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    Hello All, just in case anybody would find this useful…

     

    Hsing-I Chuan DVD Set Contents

    Disc 1

    1. Introduction

    -Standing postures and San Ti

    -Martial relationship between Hsing I and Bagua

    -Mental attitudes and their effects

    -Relevance to spirituality

    2. Preparation

    -Look at and focus on your index finger

    -Relax your eyes, breath and nervous system

     

    3. Alignments and Movement

    -Keep the knees safe

    -Narrow stance with one inch between the heels

    -Different styles have different hand movements

    -Lower tantien is important

    -Turn the waist like a cylinder

    4. Some Basic Principles

    -Impact momentum and wave power

    -Basic starting hand movement

    -Importance of keeping the perineum open

    -Keep looking forward and avoid internal resistance

    5. Four Points Alignment

    -Shoulder’s nest and kwa

    -Partner exercise

    6. Knee Alignments

    -Anatomical and movement considerations

    -Knees are like elbows

    -Chi, illness and pain

    -Alignment limitations

    -How knee damage is created or lessened

    -The mind can exceed the body

    7. Spine and Lower Tantien

    -Generate maximum health and power with your spine

    -Drop, elongate, wrap and tuck without thrusting the pelvis

    -Release the psoas and lower back muscles

    -Relax and let go rather than tense

    -Partner exercise to drop the pelvis

    8. Experiment

    -See if better alignments can increase your power

     

    Disc 2

    1. Making a proper Hsing I fist

    2. Initial Fist Movement

    -From your lower tantien to mouth, nose and out away

    -Twist like a drill

    -Hsing I hand never retreats

    3. Hsing I Mind

    4. 2nd Hand Movement

    -Raise the lower hand up your centreline until it becomes hidden in the bend of your elbow

    -Mind stays focused and relaxed

    -Neither the mind nor the body should contract

    5. Third Hand Movement

    -Up and down fists exchange places

    -Hand may retract but not the mind

    -Keep the elbow bent

    6. Importance of the Lower Body

    -Foot hand coordination

    -Lowering the lead foot

    -Open the perineum and pelvis by using the knee

    -Chi circulation in the legs

    -Partner exercise: Using the legs to open the pelvis

    -Difference between dropping chi and physically dropping the hips

    7. Improving Your Stance

    -Why long or short stances

    -Legs engage the pelvis and spine

    -Strain and stress destroy stamina

    -Test: Engaging the legs by pushing the belly

     

    Disc 3

    1. Partner Exercise

    -Test the ability to sink or raise chi

    -How this is applied in martial arts

    2. Opening and Closing Your Feet

    -Difference between tensing and gently pulsing

    -Opening and closing implications for health and stress reduction

    3. Ankles

    -Twist to open the ankle joint

    -Avoid compaction so you can bounce your ankle

    -Power testing partner exercise

    -Nervous system (fire) and bodily fluids (water)

    4. The Power to Do

    -Internal strength requires your system to be open

    -Moving through obstacles and learning in China

     

    Disc 4

    1. How the Hands Split in Pi Chuan

    -“An” or pushing down

    -Focus on many as if one connected piece

    -Implications od Pi Chuan’s cut in terms of chi, health and power generation

     

    2. Twisting the Arms Inward and Outward

    -Initial positioning of the palms determines how to do in ward or outward twisting

    -Creating power with the lower tantien, inward and outward twisting

    3. Focus on the Upper Body

    -Palms go either down or down and forward

    -Technique to drop the elbows and power

    -Inward twisting draws power into your core

    -Outward twisting projects power away from your core

    4. Strength, Internal Power and Your Body

    -Importance of standing

    -Bruce’s I Chuan teachers

    5. Basic Hsing I Principles

    -3 pressing or “Ding”: Tongue, hand and neck

    -Blood circulation between the brain and body

     

    6. “Ko” or Hooking

    -Edges of the shoulders, knees, palms and feet

    -Test “Ko” power

     

    Disc 5

    1. Tiger’s Mouth

    -Chi flows in the hand

    2. Upper Body Alignments

    -Wrapping the chest

    -Bowing and lifting the spine

    -Gently lift the crown of the head

    3. Review and Q&A

    -How far apart should the feet be?

    -Tension and dissolving?

    -Rounding, sinking and lifting in day to day life?

    -Standing, fatigue and opening and closing?

     

    4. Standing and Preventing your Body’s Chi from Becoming Stagnant

    5. Mind Holds the Chi and the Body

    -Sink chi to the lower tantien

    -Part of your mind stays in your lower tantien

    -Movement of chi between your foot and your lower tantien

    6. Pi Chuan Martial Applications

    7. Half Steps or Worm Walking

    -Step forward and return to the exact same stance

    8. Martial Applications

    -Closing distance gaps

    -Keeping your opponent planted to the ground

    9. Where Does Body Movement Originate?

    -Waist moves the foot

    -Foot moves the waist

    -Both move together

     

    Disc 6

    1. Different Hand Movements

    2. Movement of Pi Chuan

    -Step forward to drilling fist

    -Bring feet parallel without the hands retreating

    -Half step forward to finish Pi Chuan

    -Look forward

    3. Why Liu Hung Chieh Began Daily Martial Practice with Hsing I

    4. 3 Holdings

    -Mind holds the root of the tantien

    -Mind holds the body as its focus

    -Arms hold the integration of the four limbs

    5. Gaze and Breathing

    -Two kinds of reverse breathing

    -Will and “Tan Jung”

    -Relax the brain through the eyes

    -Inhale and exhale your chi in stages

    6. High, Medium and Low Levels of Hsing I Breathing

     

    Disc 7

    1. Breath, Energy and Mind Become One

    -Taoist sounds to activate, energize and stabilize the practice

    2. 3 Fallings or Sinkings

    -Chi falls to the lower tantien

    -Shoulder edges sink

    -Elbows dig downwards

    3. Chi Falls to the Lower Tantien

    4. Shoulder Edges Sink

    5. Elbows Dig Downwards

    6. Other Principles of Hsing I

    7. 3 Different Styles of Beng Chuan

    -The 3rd Hsing I Wood Element or Crushing Fist

     

     

     

     

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