I recently started a new class just for women in Paris who want to get fitter, more toned, learn some martial principles and have fun. We train at the Palais Royale, a picturesque setting in the centre of Paris. You can work as hard as you need/want, you do not need to punch [...]
If you follow these steps you will be able to demonstrate ‘empty force. ‘ Actually it is fairly easy. The trickiest part is how to start. Once you have demonstrated your power a few times to a core group of students it gets a lot easier 1. Act like a master. This involves keeping your [...]
The young and beautiful woman's eyes are wide with fear. She looks around but cannot see where to go. She turns to see her pursuer raise his hand full of menace. You arrive just in time, offer the ruffian an honorable escape route. He refuses and assails you, but is no match [...]
During the Luo’s seminar in London Dave Bolton mentioned a student who had studied a different variation of Gao style Bagua for a number of years. The student had to his credit come to check out Luo at the seminar that Dave had organised in Manchester. I emphasise credit because many martial artists do not [...]
Join us for the self-defence and personal protection course On July 12th from 13H30-17H30 at Espace Nataraja, 12 Rue Hippolyte Lebas, 75009 Paris and will cost €45 for the day. During this time you will learn: Special awareness techniques, Body language to put off potential attackers and defuse conflict How to maximise your hitting power [...]
I will be teaching in Glasgow on the weekend of May 22-24th. We still need to arrange the exact timing and venue. Visit Bagua Glasgow and contact Danny to book a place. We will cover a mix of circular and linear Bagua with application drills, qigong, and if Kenny can make it tea! I’m discussing [...]
While it is not really my place to review my own seminars (and say how wonderful a teacher I am ;-) I can at least review them from a slightly different point of view, and say how lucky I am to get to teach wonderful students. Going back to Glasgow to teach was an immense pleasure [...]
I will be teaching Bagua in Glasgow on the weekend of Feb 21-22nd. We will cover the most important principles of circular motion for strategy, application and power generation as well as the first linked linear set of the Gao system. Go to Glasgow Bagua to book. The following weekend in Paris we will focus on the [...]
On Saturday January 10th I will be giving a seminar on Bagua, from 16H-19H that will permit us to look into several areas of the art for beginners and more experienced practitioners. Body alignment and quality of movement and how this relates to the cultivation of internal strength and energy Circle walking – both for [...]
If you want to progress you need to practise. If you are not entirely sure about what you are meant to practise it can obstruct the motivation to train. Students often say to me ‘I wanted to practise – but I did not want to practise wrong, so I did nothing.’ While it is reasonable [...]