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...
After much studying and research I recently constucted my own tai chi ruler and with the walking and rowing exercises that we do I simply turned them into...
go to www.wunyuen.kungfu.net.au which is set up by students of Master Connie Coelho (my LHBF brother) who was given the wun yuen grandmaster title by our LHBF...
Thank you for the web address, Peter! I knew you would have the information. Do you know how much Master Li knew about Wun Yuen? I learned a small portion of...
Wow. Great Site. Apparetly there is a lot more to learn. I agree with Mark and would like to know the answer to that question as well. Is there a video clip...
I can't answer the question of exactly how much Mr. Li knew of the wun yuen system, but I can tell you what he taught. Besides the circle palm exercise he...
I do know of him, but have not met him. I think the first video I saw of his doing T'ai Chi was at the Taste of China back in the 1990s. His interpretation of...
First of all I have the publication information that I mentioned for the Tai Chi Ruler article. It is in the Journal of Asian Martial Arts; vol. 17 #1...
Apparently, Master Li Chung learned Wun Yuen from Master Lo Chi-wan before he left for Boston. Master Li also had a refresher course when he returned to Hong...
Grandmaster Chan Yik-yan, Master John Li Chung and Master Lo Chi-wan belong to the old-school, traditional teachers but also relaxed certain traditional rules...
T'ai Chi is becoming one of the better researched and documented health-care exercises in the world. Those of us who practice T'ai Chi know the benefits well....
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