Colorado Seminar Videos

Wanted to give a big thanks to Owen Shilling who hosted the seminars in February. Owen is a great guy with great skills and a great class. Also wanted to thank Chris and Lee for letting me demo on them.

Colorado Bagua/Xingyi Seminar

*Boulder, CO. February 25th & 26th *

Matt Autrey is a senior student of Yi Zong teacher Luo De Xiu. Matt has just moved back to the United States after 8 years of training Bagua Zhang, Xingyi Quan, Tai Ji Quan in Taipei, Taiwan including 5 years with Marcus Brinkman as a private student. Matt spent many years teaching and assisting in Luo Laoshi’s class in Taiwan, his extensive knowledge and command of the internal martial arts is an asset to any practitioner.

Boulder, CO. Dates and Curriculum:

Saturday, February 25th Morning Session 
Xing Yi 5 Elements Kicking – Theory and Application
This will be an excellent introduction to the Xing Yi Quan kicking methods of Hong Yi Xiang. Learn fundamental training practices, footwork, and applications of the Wu Xing (5 Elements) kicking methods. This seminar is open to public and beginners are welcome.


Saturday, February 25th Afternoon Session
Bagua Zhang - Lao San Zhang: Three Old Palms - Theory & Practice
In this seminar Matt will cover the Lao San Zhang (Three Old Palms). The Lao San Zhang (Three Old Palms) will cover traditional Cheng Ting Hua style Bagua theory as it relates to Gao Style and Sun Xi Kun Xiantian (pre-heaven) Bagua as well as its influence on Gao Style Hou Tian. This seminar is a great introduction to Ba Gua Zhang in general and the Gao system in particular. This seminar is open to public and beginners are welcome.


Sunday, February 26th Morning Session
Xing Yi Fa Jin Training – Power Development for the Five Fists
Matt will be teaching Fa Jin forms and exercises used to develop power for the Xingyi 5 Elements. He will also teach applications and fighting strategies for power usage in Xingyi Quan. Previous knowledge of the Xing Yi 5 Elements is recommended. 


Sunday, February 26th Afternoon Session
Bagua Zhang Skill Building – 2 Man Drills
The Gao style Bagua Hou Tian, post-heaven, palm forms are a unique feature of Gao Yi Sheng’s Bagua Zhang system; they are preformed in a straight line with emphasis on combat application. These two person training drills will help build reflexes, timing and distance required for the usage of Bagua in a combat setting. This seminar is open to public and beginners are welcome.

Cost:
1 $175 for all Four Sessions! 
2 Individually, Each Session is $50.
3 Saturday & Sunday $95 each day or $175 for both Days.
4 Preferred payment is cash (please contact if paying by check)
5 Same day registration (call for availability) $180 cash only

FOR PRICING INFO AND LOCATION EMAIL:
Owen Schilling at mailto:Owen_YiZong@Hotmail.com 

Or Check http://boulderinternalmartialarts.blogspot.com/or Call 1 720 841 2404

Yi Zong Pre Heaven Ba Gua Zhang

The Establishment of Tang Shou Dao

                                                                        

            Of the three Hong brothers, Hong Yi Xiang did the most the promote the Yi Zong System. Hong Yi Xiang had a large physique, and was famous for his San Shou. In order to interest students to the school, he would try to get many of the students to enter competitions. Hong wouldn’t talk a lot, instead his school would focus on practical applications that could be used for competition. Hong would often say,”the so-called one-courage, two-strength, and three-skill, you can have strength and skill, but if you aren’t brave, it’s useless.” After students reached a proficient level in the Tang Shou Dao curriculum, Hong would return to teach students deeper theories from Xing Yi and Ba Gua.

            In his early days Hong had a lot of contact with foreign martial arts groups. Especially in terms of seeing the expansion of Japanese martial arts. This made Hung realize that the traditional method of teaching Chinese martial arts did not correspond to the trends of the times, Japanese martial arts was what his organization should be modeled after and he started to make changes. In the early days of Taiwan, Karate had been brought into the country, But it wasn’t until some time had passed before Hong realized the organization of Karate would be worthwhile using. It was then that Hong established Tang Shou Dao, in order to have an organizational system for traditional Chinese martial arts.

            Hong wanted in everyway to copy Japanese style teaching methods. Therefore he needed a style that could be taught on a large scale, he then combined his Shao Lin, Xing Yi, and Ba Gua to make his own style. Students were separated according to their skill level into, beginner, intermediate, or advanced groups. In the beginning, students would learn the newly organized sets to lay the foundation. Only in the advanced classes would he teach Xing Yi and Ba Gua. On the surface, in order to reach his objective, he would promote Tang Shou Dao. However, the heart of his system came from traditional Chinese martial arts.

(tanslated from Taiwan Wu Lin Magazine)

                                                                   

Oakland Yizong Bagua and Xingyi Seminar

Two morning seminars on April 16th & 17th.                                                               

Saturday morning : Bagua Houtian & Xiantian concepts

Sunday morning : Xingyi 5 elements 

These seminars will cover the basic ideas and training methods of the Yizong system as practiced in Taiwan. Both beginning students as well as seminar students of the yizong system will walk away with clear ideas on how to make their practice more efficient.

Some of the ideas covered will be:

• nei gong
• fighting strategy
• applications
• forms

Matt is the first Yizong instructor trained in Taiwan to be teaching in the bay area.
Matt has studied with Luo De Xiu in Taiwan for 8 years, as well as having studied privately with Marcus Brinkman for over 5 years. 

  Location: Lake Merrit Park - near the childrens amusement park   We will meet at the gazebo.

Time: Saturday & Sunday  10:00 - 12:30

Price: $30 per morning

Pre registration is required

For more information contact:

Matt Autrey               

(408)8381343

email: yizongwest@gmail.com

          

Taiwan Videos

This video was taken about four years. In it you can see Luo Laoshi, Lin Guo Zheng, and Simon Finn.

Simon has been in Taiwan for 7 years and if you go to Taiwan you will definitely meet Simon. He is a class leader and his ability to explain things clearly is shown in class and in in his yearly seminars in England. If you want to meet one of the best Bagua people in Europe, be sure to go to his seminars.

                                    

This video is a combination of the first video as well as footage of an exhibition we did in Yilan a couple of months later. In the beginning we see Monkey Chen. 

During the exhibition a couple of my classmates can be seen. Marcus Opalenik from Boston, and Shai Tamir from Israel. Together they demonstrate a two person set from Xing Yi called Wu Hua Pao (Five Pattern Cannon).

Marcus also does yearly seminars in Boston.

After that I can be seen demonstrating the Xing Yi animal Tai bird.

The last part shows Lin Guo Zheng about to start the pre heaven forms. The biggest disapointment from the video is that they did not include Lin doing more palm changes. His body movement and knowledge of the palm changes is nothing short of amazing.

The two most interesting parts of the second video are as follows:

1:22  Luo talks about our san shou and how using sticking and adhering are the main focus. In particular, using the nine joints of the body. How these can be combined to issue power or separated to control the opponent.

1:36 Lin Guo Zheng talks about the difference between internal and external arts. He says that most external martial arts and shaolin express the power towards the outside. However, in internal martial arts the mind and the spirit are emphasized. The spirit is the unifying power of the body, whereas, the mind controls the body and its muscles. The combination of mind and spirit lead the movements.

Ashland Bagua Class

Classes for beginning Bagua will be in Ashland near the plaza. Call for more details on the location.


408-838-13433                                                                                                              Saturday: 10:00 - 11:15am                

Thursday: 6:00 - 7:15 pm

First class is free!

The internal arts integrate striking, kicking, locks, and throwing into its martial applications. However, applications can also be taught in a more relaxed manner similar to pushing hands.

Nei gong components are also taught in order to gain focus,  increase movement ability, and to have a high degree of muscle control.

These arts are taught in a relaxed and supportive environment. 

Please wear comfortable clothing and athletic style shoes.