Warfox Bagua 錦園八卦掌

Hello there friends, I hope you are all doing well. I have been under the gun with projects recently so excuse my momentary absence. Don't worry when I get used to my new rhythm I will start squeezing in more post for you. In the meantime I recommend that you pick up my new book, that just hit shelves this month. The title is called Chasing Dreams To China, Successor.   It's a story that follows my whole life growing up and training with my brothers. It begins from my struggle in a racist environment and follows me through every step of my mental and martial arts environment. It's got a lot of action, comedy, drama, and training tips. It's a total of 524 pages containing most of the significant events in my life until about 2 years ago. At the bottom is the link for the paper back or the hard back. It's sure to give you some inspiration for whatever you are going through. http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Dreams-To-China-Successor/dp/1592324150 http://shop.b...

On October 5th, I woke up early in the morning to meet with my master Wu Guo Zheng for a demonstration taking place in Miao Li, Taiwan.The name of the event was called "臥虎藏龍之夜 Night of the Stealth Tigers and Hidden Dragons." You may have heard the term Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, which in my opinion is a bad translation. A tiger is usually crouching because he is sneaking up on his prey. The term is a Chinese idiom that indicates hidden or unseen power. This would be the second time I participated in this event which invites masters from all over Asia to be representatives of their styles. It is like a martial arts master fiesta and I'm always honored to be invited. But the truth is that on this particular morning I am feeling the continuing pressure of what has been a difficult, but blessed year. I have been bounced around on the job market since my wedding took place last summer. I have been screen play writing, acting, editing and working on my second novel. A...

In life we have all been given a quest that will help us find the hero within. Challenges are presented through every form in order to test the fabric of our character to its very core. It can be extremely difficult to even find one's quest and even harder to hold to it once we are on the path. Cause more than likely, we will have to walk that path alone. My path has had me in Taiwan for the last decade, away from what I used to call home. I don't really miss America, but I miss all the people in it. In fact my journeys home have been short but very sweet because of the rare individuals hungry for Bagua. Good students are just as hard to find as good teachers. Yet my path has pulled me back to Asia because there are so many possibilities for the future that sometimes it gives me goosebumps. But making possibilities into realities is probably the hardest kung fu there is. Yet it's also the only kung fu worth doing. My master Wu Guo Zheng has passed 26 different style...

     我跟你媽媽很興奮你快要出生的日子。只剩一個月我們就可以見面。你爸爸是有很多不同的工作比方說我是功夫老師，舞蹈老師，英文老師，編劇，翻譯者，作家，表演者，演員，編輯者，歌手等...。我做過很多不同的事情，但是我的全部的成就，都不能跟你來比，創造你，是我最大的成功，而且你是讓我在做事情時有一個很清楚的方向和比較深的意義，那都是因為有你。 　 　　我之前跟你說功夫是上帝給我們的工具可以用來做很多的不同的事情，這也是我有那麼多不同工作的原因。功夫就是一個了解精神的方法，就像顆充飽的電池般，它能支持全部的夢想和概念，在未來不管你想要做甚麼，功夫就是你的電池。但是我們怎麼知道我們的夢想是甚麼？       你一出生我跟你媽媽會注意到你想要做的事情是甚麼，其實小時候我們的夢想比較清楚。人長大後常常忘記他們要得是甚麼。為了錢，人類常把夢想丟了，取換比較膚淺的東西，所以常常一直不快樂。你很快會發現其實大部分的人在這個世界很不快樂，這是因為他們不知道自己是誰。這是因為很多的東西在地球可以讓我們迷路。你的開心不是錢，不是女人，不是朋友，也不是功夫或你爸爸媽媽，是上帝才能給你全然的開心，只有上帝知道你是誰，所以我們要先找上帝才可以了解甚麼是幸福和真的成功。 　　我四歲的時候在一個很奇怪的城市上學，這個城市很不喜歡黑人。我的爸爸要我們練功夫所以可以在很危險的環境保護自己。我第一次使用功夫只有5歲。我那個時候是跟一個欺負我的8歲小孩，他試圖打我，而我立即擋住他的動作，然後還他的肚子兩拳。就在那時，開啟了我領悟功夫優點的路，這保護自己，只是其中之一....。但是我也發現我那個學校的敵人非常多，你爸爸很辛苦的要一個禮拜跟人打一次，每次是更多更可怕的人，但是我爸爸說我們不能因此不上課。 　　我跟我兩個哥哥繼續這樣打到我13歲。你能想像這是甚麼樣的日子嗎？是不是聽起來很可怕？但是我媽媽一直教我們怎麼禱告。他說耶穌創造全部的世界。耶穌創造黑人所以我不用覺得吃虧，耶穌創造功夫所以我不用擔心，耶穌創造快樂所以我不用難過。所以就算在所有人都討厭我的城市裡還是勤練功夫，而我就是一個很快樂的小孩。雖然那些的小孩想要打我的臉，耶穌一直保護我的靈魂。這是我今天要跟你說的重點。不管你的情況是多麼...

In my lineage of Gao Style Bagua there are literally thousands of movements, but they can be broken into three simple parts: Pre heaven, Post heaven and spacing. The Preheaven, or the development of explosive power, the understanding of energy and Qi development. Post Heaven is the application of combat and how to effectively move in a way to capture or control your opponent. Both of these are necessary and familiar to most Bagua practitioners and martial artist in general. You have to know how to build power and then you have to understand when and how it's used against living breathing opponent. One of these practices can only be done by yourself, while the other should be done against resistance. The third part in our Xin Zhu Bagua Association  that I have found to be significant is the 25 different footwork steps or methods to engage the opponent. In addition to the power development and applications of technique there must be an understanding of how to close the distan...