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Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 11:55 pm
by Niu
Hello there! I'm Niu. I practice Taijiquan, specifically ZMQ Yang-style, as taught by Ben Lo to my teacher's teacher. I'm pretty new at it, having only been practicing for 1.5 years. That time was mostly spent learning the single form this style has to offer, with a little bit of tuishou on the side for the past half year.

Seeing people on this board say they've been practicing for decades is quite intimidating! I guess we all have to start somewhere though. Looking forward to great conversations!
In line with the previous poster, my power animal is the cow. Cows are the best! :D

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 2016 12:02 pm
by origami_itto
Hello, I study Yang Style Taijiquan and enjoy discussing the classics.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 8:41 am
by wusong
Hello,

I've been studying martial arts for on and off for over thirty years. For the past 20+ I have been studying CMA (northern shaolin and seven star praying mantis) and ICMA starting with the Beijing 24, 42, and 32 sword form (I know it is Wu Shu, but still). Moving on to traditional Yang and Chen Taiji as well as Heibei Xing Yi, and Yin Fu Bagua which I still practice today. I have been lurking in the shadows for a while on here and really find the discussion informed and stimulating.

Less is more.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:36 am
by Chuangzu
Hello,
I started learning Lee style Tai Chi with Chee Soo at his class in Leamington Spa UK in 1982 while I was studying philosophy at the University of Warwick. I opened a club there and became a Tai Chi teacher. After Chee Soo died in 1994 I set up my own association with my partner Rachel, we now live in Cornwall.
I have trained and taught Tai Chi continuously since I was a student and also Feng Shou kung fu since 1985.
I have also studied acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine which I teach as part of our syllabus.
I have stayed in contact with my teacher's wife and she gave us the copyright licence to print Chee Soo's books which we sell on the internet and on Amazon.
My main area of interest is the practical application of Taoist philosophy.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 2:52 pm
by robert
Hi I'm Robert,

I've been studying Chen style taijiquan for 17 years with Chen Xiaowang, Chen Xiaoxing, Chen Bing, and Chen Ziqiang. Prior to that I studied xingyiquan and Liang Zhenpu baguazhang for 3 years and Yang style taijiquan for 3 years before that.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:19 pm
by Storm
Hello,
my name is Armand. I study Gao Baguazhang with a student of Luo Dexiu since 2014.
Besides that I train in 2 Japanese Ryu (1 weapons oriented and the other with focus on Ju Jutsu). Was primarily interested in the health aspects of the Chinese Internal Martial Arts and discovered with joy and wonder the combative aspects.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 9:30 am
by Praeludium
Hello,
I'm Adrien, from France !
I've practiced a little bit of Ryakbo-Vassiliev Systema during three years, unfortunately it was mostly solo work even though I still attended a few classes here and there in the excellent school my town has.
Since December 2016, I've been learning Xinyi Liuhe Quan from a very good martial artist who lives in Switzerland, even though I can't see him very often unfortunately (so it's also a lot of solo work). I'm still at the beginning stage, focusing on practising daily and adding more practice volume (and quality) step by step.
I like the pragmatic and seemingly simple nature of Xinyi Liuhe Quan (at my stage, nothing about chi or wahtever, it's all about structure, grounding, listening, relaxing, etc. ).
I hope I'll be able to practice this art in depth, and eventually become a good amateur.

I spend most of my days at the conservatory studying music (piano and composition), which is partly why I'm interested in more supple approaches, which work in depth on the body without hardening it, without making it lose sensitivity or functionality.
I'm also very interested in pure body work like Feldenkrais, and I'd like to get a training as deep as I can afford in one of these methods (for now just dicovering and working for myself).

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:11 pm
by Jaspalfie
Hi everyone,

Started in Jidokwan Taekwondo when young at the time when separate Taekwondo schools were being unified under WTF before for being myself in southern mantis for the last 15 years or so. I've been interested in the internal aspects of mantis and look forward to contributing to and learning from the forum here.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:16 pm
by blotter420
Hello I am Austin i've practiced Aikido since young started Bagua recently as an early adult took some Wing-Chun lessons and recently interested in Tai-Chi anybody else do Bagua?

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:51 am
by Fatal Rose
Hello my name is Ryan, I'm currently living in china and plan on learning TaiJiQuan soon. I have a black belt in Kung fu San Soo and currently train in Shotokan Karate.

I love martial arts and am looking forward to talking with fellow CMA enthusiasts.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 1:28 pm
by bruised
ramblings

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 3:53 pm
by Appledog
This post is supposed to be deleted because I only keep my most recent 100 posts. An admin can delete it to save space.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:52 pm
by McGrath
Hello!
My name is Robert, from Ottawa, Canada. I've bounced around between non-internal forms in the past (Taekwondo, long fist, mantis) until I started training with Yang Hai in Montreal 2 years ago. I began with a focus on Heibei style Xingyi, but am now learning some Bagua.
I absolutely love it, and wish I found an internal style teacher years ago, but.. well.. Ottawa sucks for martial arts.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 10:55 am
by Stillness
Hi

I have practiced Yang style Tai chi on and off for a few years.
In all I would say I probably practiced it for 2 years in total.
In the time I learned 13, 24, stick and sword forms. My attendance was very broken....and therefore, broken Tai chi too, I guess. :-\
Recently I started training again (Jan 2017) and after going over the forms that I've previously learned, I have moved on to Chen style, I've always wanted to learn Chen style but could never find a teacher.
I am now 90% done learning the 1st routine "Yilu" and also have now found a teacher whom I'm currently learning more from. Being in South Africa, especially Johannesburg, it's hard to find a Chen style teacher.
The reason why I practice Tai chi and not moving from it is because I enjoy learning more about the culture behind it, the philosophy , the deep rooted teachings (TAO), the health benefits, the meditation, the STILLNESS, oh and let us not forget the very real self defense aspect of it.
I would also like to learn at least 1 Bagua form. :)

I hope to learn more from everyone here and I hope that I will be able to add value to the community as well.

Re: Welcome to the rum soaked fist. Please introduce yourself

PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 11:02 am
by Stillness
robert wrote:Hi I'm Robert,

I've been studying Chen style taijiquan for 17 years with Chen Xiaowang, Chen Xiaoxing, Chen Bing, and Chen Ziqiang. Prior to that I studied xingyiquan and Liang Zhenpu baguazhang for 3 years and Yang style taijiquan for 3 years before that.


Hi Robert

Wow, 17 years is a long time. You're probably reached a good level by now.