luniac wrote:I've read that towards the end of his life, Wang greatly simplified his teachings and only taught the Zhan Zhuang Ti Bao pose, since he considered it the "universal" pose. He also stopped teaching shili and regarding force said "there is no force". That one must transcend the "duality" of relax and tension, fast and slow, etc etc.
Supposedly at this point nobody could really understand Wang's teaching anymore.
Does anyone know where I can read more about Wang's old age final philosophies and teaching methods before dying?
thanks.
意拳正軌
THE CORRECT PATH OF YIQUAN
王薌齋
by Wang Xiangzhai
[1929]
windwalker wrote:luniac wrote:I've read that towards the end of his life, Wang greatly simplified his teachings and only taught the Zhan Zhuang Ti Bao pose, since he considered it the "universal" pose. He also stopped teaching shili and regarding force said "there is no force". That one must transcend the "duality" of relax and tension, fast and slow, etc etc.
Supposedly at this point nobody could really understand Wang's teaching anymore.
Does anyone know where I can read more about Wang's old age final philosophies and teaching methods before dying?
thanks.
you might try this意拳正軌
THE CORRECT PATH OF YIQUAN
王薌齋
by Wang Xiangzhai
[1929]
https://brennantranslation.wordpress.co ... of-yiquan/
everything wrote:nice first post.
luniac wrote:
Not sure if you read my OP, the book was written in 1929, decades before his death.
I have read that translation and didn't really like it, too abstract overall for my taste.
In fact his second book "Central Pivot of the Way of Fist" from 1940's clearly shows dramatically less "abstract" concepts and more towards actionable practice.
I've also read the collection of essays "Zhan Zhuang" from 1950's as well as the translated interview with Wang.
Non of these mention his very final teaching where he abandoned almost everything except I guess the Ti Bao pose.
Patrick wrote:Where exactly did you hear that? If it is not written I doubt it...
your understanding will be on the same evolutional curve as Wang Xiangzhai
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