My webpage on Taiji Ball, Medicine Ball, and Qigong Ball exercises is now at the Valley Spirit Qigong website.
You can view a complete demonstration of the Tai Chi Ball Routine, 18 Movements, as taught by the Chen Style Taijiquan Master, Chen Qing Zhou, 1933-. The Xinggong Taiji Ball Routine is on UTube.
It is very important for us to note that Master Chen Qing Zhou practices the Tai Chi Ball Qigong routine with a black steel ball weighing 13 Kg (28.6 Pounds). This is strength training as well as internal training.
Mike -
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to have you posting over here again!
Your collection about 18 Buddha Hands Qigong is terrific.
Walt,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the positive feedback.
What do you think is the best instructional DVD and/or book about the 18 Buddha Hands Qigong, Lohan Qigong?
Good question.
ReplyDeleteI was attracted to the forms taught by Larry Johnson, but when I got his book I thought I may be in over my head, i.e., maybe this is not something one does without a teacher. But between his book and his DVD, I'm sure you could learn the form if you were so inclined. (I've not seen his third book, about the I Ching connection.)
So, I began Googling, probably like you did. Of course, right away you find there are many styles, and that the whole Shaolin subject is vast, and a jumble of the real, the false, the rumored, the promoted, etc., etc.
I have a certain respect for Jesse Tsao, who teaches the 13 Form style. The style linked to Wong Kiew Kit reminds me of the 8 Pieces of Brocade style. And I've ordered this book, which you are aware of, in hopes of learning something about the Shaolin approach. That's as far as I've gotten.
Generally speaking, since I am working from books and videos, I have pursued what could be called "medical Qigong." Your approach and interests may be entirely different.
Walt,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback on your experiences with learning the Lohan Qigong.
The Larry Johson book I have - 18 Buddha Hands Qigong: A Medical I Ching Exploration, is an extensive study of the I Ching in relation to the form. Not a useful book for learning the form.
I just started studying the books and DVDs you mentioned and will comment more in the Spring of 2011.
Mike
Larry Johnson produced a trilogy about that style. The one that shows and "explains" the form is this one -- and then there's the DVD, and then there's the I Ching Medical one.
ReplyDeleteI would think that, between the DVD and the volume linked above, a person could practice the forms pretty well. Where I hesitate is when he alludes in the text to this or that form affecting chi flow etc., etc. I don't pretend to really know (other than general theory) what he is talking about, and have no one to ask. For example, when he mentions that such and such a form forces the chi up the spine into the brain, I wonder, "Do I know what that is about?"
Call me cautious. I enjoy electrical appliances but don't pretend to understand how they work. I'd like to understand better what that sort of Qigong is aiming at, other than the usual assumptions we make about such regimens, before adopting it; so I still have a little homework to do.
I humbly suggest my DVD on Shiba Luohangong (18 Luohan Qigong). See offering in the Wayfarer Publications catalog (T'ai Chi Magazine) or available through me at Magic Tortoise. Related to Larry Johnson's form, but more elaborated, learned in part from Master Shi Zhengzhong of Taiwan. Sense is that his is a very simplified version of the more extensive set on my DVD.
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