Good luck Mark and everybody. Here we go. I will be looking forward to see how this group develops. Mark, go to the management link and check out what you can...
Thanks! On my way. I look forward to hearing from group members soon. Hwa Yu! Mark...
Mark McGee
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Feb 27, 2008 10:55 pm
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How do you practice Hwa Yu? Students and potential students often ask that question of a T'ai Chi instructor or serious student. They know T'ai Chi makes a big...
Right now it's limited due to my very limited knowledge of Hwa Yu. I often incorporate the preperation and beginning forms into my practice of the Tai Chi for...
Wonderful! You are practicing what you know with the principles you understand. That is the foundation of good practice. How often do you get to practice and...
Alan Clay brought up an interesting topic in a recent post in Erik Matthiesen's group. I'd like to offer this as a topic for discussion in our new group...
I am not from Mr. Li's lineage but I consider Dan (Spendolini) & Erik my LHBF fraternal brothers. I heard a lot about Mr. Li from Dan whom I visited about two...
What an inspiring story, Mark, It took me about 15 years after starting hwa yu to even get the connection between rowing/walking and the standing postures (I...
Thanks so much for sharing your connection! That's wonderful. You have some wonderful teachers and a great background in the art. I look forward to what you...
Same here Mark. ________________________________ From: hwayutaichi@yahoogroups.com [mailto:hwayutaichi@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark McGee Sent: Friday,...
I was fortunate to have a wonderful teacher who opened my understanding. Except for my early training in Judo and Aikido, my experience with martial arts had...
My practice times unfortunately vary. I go through periods of practice almost every day, and at those times my arthritis and associated problems do better....
Greetings! I highly recommend some type of practice every day. T'ai Chi has an accumulative effect and daily practice will help build strength for life. Daily...
The following is an email from my Manila student, Julius, who researched and discovered the true way of practising LHBF and all internal martial arts. Comments...
Master Li demonstrated the Form on film in the early 70s and it was made available to some of his original students. I found a short portion of the film at...
Excellent! This explains so well the concept of "relax." We can relax in our exercise as we use the bones to move the body. Comment 3 about using "the skeleton...
Greetings! I started adding Hwa Yu pictures and links tonight. Please add your pictures of Master Li, his students and their students. Also, add links that...
When I began studying bagua, there was a method we would use where at the end of each posture we hold the position for 3 breaths. This allowed us to check our...
Thanks so much for sharing how you practice! That gives us insights into ways we can expand our own practice of Hwa Yu. Are you using the Animal Forms or Long...
My practice these days is limited to using Hwa Yu with children in elementary school. As a class we practice 'beginning' and combine the mind and body. We...
It's great that you're introducing Hwa Yu to children in elementary school! The Chinese have been doing this effectively for hundreds of years. Thanks for...
The founder of our art was said to have also invented the Tai Chi Ruler exercises. After researching the subject, I haven't found any Lui He ba fa teachers...
This is a reply to santino112 who inquired about the Tai Chi ruler. Although Chen Hsi-I invented both the Tai Chi ruler and Hwa Yu Liu He Ba Fa, they were...
In my own experience, I found that practicing the LHBF 8 stances provides me better & faster benefit than practicing the tai chi ruler. If I have limited time...
A descendent of the first Song emperor, still retained his status as prince by Chinese communist officials. He died in Beijing at the age of 103. There is a...
Wonderful insights to a fascinating exercise! I first heard about the exercise from Master Xavier and found a book about it almost ten years ago. A few more...
I've seen a version of it demonstrated before. I took some lessons from a Yang practitioner for a while and in a class he did before mine they were doing...
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