This has a profound impact on one's practice. By describing the pathways that the postures engage, martial artists are able to cultivate the correct internal climate and can engage with how things are moving internally while they practice. This book does exactly that.įor martial artists, this book actually contains quite a lot, even without talking specifically about martial techniques. Many people talk about the link between Chinese medicine and Chinese martial arts, but few are able to explain the link. The reason that I think this book is so successful is that it provides a wealth of information on Chinese medicine that is easy to digest. It talks about how each posture engages specific meridians to promote health and to allow qi to flow smoothly throughout the body. This book is on circle walking and how it affects the body both in terms of the muscloskeletal system, as well as from the perspective of Chinese medicine. This book aimed at practitioners who use circle walking for nei gong purposes, not primarily for martial artists, although I think there is a lot of value within this book for those of us who are more interested in pugilistic concerns. As I student of Tom's, I think I can provide some unique insight as to the purpose of this book that may help the readers here evaluate whether or not to add it to their collection.
I've just finished reading my copy and I was quite pleased with it. Bob Great Old One Posts: 3300 Joined: Tue 4:28 am Location: Akron, Ohio I would like to produce a blend of the way Ted Mancuso "talks" his explanations of bagua and the way and approach of Tom Bisio's bagua book.īeyond that, his book just subjectively feels right-I personally like it. In fact, I had his other book on Strategy and Bagua and some of his references were very useful for my other research. by presenting both the conditioning/health generating properties along with its martial application and usage.įourth, I find a kinship in how he keeps the martial referenced/scholarly bound yet not overly academic to the point it overwhelms the reader-he has got a nice balance. Third, in my thinking, this is the ideal way "package" bagua to the general public-I know this will drive some of the hard-core bagua fighters crazy but if the art is to survive, it will have to follow a diffusion similar to what taiji has done-however, we can learn from some of the "mistakes" that taiji had made in its presentation i.e. The approach is pretty close to what I wanted to do-I would have added more basic training exercises and some ideas on seasonal training and also a linkage to the Yi Jing but this would have some its own problems. Second, for the last ten years I have drawn up an outline similar to what the book follows in order to put together a book on Liu Yun Qiao's bagua. First, most of the postures are very familiar and I train in a similar mannner described in the book.
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