Warfox Bagua 錦園八卦掌

(Note: It's been about ten years since my last serious blog entry so this is a bit lengthy. Get a soda, some chips or coffee and enjoy the trip. Thanks) To Qi or not to Qi, that is the question. Myself I have never been a skeptic, but always a realist. Whatever works in terms of self-defense, was adopted into the arsenal. But effectiveness has always gone hand in hand with truth. Is Qi something real? Or just an ancient Chinese parlor trick used to bring in more students. This is my journey, my search and discovery. A highlight from 4 years old to 40; my evolution in the martial arts. I began my training at the age of four, under my militant-ass father, strictly for reasons of not getting "dusted" by the other boys on the playground. My brothers and I started with Taekwondo and boxing, but my father and old school Korean instructor weren't as concerned with the art in terms of how it looked, as they were with self-preservation. "How can you k...

Over the years, I have been part of many martial arts schools and various projects involving different skills. I've encountered amazing people with talent, skills and ideas that far surpass my own. Yet, I've watched countless dojos fill and empty as motivation is merely a flickering candle in most hearts. There is nothing more common and more certain to keep an individual from their goal than incompletion.  We all speak of the importance of motivation and that can lead to the emphasis of positive thinking or even hard work, but this will all prove to be a temporary encouragement as "obstacles" materialize often in the forms of inconvenience and discomfort. The key to motivation in all circumstances is hope, but how do we attain hope amid increasingly dark times, betrayal and financial concerns? Sure it will help to turn off the TV, ignore negative people and thoughts and completely isolate yourself in order to attain your objects. This is how many monks in th...

Firstly, excuse my absence. If you've followed me in my readings, online videos, films, workshops or translations, you know that I tend to take on dozens of projects at once. It helps me develop my art from multiple perspectives as well as gives me the needed skills to spread my art through multiple platforms. As I put one project to a close, it consumes my time, forcing me to let up on certain activities momentarily. The advantage of these "inconvenient" delays is that when it's time for me to share, there is an abundance. On a personal note, I've just completed the Whip and Lash online training bagua program that has been met with great success. Though, many say you can't learn from an online program, the current training group and myself have done everything in our power to prove them wrong. It has, even in the early stages, exceeded my expectations. If you are interested please contact me via email at warriorfox@gmail.com. I've also just complete...

(View Clips at Link Below) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZSlgBvgPeI&t=2s This online tutorial teaches 12 techniques through 24 videos, showing hundreds of variations of practice and application. Join at anytime and take your own pace as you learn to master each movement with by watching and sending your own videos to me. I didn't used to believe in online training, but from seeing the results of these online students, I realize there are many advantages to online training that you can't do in person with an instructor: 1. You can see a movement performed again and again with high quality footage from different angles until you comprehend it. 2. You can practice in private, not worrying about how you look to other students. 3. You will never be late for class or feel guilty for forgetting a movement. 4. You choose your own training room, assuring the comfort that you want. 5. You can keep the videos for a lifetime. Even when you get busy, the instru...

Welcome to the new online training program where I will teach the seemingly complex movements of Bagua in a simple format that everyone can enjoy for health, self-defense and more. This first video is titled Step to Power and focuses on the basic footwork for Bagua, leading into applications. This hour long free gift is the beginning and ground work of the premium online bagua program called, "Whip and Lash", featuring 24 15-minute videos over the course of 6 months. The program begins on Oct. 1st and all videos will be downloadable via youtube. To register, send an email to warriorfox@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZENrDi5lUI

As we get deeper into the movements it becomes important to discuss planning. There are roughly 2,500 movements in our system and each one must be practiced a minimum of 10,000 times before you reach an initial understanding. This sounds like an impossible task, but in actuality time can be manipulated to our advantage if we learn how to plan outside of time. This requires a keen understanding of the rhythm and pauses within your own daily schedule. The good news is you actually only need one move to be effective in most self-defense situations. Of course, an internal movement when practiced a thousand times, descends into a deeper level of intuition and quickly becomes 10 movements. Through further research, you find that a single movement is an infinite number of techniques and by learning to change the shape of your body, range and angle of the attack, you can paint a beautiful picture with only one color. In fact, for students who want to really have a deep understanding of Ba...