the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

Hey everyone, I've been reading posts here for the last couple of weeks so I feel like I should introduce myself.

My name is Mat, I'm 30 and currently living in London, and have been doing bagua and hsing i for about four years. I took up chi gung, taichi and bagua to sort myself out after getting a stress related repetitive strain injury from work, which worked where six months of seeing specialists had failed. I soon stopped doing taichi and concentrated on bagua, which seems to suit my personality more, and enjoyed it enough to stick with it. I took up hsing i a while afterwards, and was really taken with it's direct martial approach - It doesn't take much stretch of the imagination to figure out how to apply crushing fist - And I currently regard it as the core of my martial practise, whereas bagua gives me a deeper emotional and psychological workout.

I've spent a lot of the last few years travelling which has meant a few long periods of practising by myself, but I've been fortunate to have really awesome teachers during the times I've actually been in one place! My bagua is therefore a bit of a hybrid, though my hsing i is pretty traditional. I'm not really fussed with style or lineage - just what works!

That's me - I might post once in a while, but being a relative beginner I don't feel like I have that much to contribute

im John H.

like BGZ and SC.
ive tried many different CMA, but someHow attracted to BGZ and SC.
student of mBrinkman/Luo (gaoBGZ), JW (SC), Liang beiPing(chenTCC), & others (if only i have 1/10 of any of their skills I will b happy)....
lucky to met my skillful teachers.
been doing MA off/on last 20 yrs.... mostly off due to family, school, & work.
that is why my shit still looks fake and dont have big chi.



the joke is if you study martial for 20yrs but only practiced 10 days, you shit will look just as bad as me and dont have big chi.

Hi, Eddie here. I'm in the Zheng Man Qing/Huang Xin Xian taiji line. Been studying on and off for about twelve years.

brushknee wrote:Hi, Eddie here. I'm in the Zheng Man Qing/Huang Xin Xian taiji line. Been studying on and off for about twelve years.

hi eddie good to see you here....

Craig here.

Arts I practice/practiced are Yang Taijiquan (13 years) teachers Ip Tai Tak, Ding Teah Chean - Fu Baguazhang (9 year) teachers Lee Siu Wun, Lee Hao Chun - Xingyiquan Ricky Tang - Judo (4 years) - BJJ (4 years) - Systema a while back.

Hi everyone.

I've been training Chinese martial arts for about 11 years. I used to practice modern wushu and Yang Taiji, then I practiced Chen Taiji and now I've moved on to Bajiquan

Hi all, I'm William and I have studied Yang style Taijiquan on and off since the late 90's. My new love is Chen style but where to find a qualified teacher..... none by me. I've been learning from dvd's books and seminars. Hope to learn the real thing someday soon.

ah hello is this mike on??

Okay I about 5'10 and 185lbs....

Dr.Rob training under Xu Gong Wei, Lee Kiang Ker and Nanoy Galano...Spent the last 17 years working on Buck Sing Choy Lay Fut and Loong Ying Mor Que under Chiu Kwok Chung and Lai Wing Yuk.

Tired of the other opinions I am finding on the net...So I am here to talk with you people.

Actually I just joined for the Test No Topic and the lovely cut sandwiches.

Hi there - my real name is Cecil, and I've been studying Tai Chi and Bagugazhang for two years now. It just seemed like the right thing to do, and it has changed my life. I'm also going to begin studying Tai Chi sword (the jiang) later this year.

Nice to meet everyone!

My name is Scott Pennykid and I live in Vancouver, BC. I'm practicing Tchoung Ta Tchen's Yang Style Tai Ji Quan. I've only been at it for 6 weeks now and am lovin' every minute of it. My teacher is Tim Glasheen, a senior student of Tchoung's that was left in charge of the school after Tchoung's passing. Master Tchoung's tai ji is old Yang with CMC influences. Our zhan zhuang comes from Wang Shu-jin.

I love xing yi and I'm ashamed to say that I'm learning it exclusively from Luo Dexiu's youtube videos.

I studied Fu Style Internal Arts with Victor Fu for 4 or 5 years, and various qi gong methods with Liang Shou-yu when my finances allowed it.

Anyhoodilydoodily, I practice IMA because they are, in my opinion, the finest and coolest way to unify body, mind, and spirit.


Also, as my avatar reveals, I loves the archery.

Thanks for reviving the forum!

My name's Chris. I'm living in Fairfax, VA. I just happened to stumble on ef.com browsing the net, I was on ef.net very confusing to me having both ef.net and ef.com. I love practicing any and all martial arts, I started with TKD when I was in elementary thru middle school, started in a system called Chang Wu Chi Lin from a group in the Virginia Beach area (William Varner, Wes Lammay, Charles Brown), and recently this year I started up Gao Bagua with George Wood in Fairfax.

Hey Spekkio, youre in good hands then if youre training with George. Welcome to the real EF.

Jesse is my name. I've been doing martial arts at Zong Wu Men since 04. Gao Bagua, Hebei Xingyi, and Chen Pan Ling Taiji from Luo Dexiu's line. Used to do some tkd, hkd, sword stuff, a little ju jitsu etc..., but really didn't know anything until I got into this school.
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I have been studying and practicing American Kenpo for 14 years. The last 8 years with my teacher Skip Hancock. I also practice Kali, and a smattering of Judo.

This year I started studying Jiulong Baguazhang with Dale Dugas.