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08/16/2006: ""

Martial art correction:

The master that I met my second night here in Kabukicho is actually an Yiquan or TaiKiKen master. What this means is this: he has transcended martial arts and will teach me how to do it as well.

The man who invented Yiquan was a master of a style called XingYiQuan. Xing meaning 'form' and Yi meaning 'mind'. He decided that people werent training XingYiQuan the correct way, so he decided to teach it the way it is supposed to be taught. He believed that movements arent what create martial power, but instead your philosophy and intentions create martial power. YiQuan isnt taught with movements. Yiquan training teaches you how to create explosive power, or FaLi, through any natural position. Yiquan's translation would be "Mind Boxing".


Martial skills break a new ground,
the muscles contain strength and the bones store the spirit,
stillness is like a tame panther jumping high in the air,
movement is like a dragon diving into the waves,
commanding the wind and thunder to move,
only a few people have broken through this barrier.
-Wang XiangZhai

Ron