qi magazine issue 85

Study with one of the most renowned teachers inthe world. The courses are open to beginners and

more experienced practitioners alike as Grandmaster Chen’steaching and knowledge makes the skill accessible to everyone.

1/2 Nov 6-9pm - Chen Taiji SwordLearn how to apply the principles of Taiji to this elegant

weapon. Practise improves your coordination and energy.

3 Nov 11-3pm / 4 Nov 12-4pm Chen 38 Short FromAn excellent form for beginners and senior students of Taijiquan. It encompasses all

the principles and flavour of the long forms but is easier learn and practise.

5 Nov 12-4pm - Taiji Applications & Self DefenseChen Taijiquan is famous as a martial art.

Learn how to apply the form to defend yourself.

Cover: Guan Yu (Guan Gong)

Qi Magazine is published by the Tse Qigong Centre.Its aim is to bring you information not readilyavailable in the West.

Editor: Michael TseDeputy Editor: Darryl Moy

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Consultants:Grandmaster Yang Meijun

Grandmaster Ip ChunGrandmaster Wu Chun Yuen

Grandmaster ChenXiao Wang

Columnists:

Peter AndersenKate BrittonMartin Gale

Sihn KeiAdam WallaceJulian Wilde

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Rujia (Confucianism) is a very goodsystem of education. I wouldrecommend that everyone read

and follow it. Today’s world is quitedifferent from the past and so you mightfind that it does not fit today’s modernsociety, equal rights, freedom of speech,etc. but if we look deeper and canunderstand the wisdom of it then it canhelp us to keep society more peacefuland in good order. Then maybe we canlive peacefully with no more wars andhave a good future.

Rujia teaches us about ourbehaviour and how to behave well. Ifwe can behave well, then things will worksmoothly and people will respect eachother. Thus, the 5 Major Relationships arevery important. These are:- Boss andStaff, Father and Son, Husband andWife, Brothers and Sister and Friends. Wehave all of these roles and sometimeswe may be the boss, at other times weare a member of staff. We can be thefather or mother and also we arechildren. Remember the future is basedon us, is based on our thinking andactions and so based on our hearts. Howwe behave in these roles is veryimportant.

Today the younger generations donot know how to behave because manyof us as adults do not behave well. Inthis situation how can the children learnhow to deal with the relationshipsbetween us all?

This time we are going to look atthe relationship of Brothers and Sisters.The Chinese say, “Brothers and sistersare like arms and legs.” This is very true.Today, many people have problems withtheir brothers and sisters. Some havenever talked to each other since theyhave left home. This is like arms and legsnot working together, so how can we dothings? How can we walk? One armrelates to the other arm, one leg relatesto the other leg, arms and legs all relateto the body. We are all one thing, notseparate. So if they can work together,then everything will flow and they canachieve many things. We also say inChinese, “Brothers and sisters have thesame heart. It is sharp enough to cut anymetal.” Which means when they aretogether they can go through anything.

So you may ask, “What if wecannot get along? What do we do?” Thisis the real test. Even if you do not getalong with your brothers or sisters, youshould still keep in contact with them. Ihave three brothers and one sister. Wesee each other whenever we can, butwe all have different ideas of life anddifferent beliefs. We try to avoid anyconflicts and just do the things we enjoytogether, such as meeting up for lunchor dinner, going on holiday, seeing amovie, sending cards to each other,emailing each other and chatting on thephone. Particularly at Chinese New Year,

Qi Magazine Oct/Nov/Dec 2007 page 1

1 Editorialwith Michael Tse.

4 PO Box

10 Jaded by not JurassicWe all grow old, whether we like it or not. Today there aremore older people in society and so how we deal with theaging process is very important.By Julian Wilde

12 Matter of TrustAt some point in our lives we need to place our trust inother people, circumstance or events. However, often weneglect trusting ourselves and this can stop us developingand growing.By Sihnkei

13 Hard Qigong ExperienceHow does it feel to train in Hard Qigong and to develop agood level? Along the way there are many trails andtribulations to overcome and these are sometimes thebiggest tests.By Adam Wallace

15 Practicalities of PinyinPinyin is the official system of writing Chinese in the westernalphabet. Though the letters might be familiar, theirpronunciation can take some getting used to.By Peter Andersen

16 Tuina MassageTCM has many branches. Yet like a tree, they all have thesame root. Tuina is the Chinese system of massage andlike all Chinese medicine works on clearing andstrengthening the Qi.By Kate Britton

18 Amazing WaterWe all know that water is vital for our survival. In fact weare about 60 percent water. This being the case theremust be something more to this clear liquid than meetsthe eye.By Jessica Tse

28 The Unbreakable Loyalty of LiuBei, Guan Yu & Zhang FeiLiu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arerevered by all Chinese people eventhough they lived two thousandyears ago. Guan Yu in particular, isheld as a heroic figure throughoutthe generations and even hastemples dedicated to him in China.Why are Guan Yuand his “brothers”so highly respected?By Michael Tse

20 Tse Qigong Centre SummerResidential Courses 2007Images and comments on this year’s courses.

22 Five Element PoemBy Matt Laurie

23 Food Cures: Body TypesCertain foods have certain healing properties. As with anyform of treatment, the treatment needs to be tailored to theindividual person. This means you need to know what bodytype you are.By Jessica Tse

24 Golden Mountain Living Buddha – Part 4Continuing the amazing stories about the high level monk.By Michael Tse

26 Escaping Qin NaQin Na is the art of grasping and controlling. Most of thetime we think of how to apply the lock and holds. However,this time we look at how to escape and reverse them.By Darryl Moy

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Kung Fu WeaponsLongquan (Taiji) Dragon SwordDouble edged straight blade, engraved & finished with brassand copper. Comes with scabbard and tassel. (Length 81cm)Tse Qigong Centre members £90 / Non-members £100

Kang Li Telescopic Practice SwordWell-balanced steel practice sword. Comes with carrying caseand tassel. (Length 71cm)Tse Qigong Centre members £36* / Non-members £41*

Longquan Dragon Knife (Broadsword)Engraved blade finished in copper. Includes engravedlacquered scabbard with brass finish. (Length 77.5 cm)Tse Qigong Centre members £95 / Non-members £105

Chinese Spear (Length 215cm)Chrome plated spearhead with white wax woodshaft and red ying (hair). Requires cutting to size.Tse Qigong Centre members £52 / Non-members £57

White Wax Wood Staff (Length 200cm)Tse Qigong Centre members £50 / Non-members £55

Wing Chun Knives - Baat Jam Dao (Length 45cm)Tse Qigong Centre members £110 / Non-members £120

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32 More or Less?Have you ever been in a situation where the harder youtry or the more you do, the worse you make things?There are times when less is more and more is less.By Martin Gale

33 The Donkey Exhausts its TricksAn old Chinese story about fear of the unknown.

34 Wing Chun Story Part 9Having been saved by Leung Bok Chau, Leung Lan Kwaiis determined to study with him and learn his Kung Fu,but first he has to get past Leung Bok Chau’s wife.By Michael Tse

36 Yi Jin Jing – Muscle Transforming ExercisesPart 2Continuing this series on this famous set of exercisesby Zeng Qingnan and Liu Daoqing

41 Liao Fans’s Four Lesson – The Third LessonHow to recognise real goodness and false goodness.

42 Tsum Kiu Part VThe last part of Tsum Kiu – Wing Chun’s second form.By Michael Tse

46 Zhong Qi Gou – Basic Dao (Broadsword)The final ten movements in this basic broadsword form.

49 Free YourselfEvery martial art has it training drills. Wing Chun is noexception. However there comes a time when you have tostop following the drills as they are just tools for learning.By Darryl Moy

50 Feng Shui - Five Element, Bagua, Tian Guan, Di ZiThere are some thing you must know and understand to beable to study and apply Feng Shui correctly. Many of thesefundamental things come from the Yijing and all help youunderstand Qi.By Michael Tse


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Not everyone is lucky enough tolive near a local class wherethey can study regularly.

Weekend seminars are therefore agreat way to learn. Not only that,the amount of time and detail thatcan be given is actually more than ina weekly class. This makes seminarsvery popular both with people whocannot attend classes regularly andalso those who do attend classes.

Here is a preview of what willbe taught by the Tse Qigong Centrein 2008. More details can be foundon our website and also in the 2008Seminar leaflet (see next issue).

UKFive Element Chinese Cooking28 Constellation GongWudang SwordFive Tiger KnifeWing Chun Chi SauChen Taijiquan Tui ShouCotton Palm

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Right now you can find a lot ofinformation about the Tse QigongCentre, Qi Magazine and Master MichaelTse.

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Christmas is Coming

Real GiftsOver past few years students who have been attending the Tse Qigong Centre’s

Wild Goose and Chun Yuen Instructors Course have all pitched in to buy MasterMichael Tse a gift. Their generosity is sometimes quite overwhelming and this

year was no different.Master Tse is one of the most difficult people to find a gift for as he does not

really want or need anything. What to do with this year’s collection proved to be themost difficult decision ever. To make things a little more complicated another collectionwas made to celebrate the 80th Birthday of Craig Wallace (who is the eldest qualifiedInstructor of the Tse Qigong Centre).

After some thought and discussion it was decided that the money should beused to make a difference, however small, to the world.

The money donated to Oxfam via their website, www.oxfamunwrapped.comand was used to help provide clean water for 100 people and to buy 80 Mango treesaplings (which would help the environment and also provide a stable living for afarmer in the Third World).

If you are stuck for buying a gift for someone, there are some great ways to“buy” someone a present that will do some real good in the world and make adifference to people’s lives. Some of websites we can recommend are:

www.oxfamupwrapped.comwww.woodlandtrust.org.uk

And there are many more out there.

it is like only climbing a mountain halfway and you will never get to enjoy thebeautiful scenery at the top.

It would be better to finish yourYang exercise, still trying to breathethrough the nose as much as possible soyou do not lose Qi, and then do someQigong afterwards to let the body settleand relax and then store the Qi. As fordeep breathing and natural breathing, ifyou are relaxed enough, the Qigongexercise itself will tell you how you needto breathe. You should not try to forceanything when you do Qigong as thisgoes against the principle of nature andletting things happen in their own way. Ifyou do this, you will only confuse the bodyand make it start to lose its natural senseand feeling. So let everything happennaturally and follow the Qigong principlefor that particular movement. In this wayyou will be able to develop yourselfwithout force.Yours sincerely, Michael Tse

Digestive ProblemsDear Master Tse,

How can one clean up negativeenergy to clear the side effects of thedigestive track.G. M. Iowa, USA

Dear G,Thank you for your question.

Today, many people have digestionproblems because they do not get enoughexercise, eat improperly or have too muchstress. Some have all of these factors andso it is understandable that they will haveillness.

Our bodies are meant to bemaintained and looked after but often weneglect to do so until we have an illnesswhich tells us something is starting to gowrong. We know we need to service ourcars regularly, changing the oil andtopping up brake fluid and water orcoolant. Every so often we need to havesomething more serious done likereplacing old brake pads or a worn tireas we know that otherwise it could bevery dangerous and cause us to have aserious accident. Most of us though, donot give the same regard to our healthuntil it is too late. When the big problemcomes, the time for worry is already gone.We can only try to limit the effects of theproblem and start to build up our Qi andimmune system through Qigong exerciseand meditation.

The Tse Qigong Centre will be holding its now traditional Christmas parties in London,Manchester and Birmingham.

Out of BreathDear Mr. Tse,

If I do vigorous exercise and feelpanting, can I use the Qigong movementto do deep breathing during intervals?Is there any impact if I use the sameQigong movement to do deep breathingversus natural breathing? Thank you verymuch for your reply,LC, Singapore

Dear L,When doing other exercise,

especially something vigorous like someShaolin Quan or Taijiquan’s Cannon fist,it is natural to feel short of breath becauseyou are pushing your body to work harder,including the heart and lungs. This isnatural and will help to bring up the goodcirculation and health. However, if everytime you bring the body to this level, youwant slow it back down and start again,

So if you would like to enjoygood Chinese food, good companyand some fun and games, comealong. Contact the Tse QigongCentre for more details andbooking.

The dates are:London – 14 DecemberManchester – 15 DecemberBirmingham – 16 December


The first thing we should work foris the bones and so doing some standingmeditations like Zhan Zhuang or HorseStance is ideal. Inthe beginning youmay only be ableto stand a minutebut can slowlybuild up to 5, 10and 15 minutes orlonger. Youshould feel goodwhen you ares t a n d i n galthough at firstyou may find themind wanderingand that you areimpatient to bestill for so long. Ifyou can conquerthis impatience,then you can startto developyourself. Thelonger you stand(within reason),the more Qi you will gather which will‘wash’ the internal organs and make thestronger.

Sometimes it is the most simpleexercises, like Ma Bo Horse Stance, (seearticle in this issue of Qi Magazine forfurther details), that will give us the mostbenefit. However, in the end, it is all upto us as we are the ones who have towork for our own Qi and healing.With kind regards,Michael Tse

StudentQuestionsQ: Does Wing Chun have Qin Na(Chinese locking and grasping skill)?

A: Wing Chun does not have Qin Na.Qin Na is a good martial arts skill,however, it does not fit in with Wing Chunprinciples. Wing Chun teaches us to useas little energy as possible to defeatsomeone who is bigger and stronger thanyou. Qin Na requires you to use morestrength and you need to be as strong oronly slightly weaker than your opponentin order for it to work. If you are muchweaker than your opponent, then it willnot work. So Qin Na actually requires youto have more strength, contrary to whatmost people think. For an ordinary girl or

lady to lock a big man’s arm or wrist isvery difficult and if they try it is verydangerous and they can be easily hurt.

In this way, it is notsuitable for a female touse.Wing Chun does haveLap Sau, which is agrabbing skill, but thisis quite different as thehand that grabs doesnot use the thumb andso is not committed.Also the contact time isvery short, just enoughso that you can hityour opponent. If theyare too strong, thenyou can easily let go.This is a very cleverWing Chun skill,grabbing withoutcommitting yourself, soyou cannot easily becontrolled back.

Q: When practisingQigong, how do we know when thebody is straight?

A: The first principle of Qigong isrelaxation, the second is correct posture.These two factors determine whether ourmovement is good or bad. We cannot lookin a mirror all the time while we arepractising Qigong, so we must haveanother way to check if the back isstraight.When you are straight, you will feel tall.This is because the Qi can flow throughthe body, from the feet to the top of yourhead, from the Yongquan point to theBaihui point. When the posture is right,your whole body should also feel relaxedwith everything in the proper order.

Q: While performing the Taijiquan, shouldwe maintain the same height all the waythrough the form?

A: No, we should follow the rhythm ofthe movement. For example, when weopen the body might be higher and whenwe close the body might be a little lower.The height is not important but we mustfollow the principles of Taijiquan andrelax. The second principle is correctposture, the third (which is different toQigong) is upper body relaxed, lowerbody strong and the fourth is move fromthe Dantian which means moving fromthe waist.

Wild GooseQigong and ChunYuen InstructorCourse

This year’s course had 70 peopleand was one of the largest yet. Still,everybody, including juniors, seniors andbeginners learned a lot:- some part aboutskill, some part about how to get alongwith the group and some part about howto handle pressure and develop to anotherlevel.

Because the skill level of everyoneis growing better every year, it can be hardfor beginners seeing so much talent aroundthem but all learning is just a journey andeveryone is there to help each other. Thefirst step is always the most important andalways the most difficult.

Most students do not like to missthe instructor course because it is like abig family reunion but without familytensions or ego. One of the studentscommented that the staff at the collegewere so impressed that everyone was sonice and always trying to help each otherand even them. It makes me very proudto see this and I know that with this kindof courtesy and caring the skill level of theCentre will continue to grow becausemovement without development of theheart and mind is limited.

Wild Goose Instructors

Warming up on the Instructors Course


Green DragonSword

This year, there were four groupslearning the Green Dragon Sword. In thebeginning, everyone joined together togo through the warm-up exercises andbecome familiar with the tassel andsword. Then I split the groups so that somepolished on the first day and othersbegan to learnsomething new.

By the endof the course,seven students hadcompleted all ofthe 78 movementsof the GreenDragon Sword.These were the firststudents in theWest to finish all ofthe Green DragonSword form and Iam proud of themfor going all theway.

Since myteacher, Wu ChunYuen, passed away, I know that it is evenmore important that this skill passesdown to the next generations. Althoughthe Green Dragon sword is difficult andvery challenging, once you learn how tomanage the tassel, you feel you aremissing something when you do a swordform without it. It is very addictive.

Jade PillarGong

Jade Pillar is a very beautifulQigong form which is beneficial for thespine. It is one of the high level Dayansystem exercises. Many people find thatJade Pillar is even more beautiful than

Wild Goose Qigong and it is someseniors’ favourite form.

Residential courses are veryrelaxing but there is a lot of time forpractising:- morning, afternoon andevening with three meals in between.Several people on the course hadalready completed the form for manyyears but because not many people areable to get the detail right, it is a goodchance for polishing and making surethings are correct.

For beginners, there was theexcitement of learning some unusualmovements. By the end of the course,because there are so many movementsworking on the spine and waist, everyonefelt and looked healthier.

Wing ChunResidentialCourse

This course is just the opposite tothe Jade Pillar. Instead of relaxation andgentle movements, there was a lot ofYang and physical energy. The coursecovered Wing Chun’s three forms:- SiuLim Tao, Tsum Kiu and Bil Tze as well as

the Wooden Dummy and Six and a HalfPoint Pole.

Of course, there was a lot of ChiSau as well. It is very good to go througheverything and concentrate on certaindetails and applications. However, themost exciting is the Wing Chun pole as itis not possible to practise it in class butonly in a seminar. The pole is so longand heavy that it really trains your armsand legs.

For Wing Chun skill to be good,though, all is based on a person’s ChiSau. The more hands a person touches,the better they will become. At the end,I always do Chi Sau with everybody, fromjunior to senior. When I do this, I leteverybody watch and learn how I handleall different sizes of people and levels ofskill and strengths. By watching me,everyone can learna lot and help improvethemselves. One student, who wascoming to the course for the first time,was very nervous. He thought that hemight get beaten up by seniors but inthe end, he found that it was seniorshelping him to improve not trying tointimidate him. Chi Sau is training andis not for harming each other.

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Jade PillarResidential Course

Students on the Green Dragon Sword course Controlling the Tassel

“Heaven Qi Goes Back tothe Heart” - Jade PillarGong

Baat Jam Dao TrainingWing Chun Residential Course

Wing Chun Pole


we like to keep in touch but also atChristmas or on birthdays.

Remember, brothers and sistersare all from the same parents. Even ifyou are only half-brother or half-sisterit is still fate to be related to each other,so getting along is very important. Ifsomeone is a good family person,then they will be a good member ofstaff or good to work with, becausethey will always think about the otherperson. If a person cannot be a brotheror sister andpart of theirfamily, thenthis person willmore or less bequite selfish.You just need tolook at howthey treat theirfamily to seehow they willtreat you.

You donot need to seehow manyqualif icationsthey have. Nomatter howtalented aperson is, if theirheart is notright, they willonly use theirtalents tobenefit themselves or evenworse, use their talents toharm someone else. Soseeing how someone treatstheir family, teacher andfriends tells you a lot. Donot be attracted bysomeone’s sweet talk asthey only say things that youlike to hear. It may soundgood at first, but it may notbenefit you later. A goodperson will often not say toomuch, but their actions tell. When theydo talk they follow a lot of goodcommon sense. They do not only talkabout how much benefit you can get,but also about what is right and wrong– a good heart.

The older brothers or sistersneed to look after the younger ones. Iam the eldest so I need to look aftermy younger brothers and sister, seewhat they need and see how I canhelp. If a younger brother or sister iswrong, then the older one must tell

them. They can even be a little tough tothem because that is the older brother’sor sister’s position. Without leadership, theyounger ones will not listen. However, wedo not only want them to listen, we needthem to respect the person they need tolisten to and who can correct them.Therefore, as the eldest, you must say whatyou mean, mean what you say and be firm.

If you come to a point where theyounger one will not listen and rebelsagainst what you say, then you should let

go and wait for another chance.The next time when you talk, treatit as though the argument never

happened. This way the younger brotheror sister will feel sorry. You may never agreeon that point, but at least the brotherhoodor sisterhood will be maintained and thatis the best we can do.

In the younger position, you shouldalways try and listen to the older brotheror sister and respect them. Actually Chinesesay, “In the four oceans we are all abrotherhood.” This means we treateveryone as family. People who are olderthan us we call uncle or aunty, people alittle older than us we call older brother or

sister and those people a little youngerwe call little brother or little sister. This isa way of being courteous. Remember,not everyone likes to be called by theirname, particularly when their age andposition are different. Even if someonedoes not mind, it does not mean weshould do that. This shows that we havebeen educated and that we arecourteous and well-mannered. Today wesee many people who are “educated”and even though they may have a

degree, theyact childishlyand are veryrude, thismeans theyare notp r o p e r l yeducated.

S owhen we areyounger (andin certainpositions weall are) weneed tobehave evenbetter. Thenthe older oneswill help andeducate useven moreand help us toavoid anymistakes and

wrong turns in life.Although no one likes to

be criticised, if there issomeone who can point outour mistakes, even when theirtone is a little strong we shouldlisten and be polite as they aretrying to help us. Then morepeople will like you and so yourfuture will definitely be brighter

and easier.If we look at very educated and

successful people, most are well behavedand good mannered. That is what weneed to learn. Many times we will needto lower ourselves and be more humble,then we will receive more and be lovedmore.

So older brothers and sisters needto be kind, loving and firm. The youngerbrothers and sisters need to respect themand listen to them. This will createharmony and this is like our arms andlegs working together.

“Older brother orsisters need to lookafter the youngerones.”


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A few issues back, I wrote an article on aging which stimulated a lot ofinterest and provoked a lot of comments, most of which were supportive andeven appreciative, grateful. In hindsight, I wish I’d written more and in aslightly more serious tone as I feel there are things that need to be said. Sothis article is my attempt to put that right!

I think there are a lot more “oldies” inthe martial arts world now than inprevious decades. It’s not uncommon

to read about Kung Fu grannies,pensioners earning their Karate blackbelts – and, of course, many ChineseMasters remain active and impressivewell into old age.

So “getting on a bit” doesn’tmean that we have to stop developingand improving. Hopefully, we learn touse less energy in our Taiji Tui Shou(pushing hands training) and Wing ChunChi Sau (sticking hands training) as wellas how to use our brains and instincts aswell as our muscles. But it does meanthat we get tired more quickly and aremore than happy to sit down after anhour of pushing or sticking hands andwatch the youngsters go at it for a while.I hope that this is understood andacceptable. Though the older one getsthe less one tends to worry about otherpeople’s opinions, those of us that havebeen around for a while still wish to seta good example and not cause offence.We have too much respect for that.

But I have to be honest here. Aswell as getting tired a little more quickly,I know that I’ve also lost an inch to aninch and a half of flexibility in mystretches. I’m not quite assupple as I used to be.Neither do I recoverfrom the occasionalpulled muscle or achingback as quickly as before.On the plus side, and it’sa big plus, at the age of56 (how did that happen?)I’m more at home in mybody than at any point in mylife. Thanks to the skillstaught to me by my Sifu, I’mhealthier and happier thanI’ve ever been. So I’m notcomplaining - perfectcontentment for an inchof stretch - it’s a fairtrade!

It’s aunique time inthe Tse Qigong

Centre and in society in general. Thereare more of us growing old together(some more quickly than others!) but,unlike modern society, the Tse QigongCentre (and traditional Chinese culture)has instilled in its students a respect forand an appreciation of old age. I’mgrateful for that and I applaud it.

I still remember (and always will)watching a venerable gentleman from

Scotland moving slowly and thoughtfullythrough a Chun Yuen form early onemorning. I found it very inspiring andincredibly moving. It was far moreimpressive than watching a younger mandashing around, doing high kicks andsomersaults. This old man had dignity.His quiet way of going about his practicewas a thing of beauty to my eyes.

Jaded but not Jurassic!

“It was more impressivethan watching a youngerman doing high kicks.”

Jaded but not Jurassic!


In future years I won’t be able toimpress anyone with my acrobatic skilleither, so all I can do is try to be true tothe principles of each skill and do mybest to communicate those principles -in my physical movements and in myteaching. I’ll do my best.

Growing old is inevitable. But itcan be quite a joyful process.And if we have to grow old, it’smuch nicer to doit within acommunity thatrespects old age andexperience and valueswisdom over physical prowess.

In the world outside Qigongand martial arts, we may be turninginto dinosaurs. In fact the elderly oftenbecome invisible. But each morningwhen I step outside to train, I know I’mjoined by a whole family - stretching,warming up, going through their routines- and we practice together, even ifseparated by many miles and differenttime zones. We’re growing old together,but the important word in this sentenceisn’t “old” - it’s “together”.

I urge you all to remember whyyou became involved with Qigong, Taiji

or Wing Chun in the first place. Theseskills are fun to learn and they’re verygood for your health. So enjoy yourtraining. Don’t make it a chore or youwon’t get the full benefit. It’s better toperform three or four forms properly than

to rush through six or seven.Relax! These skills are yourfriends. Spend quality time with

them!Listen toy o u rbody. If

Monday is when youusually perform your ChunYuen routines but yourbody is stiff or tired, thendo the Wild Goose andSwimming DragonQigong instead.Perhaps tomorrow

y ou ’ l l have more energy. IfTuesday is a full day for you,so it’s normally one of yours o f t e r Qigong days but youwake up early, then why notadd some stretching or do HardQigong instead? Though it’s good tohave a routine, we are not machines andevery day is different. Listen to your body.

That sounds like a cliché but so fewpeople actually bother to tune in to thebody. Another good thing about gettingolder is that one is almost forced to paymore attention to the current physicalstate. One has to become more aware.

And all these skills, though quiteancient, can feel fresh every time youapproach them properly. So don’t getjaded, don’t let your training becomemundane. It is too precious for that.

And all the ancestors andvenerable teachers - they’re old too (orgetting older) - but they’re also precious.Some of the seniors are getting closer tobeing venerable too! This makes it evenmore important that we start to look atthe next generation, encourageyoungsters, train the next generation ofteachers. We all need to pick a fewpromising youngsters, potentialinstructors and think about how we’regoing to be able to hand over our classesone day in the future. But right now,we’re at that wonderful age when wehold both the past and the future in ourhands. So as long as we get theoccasional rest (and a nice cup of tea!)growing older is ok. It’s ok

by Julian Wilde

Qigong Therapywith Master Michael Tse

Qigong therapy is a very effective wayof increasing your energy and clearingthe negative energy in the body.Combined with specific exercises, thetreatment is specific to each patient.Master Tse’s Qigong Therapy hasbenefited a great many people andhis appointments are highly soughtafter.

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I started studying Qigong for myselfand my own health. As for teaching,I almost had to be boot-kicked into

it, having to take over my Sifu’s classeswhen he was away. It was a bigresponsibility and sometimes I mademistakes both in my form and the wayin which I handled people. I even had afew private tears and stomps around thehouse. However, I always knew that I wasunder my Sifu’s wing and that hesupported me. When I finally began myown class, it was also to make somemistakes, grow a lot and make moremistakes and grow more. It is acontinuing cycle of development as noneof us are perfect.

For me, that is the wondermentand also the safety of today’s Centreinstructor courses. We are all constantlybeing polished like pieces of jade. Thereare sometimes tears and frustration but

there are also the joyful moments whenthe light bulb illuminates and somethingsinks in more than skin- or ear-deep. Iknow it must be intimidating for first-timers on the course as it is so B-I-G.Even as a senior, I too get nervous and Iknow seniors do as well because it is atime when we are measured and,maybe, we will find ourselves lacking.However, without this pushing, thistesting, we could easily become

complacent and settleinto a groove that waseasy and comfortable.

I still remembermy first instructor course.This was the first TseQigong Centre instructorcourse and it was a smallaffair compared withtoday. I felt I did notbelong there, being toojunior. There were manyseniors who knew manymore forms than I, someof whom were alreadyteaching under hissupervision. When Imentioned my fears to

my Sifu he said, “Trustme.” Many years

later, I realised thatonly part of theinstructor course isabout skill.Another part ishow to handle

oneself, how tohandle others and

how to mix in a group.Still another part is howto handle pressure withgood grace and

humour. These are life skillsthat are useful whether oneis teaching Chinese skill or not.

In our society, though, we are notaccustomed to implicitly placing our trustin an elder or teacher and sitting backand letting them guide us. Maybe it isbecause there are fewer wise ones wecan trust or maybe our egos are toolarge. Maybe it is fear of letting go andbeing out of control. As children, we have

to rely on ourparents and so asan adult, we areused to being incharge of ourdiets, our studies,our jobs and ourdestinies. Sowhen your Sifusays somethingto you such as,“Start a Wing

Chun class”, which takes you completelyout of your comfort zone, the initialreaction is to cringe, whinge or cry.Sometimes we may even have the frightand flight reaction but I know my Sifucan run faster than I so he would justcatch me.

I remember saying to one of mystudents that I wanted her to begin aChun Yuen class and then gave her aset time in which to prepare herself andthe class. At first she was hesitant anddoubted that she had the skill tomanage. She began wriggling but Iasked her what she was asking of herown students when she advised them onthings…of course, she was asking themto trust her, just as I was asking her totrust me. I could see further than shecould as I had more experience. I knewthat she did have the skill, the heart andthat she could manage. All she neededto do was trust.

Trust in your teacher, in theirwisdom and vision is paramount to yourown development. You also have to trustyourself to let go, like hanging over theedge of a bridge before a bungee jumpwhich according to my sister, wasabsolutely exhilarating as it was all aboutrelinquishing control and going for it

by Sihn Kei

Matter of Trust

Growing up on a small farm in Indiana, I could hardly ever imagine myselfmoving to another country. But certainly and without any doubt, I never imaginedmyself teaching the traditional Chinese skill of Dayan Qigong, often to Chinesepeople themselves.

Matter of Trust

“Maybe it is fear ofletting go and beingout of control.”


Hard Qigong ExperienceHard Qigong ExperienceOverall strength and endurance are

the first quantifiable effects. In thebeginning just ten or fifteen

repetitions of the exercises seems animmense feat and the notion ofperforming thirty, or more, seemsdaunting if not impossible, but throughsteady practice with gradual incrementswithin several months you discover thestandard of fifty is attainable.Additionally, explosive powerand rooting to the ground aredeveloped equally in LevelOne. Curiously, the gentlest,more internal exercise‘Embrace the Moon’, I foundto generate the most heat.In cold weather I would seethe steam rising from mychest and arms during thisexercise. After a few monthsof training several of my oldTaiji brothers remarked thatI felt “different” duringpushing-hands. With LevelsII and III physical changesbecome more noticeable -shoulders and chest becomefuller and arms denser, whilethe abdomen becomes slimmer,as the body becomes primed towithstand real punishment.

The rules of practice are in placefor a reason. Once, within the first fewmonths of training, I neglected to spendsufficient time on meditation followingpractise. With the ‘fire’ inside burningstrongly, I confess I did somethingreckless. A man buzzed my apartmentbut repeatedly declined to identify himself(strangers often attempted to gain accessto the building illegally.) So I chargeddown six flights of stairs to confront him,leaving my four-year-old stepsontemporarily unattended. Of course, theman had gone and when I returnedmoments later my stepson was distressedand crying. I felt terrible and foolish. Irealised that there are consequences fornot following the rules and returning toa calm balanced state. I vowed to neverto lose control again, and alwaysmeditate for sufficient periods afterwards.

The second and subsequent levelsrequire celibacy for a month prior totesting, as emission weakens Qi. Many

students naturally find this very difficult(a test in itself?) and may be tempted totransgress this rule. Just once, can’t bebad right? Well, in doing so failure is notcertain (as no-one else need know), butwhen it comes to breaking bricks overthe head with a sledgehammer youcertainly do not want any doubts

whatsoever lingering in your mind!With progressive levels you have

to be more attentive to warming up andbeing mindful while practising as it is easyto pull a muscle or hyper-extend thejoints if you are not careful. One time Ifailed to warm up my neck adequatelyand during the Head Stance, through mynegligence, I pinched a nerve in thevertebrae of my neck. The pain, likenothing I’d ever experienced before (fromassorted injuries), was so intense andprolonged that I literally felt like cryingat times. The sensation was like abullwhip being cracked across the baseof my neck at frequent intermissions,while a more lingering stabbing anddebilitating pain would run down myright arm to my thumb, index, andmiddle fingers. The pain would evenkeep me awake at night, no matter inwhat position I manoeuvred, thoughmeditation immediately remedied this

problem in the short-term.Despite init ial concerns ofpermanent damage I relied on softQigong to heal the problem and refusedto take painkillers, or let a chiropractorlay a hand on me. The intense paingradually lessened, becoming justsporadic tingling down my arm, until itfinally disappeared two months later,without ever having returned. This taughtme to be more observant and respectfulof the skill. Training the top of the head,neck, throat, and fingers, is naturallyquite painful at first but eventually thepain diminishes too.

One of the challenges is simplyfinding a suitable place to practise,especially later when equipment isneeded. Level One only demandsprivacy as the noise of forceful breathingcan attract unwanted attention. LevelTwo requires a strong wall, needed tothrow your body against, which can makeeven the sturdiest house shake (worryingoccupants inside). Level Three requiresbeating yourself with a solid piece ofwood and impaling your throat on thetip of a spear (causing neighbours toworryfor their safety or your sanity).

The hardest aspect of developingthe skill is actually getting up from acomfortable chair and knowing how mucheffort you must expend. Venturing outfrom the warm indoors into the depthsof winter (until your mouth becomesnumb from sucking the frigid air) or intothe humid, stif ling air of summer,sweating before you even begin to workup the real sweat is the difficult part.After this the tests themselves are easy.Trust me.

In training you are competing withno-one but yourself. In passing the teststhere is no belt or certificate awarded;just a sense of personal achievement;from your Sifu’s respect to thecamaraderie from brothers/sisters who’vebeen through it before and theinspiration provided for the nextgeneration, to earning the privilege oflearning more skill. I have concluded that,aside from the many obvious healthbenefits Hard Qigong bestows, ultimatelyit is to strengthen the spirit and conquerfear

by Adam Wallace.

My introduction to Hard Qigong produced within me such a uniquefeeling of euphoria and clarity (like the sudden effect upon inhalingmenthol vapour when congested) that I have been hooked ever since.


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With tea of this quality, the teacan be reused to make severalcups.

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Preparing good tea in the correctway enhances the taste drastically.

Your will need the following:Boiling WaterSmall teapot or cup with lidTea strainerTea cups

i. Warm up the tea pot or cup with boilingwater.

ii. Wash tea by placing tea in pot and pourin just enough boiling water to coverleaves and then discard immediately.

iii. Pour in more boiling water and allow tostand for a 2-3 minutes. Stir gently.

iv. Pour tea through a tea strainer (to takeout any small bits of tea leaf) eitherdirectly into a tea cup orserving jug and then enjoy.

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O ver the years there have beenseveral attempts to render Chinesein Western script. You may have

seen “Qi” spelt in various ways, including:“Chi” and “Ch’i” but the Pinyin version(Qi) is the one chosen by the ChineseAuthority Responsible for Deciding Things.As such, it has the advantage that mostChinese under the age of 40 are familiarwith it. That, incidentally, is a lot of people.Frankly, you won’t be doing yourself anyfavours if you don’t fall in line on thisone, but the choice, of course, is entirelyyours.

Penguin is a species of aquatic bird with the bizarre habit of wearinghighly inappropriate evening attire in the frozen wastelands of the Antarctic.Pinyin, on the other hand, is a system of writing Chinese using the Westernalphabet and is, despite a few minor eccentricities, enormously useful.

The most glaring phoneticanomalies are:‘zh’ which sounds like a ‘j’ so ‘zha’

sounds like ‘jar’ (with a silent ‘r’),‘q’ sounds like ‘ch’, so ‘qi’ sounds

like ‘chee’,‘x’ sounds like ‘sh’, so ‘xu’ sounds

like ‘shoe’,‘c’ followed by a vowel is said ‘ts’

(as with the ‘ts’ in tsar). The realtoughie.The vowels can be tricky too.

‘Feng’ for example, is pronounced moretowards ‘lung’ and with a fairly soft ‘g’but with an ‘f’ not an ‘l’, and

‘shui’ is said like theword ‘shoe’ followed very

quickly by the word‘whey ’, so‘shooway’, so now

try saying ‘fengshui’…

If you want to try out some otherexamples, have a look at thepronunciation tips in the food chart inthe last issue (Issue 84) of Qi magazine.[Obviously the list is not exhaustive – justa taster.]

If you’ve seen Pinyin before youmight have seen some little symbols oversome of the vowels in each syllable.These are the dreaded tones.

The first thing to say is that thereare only really four main tones in theMandarin dialect, so count yourself lucky.Cantonese has nine and I’m told someother Far-Eastern languages have twentyor more! If you ever wondered whykaraoke is so popular in the Far East,here’s your answer – you practically needto be an opera singer just to speak. Thesecond thing to say is that I have a tinear and butcher every tone I come across.However, I still manage to make myselfunderstood and continue to avoidkaraoke like the plague (see tablebelow).

It’s worth noting that when youhave a word with two syllables the toneof the second syllable is often left out.Perhaps more importantly, it is also worthremembering that people can often workout what you are trying to say from thecontext, even if you do not get the tonequite right. That said, there is always thedanger that you will be believed whenyou say that you are travelling back toEngland to visit your horse

by Peter Andersen

Practicalities of PinyinPracticalities of Pinyin

Tone Word Also written Characteristic Meaning

1st tone mâ ma(1) high and level with motherunchanging volume

2nd tone má ma(2) hemprising quickly andbecoming louder

3rd tone mã ma(3) start low, fall a bit then rise horseand get louder, this is a long tone

4th tone mà ma(4) start high and loud, fall quick to quiet Abuse, scold

None ma Short and unemphasised (denotes question)

“You might haveseen some little

symbols over someof the vowels.”


Tuina - MassageTuina - Massage

Traditional Chinese Medicine, or TCM as it is often abbreviated, hasfour main branches. Most people have heard of Acupuncture and ChineseHerbal Medicine and many will know of the profound healing powers ofQigong. But the fourth branch of TCM is less well documented in the West.

T his is Tuina or(pronounced Tui Na, with theemphasis on the first syllable) or

Chinese Remedial Massage. Tuina ismuch older than acupuncture with ahistory spanning five to six thousandyears. The words simply mean “push” and“grasp”, which are two of the manymassage techniques used during a Tuinatreatment. Others include rolling,pressing, rubbing, kneading,chopping, shaking andpinching. But atreatment doesnot just comprisev a r i o u sm a s s a g em e t h o d s .Depending onthe problembeing dealtwith, anumber ofstretches, jointm a n i -pulations andr o t a t i o n smay also beemployed. Itis a veryd i f f e r e n texper iencefrom the kindof massagewe are used toin the West,such asaromatherapy or Swedish massage. Itis much more vigorous and sometimesa fair amount of pressure is employed.In addition, a detailed knowledge ofacupuncture points and the route of thechannels or meridians is essential inorder to clear blockages and stagnationand to restore the free flow of Qithroughout the body.

Unlike most other forms ofmassage, Tuina is usually carried outwhile the recipient remains clothed.However, it is best to wear soft cottongarments since synthetic materials cancreate static, can be too slippery to work

on or can in some cases cause too muchfriction on the therapist’s hands. A cottonT-shirt that is ribbed will also create a lotof friction.

So what sort of conditions can wetreat using Tuina? Firstly, it is one of themost effective ways of treating sportsinjuries. It not only speeds up the healingprocess in muscles, tendons andligaments, but also helps to clear swellingand inflammation and to restore the

smooth flow of Qi. In addition, we canuse it for all musculo-skeletal pain, suchas back ache, slipped disc, acute lumbarstrain, frozen shoulder, neck stiffness,tennis and golfers elbow, wrist pain, infact, anything that an osteopath,

chiropractor or physio-therapist would treat.

But Tuina is not simplyused for joint and muscleproblems. I have used it successfully tosort out conditions such as migraine andstress, and it can also be used torejuvenate the face – much less invasivethan plastic surgery! We can treat colds,insomnia, diarrhoea, constipation,irritable bowel syndrome and a host of

other problems. I find itparticularly good in

cases of trigger finger.This is a painfulcondition of the handwhere one or morefingers becomelocked in a bentposition due to aninflamed and swollentendon. Usually,surgery is used toresolve this, withvarying degrees ofsuccess, but I findTuina can sort this outin two or threesessions.

D ep end ingon the severity of theproblem beingtreated, five to tenhour-long treatmentsmay be necessary.

Each time the patient is left feelingrelaxed and invigorated. In fact, manypeople have a regular Tuina treatmentto keep them in tip top condition andbecause receiving it is a very pleasantexperience.

“We can use it for allmusculo-skeletal pain.”


Press ReleaseTAI CHI CHUAN REVELATIONS - Principles & Conceptsby Grandmaster Ip Tai Tak,5th Generation Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan and First Disciple of Great Grand-master Yang Sau Chung of the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan.Translated by Master John DingIn his first book, Grandmaster Ip, one of the leading authorities on the Traditional YangFamily Tai Chi Chuan, shares his insight and deeper understanding of the Tai Chiclassics including some of the unspoken original interpretations and concepts notfound in other Tai Chi texts and contains some rare pictures of him and GreatGrandmaster Yang Sau Chung. Without good understanding of Tai Chi principlesand concepts one will never attain a high level. This book certainly contains a wealthof knowledge, which will assist both beginners and advanced practitioners seeking toimprove and gain deeper understanding in the principles and concepts of Tai Chi Chuan.This certainly is a rare and informative book on Tai Chi Chuan.

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Before you rush out to find a Tuinatherapist near you, a word of warning.As with any other kind of therapist, domake sure the person you choose ishealthy. During a treatment the patientand therapist exchange Qi, so if thetherapist has sick Qi, this will be passedto you. I do know therapists who aretreating people while recovering from

serious illnesses like

cancer. This will not only deplete their Qifurther, but will also put their patients atrisk.

If your interest in Tuina extendsto wanting to train as a Tuina therapist,then a lot of preparation is necessary. Aswell as being healthy yourself and havingenough Qi so that you can afford to givesome away, you need to be very strong.Giving a vigorous treatment for an hour

takes a lot out of you.For example, lifting andholding the leg of apatient much largerthan yourself requiressome strength. Before

you embark on such a venture I wouldrecommend that you first get a thoroughgrounding in Qigong exercise so that youcan improve your own health andstamina first. Sadly, too many peoplebecome therapists because they havehad a serious illness themselves andbenefited from receiving complementarytherapies. However, if you are not ableto keep yourself well, then you would

be ill advised to try to help others, nomatter how much you wish to givesomething back. Learn some Qigonginstead and concentrate on building upyour strength again and then you canlook at the next step

by Kate Britton

“Many peoplebecome therapistsbecause they havehad a serious illness.”


Amazing WaterAmazing Water

Love & Gratitude Heavy Metal Music Thank you You Make Me Sick

Water content differs throughout the body. Blood is made up of 83percent water, bones are 22 percent water and muscle is 75 percentwater. Water plays several crucial roles in the body by helping toregulate temperature, carrying nutrients and oxygen andremoving waste. It also cushions joints and organs.

Japanese author Massaru Emoto has become fascinated by waterover his lifetime and has written several books on the topic, albeit from arather unusual perspective. He maintains that water not only hashealing potential, but has tried to show how environmentalconditions, pollution and music might affect water throughvarious experiments.

After many tests, he found that water moleculesreacted in varying ways. For classical music, a balancedsnowflake-type crystal was formed. In comparison,Japanese pop music resulted in an abstract crystalwith no uniformity. Heavy metal music presented abroken, shimmer effect if ‘shimmer’ is to be a nounhere then no comma needed after broken, if it is tobe a verb then it would be ‘shimmering effect’ withno crystal shapes being formed at all.

Dr. Emoto and his colleagues decided to takethe tests further to see if the water would have anyreaction to words and thoughts. Using untreated, distilledwater, they pasted papers of either typed or hand writtenwords onto the bottles of water and then left themovernight. The waters were then frozen and photographed.

Over the years, he has photographed samplesincluding such thoughts as, “You are a fool” and “ThankYou”, “Adolf Hitler” and “Mother Theresa”, “beautiful”and “dirty”. Photographs show how the water crystalsare very different according to the messages received.

He published these findings in his first book,Messages from Water, in 1999 both in English andJapanese. The ideas it presented resonated and its

According to statistics compiled by the International Bottled Water Association, an averageadult body is made up of 50-65 percent water — that’s roughly 45 quarts. A man’s body is 60-65percent water, compared to 50-60 percent for a woman. In infants, the figure is a actually 70 percent.

Dr Emoto’s Water Crystal SamplesDr Emoto’s Water Crystal Samples

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popularity spread across the world predominantly by word ofmouth. With these findings, Dr. Emoto feels that humanitycan help to change the vibrational energy of water to be positive.He says that by holding the intention of peace towards water- by thinking, speaking and acting with the intention of peace- water can and will bring peace to our bodies and to theworld. If a person is peaceful, then they will affect others aroundthem and eventually this will spread.

Because children are born with such a high water contentin their bodies, their water will pick up even more “vibrations”than that of an adult and he concludes that they are stronglyinfluenced by the people around them and their environment.

Dr. Emoto feels that children, like water, respond to the energyin their environment. To help children learn more about howthey can affect the environment to be more peaceful, he beganthe EMOTO PROJECT. This project wishes to promote a children’sbook which condenses the ideas of, Messages from Water. Heoffers this book free on his site in pdf format, hoping that thisbook will play a leading role in bringing peace to the world byteaching children how their thoughts, words and actions affecttheir environment

by Jessica Tse(To download go to: http://www.thank-water.net/english)


Instructors CourseMy second Wild Goose and ChunYuen Instructor course, and whatan experience it was! With all thepractising, polishing, observingand talking, the skill opened itselfa little bit more to everyone. Forthis I am truly grateful.

Oliver Lock

Wild Goose Instructors CourseAnother totally inspiring course with helpand information given so freely by Sifu,Simo and all the Senior Instructors to thisever growing family.

Hilary Castle

Green Dragon SwordA stunning form - I havenever been so happy towork hard. When I workon this form I know thatfortune has smiled onme.

Paolo Zanoni

Green Dragon SwordIt’ll take me another ten years topolish (minimum!), but learning thisform has been the best fun. Spendingthe time working with the rest of thegroup, all tassels flying and swordsflashing was fantastic.

Caroline Forbes

Wild Goose Instructors CourseI really enjoyed the course this year, it wasreally good to be with so many people whoare all practising/learning Qigong and tosee and meet many new and old friendsand just enjoying the time together.

Jens Thinnesen

Green Dragon SwordA very challenging andrewarding residential course,which has taxed my brainenormously, developing myhealth and coordination toanother level, and creatingnew brain cells in theprocess!

Christine Barbier


Jade PillarI found Jade Pillar Gong full of delightfulsurprises. There was a touch of familiarityyet plenty of challenges and a residentialallows us that precious time for lecturesand a little bit of leisure

Belinda Hadfield

Jade PillarI had already learned Jade Pillar and I was sohappy to clarify and deepen my understandingof this special form. Now I can connect withthe internal energy even better.

Lee Masters

Wing Chun ResidentialThank you for taking so good care of us beginners at the Wing ChunResidential. We had a great time and really enjoyed to get to knowyou all. It was exiting to taste so many of the different flavours WingChun has to offer. Sticking hands, the various forms, the woodendummy, the Wing Chun pole, and the Baat Jam Dao was a real teaserthat stimulated the appetite for more. We really appreciate all thehelp and patience from the seniors.

Tor Arne and Nina

Wing ChunThe Wing Chun Residential Coursewas a very exhilarating anddemanding experience. With such ahigh level of teaching from Tse Sifu,was met by great enthusiasm to theextent that we continued to train tillbed time...

Sai Yuen

Jade PillarJade Pillar workshop highlights werelearning what is now my favouriteform with lots of attention from Sifu& senior students, glorious sunshineand time to shop in Newport...downsides? having to get out of theshower at 7 am. as the fire alarmswent off and ...ghost stories (byMartin Gale!).

Yveline Hands


Five ElementFive Element

WoodBirth of and the wind moves

up through the wood.The liver no longer adapts as

it should:No storage of blood; no fast

flowing Qi,I shed sour tears. Angry, the

less I can see.But the Xun will developthrough benevolent acts,

The tendons stay strong andthe nails will not crack.From 11pm to 1, in the

morning I’ve gall,And from 1am till 3, the liver

stands tall.

WaterWinter and downwards cold salt water flows,

Sinks into my bones, my kidney will know.A powerful noise that enters my ear

Will empty my bladder as I deeply fearA threat to survival if stores are not kept.

With deficient essence, grey hairs on my head.From 3pm till 5, my bladder transforms

And from 5pm to 7, kidney Yang should be norm.

FireSummer and outward from the bitter heart grows -Brings sweet to my face as red blood vessels show.My joy comes with laughter but it may be too much

As I feel tongue-tied, can’t speak as such,My heart’s not protected – no home for the Shen,A blocked triple heater – fire dies in Ming Men.From 11am to 1, I wear my heart on my sleeve,And from 1pm to 3 the small intestine receives,

And from 7pm till 9, I protect my heart,And from 9 till 11, the triple heater takes part.

EarthEnd of season, the earth is still.

Fruit ripens, tastes sweet as my stomach I fill.My flesh feels nourished, my muscles are stable,But intellectual worries stop me feeling able,When damp as my spit, my spleen gives me jip.

But when I open my mouth song passes my lips.From 7 till 9, in the morning I eat

And from 9 to 11, my spleen walks the beat.

MetalAutumn and Metal moves

inwards and down,The pungent smells of harvest

are found.The hair on my body stands

up from dry skinAs I weep in grief then let go

and take inOne breath, then another, my

lungs are now free,A gift the corporeal soul gives

to me.From 3 to 5, in the morning I

breatheAnd from 5 until 7, large

intestine receives.

by MattLaurie

PoemPoem


In regards to prescribing food curesfor ourselves, of course, we needto know whether we have a cold orhot constitution as well as otherfactors such as age, environment

and culture. But like any subject in therealm of Chinese philosophy and culture,there is always a simple answer and adeep answer. In the past, people havespent their entire lives developing this artbut for most of us today, we do not havethe time nor the opportunity to developto this level. So rather than becomingconfused with too many details, oneneeds to learn the basics first and thendevelop things from there.

The first step is to findout what our body conditionis like. Do we easily feel coldeven on warm days? Do wecrave hot drinks and foods?Do we feel sluggish and donot like to move much? Ifso, this is symptomatic ofa cold (Yin) bodyconstitution. When we feelcold, it is because we donot have sufficient bloodcirculation and Qi.

On the other hand,maybe we often feel hotand easily irritated. Do wefrequently have pimples,boils or mouth ulcers? Do weconstantly feel dehydrated andthirsty? These are symptoms of ahot (Yang) body constitution.

Of course, we might find that wehave some of bothand then we canlook at furthersymptoms andhealth problems tohelp us to make adiagnosis. Thereare many types ofclassifications wecan use for bodyconditions, likedamp, cold, hot,Yin, Yang, Qi deficient, Qi rising, Qifalling, etc. However, to break things downinto hot and cold is using the Yin andYang theory to make a diagnosis and thisis a very good beginning.

In addition to the Yin/Yang theory,Chinese food cures are also based uponthe Five Element theory. Both of theseare accepted philosophies of Chinesesociety and have been for manythousands of years. This gives Chinesefood cures a foundation that food fadsin the west cannot compete with. Rawfood seems to be the current food crazebut for Chinese, habitualeating of raw food will

damage the spleen and other internalorgans over time. That is why Chinesepeople will generally prefer to have hotfood for their meals and will warm upleftovers rather than eat them cold. Hot

food alone is not enough to guaranteegood health, though.

The content and the combinationof food is also important. For instance,most Chinese people say not to cookspinach and tofu together but may notbe able to answer why as it is knowledgethat has been passed down for manyyears. Scientifically, though, thecombination is shown to block theabsorption of the nutrients in the spinach.If someone is weak from an illness, then

in the Chinese food cure theory oneneeds to eat foods that will build

up their energy. However, ifthey are recovering from an

operation, then foods likebeef, duck and deep-

fried foods arediscouraged becausethese all create toomuch heat in thebody and will affectthe healing of thewound.

For goodhealth, the best is tohave a balance ofboth Yin and Yang. Thismeans we will feelgood and have a lightbody and ample energy

for everyday tasks andliving. I am sure you might

be wondering, “What is alight body?” A light body is one

that does not feel sluggish whenmoving. It feels ‘light’ because all

the channels are openand the circulation isgood. When the body islight, moving will not feellike it is an effort and allyour movements aresmooth and withoutblockages. When thefeels body is heavy, thismeans the circulation ispoor and that there is notenough fresh Qi. This

can lead to many kinds of illnesses anddisease because the channels areblocked

by Jessica Tse

Having taught the Tse Qigong Centre’s first Five Element Cooking Course in Canadain May, I have been thinking about some of the questions that people asked. One of thefrequently asked questions was, “How do I know what body type I am?”

Food Cures: Body Types

Chinese food curesare based upon theFive Element theory


GoldenMountainLiving Buddha

GoldenMountainLiving Buddha

Part IVHigh Level Monk

Part IVHigh Level Monk

H ow can we describe GoldenMountain Living Buddha? As wesaid previously, he looks like theSong Dynasty “Mad Monk” Ji Gongand some people say they are the

same. Living Buddha behaved in a veryunusual way. He did not wear Buddhist robesor the Hai Qing (a Buddhist robe which is blackin colour). The robe he wore was made froma big thick cloth which had a round collar. Thesleeves went down to his knees and so whenhe walked, his sleeves billowed up and downlike he was dancing.

The top of his head was shiny like amirror and you could see the shape of hisbones on his forehead. He had strongcheekbones and his eyes sparkled with spirit.He was of ordinary height but his bones werestrong and big. Although he looked small, healso looked heavy. Some people say he knewsome martial arts and he had big, long armsbut his palms were as soft as cotton. He didnot walk in a straight line, but walked as thewind blows the willow, sometimes left andsometimes right.

When he sat down he did not sit like anordinary person. He would always cross his legsand sit in lotus position as if he was doingmeditation and had a serious look on his faceas if he was studying a Buddhist sutra.

He also did not eat, sleep or go to thetoilet like an ordinary person. Sometimes wheneating he would put some of the rusty metalfrom the bottom of the wok into his rice, snortinto it and mix it up with his saliva. Then hewould eat everything together. People who didnot know him would often not be able to seehim do this and eat with him (I am sure thatmany of us would not be able to handle thiseither.)

When he slept he would not lie downon a bed. Instead he would cross his legs inlotus position and meditate all night long. If hedid feel sleepy, he would just drop his head.After a while he would straighten up andcontinue meditating.

When he went to the toilet he wouldalways squat down. Many people did notunderstand why he did this and many peopleare surprised when they find out why. He did

EDITOR’S NOTE: Although this article is based on true events, some things described mightnot be suitable for everyone and so readers are asked to use their own discretion when reading.


this because there is a Buddhist rule that says, “Buddhist monksdo not stand up when they go to the toilet.”

Another strange thing about Living Buddha was that hecould not see small things like watermelon seeds, peanut shells,fruit peel like orange skin and banana skins nor could he seepaper or toilet paper. When he did see things such as these,no matter where they were, on the floor or on the table, hewould pick them up and eat them. He moved very fast and noone could stop him.

Going out on the street with him was a very troublesomething as whenever he saw one of those things on the street hewould pick it up and put it into his mouth. It was very hardto stop him and it created some very funny situations aspeople tried to stop him or block his way. Wheneversomeone said that something, even used tissues ortoilet paper were dirty, he would say, “What isdirt? Dirty and clean are no different.”

The thing he most disliked was paper.Sometimes he would pick up some paper andsay, “Because you use such things, it createsa lot of problems. It confuses more people,makes them do bad things and makes badkarma.”

Once on a trip to Rangoon in Burma oneof his students, called Chen Qing Yun, wroteto an old lady who was a student of LivingBuddha. He was inviting both the lady andLiving Buddha to his home for dinner. Whenshe gave the note to Living Buddha, hesuddenly slapped her face very hard and said,“Visit for dinner is alright, but why write a noteon the paper!” Of course, the old lady wasvery upset. However, Living Buddha was herSifu and in the traditional Chinese way, aSifu is very important to the student,otherwise the Sifu would not teach them.Then she realised that normally shehad toothache, but now after he hadslapped her, the pain was gone! Soshe knelt and Koutou’d to him. Whenshe went home she told everyone,“My Sifu is very kind. He has fixedmy toothache.” Many people talkedabout this story.

There are also many otherinteresting stories about LivingBuddha. When people invitedhim to dinner, they would nevertell him the names of the dishes ifthey were things like vegetarianchicken, vegetarian duck, vegetarian fish, etc. Everyone knewthat Chinese Buddhist monks do not eat meat and are allvegetarian. They do not even eat any kind of onions or garlicand will not eat anything with animal oils in it. Once LivingBuddha heard a name like vegetarian duck, he would not eatit and would only eat the rice. When people told him theywere just made out of vegetables and were not real chicken orduck, but made out of Tofu, he would say, “I am not afraid toeat those vegetables, I am afraid you are still thinking of killing.If you were not thinking of animals’ meat, why would youmake up those names?”

It is very true, if we do not think of the animals, thenwhy would we give those dishes those names and pretend to

eat meat? If you want to be vegetarian, then you should bevegetarian and if you want to eat meat, then eat meat. Manypeople make up excuses to try and hide their faults. In a waythey lie to others but really they are only lying and cheatingthemselves. Sadly, the results will still come back to them. Inour lives, we should always try to be clear and honest.That is the way to change our fortune.

L i v i n g Buddha educatedpeople about a lot of deepphi losophy and Buddhist

knowledge. In 1921 inTianjin, China,

G e n e r a lZ h a o

YongX i uwentt oeat at

avegetarian

restaurantas he was a

Buddhist and avegetarian. The

restaurant workers could seethat he was a general by his uniform and

so offered him the best dishes.When the food was put on the table the

General asked the Captain, “What are thesedishes?” The Captain replied, “That is steamedchicken, red roast pork, fish fins, ham and duck.”When the General heard this he pushed all thedishes on to the floor and angrily said, “You knowI am vegetarian, why do you give me meatdishes?”

After that the restaurant changed all thenames of the dishes so there was no mention of

meat in the names. This is a well-known story inTianjin.

Living Buddha loved it when people werevegetarian. However, when he saw people eatingmeat, he would not be angry, he would just smileand say, “Oh, you are eating your ancestors now.”Buddhism believes that people and animals are thesame. People who do good deeds will benefit fromgood results in the next life and people who dobad deeds will have a bad result in the next lifeand even in this one.

If people killed a lot of animals, wenthunting and fishing, etc, it is believed that in the next life theymight be reincarnated as animals. It is simple: you kill thenyou return in the next life to be killed. What goes round comesround and there is no one needs to take revenge as it is theuniversal law of nature:- cause and effect. No matter howclever we think we are, we usually do not see this. However,problems always come to us when we are weak and our energyis low, particularly when we are older. It is the same as luck.Usually we use up all our luck and then bad luck comes morequickly. That is why Chinese people in the past would try to dothe bad jobs or help others a lot to try and change their karma

by Michael Tse


Escaping Qin NaEscaping Qin NaChen Taijiquan is a very powerful martial arts

skill. One part that often intrigues people is Qin Na– the skill of seizing and controlling your

opponent.

Escape 1

i. B grasps A’s hand and squeezes the fingers together. He then twists A’shand around and up. The lock works by putting both pressure on thefingers and the arm caused by the lifting and twisting movement. Fig 1.

People often try and apply this while practisingTui Shou (Pushing Hands) and when donecorrectly it is a valuable tool to have. However,it is very difficult to do well, and if done badlywill make you use too much strength and leave

you very vulnerable.But did you know that Chen Taijiquan does not

only teach you to apply Qin Na but it also teaches youhow to escape if someone tries to lock you? Here aresome escapes for two very commonly used Qin Natechniques.

Fig 1

Fig 3

Fig 4

Fig 2


ii. A relaxes and allows B to start to twist his hand. A settleshimself and as B twists his hand up, he allows his elbow tobend. Fig 2.

iii. A moves his waist to allow him to roll his hand up and backtowards B. Fig 3.

iv. A then sinks slightly and rolls his hand down and bends B’shand back and catches his thumb. Fig 4.

v. A continues to pull B down and forwards placing a greatdeal of pressure on B’s thumb and wrist. Fig 5.

i. B grasps A’s hand and squeezes his wristback into the crook of his elbow. Fig 6.

ii. A relaxes and allows B to put pressureon his wrist. Fig 7.

iii. A quickly twists his waist and lifts hiselbow, breaking B’s balance. Fig 8

iv. A then pushes towards B and then pushesB back with both hands. Fig 9-10.

Escape 2Fig 5

Fig 6 Fig 7 Fig 8

Fig 9 Fig 10

Both these techniquesdemonstrate how clever and balancedChen Taijiquan is. If we learn how to lockan opponent, then we also need tounderstand how to escape. If weunderstand both sides, then our skill atlocking will be even more powerful aswe understand how the opponent maytry to escape.

Care must always be used when doing any form of Qin Naas the locks are very painful and can easily cause injury.

by Darryl Moy


The UnbreakableThe Unbreakable

Around the year 184 AD, China was in chaos. Everywherepeople were suffering and unhappy with the government ofthe time which was the Western Han Dynasty. In the countyof Yuzhou, there was a small town which, like most othertowns, had a market. In the town lived a young man who

made his living by selling bamboo mats. One day he took his mats tosell at the market. As he found a spot which was free and sat down,

on the opposite side of the road an argument broke out infront of a butcher’s stall.

“I am sorry”, said the young man lookingafter the stall, “Butcher Zhang is not here at the

moment and so I cannot sell you any pork.”The customer was not satisfied with thisand still wanted to buy some pork andargued even more strongly.

Suddenly a tall man with a redface and long beard (traditionally, anyone

who could grow a long beard was veryhandsome) came over and asked the young

butcher what the problem was. After theyoung butcher had explained, the red-

faced man said, “ What is theproblem? This man wants to buysome pork, why not just sell it tohim?” The young butcher stillinsisted that he could not and thatButcher Zhang was in charge of

selling any pork. The tall red-facedman started to insist and so the

young butcher said, “There is onesolution. My boss, ButcherZhang said if anyone can liftup the millstone covering thebarrel then the pork insidebelongs to them and they donot need to pay for it.” Theyoung butcher pointed to alarge barrel that was coveredby a very heavy lookingmillstone. The barrel wasvery big and must have hada lot of pork inside it.

By now many peoplehad started to gather around

Throughout Chinese history there have been many heroic figures. Oneof the most revered is Guan Yu who is also known as Guan Gong. He is a heroto all the Chinese people and everyone knows who is and even today marvelat his deeds and his character. So who is Guan Yu and what deeds have madehim the hero of generations?

Loyalty ofLoyalty of


Liu Bei, Guan Yu,and Zhang FeiLiu Bei, Guan Yu,and Zhang Fei

he still wanted to takes ome pork for free. Thisshowed he was greedy.

A t that time money in Chinawas made up of many small coins whichwere all bunched together with a pieceof string. Taking the money, the red-facedman broke the string and then threw all the smallcoins up into the air and they fell scattering around on theground. The people standing around frantically scrambled topick up the money and the red-faced man looked up androared with laughter. Then he quietly walked back to his cornerto sell his mung beans.

Having seen all of this the young mat seller’s mind wasfull of thoughts, but no one had any idea what he was thinking.

Suddenly a large man with big eyes and a curly beardwalked into the market followed by the young butcher. Hebegan to talk to the young butcher who pointed to the red-faced man sitting at his corner. This was obviously ButcherZhang that he had been so scared of before.

Butcher Zhang looked very strong and powerful. Hisbody must have developed from all the chopping of pork,lifting and carrying that he had to do. Butcher Zhang looked atthe red-faced man and you could tell that he wanted to gethis own back. He walked over and grasped a handful of mungbeans and squeezed. When he opened his hand all that wasleft of the dried mung beans was powder. Looking at the red-faced man he said, “I thought you were selling dried mungbeans, but actually you are selling bean powder.”

to see what was going on.The young man sellingmats had been watching all thetime from the other side of the street.He had already noticed the tall, red-faced manwho had been sitting at the corner of the street sellingdried mung beans. He could tell the red-faced man had alreadynot been happy and now that he was arguing with someone,he wanted to see to release some of his temper. The youngman was curious, so he got up and crossed the street to get abetter view.

The red-faced man turned to look where the youngbutcher was pointing. On seeing the big heavy millstone hesimply walked up to it, grabbed it and lifted it with a loud cry.He turned to the young butcher and asked, “Where do youwant me to put it?” On seeing this the young butcher was veryscared. No one but Butcher Zhang could lift the stone.

The mat seller was very impressed and he smiled atthe red-faced man as he dropped the millstone. The red-facedman saw him smile and nodded slightly, then he turned backto the young butcher and said, “Now the pork is mine!” andhe put his hand in the barrel and lifted up a big piece of pork.He then told the young butcher to chop it up and give it to thepeople. Everyone was really happy as most of them were poorand pork was very expensive.

The red-faced man started handing out the pork andeveryone was won over by his generosity. Suddenly the hestopped someone who was about to take some pork “Youneed to pay,” he told the man with a serious look on his face.Having seen the red-faced man pick up the millstone this manknew how powerful he was and so did not argue. He reachedinto his robes, took out some money and handed it to the red-faced man.

From the way he was dressed, the red-faced man couldtell that this man was wealthy and had plenty of money, but


Everyone nearby watched, includingthe mat seller who wanted to see what wouldhappen. He stood up again to get a betterview. He knew dried mung beans were very

tough and could not imagine how anyonecould squeeze them into powder. It wasamazing that someone was strongenough to do that.

The red-faced man shouted, “Ifyou want to buy them, buy them. Don’tdamage my beans!” Butcher Zhang

glared at the him with his big eyes andsaid, “I think you are cheating people.

These are not mung beans, it is powder!”The red-faced man glared right back andreplied, “Oh, you want to pick a fightbecause I gave away all your pork. Ok, let’sdo it,” and his face showed a faint, but

serious smile.The two men

walked into the middle ofthe market place and started

to fight each other. The red-faced man was strong and

tall, and his arms werelonger than Butcher

Zhang’s. ButcherZhang was

shorter but hewas also verystrong. Each

time ButcherZhang punched, the

red-faced man blocked himeasily, but Butcher Zhangwas also strong enough toblock all the red-faced

man’s attacks as well.The people nearbywatched in awe,

including the young matseller. After a while

Butcher Zhang knew that the red-faced man was very good and the red-faced

man also realised that Butcher Zhang was verygood as well, but each man wanted to knowwho was better and so their fighting becameeven more fierce as they challenged eachother.

Both men were concentrating veryhard and both threw punches at the same

time when suddenly to theiramazement, their arms were grasped

in a solid grip and they could notmove. They looked at who had

stopped them and it was theyoung mat seller! Both menlaughed and they wanted toknow who this person was.They appreciated his martialarts skill.

Butcher Zhang said,“We don’t need to fight now. I

just wanted to know who gave out my pork.When my servant told me another personcould move my millstone I did not believe itso I had to find out for myself. That is why Ichallenged you.” The red-faced man smiledand said, “I thought you were angry becauseI gave away your pork.” All three menlaughed out loud. Butcher Zhang and the red-faced man turned to the young mat seller.They knew he was no ordinary person. ButcherZhang then said, “Come to my restaurant toeat and drink. It is good to meet sometalented people.” So the three men left themarket and went to Butcher Zhang’srestaurant, where they ate, drank and talkedall night.

The big-eyed man, Butcher Zhang,was really called Zhang Fei. He ran a smallrestaurant and also sold pork at the marketto make his living. He was very strong andhad a loud voice, but he was also very sincereand honest. Whatever he thought he woulddo. He was very straight-forward.

The tall red-faced man was a little olderthan Zhang Fei, his name was Guan Yu. Hehad small eyes that always seemed to behalf closed) but they sparkled with a strongspirit. His appearance was very striking,especially with his long and beautiful beard.He was tall, strong, fearless, loyal andsincere. He hated seeing anyone being takenadvantage of. Once he saw a corruptgovernment official taking advantage of apoor citizen and Guan Yu was so angry thathe killed the official and so had to become afugitive. He travelled all over looking to dogood things, serve his country and help thepeople. He had learned some martial arts aswell.

The young man, who had a fair facewas named Liu Bei. He had been travellingto many places to find people like himselfwho would serve the country and help thepeople. However, he was upset with whathe saw as many people were selfish and justtook advantage of each other. There werealso the corrupt government officials and sohe was very disappointed with the situationaround him.

After they had been talking a longtime and had drunk a lot of wine they beganto open their hearts to each other. Liu Beibegan to tell them of his background. Hewas actually a member of the royal family.One of his ancestors, Liu Sheng, was theseventh son of Emperor Jing (188 BC-141BC). However, for some reason and aftermany generations, his family had becomeordinary citizens. He had no proper work andno money and so was very poor. But Liu Beihad a very strong vision for the future. Hewanted to change the dynasty which currently

Liu Bei

Guan Yu

Zhang Fei


was the Han Dynasty. He saw corruption everywhere and allthe people with power and position were dividing thegovernment and making it weak. The Emperor had no powerand everything was under control of the Prime Minister andthe generals. On one occasion the Emperor was forced to fleefrom the palace. It was a very weak time and many peoplewith power had created their own territories which wereseparate from the Emperor’s control.

Liu Bei revealed his true identity, vision and goal toGuan Yu and Zhang Fei. They both listened and immediatelywanted to follow him. Liu Bei said to them, “If we have thesame ideas then we can be brothers and do something tosave the country.” Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei replied, “Yes,we agree!”

The three men went to the back of the restaurant wherethere was a garden pull of plum blossoms. They set up a table,some food, wine and joss sticks. Liu Bei then said to themboth, “Although we were not born in the same year, in thesame month or on the same day, I hope we will die in thesame year, in the same month, on the same day.”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were very touched and tearsfilled their eyes. They both said, “We hope we can die in thesame year, in the same month, on the same day.” Each onethen cut their finger and let a drop of blood drop into a cup ofwine and they each took a drink. They then bowed down toworship Heaven and Earth to complete their ceremony ofbrotherhood. Liu Bei was the elder brother; Guan Yu was thesecond brother and Zhang Fei the third brother. Now that theywere bound together they could fulfil their dreams.

Of thethree, ZhangFei had themost money. Sohe sold all hisproperty and

used the money to recruit peopleto their cause and make weapons

and so they began to set up their ownarmy. The army was to fight for their

own territory and also help thelocal government officialsdefeat the bandits and

save the people.This is a true story about

brotherhood and loyalty . The threemen that had found each other had the

same heart and the same ideas and so theydecided to do something together. This is a

high level of Human Spirit.As human beings we all

are born, live our lives and die.But in our lives, what have wedone? Have we only donethings for ourselves? We shoulddo things for other people andbe loyal to those who havebeen good to us. We should beloyal and respect them. In life,to find one good friend is noteasy, but if we can find two,then we are very lucky andblessed.

The story of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei’s loyaltyand success has lasted through all time in China and is knownby everyone. Who can say to someone they wish to die in thesame year, same month on the same day? They did not wastelife which is short. Having good friends with the same heart isa rich time. In the end they almost did die together.

They were real people, and their deeds have beenwritten about in the classic Chinese novel Romance of theThree Kingdoms. It is still popular today and has even beenmade into many movies and dramas as people know thatthey can still learn so much from these three brothers’ lives.

All three were loyal to each other, particularly Guan Yu.Today people still respect him very highly and call him GuanGong (Gong means a respected senior), he is also calledGeneral Guan. He is the most famous Chinese hero of alltime. You can even see him in the west. Generally, whereverthere is a Chinese restaurant, household or temple there usuallyis a statue of him with his red face and long beard. Sometimeshe is sitting in a chair, sometimes he is riding his horse,sometimes he is standing holding his big sword (today we callthis type of sword Guan Dao), and sometimes he is reading abook, “Spring and Autumn”, which is about Chinese history.

No matter how he is presented, he always representsloyalty and being one heart together. Anyone who has a statueof Guan Gong at home or at work means that all the peoplethere are loyal to each other. However, today there are somepeople who also have a statue of Guan Gong to bring inmoney, but that is a new idea.

To be continued… by Michael Tse

“This is a true story aboutbrotherhood. The three menhad the same heart and thesame ideas.”


That is, all except for one individualwho had decided to stand out in therain. He was wearing a thin white

jumper and, for reasons only known tohimself, had pulled his arms inside thegarment and had folded them in frontof his chest. As he staggered about upand down in front of the bus stop, thesleeves of his white top blowing in thewind, I couldn’t help thinking to myself,“Maybe this guy has just escaped fromsomewhere”. Anyhow, he continued tostagger about, bumping into otherpeople as he danced his merry dance,and then he seemed to vanish out ofsight, exitingleft stage.

Then,a couple ofm i n u t e slater, I feltsomethingpushing onmy rights h ou l d e r.W i t h o u tlooking, Iturned mywaist toavoid thesudden pressure, only to watch as theman in the self-made strait-jacket fell tothe ground in front of me, falling in thesame manner as a tree that has just beenfelled. It wasn’t very nice and I felt awfulabout what I had done. A couple ofpeople picked him up off the ground and,amazingly, the man didn’t seem to behurt. I suspect he’d have to wait untilthe morning to feel the hurt after thedrink had worn off.

This story took place quite a fewyears ago and only came to mindrecently whilst I was on a ChenTaijiquan seminar. During one ofthe evenings when we gottogether and pushed hands, I wastraining with one of the otherstudents when he suddenly fellforwards and put his hands outto touch the ground to break hisfall. The whole event seemed alittle bizarre because I wasn’t

really aware how it had happened. WhatI thought had happened was that he hadtried to grab my arm and, through hisown misjudgment, had missed his targetand lost his balance causing him to fallover. But when I said to him that it wasrather strange that he’d tried to grab myarm and missed, he said, “That isn’t whathappened.” So, I asked him what hadmade him fall over and he told me thathe had tried to push me and grab myarm, but when he did so I had turnedmy waist. This caused him to lose hisbalance and when I moved my bodyposition my arm moved with it, leaving

him grasping at thin air and falling tothe ground.

It would seem that by doing verylittle, and with no intent, something hadbeen created from nothing: Yin hadbecome Yang. My training partner, justlike the man at the bus stop who hadalso fallen over, had ended up falling,more due to what he had done ratherthan what I had done. Without grabbingmy partner’s arms or trying to pull orpush him, or even trying to kick or sweephis legs, I had merely used somesensitivity, turned my Dantian andchanged the situation. The situation

Late one Friday night, whilst waiting for a bus home, I found myselfstanding under a bus shelter with a group of other people who were all thereto avoid a torrential rainfall.

More or Less?More or Less?

“I was training with onestudents when hesuddenly fellforwards.”


changed, giving me something new toplay with. It had also given me was ameasuring stick - a tool with which togauge what seemed to be the leastamount of energy I could use (or not use)to avoid a greater strengththan my own,extinguishing a situationbefore it had a chance totake hold.

Now, having a newstick with which I couldmeasure, I realised thatthere were now two sticks:the present one and theone I had started with. Butthis stick measured howmuch strength and energy I used tryingto make something happen and howquickly my breath seemed to run out inthe process. So, this stick was somethingI needed to disregard in order to moveon. But then I realised that it is not that

easy to get rid off, as it is not a separatestick but the beginning of the presentstick. Therefore, they are the same,sometimes measuring inconceivablemovement and, at other times, one

hundred watt light bulb clarity with a big“Ahh“.

Maybe light bulb moments don’tcome along as often as we would like,but as I keep training they’re bound tocome by. When they do appear to

illuminate the tunnel for a brief moment,the point is to see as much as we can inorder to move on. In this situation,moving on for me, does not always seemto mean that taking action has the

greatest effect. We oftenwonder what we’ve donewrong or wether we’ve saidthe wrong thing when in factit’s what we haven’t doneor said which has created orchanged a situation.

Once, one of mystudents sent me a card tothank me for helping her butI was a bit puzzled becauseI didn’t remember doing

anything to warrant the gift. So when Isaw her next I asked what I had done orsaid tohelp. The answer was that it wasn’twhat I had said, it was what I hadn’t said.So it would seem that less is more andwith that

by Martin Gale

The DonkeyExhausts itsTricks

As the legend goes, in the area of Qian (now Guizhou)there were no donkeys. Later, a meddlesome man transported adonkey by boat from another province but he could find no usefor it. So he left the donkey at the foot of the mountain and let itdo as it pleased.

A tiger in the mountain, which hadnever seen a donkey before,thought this huge monster was a

divine beast and was rather frightened.Hence, the tiger hid itself in the woodsand observed the donkey secretly. Aftera while, seeing the donkey standing therewithout movement, the tiger came ofthe woods slowly and crept carefullynearer to the donkey but still it could notfigure out what it was.

One day, while the tiger waswatching, the donkey suddenly gave aloud cry which frightened the tiger somuch that it took to its heels and ran

away for fear that the donkey woulddevour it. Yet when it turned its head, itdiscovered the donkey was still at thesame place without stirring a bit. The tigerslowly approached the donkey andgradually got used to its braying until itdid not feel frightened at all.

The tiger came nearer and nearerand. At times, it even tried to tease thedonkey with its paws. Being very much annoyed,the donkey gave the tiger a savage kick. This madethe tiger pleased and it said to itself, “So, these areall the tricks it can do.” With that thought, the tigergave a big roar, jumped up and pounced ferociously uponthe donkey and ate it.

“We often wonderwhat we’ve donewrong.”


A fter hearing this, of course, hisparents did not want him to go awayagain in case something else happened, so theyrefused permission for him to study. However, LanKwai insisted and his parents knew he was very

stubborn. Over the next several days, he did not eat. Worriedfor his health, finally his parents agreed to let him go. AlthoughLan Kwai was stubborn, he was still a dutiful son and wouldnot do anything without his parents’ permission.

After receiving his parents’ blessing, Leung Lan Kwaiquickly gathered together all the things he needed. He wouldbe gone for quite a long time. Fortunately his parents werewealthy and so it meant they could support him and he couldconcentrate on what he was doing to be the best he could.

When Leung Lan Kwai arrived at Leung Bok Chau’shome in Yunnan he was very humble and respectful to everyonethere. Leung Bok Chau andhis wife, Yim Wing Chun,treated him very well.Although they had nottaught him any skill, LanKwai already behaved as astudent. When they walked,he always walked behind,before they sat he wasalready standing behind.Whenever they ate, he didnot try to be at the same table unless they invited him to sitwith them.

Leung Bok Chau began to like Lan Kwai. Of course,Wing Chun did as well but she did not spend as much timewith him as she had to look after their two children. Eventhough they had an Ah Ma (nursemaid) to help look after thechildren, she still wanted to be with them as much as possible.For a mother, her children were her heart.

For six month Lan Kwai stayed with them and was morelike a servant than student. Leung Bok Chau and Yim WingChun knew what he wanted but Yim Wing Chun wasparticularly careful about whom she would pass her skill to.

She respected her skill and her teacherwho created it very much. The skill she created was sopowerful and worked so well for a woman. If a man could alsomaster it, then it would be even more powerful. They bothknew they had to be strict and to find a person they could trustbefore they would pass their skill on.

Today most people only learn skill and never learn howto respect their teacher and respect the skill. People forgetthat without the teacher there would be no skill to pass down,so respect for the teacher is very important. Taking any skilland denying who your teacher is and especially teaching itwithout permission is treachery and theft. In the past, a studentwho did this would be kicked out of their teacher’s school and

they would be shamed byother people and otherschools. In Chinese culture,the relationship between theteacher and student is asimportant as the relationshipbetween father and son.

So Wing Chun andLeung Bok Chau kept theireyes on Lan Kwai. One goodthing was that Lan Kwai had

the same surname as Bok Chau. They both had the surnameLeung. Chinese say, “With the same surname there is a closerelationship already”. We also say, “Same surname, 500 yearsago we were the same family.” So although they both likedLan Kwai, they gave him a bit of a hard time to test him. Theycriticised his mistakes, even if they were small to see if hecould handle it.

Lan Kwai on the other hand knew that to earn someone’strust was not easy and so was not worried by anything andtried his best. He never saw anyone practising any Kung Fuand so he knew there was no other way to learn. Also, he was

After his escape from thekidnappers, Leung Lan Kwai wentstraight to his parents to ask theirpermission to study martial artsunder Leung Bok Chau. He toldthem about his trip and how heand others had been kidnappedand had almost died.

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“Lan Kwai knew toearn someone’strust was not easy.”


well educated, sincere and did not play tricks. He knew that tolearn a good skill you need to listen, follow and respect theteacher. Although they did not treat him like a student LanKwai felt that Leung Bok Chau and Wing Chun treated himlike one of the family, like a son. For a child to be good, youdo not just let them have everything they want, the mostimportant thing is that they are educated to be a good personwho will be useful in society. The next thing is to teach themknowledge so that if they are talented, they can use thosetalents to help society.

One day, after he had been observing Lan Kwai fornine months, Leung Bok Chau summoned him. He told himto come to the garden. In the garden a table and chair hadbeen set up, and on the table was a cup of tea. Bok Chau saton the chair and told Lan Kwai to kneel in front of him. Hethen said, “Lan Kwai, I first met you one year ago today. Youhad been captured by bandits and I rescued you and someothers from them. Then you asked me to teach you my KungFu. I said “No” to you then but invited you to come and visitme here. Now one year has passed and you have behavedwell and shown that your attitude is good and that you respectus. We are very happy. One year’s observation is like the oldsaying, “A long journey can test the horse, a long time can testa person’s heart. My wife and I accept you as a disciple and soyou will be the fourth generation of this Kung Fu.”

Listening, Lan Kwai had tears in his eyes. We say, “Bepatient in the cloudy and foggy weather and in the end youwill see the clear blue sky.” So by being patient and showinghe could work hard, Lan Kwai was finally accepted as a disciple.He knew what he should do straight away. He picked up thecup of tea knelt down again and offered it to Leung Bok Chau.When Bok Chau had taken the tea, Lan Kwai koutou’d to him

three times. Bok Chau then held him bythe arm and helped him to stand up.

While Bok Chau was talking to Lan Kwai, Wing Chunhad already come out to see the Bai Si ceremony, which is theformal way a teacher accepts a student. Traditionally the BaiSi is very important as it is like a marriage. It is not like todaywhere people try one class and then another. That is not loyalty,only buying and selling skill. As there is no relationship thenno real skill will be learnt. It is only once the relationship hasdeveloped that any real skill can pass down.

Leung Bok Chau then said, “Lan Kwai, go and attackmy wife.” Lan Kwai hesitated. He had always respected bothof them and he knew that Wing Chun was small and gentle. Itwent against everything he knew to attack his Sifu’s wife. “Goahead, try your best, don’t worry,” continued Bok Chau with asmall smile.

Lan Kwai thought this might be practice. Perhaps hisSifu had taught his wife some Kung Fu and wanted his wife toexperience some fighting. Bok Chau kept telling him to tryand not to worry. So Lan Kwai threw a punch but even then heheld back and was quite gentle. But as soon as he punchedWing Chun seemed to disappear and was standing next to hisside. Lan Kwai was shocked, so he tried another punch. WingChun again moved to the side and so he had no chance oftouching her. Lan Kwai decided maybe he should try and punchfaster, and it would be a chance to show his Sifu how good hewas. So this time he punched quickly, one after another.Suddenly his hands were trapped and crossed over each other,then bang! He fell to the floor.

Lan Kwai could not believe it. How could his Simo (Sifu’swife) be better than him! He was a man and much strongerthan a woman. Bok Chau chuckled, “I told you to tryyour best. Don’t worry.” So Lan Kwai jumpedup and threw the strongest punch he could.But the only thing he hit was the air, thenin a split second, he was on the floor

again. He got up again and this timetried to kick her but again he ended

up on the floor.Lan Kwai knelt in front of

Wing Chun, “Simo your KungFu is amazing, if one day I canhave half your skill I will behappy.” Leung Bok Chau andYim Wing Chun bothlaughed. Bok Chau thensaid, “Lan Kwai, what youdon’t know is that my wife ismy Sifu. She is your Sigong.

When I fight with her I get hitso many times, so don’t worry, Iknow how you feel!”

Lan Kwai could not believeit. Nine months he had lived intheir home and he had no ideahis Simo was also his Sigong.

He felt stunned.Over the next six years Leung

Lan Kwai trained hard, listened andlearned. His education paid off andhe felt so lucky to have found such a

Sifu and Sigong. Although he was Leung Bok Chau’s student,Wing Chun taught him a lot of the time as well, so in the endhe really inherited the real Wing Chun Kung Fu skill.

To be continued… by Michael Tse


(muscle-transforming exercise) part 2(muscle-transforming exercise) part 2

Exercise 4: Pick starsStarting form: Continue from the previous exercise, stand with legs apart and

arms raised horizontally on both sides.[ 1 ] Raise the right hand slowly upward, stretch the arm, palm facing down

and fingers together with finger tips pointing inward, and raise the headto look up at the right palm on the upper right. At the same time, put theleft hand down and keep the back of the hand against the waist. Holdthis for a moment, and breathe 3-5 times. (Fig. 4)

[2] Raise the left hand and stretch the arm, palm facing down and fingerstogether pointing inward, and raise the head to look up at the left palmon the upper left. At the same time, put the right hand down and put theback of the hand against the waist. Hold this for a moment, and breathe3-5 times.

Repeat this exercise 3-5 times.Points for attention: Keep the eyes on the raised hand, but concentrate the

mind on the waist with the other hand. Breathe in and out through the nose, orbreathe in through the nose, and breathe out through the mouth. When breathingin, press the hand on the waist gently, and when breathing out, relax the hand.The breathing should be even, fine, and slow.

Exercise 5: Pull the oxtail backwardStarting form: Continue from [2] in the previous exercise.[ 1 ] Move the right hand back from the waist, turn the wrist over and extend

the arm to the right forward, hand at shoulder level and elbow slightlybent, fingers together like a plum blossom to form a hollow fist, fingertipsinward. Move the right leg forward, bend it, and straighten the left leg toform a bow stance. Put the left hand down at the same time and extendit to the left backward, fingers together to form a hollow fist, with the fistfacing up. (Fig. 5)

[2] Breathe in, concentrate the mind on the right hand, move the right handas if pulling the oxtail backward. Breathe out, concentrate the mind onthe left hand, and move the left hand forward as if pulling an ox. Breathethis way several times, with the legs, hands, shoulders and elbows quiveringslightly.

[3] Change to the left bow stance, extend the left hand to the left forward.Turn over the wrist and stretch the arm, move the right hand backward tothe right and execute the other movements the same way as in [1].

[4] Breathe in and concentrate the mind on the left hand, and breathe out,and concentrate the mind on the right hand. All movements are executedthe same way as in [2].

Do the exercise 3-5 times.Points for attention: While concentrating the mind on the hands, look only

through the mind, not the eyes. When breathing, relax the lower abdomen, butmove the arms forcefully.

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Yijin JingYijin JingThe Chinese character “Yi” means transforming, “Jin” means

muscle, and “Jing” means method. “Yijin” means transformingatrophying and loose muscle into strong and solid muscles.

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Wenyi Lu was a Prime Minister inthe Ming Dynasty. When he grew old,he retired to his home town where hewas well loved and highly respected.Once, a drunken villager went to hishome and began to yell insults at him.Mr. Lu calmly told his servant, “This manis drunk, don’t argue with him.” Withthat, he closed the door and ignored theonslaught of insults.

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We all know that goodness isproper and wrongdoing is improper.However, there are cases where deedsdone out of good intentions resulted inbad. This is called the “improper withinthe proper.” There are also deeds doneout of improper intentions that resultedin good. This is called the “proper withinthe improper.” We can benefit fromunderstanding this.

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do not accumulate bad deeds will notbring about self-destruction.” And fromBook of History we learn that “the lastemperor of the Shang Dynasty,committed horrible crimes.” The dynastyended with his death. It is like collectingobjects in a container. With diligence, itwill soon be full but if we are lazy, thenit will be only half full. This is an exampleof full and half goodness.

Once a woman visited a Buddhisttemple and wished to make a donation.Being extremely poor, she only had twocents but she freely gave these to amonk. To her surprise, the abbot himselfcame to help her regret for past offencesand to dedicate her merits. Later, she

was chosen to enter the imperial palace,and obtained wealth and prestige. Cladin her riches, she returned to the templeto make a donation, this time bringing asmall fortune. To her dismay, the abbotsent another monk to help dedicate hermerits. She did not understand andquestioned the abbot: “In the past, I onlydonated two cents, yet you personallyhelped me regret my past offences.Today, I have brought much money butyou will not help me perform my meritdedication. Why?”

The abbot replied: “Although yougave only a little in the past, it camefrom a true and sincere heart. It wasnecessary for me to repay your sincerityby personally performing yourdedications. Today, your donation is much

greater, but the heart of giving is not assincere. Therefore, it is enough that mystudent perform your dedications foryou.” This is an example of howthousands of silver coins are onlyconsidered “half goodness” and twocentsare “whole goodness.”

Another example is of ZhongliQuan, an immortal, who was teachinghis student the art of transforming ironinto gold. They would use it to help thepoor. The student, Dongbin, asked histeacher if the gold would ever changeback to iron. Zhongli said, “after fivehundred years, it will return to its originalform.” Dongbin replied, “then I do notwant to learn this art for it will harm thosewho possess the gold in five hundredyears. Zhongli said: “To become animmortal, one must complete threethousand virtuous deeds. What you havejust said came from a truly kind heart.Your three thousand deeds are fulfilled.”This is account is another example ofwhole goodness and half goodness.

When we perform a good deed,it is best not to attach to what we have

done. If we practice inthis way, then all of ourgood deeds will reachfulfilment and success.

But, if we always think of the good thatwe have done as we look for a reward,

then no matter howdiligently we practice,even for an entirelifetime, the deeds will

still be considered half goodness.For example, when we donate

money, we can practice “pure donation.”We do not linger on the thought of “I”who is giving, on the importance of theobject that is given, or the recipient. Wesimply give out of true sincerity andrespect. When we practice pure donation,one pound of rice can bring infinite goodfortune, and the merits from giving onecent can wipe away the transgressionsof a thousand eons. But, if we alwaysthink of the good that we have done andexpect rewards for our actions, then evena donation of one million dollars wouldnot bring us the reward of a fully goodfortune. This is another way of explainingwhole goodness and half goodness.

Recognising GoodnessWhat are “proper goodness” and “improper goodness”?

Liao Fan’s Four Lessons- The Third Lesson:

“One mustcomplete threethousandvirtuous deeds.”

Liao Fan’s Four Lessons- The Third Lesson:

Recognising Goodness


Tsum Kiu Part VTsum Kiu Part V

Tsum Kiu is the second formof Wing Chun. In the first form,Siu Lim Tao, we do not move ourfeet as the essence of the form isabout stillness. However, when wecome to the second form we startto learn about moving our stanceand footwork and this is a vitalelement.

67. Juen Mai. Turn the body to the left side and allow your weight to shift to the right. Whilst

doing so, keep the hands at the sides of the chest. Fig 72

68. Dun Tuii. Lift the leg and kick forward. Fig 73.

Remember Wing Chun kicks are not high, so do not kick too high. At most the kickshould be waist height. When you kick you, should kick with the heel. Why is this?

Wing Chun Kung Fu is very precise. Some people who study Wing Chun do notthink about the techniques enough because their foundation is not good enough.Instead they just use speed and strength. The best way is to find out how to use lessstrength (that is to say, just enough) and natural speed is the best speed (of course,with correct training we will naturally get stronger and faster) and this makeseverything work.

When we kick we should not move the upper body, because once you do you caneasily lose your balance. In order to kick without losing your balance, you shouldkick low, then it is much easier to keep the upper body still and so keep your balance.

Dun Tui is used when the opponent does not move or is not prepared for the kick.We kick low as this also means the opponent will not notice and it also makes it veryhard to block. Low kicks are very effective at close range as the heel is the strongest

part of the leg when you kick. So we useonly the heel when we kick and no otherpart. We can kick with the heel in manydifferent angles. Using the ball of the foot,the side of the foot or the toes is weakerand you can hurt yourself quite easily, soI do not suggest using these ways.

69. Jun Ma, Dai Bong

i. Immediately after having performedDun Tui as the left heel touches theground, we drag the right footforwards so that our stance is onceagain shoulder width apart. The toesof the front foot point forwards andthose of the back foot point 45

Fig 72 Fig 73

Fig 74


degrees. At the same time both armsperform Dai Bong (lower Bong Sau).Fig 74Jun Ma is different to Wang Ma as Jun

Ma is walking forwards. How big a stepwe make is up to us, but when we stop, theback foot must be brought up so that thefeet are again shoulder width apart.Everything must be natural and the weightshould be on the back leg. Jun Ma can bequite fast and is very useful in fighting as

sometimes the enemy might expect yourapproach.

Dai Bong is not like Bong Sau. Its fullname is Dai Bong Sau. Dai means lowerso we say Lower Bong Sau. However DaiBong Sau and Bong Sau are totallydifferent. In Bong Sau the forearm is soft,but in Dai Bong the forearm is strong andis used to push the enemy when you getclose to them. Of course, to get close wemust use Chun Ma and so Chun Ma and

Dai Bong fit together. Remember whenusing Dai Bong, you should use theforearm and we say it is like a bar orblade.

In application, it is not common touse double Dai Bong; this is just how wepractise it in the form. When is the righttime to use it? When you feel theopponent’s arms are close to his or herbody, this is a suitable time to use DaiBong.

70. Taan Sau.i. Turn the double Dai Bong into double Taan Sau. Fig 75

Why do we change to double Taan Sau? Taan Sau and Bong Sau are like brothers.When one has a problem the other will come. In Bong Sau and Dai Bong, the elbows areopen. If the opponent tries to control the elbows, then we change the hand to Taan Sauto release their energy and at the same time we can continue to attack back. Generally,Taan Sau will change to Zhong Kuen to hit the face or chest.


72. Taan Sau


74. Taan Sau


76. Jun Ma, Biu Tzei. Bring the right foot next to the left foot and at the same time change the Dai

Bong to strike forwards with Biu Tze. Fig 79This time the Jun Ma is different as we put both feet together. However, this is just

how we do the form, in application it should be exactly the same as before.

Ideally, Jun Ma and Biu Tze should be all done at the same time. Sometimes, DaiBong does not work as the opponent already moves back and so you cannot push them.In this case we carry on moving forwards and attack with Biu Tze to strike at the eyes.Remember this is a very serious strike and so we must not use it lightly and we never useit in Chi Sau against our brothers and sisters. Chi Sau is training - not fighting. Biu Tzeshould only be used in emergencies when we have no choice at all. To damage someone’seyes will bring us very bad karma. Particularly, when we do Chinese martial arts. weshould follow the Wu De (Martial Arts Morals).

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Fig 76 Fig 77 Fig 78

Fig 79



Fig 85 Fig 86 Fig 87 Fig 88

Fig 89 Fig 90

77. Jut Sau 78. Yan Jeung

79. Sau Kuen

i. Withdraw the fists back to the sides of the body. Fig 82

80. Juen Suni. Step backwards with the right foot, but keep the weight on

the left leg. Fig 83.ii. Turn on the heels 180 degrees to face the other side. Fig 84

This movement is just to turn the body so that we can repeat themovement on the other side. We must remember to keep the weighton the ground and turn on the heels. We must also keep the feetshoulders apart to keep a correct stance.

81. Dun Tui (right leg)


83. Taan Sau


85. Taan Sau


87. Taan Sau

i. After the double Jut Sau, hit back withdouble Yan Jeung. Fig 81.Having done Jut Sau the opponent will

be jerked and so will lean forwards. Thismakes the distance closer and so it is easy tohit them in the chest or the face.

Remember there is always a way to dealwith any problems as long as we follow theprinciples and always consider whether wewill win or lose. This is the best way to domartial arts.

i. From Biu Tze, pull back and downslightly, so changing to double JutSau. Fig 80.If Biu Tze does not work and our hands

are blocked or grabbed, we pull thehands back sharply with Jut Sau. WingChun is a very clever skill and considerswhat the next step might be, just likeplaying chess.

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89. Jun Ma, Biu Tze

90. Jut Sau

91. Yan Jeung

92. Sau Kuen

93. Juen Suni. Turn the body to the left 45 degrees, turning on

the left heel and the right toes. This is for changingangle so we can practise other techniques Fig 95

94. Dun Tuii. Kick with the left leg to the left side. Fig 96.

This is the same kick as before, only the angle wekick at is different. This means we can kick at any angle,depending on where our opponent is.

95. Juen Ma, Dai Jeung

i. After Dun Tui, when the left foot lands on the ground,immediately do Juen Ma, turning to the right sideand hit with the left palm to do Dai Jeung in front ofthe Dantian. Fig 97.Sometimes when we kick we can miss and then the

opponent will attack us back. They might punch orkick, so we can use Dai Jeung to block it. However,ideally we should not use our hands to block anykick directly. If someone kicks you, generallythey must know how to kick and so the leg willbe very heavy. If you use your hands to block,then they can easily get hurt. So only use yourhands if there is no other choice.

96. Juen Ma, Dai Jeung, Wu Sau (right)

97. Juen Ma, Dai Jeung, Wu Sau (left)t)

98. Chong Kueni. Punch three times, first with the left hand, then the right

and finally the left again.

99. Sau Kuen

100. Sau Maby Michael Tse

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Fig 95 Fig 96



Zhong Qi Gou BasicDao (Broadsword)Zhong Qi Gou BasicDao (Broadsword)

17 Bow Stance and Stab Up 18 Bow Stance and Chop Low

19 Swing the Dao from Left to Right


20 Jump and Block Low

21 Horse Stance and Chop

22 Squat and Swing the Dao 23 Low Stance and Chop Down


25 Bow Stance and Slide the Dao

26 Light Step and Hold the Dao (Close the Form)

24 Bow Stance and Push the Dao


I do not have the opportunity to constantly Chi Sau with my Sifu. Don’t getme wrong, for over the best part of 20 years I have Chi Sau’d with him a greatdeal, but in recent years (the last 10 or so) he has been teaching overseas andtravelling a lot.

course, the more we practise the betterwe get.

My point here is, we are still“trying” to do something. Trying meansyou cannot just do it. For example, howmany of you tried to read this article andhow many of you “just” read it? That ismy point, trying means it is not naturalto you yet and you cannot just do it. Sofor Chi Sau, this means you are actuallystill doing Poon Sau. Learning how to rollyour hands and change from one position

to another.

Being free means there is norestriction. You need to be free physicallyand free mentally. To be able to achievethis you have to train a lot so thateverything is completely natural – youno longer have to try to do it. Siu LimTao (Wing Chun’s first form) teaches usto reduce our thoughts. It means we needto empty our minds (and this is just aboutthe very first lesson we learn!).

But how can we have an emptymind? We need to practise so much thateverything is correct and then we do nothave to think about anything anymore.If something is not right, then you haveto think about it and try and get it right.Once you have mastered it, you don’thave to think about it anymore. Ofcourse, to get everything perfect might

be impossible, but we needto try and get as close aswe can. Then our thoughtswill be minimal.

Chi Sau is the same.You have to practise so much thateverything is technically correct, and thenyou don’t have to think about it anymorebut can just do. This is real Gor Sau andso, “you are free so you can just do.”Being free to do does not meant thatyou will always defeat your opponent. Ifyou Chi Sau with someone who is betterthan you, then they will defeat you evenif everything you do is technically correct.

This is because they have moreexperience than you and can make

what is right become wrong andwhat is seemingly wrong becomeright. A lot of Wing Chun peoplesay, “Never cross your handsas it is dangerous”. However,my Sigong, Grandmaster IpChun, allows you to cross hishands, but can anyone hithim when he does so? I havenever seen anyone get closeto him and he even traps andhits you instead. Yes, it is true,beginners should not crosstheir hands, but when youhave practised more, youneed to be free of thisrestriction. Understanding howto make it work means youunderstand its strengths as well

as its weaknesses and this makesyou even better.

Just the evening before I startedwriting this article, I was teaching someself-defence in class. However, I was notteaching an application as such, more ofan attitude, a way of holding andpresenting yourself. This meant that thestudents were left to use whatevertechniques they knew. Just about everyone of them, after a couple of exchangesbegan doing Chi Sau with theiropponent. This told me they were notfree to defend themselves and they couldnot just do. They were still bound by theirChi Sau and this is another level theyneed to reach. With more practice andsome words of encouragement andadvice I hope they can set themselvesfree

by Darryl Moy

Free YourselfChi Sau with Sifu is always a thought-

provoking time. I have (I think) gonelong past the stage where he needs

to teach me technique (though I amalways ready and willing to receive it ifhe thinks it necessary). Instead heteaches me more about my approach toChi Sau and makes me think how I goabout things and how to increase mylevel. Whenever I get to Chi Sau withhim, it is always a whirlwind ofmovement and action. Things happen soquickly there is never time to think, so Ido not even try. I just take in theexperience of it. It is much like beingon a roller coaster:- get in, sitback and enjoy the thrill of theride.

Recently I got a chanceto ride the roller coaster again.As usual, my Sifu told me notto hold back and really try mybest. As I mentioned earlier, Itry not to think too much aboutwhat is happening while it ishappening. Instead I think alot afterwards and rememberwhat took place. On thisoccasion it was something Sifusaid to me that made me thinka great deal. He said, “We needto be free so we can really do.”

When you learn Chi Sauthere are some distinct stages that youhave to go through. The first is Dan ChiSau or Single Sticking Hands, the next isPoon Sau where you learn how to rollyour hands and change from inside tooutside and vice-versa. The last stage isGor Sau where both partners freely attackand defend in no fixed sequences.

Many of you are now saying,“Surely Sifu’s comment on being freeand just doing means Gor Sau?” and inessence you would be right. This is whatGor Sau is: a free exchange. However,how many of us are actually doing GorSau?

Normally when we Gor Sau, wetry to attack our opponent. We also letour opponent attack us and try to defendourselves. As we practise we try toimprove our positioning, our footworkand our use of strength (or energy). Of

Free Yourself


Tian Guan

Di Zi

Jia Yi Bing Ding Wu Ji Geng Xin Ren Gui

Zi Chou Yin Mao Chen Si Wu Wei Shen You Xu Hai

When studying Feng Shui, you must have knowledge of theYijing. The Yijing contains all the principles of all Chineseknowledge: this includes food, how to dress, relationships andeven how to run a country or look after your family. If someonecan understand and manage things well, then all the members oftheir family will like them.

(Eight Situations): Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen,Xun, Kan, Gen, Kun. These relate toHeaven, Lake, Fire, Thunder, Wind,Water, Mountain and Earth. They alsorelate to directions, East, Northeast,North, Northwest, West, Southwest,South and Southeast, from one to eight,but sometimes it includes the Centre andso is one to nine.

The Yijing also describes theChinese calendar and this has sixtynumber circles, such as Tian Guan –Heavenly Branches. The Tian Guan are:-

Jia, Xi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin,Ren, Gui. These relate to Yang Wood,Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire, Yang Earth,Yin Earth, Yang Metal, Yin Metal, YangWater, Yin Water. For example, YangWood can mean a big tree and Yin Wooda blade of grass. Yang Water can be theocean and Yin Water a drop of morningdew.

As well as the Tian Guan, theYijing also describes the Di Zi – EarthlyStems. These are Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao,Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and

Hai. These can relate to the 12 animalsof the Chinese calendar which is Rat, Ox,Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse,Goat, Monkey, Chicken Dog and Pig.

Everywhere in the world you cansee something such as mountains,oceans, people and animals but there isalso something we cannot see and thatis Qi. Qi is energy and it is everywherein nature. It is not just for Qigong in whichQi is for good health. Qi is also in theenvironment. If the Qi is good, then thepeople will be happy, healthy and lucky.If the Qi is bad, it will make the peopleunhappy, unlucky and unhealthy. Whenthings flow naturally, the Qi is good butwhen we have to force things, then theQi is negative. We might not be able tosee it, but when the negative Qi comesit can cause a lot of damage. So we mustflow with nature as it will show us howto be part of it and be peaceful.

We mustunderstand thatwhen we studyFeng Shui we donot only think aboutthe things we cansee such as thehouse, thefurniture, the doorsand the windows.We must alsoconsider the Qi and

this changes with the date, the monthand year and also the directions. Oncewe understand this then we canunderstand why our situation is good orwhy it is bad. However, we should alsoremember our hearts have a lot of effecton things as well. This means how wetreat other people, the environment andother animals. Everything counts, sostudying Feng Shui is the same as learninghow to be a good person. A good personalways has a good heart

by Michael Tse

Feng Shui -Five Element, Bagua, Tian Guan, Di ZiFeng Shui -Five Element, Bagua, Tian Guan, Di Zi

Sometimes impossible, but if mostpeople agree with what you do thenthe principle is smooth and the flow

is balanced. Whatever we do we mustrespect nature, other people and allother living creatures. This is a high levelof wisdom and balance. How can weachieve this? We must study the Yijing.

The Yijing is about how all thingschange, for example, changing from badto good and from good to bad.Everything in the universe is based onYin and Yang. In order to understand Yinand Yang, the Yijing gives usmore detail and expands this toFive Elements. These are Wood,Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. Wemust remember and understandthese elements, then we canunderstand nature. The FiveElements relate to the seasons:- Spring, Summer, MiddleSummer, Autumn and Winter.They also relate to the directionsfor which Feng Shui is obviouslyimportant. These are, East, South, West,North and the Centre. The stages of ourlives are also described by the FiveElements. We are born and start our life,we are young and learn, we are matureand are useful, we are old and we retire,then we come to the end and die. This isnature and nothing to be afraid of. Lifeis short and life is valuable and so weshould use it properly.

The Five Elements are then givenmore details and so become Bagua

“When things flow theQi is good, but when wehave to force things, thenthe Qi is negative.”


Bagua and its Relationships

Five Element and its Relationships

Qian Tui Li Zhen Xun Kan Gen Kun

Prenatal No’s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Shapes

Postnatal No’s 6 7 9 3 4 1 8(5) 2(5)

Colours Deep red White Red Green Blue Black Brown Yellow

Directions NW West South East SE North NE SW

Postnatal

Directions South SE East NE SW West NW N

Prenatal

Elements Hard/big Soft/small Fire Big tree Grass Water Mountain Soil

Metal Metal Wood Wood Earth Earth

Month Oct/Nov Sept June March April/May Dec Jan/Feb July/Aug

Nature Heaven Lake Fire Thunder Wind Water Mountain Earth

Person Old Man Girl Young Lady Man Woman Young Man Boy Old Lady

Situation Strong Talkative Bright Moving Center Between Stop Smooth

Time 8-11pm 5-8pm 11am-2pm 5-8 am 8-11am 11pm-2am 2-5am 2-5pm

Five Elements Zang Organs Fu Organs Colours Orientations Season Climatic Factor Emotions

Wood Liver Gall Bladder Green East Spring Wind Anger

Fire Heart Small Red South Summer Heat Over Joy

Intestine

Earth Spleen Stomach Yellow Centre Late Dampness Over WorrySummer

Metal Lung Large White West Autumn Dryness Sorrow

Intestine

Water Kidney Urinary Black North Winter Cold FearBladder

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