hurriedly, andwander down through dew soaked fieldsto the lake shore. Gentle waves lap thestony beach and wisps of mist still clingto the mountain tops. Sheep, upand about even earlier thanme, nibble quiet ly attheir pasture. The earlymorning air is cool andfresh against my skin.Very little moves; onlyan occasional swanor moorhen float-ing serenely by.The water reflectslike a mirror thesurrounding hillsand dales soperfectly thatwere they aphotograph youwould not knowwhich way up toturn them. I beginmy practice, fallingin w ith the naturalrhythm of the worldaround me.

As the sunclimbs a little higher inthe sky, fresh, paleleaves, slowly unfurlingas the days lengthen,shine and shimmer likejewels with the lightbehind them. Not yetlarge enough to cas tshade, they allow shaftsof sunlight to pierce thewoodland f loor, givinglife to carpet s ofbluebells , whosedelicate perfume isrising in the s till air.

White Ramsons lift their garlic smellingheads to the sky, and the whole worldseems alive w ith the hum of insectsbusying themselves among the flowers.

When away, there is time topractise several times a day, each periodbringing its own very different energy. Bynoon the heat is beginning to build andthe warmth of the sun soaks into yourbody, relaxing muscles and tissues. Brightyellow gorse sends up clouds of headyperfume, smelling sweetly of warmcoconut.

Aft ernoon brings an oppress iveheat, and jet black lambs, that were

earlier jumping and kicking theirlegs, full of the joys of spring,now lie panting in the shadeof a wall. Only their ears are

the pures twhit e, givingthem ad i s t i n c t l ycomical air.Heavy dropsof rain beginto splash all

around, butdespit e the

rumbles ofthunder echoing

round and aroundthe hills, it does

not come toanything. Now

I practise in the coolbeneath the trees, wheresucculent mosses clothethe ancient drystone walls. Still full ofmoisture from the winter rains, they formplump cushions on every surface.

As the shadows lengthen towardslate afternoon, visitors begin to gatherin tea rooms and old stone pubs, restingtheir weary feet and slaking their thirstwith a refreshing cup of tea or a longcool pint . Maybe they w ill t reatthemselves to a scone with home madejam and thick yellow cream. After all, itis a time for winding down and reflectionafter the day’s activities. As dusk falls,people and creatures alike make theirway homeward, except for one lost lambwhose lonely bleat pierces the still air.

At night at last the air is coolingonce more and all is silent except for anoccasional rustle deep within the bushesand the baaing of a ewe somewhereclose by. As the moon slides out frombehind a cloud, far across the valley anowl hoots in its hunt for food. Its crysends field mice rushing for their burrows,and a fox on its nightly rounds barks awarning.

Finally, another day is done and Ido one last Shou Gong. I make my wayslowly back to the house with a feelingof inner serenity infinitely stronger thanI could find at home in my garden

ByKateBritton

It is much better to practise Qigong outside in the gardenthan to do it indoors, but ifyou can get away to the mountains,you will experience something very special indeed.

One with NatureOne with Nature

“Afternoon bringsan oppressive heat,

now I practise inthe cool beneath

the trees.”


Character Training

Character is defined as ‘the collective qualities orcharacteristics, especially mental or moral, that distinguish aperson or act…..Moral strength…Reputation’. Partiallydetermined at birth, it is also forged through life’s trials.

generally being dependable and givingloyalty. There are people whounashamedly declare that they “flakedout” when they fail to meet obligations,as though that were a legitimate excuse.

T he more this behaviour iscondoned and accepted, the weaker theindividual’s character becomes, as thereis no accountability. Being truthful andopen is integral to integrity, though it isnot dishonourable to tell an occasional‘Whit e Lie’ t o ‘give face’ or sparesomeone’s feelings, as long as it is notmanipulative or deliberately deceptive,and there is no self-gain involved.

It is during times of hardship thatcharacter is really t est ed andstrengthened - not in times of comfort

and ease. How does a personbehave when he has lost

everything or is

under intense pressure? What is heprepared to do in order to bring himselfback up and survive? When youovercome adversit y, t ragedy ordisappointment instead of falling apart,breaking down or rolling over, then youemerge stronger phys ically, emotionallyand spiritually. But in doing so you mustretain dignity and behave appropriately.When a person of character makes amistake he will accept culpability and notpass the blame to innocent s orsubordinates or attack the characters ofthe challengers raising ques tions ordenouncing him.

Our own society today is doingmuch to weaken character. T hieves,rapists, murderers, substance abusersand compuls ive eaters are notencouraged to accept responsibility. It iseasier and more convenient to blame

someone else, orsociet y, and so

character isnever allowedto develop.Even obes itycan now beblamed on as t r e s s

hormone.

Character TrainingIn society or in legal terms, a person

of ‘good character’ is simply one whopays mortgages and bills and has not

been declared bankrupt or convicted bya court of law. Good character isassociated w ith specif ic profess ionsalthough, ironically,many career criminalspossess a clearer ethical code than some‘whit e-collar’ profess ionals . Success,though respected and admired, has nobearing on good character as countlesscelebrities (including elected publicofficials and world leaders) have becomeenmeshed in scandals, oft en findingthemselves on the wrong side of the lawor repeatedly walking a moral ‘tightrope’.

Character means takingresponsibility for your life and youractions. When the easy road is alwaystaken, life invariably becomes moredifficult later on, or as the Chinese say,“Taste bitter first then later you can enjoysweetness. Seek only the sweetness,then later will only be bitter”. Characteraccompanies a sense of duty, the courageto fight for injustice, being unafraid tostand alone against popular opinion andrefus ing to compromise your coreprinciples. It also means to persevere andremain incorruptible.

Character means honouringagreements, maintaining commitments,keeping promises and secrets (especiallywhen a f riend confides in you) and

“When a personof charactermakes a mistakehe should notpass the blame.”page 14 Qi Magazine Oct/Nov/Dec 2008

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‘Reality TV’ shows encourage people tocheat on spouses and to be duplicitousand behave egregiously as the dramamakes for more exciting television.

We are taught to ‘win at all costs’(as opposed to ‘how we play the game’),and that ‘greed is good’ (wealth andcelebrit y more highly prized thancharacter) . Our technology is designedto save us time but as a result, webecome increas inglyimpatient which resultsin irritability, rudeness,and other undignifiedbehaviour. Prescriptiondrugs are available andpushed for every minordis comfort so adult stoday are like children,unable to endure theminutest pain. Everyproduct is gearedtowards maximis ingpersonal comfort so webecome more inert ,lazy and ultimatelyweaker in body, mind and spirit.

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Toeducate a person in mind and not inmorals is to educate a menace to society.Morals and character development are

really indivisible”. Unfortunately, t heschool sys tem today does not teachmorality and respect and children arecommonly over- indulged/spoiled byparents (every desire or whim is fulfilled)and over-protected ( shie lded f romcriticism). When children are shielded inthis manner they cannot handle situationsas adults and will often react with hostility,and in some cases, ext reme violence

towards others or themselves. The moreliberalism and permissiveness is taken toextremes, the more ‘anything goes’ insociet y, and character becomesoutmoded. Of course, we have the right

to be free but how many really possessthe character and maturity to be able tohandle unlimit ed freedom and all itencompasses?

It is said, “When the body suffersthe spirit flowers”. Hardship (includingcriticism) perfects the character, in thesame way that a sword is forged.According to Chinese thought, moralityrelates to bone Qi. Internal training fills

the body’s channels withQi which nourishes theinternal organs and thenthe marrow in order toreinforce the resilienceof the bones. Somet ypes of phys icaltraining, including HorseStance, prolonged lotusmeditat ion and HardQigong provide thehardship to overcomeand foster patience andself-discipline. So, dailypractice is important aswell as being under the

guidance of a morally clear mentor.There is a saying, “When wealth

is lost, nothing is lost. When health islost something is lost, but when characteris lost all is lost”

ByAdamWallace.

“Hardship perfectsthe character, in thesame way that asword is forged.”


Wing Chun StoryWing Chun StoryPart 13

Although Leung Lan Kwaihaddefeated Wu Sheng Jian and hisShaolin Hard Qigong Sifu,Grandmaster Qing Ren, he did notwant to be the cause of any morefights. So afterwards he kept himselfquite quiet and stayed at home andconcentrated on running his familybusiness. His friends would comecalling and invite him to go out or tovisit some other martial arts schools,but he did notgo with them.Eventually his friends came to see himless.

done so, he had become famous, but all it did wasbring trouble to him. Everyone seemed to want

something from him and that was not what Lan Kwaiwanted. He realised that when you are good, other people

often come to you for their own benefit.Even so, inside he did smile to himself as he was really

amazed at how effective the skill he had learnt was. Whilst hewas studying with his Sifu and his Sigong he had never hadthe opportunity to find out, as he was always being beaten bythem. It was only after he had tested himself against a well-known and powerful monk that he really appreciated how goodthe skill was. But all the trouble it had brought afterwards hedid not want. Now he understood why his Sifu and Sigongkept themselves low key and even though he wanted to findsome good students, it was not easy.

All Lan Kwai wanted was to train and develop the WingChun skill to even higher levels. However, to train Wing Chunyou need a partner and that was a problem. He did not wantto pass the skill on to the wrong people and that worried him.How could he find a good student? Even after a few years, nosuitable people had come to him. Lan Kawi was not only lookingfor people who were talented but for those who also respectedthe skill and respected the teacher.

Many young people still came to see him to ask tobecome his student and to study Wing Chun KungFu. In the beginning he thought that the skill hehad learnt was so good that he mustpass it down.With all the people who came to see him he set

them a little test. He would show them a few movements andthen ask them to show him. However, they were either toostiff, t oo tough or too weak. Some just wanted to use hisname. Some rich merchants and even government off icialscame to see him and asked him to teach their children orinvited him to become their bodyguard. Lan Kwai refused themall.

Lan Kwai had originally believed that is was good toprove how powerful and useful his skill was. Now that he had


One day a friend came to see him and told him thatthere was an opera troupe from Fu Jian coming to town. Manypeople had seen them and said they were very good and hisfriend suggested they should go and Lan Kwai agreed.

In those times people did not have any computers orTV’s to entertain them. Instead, Chinese people went to seethe opera. Chinese Opera is quite different to Western Opera.In the west, opera is more singing and acting, but in ChineseOpera there is s till acting, singing and a lot of traditionalChinese music but there is also a lot of martial arts action,jumping and tumbling. It is very visual and vivid. In the olddays everyone in China enjoyed seeing the Opera.

Chinese Operas are based on Chinese history. That iswhy in those days people knew so many historical Chinesestories as they watched many operas. In these stories, thegood guy always wins and there is always a happy ending.The reason is to educate the people that no matter how wesuffer in the beginning, as long as we do the right thing anddo not harm other people, eventually we will have a goodresult. This belief makes the society much nicer, gentler andmore educated. People do not want to do bad things sincegood deeds bring good results and bad deeds bring bad results.Whatever kind of seed is planted produces the same kind ofplant. This is the principle of the universe and is also one ofthe principles of Daoism and Buddhism.

On the evening ofthe Opera, Lan Kwaimet hisf riend and they wenttogether. They found theirseat s and set tled down.Af ter a few minutes themusic began loudly and theshow began. Everyone’ sconcent ration wasimmediately fixed on theplay.

The story was aboutthree heroes who foughtagainst Lu Bu in the ThreeKingdoms Period about 220–280 BC. The Han Dynastywas coming to an end andmany groups of peoplewere fighting against t hecorrupt government .Nobles , high rankedgovernment of ficials andeven generals left the government and turned against thosecorrupt people. T he Emperor was too young to control thecountry and so warlords ruled and there were many battlesand a lot of fighting. One warlord had a godson named Lu Bu.Lu Bu was very good at fighting and used a special spear. Hehad defeated everyone who had stood against his godfather.The warlord was very happy as Lu Bu had put him in a positionwhere he controlled the government and the Emperor.

However, when there are bad people, it is said that ahero will be born, someone who will stand up to the bad peopleand so there were those people who opposed the warlord.There were three brothers, though they were notblood brothers,who had sworn an oath to each other. They wanted the countryto be prosperous, peaceful and ruled by a good governmentso of course they opposed the warlord.

They were Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. All threewere good fighters. Liu Bei was the Han Emperor’s uncle, buthis family had lost its position and wealth since the Dynastyhad become weak. Guan Yu was a fugitive. He had killed agovernment official who was harming ordinary citizens. GuanYu used a long, big sword, which is still used today and manypeople call it a Guan Dao. Zhang Fei was a merchant whowas a good fighter and had no fear. All three of them werewanted by the government and so they came together to fightagainst t he corrupt offic ials and part icularly the warlord.However, the first thing they had to do was defeat the warlord’sgodson, Lu Bu. Lu Bu was young, a good fighter and hadnever lost a battle.

In the Opera the actor who played Lu Bu was goodlooking and he held a special spear. He was confronted by LiuBei, t he elder brother who held two swords. Guan Yu, thesecond brother, stood with his red face and long beard, proudlyholding his Guan Dao. Zhang Fei, the younger brother, stoodwith big fierce eyes, holding two large hammers. They beganfighting each other. T heir weapons clanged together andsometimes they jumped and rolled over. Guan Yu in particularwas the best . As in history, the three brothers eventuallydefeated Lu Bu and were highly respected in the Han Dynasty.

Lan Kwai sat watching and enjoying the action. Henoticed that the actor playing Guan Yu had a very good

foundat ion inmartial art s. Hismovement s werevery good, his waistand limbs werevery flexible. Hismovement s andpart icularly hisfootwork andstances were verygood. He could liftup one leg andstand perfectly still,while st ill holdinghis weapon for along t ime. Butwhen he moved,he moved veryquickly and his feetsk immed thestage.

Somethinghad been in the back of Lan Kwai’s mind all the time he waswatching. Suddenly realisation struck him and made his faceflush red. The actor was doing something very like Wing Chunfootwork. His one leg skill was strong and sturdy, his footworkfast and continuous and his body was light and quick. He wasdoing it naturally without having been taught. It was amazing!

All the people who had wanted to study with Lan Kwaidid not have this potential. Wing Chun Kung Fu does not requirea big physique and strong muscles. It needs good sensitivity,correct positioning and posture. Strength can be developedlater.

Lan Kwai smiled to himself. He did not know anythingabout the young actor. He did not know if he was good person.This was something he needed to find out. But the real questionwas, did he want to learn Wing Chun Kung Fu?Tobe continued… byMichael Tse

“Particularly hisfootwork and stanceswere very good. Hecould lift up one legand stand perfectlystill.”


Touching Hands -Making the Sweet even Sweeter

Touching Hands -Making the Sweet even Sweeter

Most of the glens had paths thatwove their way in and out of acanopy of trees, across litt le

rickety wooden bridges that ran over ameandering stream that babbled all theway down to a secluded pebbly cove onlyaccessible from the sea or from the longwalk down the glen. The walk down theglen and the picturesque view at thebottom were worth the trek and werethe sweet rewards for the journey. Butwhat was to come next was bit ter,especially for a small boy. T his wasnothing other than the long, uphill hikeback to the top. It was a bitter and tiringstruggle with me continuously asking mydad how much further and himcontinuously replying, “Not far, justaround the next bend”. So, how manyblooming corners are there? Becausewhen I look back on it there seemed tobe hundreds!

I n most journeys there is anelement of bitter and sweet, easy andhard, or if you lik e - Yin or Yang. Myjourney with the Chinese skill and theTse Qigong Centre s tart ed sweetlybecause I had found something I waslooking for - Wing Chun, a martial art.The discovery was sweet, jus t like thehidden cove at the bottom of the glen,but now that I had found it, I had to dosomething with it, put some effort in, inorder to keep and maintain the sweet.

When I first began training I usedto go to class once a week, but after awhile I realised that if I was going to findout how the senior students could justfind my centre and move me about, or

just touch me gentlyat will wit h whatseemed theminimum ofef fort , t hen Iwas going tohave to t rainmore than oncea week . I nthose days theroom wet rained inseemed to haveno rest rictionson time and weused to practice

for hours. So, when I started trainingtwiceand then three times a week that addedup to a lot of hours, which kept what Ihad found sweet and made me feelgood ins ide, and a happy mind is ahappy body with happy healthy Qi.

Training today in class, we nolonger have the luxury of a hall with notime limits on it, so class is restricted tothe time available. So if you only trainonce a week and then miss a couple ofweeks when you return it’s hard to findthe thread as you’ve lost the continuity.Also, you do not get enough opportunityto improve your Wing Chun skill whenmissing the chance to train your handswith a variety of f ellow s tudents, and

without this variet y you w ill lack theexperience to go a little bit further aroundthe next bend.

Maybe it is not easy to get to classmore than once a week and put thosehours in. Work, homeand socialising withfriends all need time, but there is anopportunity to get extra quality hours likeat the Chi Sau Day we had back in May.If you’ve not thought about it the ChiSau Day has a lot to offer. To start with,the first thing on offer is time - four hoursof Wing Chun training w ith Chi Sau,techniques, and tuit ion with your Sifu,Sigong or even Tai Sigong. T his is notonly important for your skill but also for

Most Sundays, when I was a little younger, which is probably a littlebit more than a little time ago now that I amover forty and supposed totake it easy (phooey!), were spent down the beach or walking through oneof the beautiful glens back home on the Isle ofMan.

“If you only train oncea week and miss a

couple of weeks whenyou return it’s hard to

find the thread.”


your relationship with your teacher or your teacher’s teacher.Having four hours available to train, if you cannot get

to class once a week, is like having four weeks of practice atyour fingertips. Having all that time to train witha huge variety of fellow students is probablyone of the most important things youneed if you want to improve yourWing Chun skill. If you want tohave really good skill you needto touch as many hands aspossible - long hands, shorthands, s trong and sof t,quick and slow hands. Allthese components plusheight and build give youa myriad of formulae andvariet ies . And as youwork with each one andtry to see how it worksout, your skill will growand you will find yourselfjus t around the nextcorner. Sifu says that inorder for your Wing Chunto be good you need toChi Sau w ith as manypeople as possible. If youtrained with only one person all the time you would knowsome skill, but eventually you will become stale because you

will know what your partner is going to do before they do itand vice versa because you are too familiar. So, you needmore than one. In fact, you need thousands of hands to touch!

If you train with one person, yourhands will start to change, andif you train w ith ten yourhands, you will become goodand when you can train witha hundred, they’ll becomereally good. As thenumbers grow so do you,and the climb up the hillbecomes eas ier becauseyou have become strongerand more experienced andcan know that sometimesif you want the sweet viewthen you might have to doa litt le work to get it .At tending a Chi Sau daymight be a good way toachieve it, and just think,the more people there areon the day, the better thevariety. So, if you are thereyou will not only be helpingyourself but also all t he

others that are there. So I look forward to touching hands witheveryone on 6 December at the Touch Hands day in London!

ByMartinGale

Wing Chun's Chi Sau and Chen Taijiquan's Tui Shouare both martial skills that rely on sensitivity. Thiscourse will develop the use of sensitivity using anykind of skill in any situation, not being confined toeither style but embracing both. Open to all, even

if you have never done either martial art.

For more information about please contact:Tse Qigong Centre PO Box 918-A KT1 9PA

Tel 0845 838 2285 email [email protected]

Saturday 6 December 2008 - London

Fig 1

Since the Six Character Formula is simple and easy to learn,it has always been very popular among the people. It hasa wonderful effect in treating some chronic conditions such

as coronary heart disease, hypertension, hypotension, hepatitis,enterogastritis, bronchitis, diabetes, neurosis, ossification andeven some cancers.

This is an abdominal breathing method for producingsounds while exhaling, by reading the six characters in order:Xu, He, Hu, Si, Chui and Xi. All these sounds are uttered in thefirst tone, i.e., high and flat and cut off only when the uttererwishes. It only requires 30 minutes of practice every day.

The exercise is done in this way:

1. Xu (like the word “shoe”) (Fig. 1)

Mouthform:Close the lips slightly and stick the tongue forward androll both sides of the tongue inward slightly.

Effect:This has a curative effect for eye trouble, the decline ofliver function, poor appetite, and dizziness.

Movements:a. Put one hand on top of the

other below the navel (theDant ian acupoint ) , lef thand under for men andright hand under forwomen.

b. Touch the big toes to theground light ly, s t are,produce the sound of “Xu”while contracting theabdomen and breathingout.

c. Breathe in naturally afterthe s tale air is totallyexhaled. Do this 6 times.

Six CharacterFormula

The Six Character Formula, consisting of the six Chinesecharacters “Xu-He-Hu-Si-Chui-Xi” was a method ofpreservinghealth in ancientChina. The six Chinese characters are used whilebreathing out toremove obstructions in the channels andcollaterals of the meridian system and regulate the flow ofQi andblood in the internal organs to improve health and treat diseases.

Starting form:Dispel distracting thoughts and keep both body and mind

in a Qigong state.

Movements:a. Stand with the feet apart to shoulder width and bend the

legs slightly.b. Keep the head and neck upright, draw the chest in, relax

the shoulders, drop the hands naturally, open the armpitsslightly and relax your entire body.

c. Close the eyes slightly.d. Breathe naturally and evenly.

Breathing adjustment:Adjust your breathing after repeating each character six times.Movements:

a. Raise the arms slowly upward from both sides to a levelslightly below the shoulders, palms downward.

b. Turn the palms over with the elbows as the axis, palmsupward.

c. Bend the elbows and draw circles inward with the forearms.d. Keep the fingers opposite each other and in front of the

chest, move them to the abdomen gradually with the palmsdownward, and then bring them down to the sides andreturn to the starting form, breathe naturally.

The line of the movement formental act i vi t y: Move themental energy along thefollowing channels and collaterals of the meridian systemwhile doing the exercise: The outer side of the big toes—>insteps —> the inner side of the knees —> perineum —> thelower abdomen —> the liver —> the chest —> the back ofthe throat —> the eyes and brain.

Six CharacterFormula


Fig 2 Fig 3

Fig 4 Fig 5

2. He (like the word “hu”) (Figs. 2, 3)

3. Hu (like the word “who”) (Figs. 4, 5)

Mouthform:Pout the lips and stick the tongue forward energetically todrive out Qi from the internal thoroughfare vessel to let itgush out of the mouth.

Effect:This has a curative effect forweak spleen, indigestion, spleenand stomach disorder, atrophy of the sinews and muscles,bleeding stool, and menstrual disorders.

Movements:a. Position your hands as though holding something between

them, palms upward, and move them up from the abdomento the chest.

b. Rotate the wrists, palms outward.c. Touch the big toes to the ground, move the right palm to

the upper right and the left palm to the lower left, and atthe same time breathe out with the sound of “Hu”.

d. Turn the palms over after exhaling totally, then inhale, movethe right hand downward from the upper right and the lefthand upward from the lower left to meet in front of thechest.

e. Turn both hands over with the palms outward, begin to dothe second “Hu” cycle of movements, and move the lefthand to the upper left and the right hand to the lowerright.

Mouthform:Keep the mouth half open, and stick the tongue againstthe lower palate.

Effect:This has a curative effect for palpitations, heart disease,insomnia, amnesia, night sweats and tongue ulcers.

Movements:a. The movements are the same as those in a. b. c. in the

above-mentioned “breathing adjustment.” Keep the fingersopposite each other and in front of the chest.

b. Move the hands downward after touching the big toes tothe ground, and at the same time open the mouth wide topronounce “He” and breathe out. Breathe out totally whenthe hands reach the lower abdomen. Do this 6 times.

The line of movement for mental activity: The inner side ofthe big toes—> the inner side of the legs—> the abdomen—>the spleen and stomach —> the chest—> the heart—— >thebrain.

f. After the c. d. e. movements are done alternately, 3 timeseach, the hands meet in front of the chest, palmsdownward,and then move to the abdomen and return to the startingposit ion.

The line of movement for mental activity: The inner side ofthe big toes—>the inner side of the legs— >the abdomen—>the stomach —> under the tongue.

tobecontinued... byZengQingnan &LiuDaoqing


Trees are a sourceof mystery and symbolismin all cultures... theyhavebeen the focus of religiouslife for many people around theworld.

anyone who ate a peach from the Giant Peach Tree lived for3000 years.

Chinese physicians applied their unders tanding ofnature to the maintenance of health and the cure of illness.The Qiexercises were about thepractice of harmonising nature’sfive elements (water, earth, air, wood and metal), the three

Qi treasures of nature (earth Qi, human Qiand heavenly Qi) and the four seasons...InTaijiquan and Qigong practice, the body issometimes compared tothe tree. I have heardmy Sifu (teacher) say many times , “Workfrom the bottom - develop strength in thelegs, they are like the roots of the tree. Stronghealthy roots will mean a healthy trunk/torso,healthy branches/arms and lots of foliage andfruit /all other benefits including a s trongspirit”. Much benefit can be drawn frompractising near trees and benefiting from theirstrong energy/Qi. However, we should not

lean against the tree as it is a living thing and will draw energyfrom us. Practising, moving near a tree will mean there is anexchange of Qi between so both benefit.

A tree uses what comes its way to nurtureitself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth,by accepting the rain that flows towards it,by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its characterand becomes great. ... Absorb, absorb, absorb. That isthe secret of the tree.

Deng Ming-Dao( EverydayTao,1996)

by YveHands

The Spiritof Trees

Trees were and are sacred to American Indiansand other indigenous peoples all over the world.“The old Indian teaching was that it is wrong to

tear loose from its place on the earth anything that maybe growing there. It may be cut off, but it should not beuprooted. The trees and the grass have spirits. Whatever oneof such growths may be destroyed by some good Indian, hisact is done in sadness and with a prayer for forgiveness becauseof his necessities...” [Wooden Leg - Cheyenne - late 19thcent ury]

In India, it is believed that the Brahma Daitya, the ghostsof Brahmans, live in two specific fig trees, awaiting liberationor reincarnarnation. Among the eight or so species of treeconsidered sacred in India,these two varieties of figare the mos t highlyvenerated.

For my ownancestors, the Celts, theYew tree was a symbol ofimmortality and holy treeselsewhere functioned assymbols of renewal. InCeltic mythology the oaktree is the tree of doors,believed to be a gatewaybetween worlds, or a placewhere portals could beerected. A tree scarred by lightning was identified as a tree oflife. The Druids performed rituals and ceremonies in groves ofsacred oak trees, and believed that the interior of the oak wasthe abode of the dead.

Chinese New Year is associated with the peach treeand peach blossom. It is said that the giant Peach Tree grew inthe Kunlun mountains of Tibet and supported the Universe.Its fruit took 3000 years to ripen. There is reference also inChinese folklore to a gigantic cassia tree (which is a native ofGuangsi, Guangtung and Indochina) which grew to be 10,000foot high. Those who ate its fruit became immortal, whilst

The Spiritof Trees

“The GiantPeach Treelived for 3000years.”


Whenever I Chi Sau w ith my Sifu healways says to me, “Come on, try yourbest, don’t hold back.” But in the end

the result is always the same. My arms feel likelead, sweat is pouring from my brow and I havebeen hit (although not hard), chopped andpushed around more times than I can remember.

There are many things that make up goodChi Sau. Good technique and application aresome of the most obvious things, reactions andtiming are also others. However there is onemore that is not mentioned so often and thisdetermines the technique, reaction and dictatesthe timing. That is the flow of the hands.

You must be able to f low along withwhatever techniques your opponent uses againstyou, also you must be able to flow along withwhatever techniques you use agains t youropponent. Now if you have done Wing Chunfor a while you might think that is quite obvious,however how many times have you kept thatflow going continuously for five or ten minutes?If you try it you will find that it is very hard todo. Most of the t ime when you t ry to dosomething it is not smooth and disturbs the flowand can even break it completely. Then thingscan become very messy as you try hard to makethem work and this is when you will start to usetoo much strength as your timing is out and youtry harder to make your applications work.

When you Chi Sau w ith a high levelperson you find they do not do too much, theylet you try whatever you like and are alwaysthere before you. You can try to test this bydoing Chi Sau with your partner, but concentrateon the flow rather than trying to hit or defend.One person needs to lead the flow and the othermust follow. Don’t do anything complicated,keep it at a level where both of you canmanage. Whoever is leading must lead the flowvery clearly and make it obvious what you wantyour opponent to do. If you want him or her todo a Bong Sau, Lap Sau in such a way that it isobvious . Remember the key is to create acontinuous flow in which neither of you has totry to follow but where both of you can just doit. After a while you will find that you have toclear you mind and not think, just react and do.When you can keep this going for five minutesthen have a third person at random times singlea change in who is leading the flow. You needto make the change smooth and clean, andagain the flow must be continuous.

Doing Chi Sau with a high level opponent is a fascinating experience. Nomatter what you try they are there before you. When they move quickly you cannotreact and when they move slowly they have opened you without you even realising.They are in control of everything. The question is how do they control you and howcan you learn to do this?

Continuous Flow

A high level person can readyour flow and follow it so closely youdon’t even realise it . E ven if youchange it quickly they can adjust andfollow it effortles sly. T hen againwithout effort, they take over thef low, break ing your rhythm, notallowing you to regain control and tofind another comfortable flow. This istrue control as they can follow yourf low at ease and take it overwhenever they want. It is high level,because they do not need to usetechnique to control you, they do notneed to grab your hands and pinthem down to trap you. Whatever

you do, you are being controlled andeverything you do is because theyallow you to do it.

Of course, we are talkingabout a very high level of skill here.I am lucky to have encountered thiswith my Sifu and my Sigong. As Imentioned earlier Sifu (and Sigong)always say, “Try your best.” However,that means they are in control. Thevery fact I have totry to do somethingmeans I cannot just do it, but that isthe challenge and it is what makesWing Chun so special

ByDarryl Moy

Continuous Flow


Part VII

HighLevelMonkPart VII

HighLevelMonk

GoldenMountain LivingBuddha

GoldenMountain LivingBuddha

One day I asked, “There are many Buddhist skills todevelop Buddhism so why do we just chant Amitofo

? Can Shifu teach us some othermethods?” Living Buddha said, “Today people haveso much thinking. If I teach them more they will not

remember and so it is easy for them to lose it. Just teachingthem to chant Amitofo is easy to remember.” He then carriedon to say, “Whoever can chant Amitofo is lucky. Do not thinkthat it is easy, some people are just not able to do even that.”

I then replied, “That is so easy. Who does not knowhow to say “Amitofo”? Even a three-year-old child can saythat.”

Living Buddha just smiled and said, “There are a lot ofpeople who have a lot of bad Karma. Even though they knowchanting Amitofo is good for them they just do not do it. Somemight even want to chant but are not able to do so.” Eventhough I respected Living Buddha I still had doubts about whathe had just said.

A few days after our conversation, a few beggars cameto the front door of the house. I wanted to try to prove thatLiving Buddha might be wrong about what he had told me. SoI said to them I will pay money to those beggars who can say“Amitofo”, but most of them could not say it. Only one womanand two little girls could say “Amitofo”. It was so strange!

I then asked them, “Don’t you want money?” All thebeggars said, “Of course, we all want money.” I was s tillsurprised and asked again, “Why didn’t you all say, ‘Amitofo’ ifyou want money?” They all felt so uncomfortable and said,

“But we do not know how to say it, we can only say “Mr, Mrs,please be kind, give us a chance to save our lives .” Someeven said plainly, “I don’t want to say it.”

I thought in the beginning they did not want to say itbecause the amount of money was small. So I promised togive them more but they still could not say it. I even noticedthere were two old beggars, who when they opened theirmouths , their tongues could not move much and jus t keptcircling. They really could not say “Amitofo”.

Now I began to understand what Living Buddha hadsaid. Some people just cannot say “Amitofo” because theirpast Karma is so deep. Something as simple as just four words(in Chinese each word is one sound, so four sounds is fourwords). On the other hand, it is amazing that some people’sfate leads them to study Buddhism as well.

There is another interesting story about Living Buddha.He was someone who did not need money and he never usedit. Even so he would still take money and food back to GoldenMountain Buddhist Temple and Sett led RainbowBuddhist Temple .

Living Buddha had his own way to collect food to takeback to the temple. He liked to go to shops which sold rice, oiland other foods and ask them to send some to the two temples.He would not pay for them, he just said, “I will pay later.” It isfunny, the shopkeepers all knew him and let him do thatbecause they knew that when Living Buddha asked for thefood it meant good business because his students would comeover to pay for it.


The shopkeepers also knewthat the temples were hometo a lot of monks. Just one temple would be good businessbut there were two temples which meant it was big business.So all those shops were very happy to see Living Buddha.

All Living Buddha’s students were good students andthey all wanted to look after their Shifu (this is what a studentcalls their teacher in the Mandarin dialect. This is the same notjust for Qigong and martial arts but also in Chinese Buddhism.)So every month his students went to the shops to pay forwhatever Living Buddha had bought. Some people liked givinghim money, but instead of taking it he would let them pay themoney to the shops or buy some more rice from the shopsand send it to those temples. Therefore neither temple wasever short of food supplies.

Year after year it was like that, particularly in SevenDays Chan , which is when people come together forseven days to do Buddhist practice such as chanting,reading sutras and meditation. No matter how faraway he was he would always go back to GoldenMountain Temple to join in the Seven Days Chan.Of course, when such festivals were happening,people would donate and bring a lot of foodsand presents to the temple for the event. Sothose temples were never short of supplies.It was only when Living Buddha left Chinaand went to Burma in 1929 that he did notcarry on bringing food and finances to thetemples.

Another interes ting thing wasthat Living Buddha could heal peopleeven though he was not a Chinesemedicine doctor or therapis t. H ishealing method was very differentf rom others, not lik e a normaltreatment or therapy. He did notgive a diagnosis, did not useneedles , did not giveprescript ions , did not useherbs , did not ask you anyquestions. He just had hisway of doing things. Thatwas the diff erencebetween Living Buddhaand other doctors andtherapists.

He did not te llpeople he was a healer andalso did not set up a practicelike a clinic for healing people. Butanyone, if they were suffering any illness,if they met him he would heal them. It always worked. He justneeded to touch them with his big hands, sometimes he rubbedthe area where the problem was and the patient got better. Ifthere was somebody who had rotten skin with blisters he usedhis mouth to suck the wound and sucked all the poison liquidout and then the patient got better and it was all healed. Ifsomeone was suffering from an internal illness such as heart,liver or kidneys problems or chronic fatigue, he spat out saliva,mixed it with water then gave it to the patient to drink andagain they would get better. Anyone watching might feel sickand could not look and they definitely could not believe whatthey were seeing. However, that never bothered him. He justconcentrated on healing and made sure the patient recovered.

When he sucked the horrible, poisoned liquid f rompeople’s blisters he would swallow it. That also made peoplecry. It is only parents who can do things like that to their childrenbut Living Buddha treated everybody like his child. This is real,unconditional love and only a high level human being andhigh level Buddhist can see everybody in this way . AsShakyamuni Buddha said, “Someone who can dosomething which is very dif f icult and unusual

!”Once I witnessed Living Buddha healing a lady in Nanjing

at Wang Jia Tang’s home. That day Living Buddhaand I were chanting Amitofo when a young lady about thirtyyears old came to see him. She was dressed quite modernand when she had come in I could see she was covering hereyes with her hands. There was also an old lady who looked

like a servant holding her arms helping her walk. Shethen said, “Who is the Living Buddha who can heal

people?”A servant of the Wang family pointed to

where Living Buddha was . She then walkedtowards Living Buddha and knelt down on herknees in front of him. As we looked at her weboth knew she was suff ering with an eyeproblem and it looked like she was in seriouspain.

Living Buddha’s habit was to chantAmitofo 108 times and he would not stop inthe middle of his chanting, no matter what.Even when the lady knelt down in front ofhim he carried on chanting. By the time hefinished one round he continued to chanta second round, so that meant the ladyhad to stay on her knees longer. When Isaw her suff ering, I quietly told LivingBuddha she was waiting for him. It was

very interesting as Living Buddha veryquietly replied, “She needs to suffer

more. This will be good for her.” Idid not unders tand what hemeant.

Time passed by, finallyLiving Buddha and I finished thesecond course of chanting. It

looked like the lady knew therewas a break between the

chanting and so she said, “LivingBuddha, one day I found my eyes

were very painful. In the beginning, Idid not pay much attention but on the next

day my eyes were even more painful. I t feels likesomeone is putting needles into my eyes. My eyes have evenswollen up and any light hurts my eyes. I need to cover themall the time. I have been to see so many doctors, both Westernand traditional Chinese doctors and I have tried so manymedicines, herbs, even special injections but nothing hasworked. I have been suffering about two months now. I hope,Living Buddha, you can help me.”

I looked at Living Buddha to see how he would respond.Living Buddha just stared at her with wide eyes for quite awhile.

“T hat is all about your pay-back. You have donesomething very bad - you split up someone from his fiancé.They could have got married and then started a family. Your


actions even made someone lose her life. This is all your pay-back. Fortunately, you still have a lit tle good in your heart,which is why you could come to me.”

It was as if Living Buddha knew everything about thatwoman although this was the first time they had met. Shelistened and did not say a word about her situation. This wasLiving Buddha’s style, he did not need to ask you what problemsyou had, where you were suffering or what caused the problem.He just knew. That was his amazing ability.

He then carried on to say to the lady, “You must listento me, otherwise I cannot heal you.”

The lady seemed to understand everything Living Buddhasaid and replied, “As long as youcan heal my eyes I w ill dowhatever you say. ” LivingBuddha then slowly said to her,“First, you must give up thatthinking which will harm othersand regret what you have done.Second you mus t do Gui YiThree Treasures . (Thisis like Christian baptism andGui Yi means to belong to.Three Treasures are the Buddha,Methods, Monks and Nuns,alt hough, actually, the realmeaning is Quietness, Integrity,and Enlightenment. We all havethese three treasures, but welose them in a confused world. If we can make ourselves veryquiet and do things properly then enlightenment will come.This means everybody can be enlightened and reach a Buddhalevel.) The third thing he told the lady was that she had tobecome a vegetarian for the rest of her life, chant Amitofoand worship Buddha.”

She totally accepted everything he said. Living Buddhathen told her to sit down and let go her hands which were stillcovering her eyes so that he could see her eyes properly. Hereyes were very swollen like eggs and they were red, dark andwatering. I could see it was not a simple illness. I was curiousto see how Living Buddha could heal this problem.

Living Buddha stood up and said something quietly tohimself. I do not know what he said but he then walked infront of the lady and held her head. He put his mouth to herleft eye and began to suck on it. She was screaming like shewas suffering but Living Buddha did not let go and held herhead very tightly and kept sucking. When he finished suckingthe left eye he then started to suck the right eye and ignoredthe lady’s screaming and suffering.

After a while Living Buddha finished the sucking andthen he spat the nasty liquid into a bowl. This was the poisonliquid and his saliva which was dark and had a horrible colour.All of us who saw this felt sick and uncomfortable. We thenheard Living Buddha say to the lady “That is all your mistakes.You should eat half of it. I am kind to you so I will eat half ofit, too.”

He did not wait for the lady to say yes, he held thebowl and pouredit into her mouth. The lady was clearly sufferingbut she did drink some of it. Living Buddha really left half forhimself and drank the rest. I felt very uncomfortable as Iwatched.

Afterwards, Living Buddha spat out some of his salivaand snorted some from his nose into his palm. He then rubbed

it on to the lady’s eyes and surrounding skin. Not long after,her swelling began to get smaller. Then Living Buddha askedthe lady “Is it still painful?” The lady smiled and said, “I don’tfeel pain any more.”

“You can open your eyes now.” Living Buddha said toher. She then slowly opened her eyes. She cried, “I have beenliving in a dark hell for two months until today. Now I can seethe light properly.” The lady dropped down on her knees againin front of Living Buddha and bowed. Living Buddha put hishand on the top of her head to give her Three Gui Yi .

At the end the lady gave a red envelope to LivingBuddha that had money inside. T hat is quite common in

Chinese society, peoplegive money to masters ormonks or nuns in a redenvelope. But LivingBuddha smiled and said,“I don’t need money. Ifyou’d like to pay me backyou can buy some riceand oil and send it toGolden MountainTemple. You can also buysome fish and turtles torelease and save somelives . ” I n Buddhismthink ing, releasinganimals from being killedis a good deed and they

say that Good Deeds Bring Good Results .Although I saw everything I do not know how Living

Buddha could understand what had really happened to thatlady.

After a few days, one of Living Buddha’s students, WuGong Lu , told me more about it. The lady was a richman’ s daughter-in- law. Af ter three years of marriage, herhusband became very sick suffering from T.B. and not longafter he passed away and she became a widow. In traditionalold rich Chinese families, father and sons live together evenafter they have married.

Her husband had a younger brother who was onlynineteen years old and who was good looking. During thehusband’s illness, the lady and the younger brother got togetherand had a special relationship. After her husband passed away,they both were openly in love together. But in traditionalChinese thinking, this is not right. They believe that brotherand sister-in-law cannot be together and cannot get married.If that happens, it will cause other people to talk and criticisethe family as it is against the proper traditional Chinese familycult ure.

In the end the mother decided to find a girl for heryoung son to get married to in order to stop their relationship.Unfortunately, the son was very stubborn and seriously in lovewith his sister-in-law and said they would not separate. Theson refused to marry the other girl. At the end the mother wasso upset that her health suffered and because her health wasnot that good, she died.

I found out about all of this later from Wu Gong Lu butLiving Buddha seemed to know it and that was very amazing,When the heart reaches the high level of concentration andBuddhism, some monks and nuns can have that ability.

To becontinued...byMaster LeGuan

“First, you mustgive up thatthinking whichwill harm others.”


What does “accumulating merits and good fortune by givingwealth” mean? In Buddhism, giving is considered theforemos t practice among all the methods. What is

giving? Giving is letting go. A wise person who understandsthis principle would be willing to give away everything, evento the point of letting go of our attachments to the sixsense organs within. Externally, we can also give awaythat which we see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and think.

We can give away everything. When we findourselves unable to do so, we can begin with the givingof wealth. Ordinary people regard their clothing andfood as dearly as their lives; therefore, they considerwealth to be of the utmost importance. When wegive spontaneous ly, we can cure stinginess whilehelping others in dire need. However, for many this isvery difficult to do, especially at first. But, gradually themore we give the more natural it will become. This is thebest way to cure selfishness, and to eradicate attachmentsand stinginess.

What does“protect ing properteachings” mean? Formillions of years ,proper teachings havebeen a s tandard oft ruth and providedspiritual guidance forall living beings .Without properteachings, how can wepart ic ipate in andsupport the nurturingof Heaven and Earth? Without properteachings, how can we help people toachieve enlightenment ? How can beings in all the realms succeed in theirendeavours without a standard to live by? How can we be free of the FiveDesires, the Six Dusts, our delusions, our afflictions? Without proper teachings,how can we set a standard in the world and help people transcend the SixRealms?

Whenever we see Way Places, memorials, or pictures of past virtuouspeople or sages, or Buddhist texts, we should be respectful. If they are in needof repair, we should repair them. We can propagate and pass on the properteachings and help others to learn their value. In this way, we can repay ourgratitude to the Buddha. We should do our best and encourage others to doso as well.

What does “respecting our elders” mean? It is to make an extra effortto be attentive to and respectful of parents, older siblings, leaders, superiors,elders, and those of great virtue and learning. When taking care of our parentsat home, we are to do so gently with loving hearts and obliging demeanours.

We should not raise our voice butmaintain a peaceful bearing. Aswe cultivate these virtues, theywill become a part of us and wewill change into a gentle-heartedperson. This is the way we cantouch the heart of Heaven.

When work ing for oursuperiors or the government, weshould follow the rules and notdo as we please just because our

superiors do not know what we are doing.Before we convict someone of a crime,regardless of whether the crime is serious ornot, we should investigate carefully and be just.We should not abuse power or be cruel becauseour superiors do not know what we are doing.When with our supervisor, we should show himor her the same respect as if we were facingthe heavens. (As the proverb says,) “this is thecorrect behaviour handed down from ourancestors.” It has an important bearing on ourhidden virtues. Look at all the families whopract ised loyalt y and f ilial piet y. T heirdescendants prospered for a long time and hadbright futures. We can follow their example andpractice with caution.

... tobe continued

Liao Fan’s Four Lessons- The Third Lesson:

RecognisingGoodness

Liao Fan’s Four Lessons- The Third Lesson:

RecognisingGoodness

“How can we seta standard in theworld and helppeople?”


There are many kinds of monkeys but Tong Bei Quanbelongs to the White Monkey which has long armsand is good f ighter as well. Tong means “flow andstretch out”. Bei means “arm”, Quan means “martialart”. All together the name means ‘Stretch Out’ or

‘Qi flows along to the arms’ martial art. So when we seepeople practising Tong Bei Quan, they stretch their arms outand jump forwards very quickly a lot. When you see them theyreally can look like monkeys.

Generally, Tong Bei students do not use their legs tokick that much. However, they can quickly attack their enemyfrom 3 meters away. It is a very powerful and serious martialart skill.

The story of this martial art skill says that it was createdby a man named Bai Yuan , which means White Monkey,,2500 years ago during the Warring States Period . Itthen passed to Wang Dao , Li Yi and then HanCheng and through this line the skill has passed down totoday.

Tong Bei Quan is also sometimes called White MonkeyFist or Tong Bei Yuen Quan , which means“Flowing Back Monkey Fist”. This time Bei means Back. It hasthe same pronunciation but different Chinese writing and so a

different meaning. Although the names are different but theyare the same style of martial art.

Within Tong Bei Quan there are also many differentstyles. One of them is Qi Family Tong Bei , thefounder was Qi Xin who lived nearly 150 years ago duringthe Qing Dynasty . He passed down his style to his sonQi Tai Chang , Chen Xing and Zhuo Zhou .Then Qi Tai Chang passed it to Xu Tian He who thenpassed to Xiu Jian Chi . He combined it with Taiji Quanskill to create Five Elements Tong Bei .

White Monkey Tong Bei is also nearly 150years old. Its founder is a Shandong man (a province in China)

named Ren Shi . He taught a man from Beijingnamed Shi Hong Sheng . Now this style is popular inBeijing in the Hui Ethnic people’s district, where the most ofthe people are Muslim. They respect the founder White Monkeyas the founder of their style.

Pi Gua (Chop and Hit) Tong Bei is similar toWhite Monkey Tong Bei and is about 150 years old. Its followersalso hold their founder to be Bei Yuan. Today there are twostyles of Pi Gua, one is from Shandong and the other fromChanzhou.

Tong Bei Quan is an old style of Chinese martial art. It is a stylethat is based on the monkey so we can call it a monkey style of fightingor a monkey martial art . Ifyou have ever seen monkeys fighting(on TV or in the wild), you will know they are fast and viciousand it canbe quite scary watching. They jump and climb quickly as well whichmakes it very difficult for their enemies to fight them and even scaresthem off so avoiding a fight.



Another style of Tong Bei Quan is Hong Dong Tong Bei .Hong Dong is in Shan Xi province . Hong Dong Tong Bei is alsocalled Taiji Tong Bei or Tong Bei Chan Quan . Thisbegan in the Qing Dynasty and is also about 150 years old. The founderwas a Henan man named Guo Yong Fu . The speciality ofHong Dong Tong Bei is that it uses spiral energy. Once they touch, theirhand will spiral with the opponent ’s hands, following the opponent’smovements to spiral into it, moving to a side position to get into theopponent, and giving them an opening to suddenly beat them. HongDong Tong Bei and Chen Taiji Long Fist are very similar, so some peoplebelieve they are the same form, because the first generation Chen Bu

came from Hong Dong, so people believe that this is the skill hebrought to Chenjiagou (Chen village) as this form also had about108 movements.

Another style is One Unit Tong Bei and this is also calledtwenty-four techniques Tong Bei . It has a long history. Thereare also other styles lik e Shaolin Tong Bei Quan , Du Liu(Single Steam) Tong Bei Quan , Five Monkey Tong Bei Quan

.Today there are a lot of monkey fist styles, even more than those

mentioned here. There are also a lot of martial art forms that are just forperformance and so there are a lot of martial arts today that have noclear history. This makes it very hard to compare the real ones that havea couple of hundred years of history and clear masters who have theirsuccessful history and events. These styles are more trustworthy. Todaythere are a lot of martial arts that are bad for the body. The more youpractise them the more injuries you will have. These are the worst skillsbecause when you study martial arts you want to defend yourself but notto injury yourself. Other styles just concentrate on performance and thoughthey might look good, they have nothing to do with martial arts. Justbecause something looks like a martial art and has punching, kickingand tumbling, if they are useless when it comes to fighting, then howcan they be called a martial art? We are better off practising Qigong oreven dancing. So when we study martial arts we must not waste ourtime training for ten years, finding in the end that we cannot even defend

ourselves or our family.

Mr. Li Men Kai is a very famous PiGua Tong Bei Quan master. He was born in HebeiProvince, Cangzhou City, Du Lin Zhen, Feng GuanVillage . When he waseight years old he studied internal martial art trainingwith his uncle Li Yu Bang . He then studiedShaolin Quan with Ge Gui Sheng and ZhouJo Xing . In 1960 he was accepted as adisciple by the famous Tong Bei Quan master SunYu Ming who was also known as “Iron Frame

” and “Living Monkey .”This nickname meant that Master Sun’s

position was very st rong, like iron, but when hemoved he was light and fast like a monkey. Sunwas also a number one level coach and a ChineseGovernment Martial Art School Principal. Li Men Kaiwas also accepted as a student by another famous

“Just becausesomething looks like amartial art and haspunching, kicking andtumbling they areuseless when it comes tofighting.”

Tong Bei Quan ancestors


something lookslike amartial art andhaspunching, kicking andtumbling they areuseless when it comes to


Tong Bei master Geo Chang Sheng , who wasalso known as “Swallow ”, which meant his bodywas very light, as light as a swallow.

Master Li Men Kai studied hard and learnt all theTong Bei Pi Gua skills and weapons. He was also helpedby his Tong Bei uncle, Chen Feng Qi (If peopleare studying the same style of martial art, in Chineseculture they are family. So they call anyone who is ofthe same generation as their teacher “uncle”.) This isvery different from the west. Chinese culture treats thewhole world as a family. Those people who are olderthan us we respect and call them uncles or aunties andpeople younger than us we look after and call themyounger brothers or sisters. This creates harmony together

and though wemight havedifferent opinions,we do not forceother people to acceptthem. T his isConfucianism or Rujia.

Even thoughMaster Li Men Kai is 66years old, he movesfaster than many youngpeople and has a lot ofpower when he practiseshis Tong Bei. Although histeacher has passed awaynow, he put s all hisef fort s into developinghis Tong BeiPi Ge. He haswon so many prizes and

medals and is highly respected by the Government and martialart world. In Cangzhou, particularly, he is highly respected forhis Tong Bei Pi Gua. He has taught so many students who arewell known in the Chinese martial art world and who holdhigh martial art positions in the Chinese Government.

Not only this, he has written many articles and booksto promote martial arts and Tong Bei Quan. He is also anartist who can draw and paint beautifully. He has written manybooks jus t for himself on the forms and sk ills he knows,illustrating the martial movements very vividly. He has spenta lot of time arranging and gathering information andknowledge on Tong Bei and is still writing some more booksfor the future. He is also very traditional and says that he willkeep some of the skills for a trusted student, whom he knows

Master Li & his Sifu, SunYu Ming

“He is also verytraditional and saysthat he will keepsome of the skills fora trusted student.”

Master Li’s books that he has written and illustrated.


well because some of the skill in Tong Bei is very powerful andlethal.

He says, “Those people who understand the benefit ofthe knowledge, I teach them and they know that it is valuable.But for the ordinary people who do not know anything different,it is no point to talk about it much.

”He also says, “If I see a good-hearted person and I do

not teach them that is my mistake and if there is bad-heartedperson that I teach thenthat is also my mistake ,

.”

Tong Bei Quan is the mother of all internal martial arts.It has a long history and it influenced all later internal martialarts such Taiji Quan, Xing Yi Quan and Bagua Zhang.

“Movement comes f rom the kidney, goes to themeridians, releasing from the Qi Hai, Qi flows smoothly toboth arms. When everything is ready, body and mind together,Qi and power together, hold the front and lock the back, thatis Tong Bei.”

”

Explanation:Tong Bei needs for the head to be straight so the energy

can connect to the neck and shoulders and the elbow can beloose. T he body will feel light and Qi will sink to Dantian.Once you move, it is so fast, cool and hard. Movements mustbe light and flexible. No matter whether they are forward orbackward, all must be under control without hesitation. Thisat titude is like a long arm monkey w ith fas t and strongmovements.

When we use energy we must let the shoulder, elbowsand wrists all connect together. The power comes from theback and so passes to the shoulder, to the elbow, to the wrist,

palm and fingers. Therefore it is called three sectionnon-stop energy and all the Qi and strength

become one. With a light body andthe inside strong, the whole body

is connected. When all theseelements are good,everything w ill becomeeasy. Easiness becomes

skilful, skilful becomes special,special becomes natural, so then

we reach the high level of balance of Yinand Yang. Internal and external all become one.

Every beginning of a movement comes naturally andwhen we stop the movement, it will naturally come to a stop.Every change we will be able to change again without anyblockage, like it is alive. This must be in all the movementsthat are Tong Bei.

Tong Bei Quan is one of the powerful skills in Chineseculture. T here are more and more people studying it todayand even in the west it is getting more attention. One day wewill see more wes tern people s tudying Chinese skills andthrough them they will understand more about Chinese cultureand they will understand we are all together like a family.

NOTE: Some references from www. wikipedia.org/wiki,www.yinlongonline.com and from Master Li Men Kai

byMichael Tse


Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3

Fig 4 Fig 5 Fig 6

Fig 7

A B

Chen Taijiquan Way

i. B grabs hold of A’s shirt and threatens him. A does not panicand struggle, but settles himself and watches B. Fig 1

ii. B throws a punch with his right hand and A parries it with hisleft. Fig 2

iii. A grasps B’s right wrist with his left hand, stepping back andstriking B with his right hand. This movement is the same as“Step Back with Whirling Arms”. Fig 3

iv. A then circles his right arm down and around. Fig 4v. A continues to circle his right arm up and forwards, trapping

B’s arms. Meanwhile A circles his left hand up under B’s chin.Fig 5

vi. A then shifts his weight forwards and continues the circling ofboth hands, throwing B back and down. This movement isthe same as “Six Sealing Four Closing”. Fig 6-7

Self DefenceCircles & Straight LinesCircles & Straight Lines

Chen Taijiquan and Wing Chun Kuen are both very effective forms ofself defence.Each have their ownways to overcome an opponent based on their principles ofmovement and power. Which is better? The answer to this lies in the person using it.Here is an example ofhow each style can overcome a specific attack.


Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3

Fig 4

Fig 5

Wing Chun Way

i. B grabs hold of A’s shirt and threatens him. A doesnot panic and struggle, but settles himself and watchesB. Fig 1

ii. B throws a punch with his right hand. A deflects it tothe side with Tan Sau whilst striking at the same timewith a side palm. Fig 2

iii. A immediately follows this by using his left hand toslap B’s right arm down and striking once more withhis right hand. Fig 3

iv. A then quickly places both palms on B’s chest, thefingers of the left hand are facing upwards and thefingers of the right hand are facing downwards. Fig 4

v. A then uses Po Pai Jeung to Fa Ging into B’s bodysending him flying backwards. Fig 5

Conclusion

Taijiquan and Wing Chun are similar in many ways. This is because they arehuman skills based on how the human body moves and not based on “animal”styles like many other forms of Chinese Kung Fu. Both use relaxation and notopposing the opponent’s strength as their main principle. Wherethey differ is theirprinciplesof movement and how they generate power(Fajing / Fa Ging). Taijiquanis circular whilst Wing Chun is linear, this can be clearly seenin both applications.

In the Taijiquan application, the circle overtakes the opponent pulling him inand tightening up on him until his structure is broken, whereas in the Wing Chunapplication, the continuous straight attacks bisect the opponent breaking himdow n

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In the early summer, especially aftera storm, we would put on our flip-flops and go wading in its muddied

waters, revelling in its coolness after theoppressing humidity.

I remember one part icularlystormy week when we had so much rainthat it carved a foot or more out of thebanks, making our “pool area” deepenough to splash around in chestdeep. So it was always with a senseof regret that we would watch thewaters slowly receding in the hotmonth of August until they were non-existent in many places, forcingany fish and other insect s tocongregate in smallcatchments.

These memories cameback to me as I practised thismorning, coming back homeaf ter 3 week s of summerresidential courses that beganwith the Dayan Qigong & ChunYuen Quan Inst ructor Coursefollowed by the Damo Staffand Plum Blossom Walk ingGong. S ince att ending thecourses, I realised that my“st ream” was morethan full, it wasoverflow ing. Soit was with a bitof a shock that Ilooked back andsaw how empty ithad been before thecourses.

It is so easy to go alongwith our lives, our everyday practiceand not make the time for anything elsebut maintenance, adding jus t enoughwater to keep the stream from dryingup. As an instructor, I realised this wasnot good enough. As a good student, itwas also not good enough.

For me, both the Damo Staff andPlum Blossom Walk ing Gong courseswere a rain that filled up the stream forme this summer. Since moving back toEngland last year, I had not found thejoy in practice as I had done previously.

Before, I had my routine andeach morning would trundleoff to the park, grabbing staff, sword andDao where I practised under ‘my’ threetrees. I felt a part of them, the grass,even the sky. It was just great.

Part of my discord was just findingthe rhythm of a newplace, new energies,but part of it was myself. I was not letting

myself set tle and put down theroot s that I needed for

nourishing myspirit . I had

lef t a part ofmyself behind inHawaii and didnot know how to

open myself againto that person and

place ins ide of me. Soalthough I knew that mypractice had been lacking, orrather the lack of my heartand spirit were making mypractice dampened andweak, I did not know howto get out of the spiral.

So it was goodthat the Damo Staffforced me to push mybody and mind harderthan I had beendoing in a long while.Although tired at theend of each day, it

also fe ltwonderful t o

have a fewa c h i n gmuscles. I tfelt like I wasr e a l l y

accomplishingsomet hing rather than justgoing through the motions.

The Plum Blossom Walking Gongalso turned out to bea challenge, startingvery gently and then becoming moreintricate, more challenging to both bodyand mind. By the end of the form, I knewI had knees as I had used them so manytimes for going up and down throughout

Where I grew up, we had a stream that ran through our land and it was the sourceof many hours of enjoyment for myself, my sister and friends. Sometimes we would catch“crawdads”, a miniature version of a freshwater crayfish, and minnows to see how quickwe were before releasing them again.

the form. But I felt good and watchedthe others on the course ‘blossoming’as well.

This made me acutely aware thatwe need challenges in our life to keepus focused and keep us developing. It iseasier, of course, to float down the riverthan swim up it. But when we areswimming, we set our own course, ratherthan meandering downstream willy-nilly.

Setting a course requires disciplineand, to let you in on a lit tle secret,discipline is a hard one for me. I admirethose people who can set a watch bytheir schedule. I try to tell myself I willDEFINITELY practise THISor THAT at suchand such a t ime and for so manyrepetit ions. However, just making thatvow seems to be the kiss of death to myresolution. So I compromise. Mymotivation is not always strict disciplinebut it is fostered by thinking about myduty to my Sifu, my students and to myskill ancestors. This motivates more thana shrieking alarm clock at 7am and I amsure that it gives better results as well.

With this thinking, I have found itis easier to make the time to practiseand study as it is not always for my selfbut for others. Some of you mus t bewondering what I am on about, worriedabout practising for myself but I do oftenfeel guilty about taking too much timefor my practice as there are always somany other things to do.

However, if I stop and think aboutthe obligation I have to be a bett erteacher for my students, to be healthierin order to take care of family and others,t o be more patient to bring moreharmony into my home, then it is easier.Duty then begins to foster my discipline.With dis cipline, it is easy to developwithout even realising one is doing so.Still we have to make the commitment,to have the desire and when we do,dis cipline will happen naturally andw ithout being forced. So let ’ s gopract ise!

byShinkei

Where There is Water -There is Life

Where There is Water -There is Life


Xing ShouXing ShouPart 4

Xing Shou is the first form in the Chun Yuen syllabus. Itis an exciting formthat teaches all the basics and attitude ofChun Yuen Quan. Ifyour Xing Shou is good, then you will bevery healthy with a good posture, strong bones and Qi.

a

15. Silver River Running up to the Sky

an upward hook. Both the right and left hook will be onthe same level behind the body.

f. Step forward with the right foot so both feet are togetherand stand straight up. The left hand goes around circlingfrom the front to the top and then finally comes back torest at the left side of the body, meanwhile bring the righthand up to the front and then up to the top with fingersupward.

This movement is called “Silver River Running up to theSky”. This means the energy is going up as if there were an

a. Bring the right foot behind the left foot and withdraw theleft hand to the chest, bringing the right hand on top of itwith the palm facing upward.

b. Turn the right hand into a hook and then lift it up to theright side of the body, above the shoulder. Meanwhile,bring the left hand to the right chest, but still keep it as apalm with fingers upward.

c. Step to the side with the left foot.d. Sink down.e. Shift t he weight onto the left leg and turn the body so

facing to the front in bow stance. At the same time, pushforward and around with the left hand and then turn it into

b c

d e f


a. Turn 180 degree to the right side on right heel and lefttoes, weight on the right foot.

b. Then bring the left foot together with the right foot.c. S tep forward w ith the right foot into bow s tance.

Simultaneously chop down with the right hand in front ofyour body bringing it to rest at the left side of the body.

d. Lift up the left leg in front with right leg straight and closeboth hands to the body with elbows bent and both palmsopen.

e. Step forward with the left foot and sink down the wholebody on to the right leg, keeping the left leg straight. Atthe same time, stretch out both arms.

This movement is about both chopping and kicking. Thechop is like thunder that hits the ground and the kick is thethunder cracking the ground. So this movement is both quickand strong. However, when we do it slowly, we hold the positionsand make them clear instead of doing them all together.Everything we study we should begin doing slowly and clearlyfirst. Only when we are familiar with the skills should we thendo it faster and more flowing. In the end we might be able to doit blindfolded. Doing it slowly is good for the joints, in particularthe hips. The older we are the more important our bones and ourjoints. Therefore Chun Yuen Quan is very good for the body andcan help us last longer with good bones and joints. Today thereis no medicine which is as good as exercise.

enemyin frontof us, then we hithim withthe palmthat goes fromthe bottom to the top. It can hit quite hard. In terms of health, itis very good for shoulder pain and crooked posture. Keepingthe body in line is very good for the Qi and the joints as onlyhealthy people have good posture. What is the Silver River?This is a river made by a group of shining stars in the sky. Thereis a story about a boy and girl. They lived in the sky and they fell

in love with each other. However, they have to wait to meet uponce a year because the Silver River only appears in the skyonce a year. Only then can they see each other by walking onthe Silver River andmeeting up it inthe middle of it. So sometimesat night when we look at the sky, if we see a lot of shining starsthat look as if they make a river, that means it might be the SilverRiver and the boy and girl might be meeting each other.

16. Thunder Hits and Cracks the Ground

a b c

d e


17. Flying Punchesand Kicks Together

This is a very fast and dynamic movement. If the enemy is infront of us, we just run into him punching and kicking at thesame time and it is very hard for them to defend. In Chinesemartial arts there is a saying:- “Do not defend, do not block.Only one attack. Once we defend and block many attacks willcome to us.”

It is very true, we should attack when our opponent is notprepared, just attack fast and the fight will be finished fast aswell. However, on the health side, it is very good for jumpingand bouncing energy. It makes us light and helps us move fast.This needs strong legs and means we need a good condition ofhealth. Chun Yuen Quan makes us go back to being like childrenand teenagers. It is a lot fun and good for our health.

a. Shift the weight to the left leg as in bow stance. Meanwhileturn both palms into fists.

b. Step forward with the right foot with toes on the groundbut the weight on the leg foot, keep both legs straight andthe left fist is up and right fist is down.

c. Lift up the left leg, bring up the right hand and drop theleft hand.

d. Drop the left foot.e. Punch with left hand and kick with the right leg.f. Drop the right leg and straight away move into horse stance

and at the same time punch with the right fist and lift theleft hand up above the head.

a b c

d e f


18. WhiteCrane Holds thePosition

a. Turn the body to the left side, drop the left hand on thewaist, bring the right hand to the left side with the fistturned upward and shift the weight slightly to the rightleg.

b. Bring the right hand to the waist, shift all the weight to theright leg, turn the left hand to be a palm which is facingforward, fingers pointing forward.

c. Step forward with the left foot meanwhile draw the rightfoot forward. When done, the weight is still on the rightfoot. At the same time strike the left hand with the fingersforward.

This step is very good for balance. If anybody can do thismovement well and not lose their balance and fall, then it meansthe health condition cannot be too bad. The movement is alsovery good keeping us grounded with strong legs and bones. InXing Shou we have a lot of movements which relate tocoordination and also develop good ground position. Today alot of people are so weak they can not even walk properly. Thisis because they have a very weak stance, they cannot even standfor very long and so in the end they will have knee problems andalso suffer from feet and hip problems. To avoid this we mustdevelop our legs and bones.Tobe continued… byMichael Tse

a b

c

This movement has tricky footwork. The drawing forward ofthe foot is a bit like Wing Chun stepping. We step forward butkeep the weight on the back foot and it is only at the momentwhen we step forward that the weight moves onto the front foot,but the time is very short, so once the step is finished we move theweight back onto the back foot. It is a very safe step so theopponent cannot sweep our front leg or kick it. The hand strikeis jabbing very quickly. So it is like the crane attacking itspredators with her beak. Just one attack and finish and thenshe holds the position to guard straight away. That is why thisname is “White CraneHolds the Position”.


Damo Staffpage 46 Qi Magazine Oct/Nov/Dec 2008

Practising the Damo Staff form is so enjoyable. It is really good forthe body and when you finish the form you feel hot, your breathing isstronger and you feel more flexible and loose. It is a very good feeling andso of course it is very good for your body.

is upset and if the staff hits you when you are playing withit, then I say the staff is angry. We must make friends with itand then you can play with the staff and make it f loweffortlessly. When this happens, we know our s taff hasbecome our good friend. It makes us healthy and can defendus.

This is the idea of a good friend. A friend will help usto improve and also make us feel better. A good friend willnot put us down and make us feel bad. This is one of thebest things about the Damo Staff form.

Actually, the form is very long. It has sixty movements.In the beginning, it is not easy to remember and also performthem all well, but it will help you get better. The first thingto learn is the shape. This means we should remember thesimple shape of the movement. Once you can rememberthis you can start to learn the detail and try to understand

the meaning of eachmovement and howthe movement comesfrom the legs, goes tothe waist, to the body,then to the hands andeventually to the staff.T his is t he wholeprocess and the ideaof how the movementwith the staff works.When you can movethe body in the properway, you need torepeat it many times,and then you can

reach a comfortable level. Chinese say, “When we arefamiliar with the skill the magic level will come.” This is verytrue. With a lot of practice in the right way, it becomeseffortless and this is high level. When you do not knowsomething, it is hard. Effortless is natural and this is Dao.

Then we still need to practise and practise. There is alot of benefit to gain, some that perhaps I do not knowabout yet. The Damo Staff is definitely good for us. It isgood for our joints, muscles, bones, circulation and relaxation,and it can make us grounded and give us a calm, peacefulmind. The internal organs have a good supply of Qi, themind is clear, the memory good, your coordination is goodand the body is light. All these together mean the body isvery healthy.

The second part is that the staff teaches us good selfdefence. Before we can defend ourselves we must be healthy.When we are healthy we will have good reactions with goodcoordination and, or course, each part of each movementhas a self defence meaning as well

ByMichael Tse

Training for Good Health

The Damo Staff is one of the skills that came from mySifu, Wu Chun Yuen. Today when I go back to China, tothe park in Beijing where he used to practise, I do notfind anyone practising his skill. In the past I would seesome people practising, but since he passed away in

2002, sadly, there is no one practising anymore. So it is ourselvesthat are preserving this skill and continuing to practise and passon this skill. Because of this, it made me realise how preciousthe skill is and so I am happy that we called his skill Chun YuenQuan as each time we say the name or practise the forms, weare remembering him and keeping his memory and the skillalive. “Drink the water and think of the source” this is whatChinese people always say.

The Damo staff originally came from the Shaolin Templebut after many years, it passed to ordinary people who continuedto practise and develop it. I believe that it is different now to theoriginal skill. Everythingin the universe changeswith time and nothings tays completely thesame.

Although it iscalled Damo Staff Ibelieve that is hasnothing to do with DamoBoddhidharma, anIndian monk who cameto the Shaolin Temple inearly times. I think thatit came from a Chinesemart ial art t hat wasbrought to the ShaolinTemple from elsewhere and that it is this skill that has becomethe Damo Staff we have today.

Before practising the Damo staff we should practise ourLevel I and II warm-up. Level I makes our circulation strong, ourmuscles and joints loose and f lexible and then we can relax.Level II makes us move the waist and legs more. There are a lotof physical movements in the Damo Staff and all of them comefrom the legs and the waist. The legs are our foundation, likethe roots of a tree, and the waist is like the trunk that keepseverything connected together.

As we grow older the first thing to get old is the legs, thesecond is the waist and the last part is t he upper body. Bypractising the Damo Staff we use the legs and waist a lot, whichkeeps them healthy and young. Then we use the hands to holdthe staff in the correct way.

The next part of practice is to play with the staff, startingwith the staff warm ups, including spinning the staff to letting itgo and throwing it up in the air and even jumping over it andswinging it around like a bat. In order to improve and be good,you first have to make friends with the staff, otherwise you willdrop it. When you drop it, I always say this is because the staff

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WildGoose &Chun Yuen Instructor CourseOnce again thank you both for a very well organised instructorscourse. Iappreciate the thought and effort you both put intothis course. You really catered for everyone and did so in avery relaxed manner. Congratulations and I hope the weatherstays good for the remainder of the residentials.

PeadarHanratty

Damo StaffThe Damo Staff, being aweapon, requires beinghandled in a specific way so that theform can flow. Ifa hand posture iswrong,the energy is easily blocked.This course showed me many detailsand why they are necessary. MasterTse’s teaching was so clear andillustrated the wonderful lines andelegant postures of the form.

Vera Externest


Damo StaffWhen I came to the Damo Staff residential course, Ihad already learned the form before, but only theshape. During the course I learnt many details on

how to break it down and be veryclear abouteach little step. At first, it felt like learning a

new form but then the details started tomerge with the shape, making it even

more enjoyable to practise. The newwarmup exercisesalso added to theform, making the staff like a toy, hardto resist.

ChristineBarbier

Damo StaffIt was wonderful to spend four days polishing all theprecise movements and transitions of the Damo Staff. Todo so much over the four days meant the reinforcementof the movements was consolidated to such a degreethat it started to flow.

AlisonHarrington

Plum Blossom Walking GongI wanted to extend my thanks once again for the fabulousexperience I had in Shropshire. I feel very privileged to havebeen part of the group having the opportunity to learn thisform for the first time! It is a beautiful form, very fluid, andvery varied as well. I can feel the internal richness of theheritage I amconnecting with. It is a very nourishing form,both for the body - it is incredible the internal warmth itproduces! - and for the mind as well.We had lots of fun, especially when after having learned a fewsequences, and thought to ourselves “ok,I think I canremember this”, Sifu told us all: “Ok now that you havelearned the basics about thissequence let me show you how itreally works”... there are still some parts I amstruggling with,but overall I have managed to learn the whole flow and I lookforward to continue practising it, as it givesme real pleasuregoing through all itsmotions.

Helene Baudette


Fig 1: Entrance at thefront of the house

Fig 2: Entrance at theside of the house

Fig 3:Entrances atthe front andside of thehouse, butonly the sideused.

Fig 4:Entrances atthe front andback of thehouse andboth doorsare used.

Whatever you look at makes you feel something. For example, ifyoulook at the ocean you might have a feeling ofspace and freedom. Ifyoulook at a mountain, you might feelsolid and strong and ifyou look outover a flat plain, then you might feel open and can go forwards.

The energy that is in front of us affects and makesus feel certain things. If you have a good feeling,then the energy is good and, of course, if you

have a bad feeling, then the energy is bad. Sowherever you choose to live, you must find a placein a good position that has a “good facing”. A “goodfacing” means that it has a good view as this is theenergy you will get.

Generally a house is like in Fig 1. The houseis positioned in the North and is facing South.

Today there are so many different kinds ofhouses, buildings and apartments. This can make itdifficult to find what is its correct position and facing.If like in Fig 1 the house is very clear, then the positionand facing is very simple. It is in the North and facesSouth. But what if the door was on the side of thehouse, like in Fig 2? If the house is like this, then itis in the East and faces West. Therefore, it takes theenergy from the West.

If the house has two doors, as in Fig 3, andthe one at the front is not used (for some reason)and the people use the door on the side, then thehouse is the same as last time, it is in the East andfaces West.

So you can see that we count it from theentrance that people use most. The door is like amouth which takes the energy. If the door does notopen, then it cannot be used as the facing direction.So in this kind of case we would need to rely onanother part of the body to take the energy in. Thisis not very good, so if possible you should use thefront door. Only if the front door faces towards verybad energy should you not use it.

If people use the back door and never usethe front door, then the energy of the house changes.The house is now in the South and faces North, whichmeans it takes the energy from the North.

Facing EnergyFacing Energy

If people use both the front and the back door, Fig 4, then wecount the front door, not the back door. Then the house is in the originalposition in the North and faces South.


A B

C D

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

Ground Floor

First Floor

Second Floor

MainEntrance

MainEntrance

Fig 5: An ApartmentBlock with a mainentrance and doorsfacing in differentdirections

Fig 6: Apartment Bhas a big windowand nice view.

B

Fig 7: House with aMountain at the side

I f you live in anapartment building, the doorsto each apartment can face indifferent directions. However,the entire building can haveone ent rance. Then we needto measure two diff erentsituations. One is the buildingentrance. In Fig 5, it is in theNorth and faces South. T hismeans that if the energy fromthe South is good, theneveryone in the building willbenefit. But if the energy is badthen this is bad for everyone.However, this is only half thestory and so only 50% of the energy.

Next we must measure each apartment. So for examplein Fig 5, apartment A is in theWest and faces East and apartmentC is the same. Apartments D and B have the same position andare facing in the same direction, the West. Some people willask if apartment A and C will therefore have the same energy?The answer is yes, but they are not exactly the same, as one ison the first floor and the other on the second floor. The groundfloor is Yin energy, first floor is Yang energy and the secondfloor is Yin. Also each person’s date and time of birth is differentand so their lives (and energies) are different. So in Feng Shuiwe also need to look at the person’s horoscope to find out theirelement and match it to their home’s energy.

If an apartment has a big window with a very nice view,for example, of mountains and the ocean, then you can choosethis to be its facing instead of the door. This is not really changingthe entrance as the big window has more influence on the energycoming in and so on the people living there. So if it is like in Fig6, the apartment B is in the West and faces East.

On the other hand, if there is a mountain nearby, thenyou can use this as the back to support the house and its energy.

So in Fig 7 the house position changes to the East and facesWest. You can see in this case we will not measure from thefront door, but take a different direction instead as this givesus better energy. In this house it would be good to open adoorway on the western side or make more space to letmore energy come in.

Also, if a house has a lot more space on one side, wecan measure this space as its facing as more space allowsmore energy to come in.

Once we have determined the position and the facingdirection (which is where the main energy will come from),then we need to get a compass which has the 24 Mountainson it and put it in the Centre of the house to find out whichdirection the house is really facing. Sometimes there are somemagnetic fields in the house that will affect the compass sowe need to go outside to check as well. Then we can matcheverything together to really find out the house’s positionand its facing

ByMichael Tse

24 Mountains /Compass


The Lost SheepOne day, Yang Zhi’s neighbour lost his sheep. It

seemed that it had run away during the night. Wantingto recover his lost sheep, the neighbour led his whole

family to look for it. At the same time he asked YangZhi’s boy servant to help. When Yang Zhi learned

of this, he asked in surprise, “Why so manypeople to look for one sheep?!”

The neighbour replied, “There are manyforked roads which the sheep could have taken. It

is hard for just a few people to look along so manydifferent paths.”

After a while, the farmer, his family and theservant came back. Yang Zhi asked his neighbour,“Have you found your sheep?” The farmer shook hishead sadly, “It has truly disappeared and cannot befound.” Yang Zhi asked his neighbour why and hisneighbour replied, “There are too many forked roadsand we don’t know which path it took. In the end, wehad no choice but to return back home.”

Yang Zhi was quite upset by this. He remainedsilent and did not smile for a whole day until finally oneof his students asked him, “Sifu, losing one sheep isnothing important. Also, the sheep is not yours. Why areyou so bothered?”

Yang Zhi answered, “It is not because of the lostsheep that I am upset. I am thinking about studying.When we study if we just try to learn by grasping

something here and there, hitting out in alldirections and are not willing to concentrate

our attention and devote ourselves to onepath, then the result will be just like

looking for a lost sheep on forkedroads. In the end, nothing will be

achieved.”

(fromthe Bookof LiZi, byLieYukou)

The Lost Sheep


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