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Friday, April 21, 2023

Kung Fu Conversations Podcast - Episode #37 - Interview#5 - Scot M. Rodell - Yang Taiji and Chinese Swordsmanship

 Kung Fu Conversations Podcast - Episode #37 - Interview#5 - Scot M. Rodell - Yang Taiji and Chinese Swordsmanship. In this episode, Owen and Randel interview Scott M. Rodell of the Great River Taoist Center about his practice, teaching, and martial development!

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Bagua Zhang - Ma Weixin (1847 ~1875) - Student of Dong Hai Chuan



Ma Weixin (1847 ~1875), a person of Dingxing, Hebei, Dong Haichuan, and one of the representative figures of the gossip.
Ma Weixin's family opened a coal plant in the east of Beijing, nicknamed "Coal Horse". During the same period, Dong Haichuan left the Suwang Palace due to his old age. He lived in Ma Weixin's home for three years. During this time, Ma Weibin devoted himself to following Dong Haichuan's practice. He was well He is good at wind wheel palms, leg points and back back stacks, and is known as "iron leg coal horse". He has a violent temperament, he is willing to fight others. He often goes to the martial arts in the area of the Temple of Heaven to compete with others. He has also traveled to the areas of Hebei, Henan, and Shandong to challenge people, and he has He passed away at a very young age (29 years old). The cause of death has been mixed. Legend has it that he was enforced because he broke the rules of martial law, and there are also legends that he was poisoned.
There are two statements about his students.
One saying is that Ma Weixin did not accept disciples. His wind wheel was only passed on to Liu Cai Shen (the younger brother of Liu Dongshen), a disciple of After Ma Weixin's death, Liu Cai-shen asked Cheng Tinghua as a teacher. Therefore, the elements of wind wheel palm and leg method were added to the soft palm passed by Cheng T
Another saying is that Yang Bin inherited all of Ma Weixin's practices. Yang Bin is a relative of Ma Weixian and has lived in Ma's family for a long After Ma Weibu died, in order to avoid the harm of his enemies, he went to Shenyang to preach Hu Laiyi, Liu Dekui, Xu Guodong and other disciples. Hu Laiyi also preached Wang's blessing and so on. The iconic kung fu of this existing mavis include wind wheel paw, back dorsal and dragon-shaped 72 amputations.

(Mawi Wei's image, the picture below is the authenticity of the net picture not verified)

|马维祺马维祺(1847年~1875年),河北定兴人,董海川之徒,八卦掌代表人物之一。马维祺家在北京城东便门开设煤炭厂,绰号“煤马”。同治年间,董海川因年老,离开肃王府,曾经住在马维祺家中三年,这段时间,马维祺专心跟随董海川练功,功力精进,以武艺闻名北京。他擅长风轮掌、点腿及反背捶,有“铁腿煤马”之称。他性情暴烈,好与人斗,常到天坛一带的武馆与人比试,也曾远赴河北、河南、山东一带向人挑战,与不少人结下梁子。年纪很轻(29岁)就过世了,死因众说纷纭,传说因为他犯了武林规矩被执行家法,也有传说是被人下毒而亡。关于其弟子有两种说法。一种说法是马维祺并没有收弟子,他的风轮掌只有传给了刘彩臣(尹福弟子刘栋臣的弟弟)。马维祺死后,刘彩臣拜程廷华​为师,因此程廷华所传的柔掌中,加入了风轮掌的元素与腿法。另一说法是杨汝霖传承了马维祺的全部功法。杨汝霖是马维祺的亲戚,长期住在马家。马维祺死后,为躲避仇家相害,隐姓埋名走至沈阳,传胡莱仪、刘德奎、徐国栋等弟子,胡莱仪又传王教福等。这一支现存的马维祺的标志性功夫有风轮掌、反背捶以及龙形七十二截腿。(马维祺像,下图为网图真伪未考证)

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Saturday, April 1, 2023

“In the Sword, don't use hand business. You put the sword near the targets then issue short energy to stab or cut. This is the fundamental theory or principle. At the last moment, go. Only Cheng Man-Ch'ing told us this so many times. You look at his sword form, so soft. We said, "What is this kind of sword? There is no energy used, nothing." He said it is not necessary to use energy. That means you get close, then use energy. Not from way back to stab forward. Don't use energy all the way, just the last moment. The last moment is enough, that kind of energy must be developed. Use your whole body, not just the hand. Gradually, intrinsic energy will be developed. You see my hand, the sword is nearly dropped, but it cannot fall out. it looks loose, but you cannot knock it out of my hand. That is the principle, gradually you'll do according to this way. It looks easy, but it takes ten years to reach that level.”

- TT Liang quoted from: T'ai-Chi Ch'uan Lessons with Master. Liang Compiled and Edited by Ray Hayward

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