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Bagua: Formless Form bagua energy martial arts mindset qi Apr 25, 2024

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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Circle Walking to Energise Your Body, Mind and Qi bagua circle walking internal space martial arts Apr 25, 2024

 

 By Paul Cavel

Most internal arts have a specific learning progression, which begins with a set of six or more movements in qigong, and up to 108 moves in tai chi. Then, as you practise the form over weeks, months and years, you sink into your body, mind and qi by adding layers of internal con...

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In the Pursuit of Wu Wei: Part 2 bagua internal arts qigong tai chi taoist principles water method Mar 04, 2024

 By Paul Cavel

PART 2: What Is Wu Wei? 

Wu wei is often described as “doing without doing”, but what does that really mean? How can you do something without doing it? This misunderstanding is generally due to scholars outside the tradition translating Chinese characters into English, and studyin...

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Cultivate Internal Power and Vitality with the Lower Tantien bagua healing health internal power martial arts neigong qi qigong tai chi tantien water method wellness Feb 16, 2024

 

By Paul Cavel

Although people who train the internal arts of qigong, tai chi and bagua do so for a variety of reasons, all motivations can be classified into three general categories: health/healing, martial arts and spiritual development. In reality, everyone trains for health because, at the...

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