) for a most excellent retreat with Dr Serge Augier of Paris covering the five fists of Xingyiquan.First a big thanks to Serge for sharing so openly the details that make this art work so well for fighting and health, and to everyone who turned up and trained.
Some things that were covered , hope others add more as i am too tired to think much -
1. Make the structure strong before you start more subtle neigong work.
2. Dont waste energy on the mental thinking mind with visualisation etc.......the exercises are about feeling real stuff, real energy....its not vague.
3. Relax, smile a bit when you do the exercises.
4. Each fist has several little exercises to train the different forces. Pi for example trains the push force and axe force, need both for the finished product.
5. How to apply all the fists with both yielding and attacking actions. It was clear that when applied for real these would cause big damage to one's enemy.
6. Exercises to work the energy of the organs and allow energy to circulate freely.
and much more..........
Serge will be making this a regular course and moving steadily through the methods of Bagua, Xingyi and Taijiquan.
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