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I’ve trained the monastic bagua tradition (focusing on the Single Palm Change) AND the bagua zhang (martial) tradition — including learning all Eight Bagua Mother Palms — from my teacher, Bagua Master Bruce Frantzis, in private and public tuition since 1994.
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Creating Circular Forms
The specialty of Tai Chi Circling Hands is developing circularity.
Circularity is a big deal in the internal arts and it gets talked about a lot. But when you go to practise your form, there’s a lot of complexity involved — not just with the choreography, but also nei...
By Paul Cavel
In Part 1, we explored the peaks and plateaus in training both external and internal forms of exercises, and why you should not be discouraged when you recognize you have reached a plateau.
The Taoist Principle That Saves the Day
When you hit a plateau, that is the time when you m...
 By Paul Cavel
When training an exercise of any kind over a long period of time, reaching plateaus and temporarily struggling to overcome them is a common, ever-repeating event. Athletes the world over can attest to this fact. However, something more takes place in the realms of internal ar
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By Paul Cavel
In my previous post, I introduced The Rule of Thirds — a primary principle of the Water Method that promotes the conservation of energy that leads to personal growth in body, mind and qi. Below I answer the question of why the Rule of Thirds is important to implement in our lives...
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