Formosa Neijia wrote:So now that I figured out how to make images work, I'm going to pour some salt in the wounds. As I said before, Adam Hsu talks about doing jibengong on his Secret Files of Bagua DVDs. I've been reading articles from him since I was in high school in the mid-80's so I would think his reputation would be established even if his material isn't your cup of tea. But I mentioned him recommending pistol squats and not one comment was made so I'm going to pour gasoline on the fire.
On the DVD he recommends 3 jibengong exercises for baguazhang to be done as daily warmups: 1. bat stamping floor, 2. water wheel, 3.centipede drilling wall
1. bat stamping floor is series of jumps done on the balls of both feet in multiple directions, then done in a full squat position, then done up and down stairs.
2. water wheel is a series of pistol squats to the front and squats with the leg extended out the back
3. centipede drilling wall is basically the fanyao (overturning waist) exercise from wushu adapted to bagua. You can't do overturning body palm without this.
Please note: NONE of these are qigong exercises where you wave your hands in the air, none of them are zhanzhuang, none of them are forms, none of them are crossfit, none of them are "strength training without technique."
Here is an advanced pistol by the famous Fu Su-yun, graduate of the Nanjing Guoshu Academy. Apparently she is wasting her time and knows nothing about the internal and would have been better off just doing qigong and forms.
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